Megan Shea: I am a sophomore at George Mason University studying psychology with a concentration in industrial/organizational psychology. When having to take a social science for the required courses I found the "Humans, Diseases & Death" class an interesting headline and wanted to know more. I have always been interested in how the body handles diseases. This website was created for a project for this class and is now a website for anyone who wants to know more about the disease. My contribution to this project was researching the evolution of cervical cancer.
Jessica Webb is an anthropology major at George Mason University with a focus in archaeology and a minor in Native American and Indigenous Studies. Her research interests include the peopling of the Americas, lithic technology, and the transition from nomadic to village life. Her interest in the anthropology of disease stems from a desire to understand how disease shapes culture and how cultural changes shape the spread of disease, specifically among women and minorities. Her contributions to this blog include interpreting and graphing population statistics and editing and consultation on the evolution of cervical cancer causing HPV.
Julia Morgenstern: I am a senior sociology major with a concentration in childhood and youth studies at George Mason University in Virginia. I am especially interested in adolescent race identity formation, stigma, and gender roles. This website was created for an anthropology class titled "Humans, Death and Disease" with the purpose of presenting information about the biological, anthropological and evolutionary characteristics of cervical cancer. My contributions include what cervical cancer is, the risk factors, symptoms and stages of the disease, as well as prevention strategies. In addition to that, I contributed largely to the bibliography and edited information on the evolution section of the disease and the virus that causes it.
