SoS6: Stress, Sex, and Plague - A Chat with Sharon DeWitte

In this episode, we talk to Dr. Sharon DeWitte, a bioarchaeologist and Associate Professor at the University of South Carolina. We talk about health improvements after Black Death in London, feminist bioarchaeology, and secular trends in age a menarche in mortuary remains. She has a new article in early view in AJHB called “Stress, sex, and plague: Patterns of developmental stress and survival in pre- and post-Black Death London” (early view 26 Oct 2017). For more information about Sharon DeWitte’s work, check out her webpage at https://sharondewitte.wordpress.com/ or email her at dewittes@mailbox.sc.edu. Contact the Sausage of Science and Human Biology Association: https://www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation http://humbio.org/ https://twitter.com/HumBioAssoc Michaela Howells is Chair of the HBA Publicity Committee, howellsm@uncw.edu Cara & Chris are committee members and produce this show: Cara Ocobock http://www.albany.edu/anthro/72074.php cocobock@albany.edu https://twitter.com/CaraOcobock Chris Lynn http://cdlynn.people.ua.edu/ cdlynn@ua.edu https://twitter.com/Chris_Ly Interview engineered, edited, & mixed by Chris. The song in the soundbed is “Always Lyin’” by the Morning Shakes.