Profile: Dietrich Stout

Positions:

• Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology, the George Washington University, Washington D.C.
• Research Associate, Stone Age Institute and CRAFT Research Center, Indiana University

Education:

• 2003 Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington

Research and Professional Skills:

• Functional neuroimaging data analysis with SPM (Statistical Parametric Mapping)
• Statistical analyses for Evolutionary Biology, including CAIC (Comparative Analysis of Independent Contrasts)
• Lithic Analysis
• Survey and Excavation techniques, including EDM and GPS
• Ethnograpahic research methods, including interview and video analysis
• Basic Web design with Dreamweaver MX 2004
• French reading proficiency

Special Interests:

Evolution of the human brain and intelligence, lithic technology, experimental archaeology, ethnoarchaeology, evolutionary biology, comparative neuroanatomy, cultural psychology, anthropology of technology.

Recent and ongoing research:

• Investigations of the technology and raw material selection of the earliest stone toolmakers at Gona, Afar, Ethiopia
• Functional brain imaging research into the neural foundations of Oldowan and Acheulean knapping skills
• Exploration of the sociocultural context and material instantiations of skill and cogniton in a traditional knapped stone technology (Langda village, Irian Jaya)
• Comparative analysis of primate regional brain volumes

Awards and Distinctions:

• 1999 Harold K. Schneider Paper Prize in Economic Anthropology
• 1998 Pass with Distinction, Ph.D. Qualifying Examination, Indiana University
• 1995 David C. Skomp Fellowship
• 1994 Graduated Suma cum Laude, James Madison University