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present    Ph.D. in progress, Physical Anthropology, Arizona State University.  Dissertation title: “Three-dimensional Modeling of Joint Surface Area: An Assessment of its Value in Determining Skeletal Sex and Age at Death”.  Dissertation advisor: Dr. Brenda J. Baker

1999         M.A. in Anthropology with an emphasis in Bioarchaeology, Arizona State University.  Thesis title: "Bioarchaeology of a Disarticulated Multiple Individual Burial, Zacatecas, Mexico". Thesis advisor: Dr. Ben A. Nelson.

1995         B.A. in Anthropology, University of California, Irvine.

REPORTS and PUBLICATIONS

To, D, (to be submitted April 2004) Bioarchaeology of a disarticulated multiple burial, Los Pilarillos, Zacatecas, Mexico. To be submitted to Ancient Mesoamerica.

Hartnett, KM and D To (manuscript in progress) Modern oral piercings: The application of their dental wear patterns to forensic anthropology. To be submitted to the Journal of Forensic Sciences by May 2004.

To, D (manuscript in progress) Technical Report: Measurement error in three-dimensional digital data.  To be submitted to the Journal of Forensic Sciences by May 2004.

To, D, GE Rice, B Brady, & K Peterson (2003) Excavations at San Pablo, the ASU Foundation Building Project, Arizona State University, Main Campus.  Report to the ASU Foundation. OCRM Technical Report No. 03-465.

To, D & GE Rice (2003) Archaeological Testing of the new ASU Foundation Building at ASU. Report to the ASU Foundation.  OCRM Cultural Resources Report No. 03-458.

To, D (2001) Analysis of Human Skeletal Remains at U:9:73. Report to the Office of Cultural Resource Management. 

Spence, MW, & D To (1999) The Man in the Moon: Analysis of the Human Remains Recovered in the Pyramid of the Moon, Teotihuacan, Mexico; 1998 Season. Report to the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Hístoria. 

Cadiente, T, & D To (1999) Faunal Burial Excavations at the Pyramid of the Moon, Pyramid of the Moon Project, Teotihuacan, Mexico; 1998 Season. Report to the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Hístoria.

Nelson, BA, JK Millhauser, & D To (1998) Burial Excavations in Plaza 1 of Los Pilarillos, Zacatecas, Mexico; 1997 Season. Report to the Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies.

To, D (1996) The Sierra Workbook, A Permanently Unfinished Companion to Sierra Class. Unpublished manuscript written to facilitate the curriculum of SE 198, Moral Development and Just Community, 179 pages, University of California, Irvine.

MEETING PRESENTATIONS

To, D (invited Feb 2004) Early Tempe: Excavations of San Pablo on the campus of ASU. Paper to be presented at the 2004 Arizona Archaeological Council, July 28-29, Phoenix, AZ.

To, D, & WD Sweitzer (2003) Are virtual bones as good as the real thing? A test of measurement error.  AJPA Supplement 36, (Abstract).  Poster presented at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the AAPA, 23-27 April, Tempe, Arizona.

To, D (2003) Three-dimensional digital data acquisition: A test of measurement error. Poster presented at the 55th Annual Meeting of the AAFS, 18-22 February, Chicago, Illinois. (winner, J. Lawrence Angel Award)

Hartnett, KM, & D To (2002) Modern oral piercings: The application of their dental wear patterns to forensic anthropology.  Poster presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of the AAFS, 11-15 February, Atlanta, Georgia.

To, D (2000) Evaluating models of cultural taphonomy as possible agents of a multiple burial.  AJPA Supplement 30, (Abstract).  Poster presented at invited symposium at the 69th Annual Meeting of the AAPA, 12-16 April, San Antonio, Texas.

To, D (1999) Bioarchaeology at La Quemada, Current investigations on the Mesoamerican Mortuary Program of the Malpaso Valley.  AJPA Supplement 28 (Abstract).  Poster presented at the 68th Annual Meeting of the AAPA, 26-30 April, Columbus, Ohio.

To, D (1999) Current Investigations in the Complex Mortuary Program of the Epiclassic Malpaso Valley, Zacatecas, Mexico, Paper presented at the 64th Annual Meeting of the SAA, 24-28 March, Chicago, Illinois.  Paper presented at the Arizona Archaeological Conference, 9-10 April, Tempe, Arizona.

To, D (1998) A Scalloped Human Femur from an Epiclassic Site in the Malpaso Valley, Zacatecas, Mexico.  AJPA Supplement 26 (Abstract).  Poster presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of the AAPA, 1-4 April, Salt Lake City, Utah.

To, D, EC Wells, & JK Millhauser (1998) An Interdisciplinary Approach to Modeling Sociopolitical Organization in the Prehispanic Malpaso Valley, Zacatecas, Mexico.  Paper presented at invited symposium at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the SAA, 25-29 March, Seattle, Washington.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES & MEMBERSHIPS

American Association of Physical Anthropologists

American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Physical Anthropology section

Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team, US Department of Homeland Security