Mary Vermilion, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Education
- Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2005
- Master of Arts in Anthropology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1999
- Master of Science in Written Communications, National-Louis University, 1998
- Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education with additional major in Sociology/Anthropology and a minor in Science, National-Louis University, 1997
- University of Detroit, Dental Hygiene
Research Interests
- Prehistoric North American archaeology
- Forensic anthropology
- American Indians
- Shamanism
- Prehistoric Mica utilization
- Bioarchaeology
- Paleopathology
Honors and Awards
- Stolle Award, November 1, 2024 ($750)
- Stolle Award, March, 2024 ($1000)
- Illinois Association for Advancement of Archaeology Grant, March, 2024 ($400)
- Stolle Award, August, 2023 ($1329.35)
- Scholarship Opportunity Fund Award, March 2023, ($3500)
- Stolle Award, October, 2022 ($1000)
- Billiken Boost Award, October, 2022 ($5000)
- Illinois Association for Advancement of Archaeology Grant, March, 2022 ($400)
- Illinois Association for Advancement of Archaeology Grant, February, 2021 ($400)
- Stolle Award, March 2021 ($2500)
- Beaumont Scholarship Research Award: March, 2020/21 ($8073)
- Cahokia “Milestone” Exhibition, Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site: my 20 years of excavation at Cahokia have been included in this new exhibit at this UNESCO World Heritage Site (2020)
- Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award: November 17, 2019
- Robert A. Johnston, S. J. Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in the Social Sciences: May, 2019
- Illinois Association for Advancement of Archaeology Grant: (applied for, January 2019)
- Chauncey E. Finch Undergraduate Mentoring Award: Saint Louis University, April, 2016
- Beaumont Faculty Development Grant: $3306, Awarded April, 2016
- Illinois Association for Advancement of Archaeology Grant: Awarded March, 2015
- Illinois Association for Advancement of Archaeology Grant: Awarded March, 2014
Professional Organizations and Associations
- Register of Professional Archaeologists (Current)
- Cave Research Foundation (Current)
- Writer’s Guild of America (Current)
- American Anthropological Association
- Society for American Archaeology (Current)
- American Association of Physical Anthropologists
- Southeastern Archaeological Conference (Current)
- Illinois Archaeological Survey (Current)
- Illinois Association for Advancement of Archaeology (Current)
- Cahokia Archaeological Society (Current)
- Cahokia Mounds Museum Society (Current)