Elaine Y. Chu
Assistant Professor
Email: elainechu@txstate.edu
Phone: 512.245.8272
Office: ELA 271D
Curriculum Vitae
Subadult Biological Profile Applications
Education:
Ph.D. | University of Nevada, Reno | 2022
M.A. | Texas State University | 2018
B.S. | Michigan State University | 2016
Research Interests:
Human variation, virtual and computational anthropology, data science, growth and development
I am a biological anthropologist who applies robust statistical methods to quantify skeletal growth and development and human variation. My primary research uses virtual mediums (radiographs, CT scans) to diversify contemporary skeletal data and explore how modern human variation affects population structure. In the spirit of accessible research, I bundle statistical models and methods that result from my research into graphical user interfaces (GUIs) / applications for widespread use in forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology.
I plan to accept 1-2 graduate students at the MA/PhD level for Fall 2025.
Select publications:
Stull, KS, New, BT, Corron, LK, Auchter, LE, Spradley, MK, Wolfe, CA, Chu, EY, Hefner, JT. (Early View). Exploring mutual and exclusive biological information in cranial metric and morphological variables. Forensic Anthropol.
Go, MC, Dwyer, I, Loewen, TN, Yukyi, N, Clemmons, C, Garcia, SS, Afra, K…, Chu, EY, …Goliath, JR. (2023). Pioneers of Color: A counternarrative of foundational figures in forensic anthropology’s history. Forensic Anthropol 6(4), 206-217.
Stull, KE, Chu, EY, Corron, LK, & Price, MH. (2023). Mixed Cumulative Probit: A multivariate generalization of transition analysis that accommodates variation in the shape, spread, and structure of data. R Soc Open Sci, 10(3), 220963.
Stull, KE, Chu, EY, Corron, LK, & Price, MH. (2022). Subadult age estimation using the Mixed Cumulative Probit and a contemporary United States population. Forensic Sci 2, 741- 779.
Chu, EY, Stull, KE, & Sylvester, AD. (2022). An alternative size variable for allometric investigations in subadults. Am J Biol Anthropol 179(3), 471-480.
Go, MC, Yukyi, N, & Chu, EY. (2021). On WEIRD anthropologists and their white skeletons. Forensic Anthropol 4(4), 145-160.
Passalacqua, NV, Chu, EY, & Pilloud, MA. (2020). Salaries in forensic anthropology and academic anthropology. Forensic Anthropol 3(2), 120-131.