Gina Marie Agostini-Walesch, Ph.D.

Research Asst. Professor
Glendale, AZ

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Research Asst. Professor

Campus
Glendale, AZ

College
College of Dental Medicine-Arizona

Department
College of Dental Medicine - Arizona

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Education

University of MA Amherst | 2017 | Ph.D.
NC State University | 2009 | M.A.
University of AR Fayetteville | 2007 | B.A.

Courses Taught

Stand-Alone Instructor

2018

Community Partnerships for Global Health, Arizona State University

Course Type: Practicum

 

2017

Community Partnerships for Global Health (co-instructor), Arizona State University

Course Type: Practicum

Human Origins and Variation, University of MA Amherst

Course Type: Online

 

2016

Written in Bone, First Year Experience Seminar, University of MA Amherst

Course Type: Seminar

Introduction to the Forensic Sciences, Holyoke Community College

Course Type: Lecture

Ancient Civilizations, University of MA Amherst

Course Type: Online

Written in Bone, First Year Experience Seminar, University of MA Amherst

Course Type: Seminar

 

2015

Introduction to the Forensic Sciences, Holyoke Community College

Course Type: Lecture

Introduction to the Forensic Sciences, Holyoke Community College

Course Type: Lab

Ancient Civilizations, UMASS Amherst

Course Type: Online

Introduction to the Forensic Sciences, Holyoke Community College

Course Type: Lecture

Ancient Civilizations, UMASS Amherst                     

Course Type: Lecture

 

2014

Ancient Civilizations, UMASS Amherst

Course Type: Online

 

2013

Human Origins and Variation, UMASS Amherst

Course Type: Lecture

 

Teaching Assistant

2014              

Human Origins and Variation, UMASS Amherst

Course Type: Lab

Problems in Anthropology (Writing and Critical Theory for Junior Majors), UMASS Amherst

Course Type: Workshop

 

2012

Ancient Civilizations, UMASS Amherst

Course Type: Lab

Human Origins and Variation, UMASS Amherst

Course Type: Lab

 

2011

Human Origins and Variation, UMASS Amherst

Course Type: Lab

Human Origins and Variation, UMASS Amherst

Course Type: Lab

 

2010

Human Origins and Variation, UMASS Amherst

Course Type: Lab

 

2009

Introduction to Physical Anthropology, NC State University

Course Type: Lecture

 

2008

Introduction to Physical Anthropology, NC State University

Course Type: Lecture

Introduction to Physical Anthropology, NC State University

Course Type: Lecture

 

2007

Introduction to Forensic Anthropology, NC State University

Course Type: Lecture

Research

I have worked in many diverse and collaborative research teams over the past decade. In practice, I fully embrace my "4-field anthropology" roots in that the scope of my research ranges from highly qualitative (linguistic anthropology and psychosocial health) to highly quantitative (skeletal/dental variation, 2D/3D imaging and analysis, evolutionary morphology). 

 

Publications

Google Scholar Profile

 

Excludes in review/in revision manuscripts

2022

Changes to dentin extracellular matrix following treatment with plant-based polyphenols

Omar H, Gao F, *Yoo H, Bim-Jr O, Garcia C, LePard KJ, Mitchell JC, Agostini-Walesch G, Carrilho MR.

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2021.105055

 

Clinical case report: Presenting a diagnostic challenge

Francis J, Agostini-Walesch G

Decisions in Dentistry

Accepted CE article

 

2021

Aerosols in ultrasonic scaling: Comparing particle spread with saliva ejectors and high-volume evacuation

Agostini-Walesch G, Pierre-Bez A, Marcelli-Munk G, Hancock DS, Hong Q, Smith PB, Mitchell JC,

Journal of Dental Hygiene 93(3):18-24

 

Incidental finds in limited field-of-view cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans

Johnson S, Parashar V, Agostini-Walesch G, Beals D

General Dentistry 69(6):42-5

 

Ultrasonic scaling in COVID-era dentistry: A quantitative assessment of aerosol production, concentration, and spread during simulated and real dental procedures

Pierre-Bez A, Agostini-Walesch G, Hancock DS, Hong Q, Davis M, Smith PB, Marcelli-MunkG, Mitchell JC

International Journal of Dental Hygiene

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/idh.12548

 

2020

A scoping review of surgical masks and N95 filtering facepiece respirators: Learning from the past to guide the future of dentistry

Smith PB, Agostini G, Mitchell JC

Safety Science 131:104920

DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2020.104920

 

Health, well-being, and structural violence after sociopolitical revolution

Agostini G

In: The bioarchaeology of structural violence: A theoretical framework for Industrial Era inequality.

Tremblay L, Reedy S, editors.

Springer: New York.

 

2019

Cone beam computed tomography in dental education: A survey of U.S. postdoctoral periodontal programs

Parashar V, Beals D, Francis JR, Agostini G, Gill A.

Journal of Dental Education

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21815/JDE.019.179

 

Citizen Sociolinguistics: A new method to understand fat talk

Agostini G, SturtzSreetharan C, Wutich A, Williams D, Brewis A.

PLOS ONE 14(5):e0217618.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217618

 

Fat talk: A citizen sociolinguistic approach

SturtzSreetharan C, Agostini G, Brewis A, Wutich A.

Journal of Sociolinguistics.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/josl.12342

 

“I need to lose some weight”: Masculinity and body image as negotiated through fat talk

SturtzSreetharan C, Agostini G, Wutich A, Mitchell C, Rines O, Romanello B, Brewis A.

Psychology of Men and Masculinity.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/men0000219

 

2018

Bone functional adaptation does not erase neutral evolutionary information

Agostini G, Holt BM, Relethford JH.

American Journal of Physical Anthropology 166:708-729.

DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23460

 

Avoiding exercise mediates the effects of internalized weight stigma on physical activity in the years following bariatric surgery

Han S, Agostini G, Brewis AA, Wutich A.

BMC Obesity 5(18).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40608-018-0195-3

 

2017 and earlier

The befuddling nature of mouse lemur hands and feet.

Agostini G, Rasoazanabary E, Godfrey LR.

American Journal of Primatology 70(9):e22680

2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22680

 

Can long bone structural variability detect among-population relationships?

Agostini G

2017

PhD Dissertation: University of MA Amherst

 

The effect of weight on the proximal femur: a cross-sectional analysis of shape

Agostini G, Ross AH.

2011

Journal of Forensic Sciences 56(2):339-343.

 

The relationship between body mass index and long bone morphology: A multidirectional analysis

Agostini G

2009

MA Thesis: North Carolina State University

Organizations

2019-             International Association of Dental Research (IADR)

2019-             Women in Science network of the IADR

2019-             Craniofacial Biology group of the IADR

2019               Implantology group of the IADR

2019-             American Association of Dental Research (AADR), AZ chapter

2009-             American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA)

Grants

Interprofessional approaches to the management of dental anxiety in a university dental clinic
Pierre-Bez A, Agostini G, Obucina L, Chamberlain J, Jansen K, London L, Stein A, Mitchell JC
MWU One Health Grant Program
2020

Skeletal integration in behaviorally convergent species
Agostini G

National Science Foundation Division of Biological Infrastructure
2018

An integrative analysis of the primate skeleton
von Cramon Taubadel
National Science Foundation, Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Science
2018

Fluid masculinities: Body capital in shifting age and labor landscapes
Agostini G,
SturtzSreetharan C
Arizona State University Institute of Social Science Research
2018

Can long bone cross-sectional geometry reliably reveal interpopulation genetic distance?
Agostini G,
Holt BM
National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant
2014

Place and population landscape: Behavior, health and sociopolitical change
Agostini G

Cultural Heritage of Europe Social Studies (NSF-Underwritten program)
2012

Natural history collections scholarship
Agostini G

University of Massachusetts Amherst
2012

Project support and emerging student research awards
American Academy of Forensic Sciences
Agostini G
2008, 2009, 2011