Tj Gundling
Professor • Community and Social Justice Studies
Professional Interests
The historiography of Australopithecus in South Africa.
Biocultural roots and diversity of trans* identities and expressions in social context, across generations.
Other Interests
Producing culturally intelligible noises on stringed instruments.
Thinking about ghosts, zombies, vampires and other "monsters".
Traveling to any and all cities.
Preparing global cuisine.
Spanish
Degrees
Specialization
History of Human Origins Studies; Transgender Studies.
Representative Publications
The Trans Experience: A Biocultural Dialectic;
Introduction to Transgender Studies; Harrington Park Press;
2019
Stand and Be Counted: The Neo-Darwinian Synthesis and the Ascension of Bipedalism as an Essential Hominid Synapomorphy;
History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences;
Volume
Human Origins Studies: A Historical Perspective;
, Evolution: Education and Outreach ;
2010
First In Line: Tracing Our Ape Ancestry;
New Haven, CT; Yale University Press;
2005
Notable Courses Taught
Origin and Diversity of Humankind (ANTH 1300)
Human Biocultural Evolution (ANTH 2001)
Introduction to Transgender Studies (ANTH 2800)
Forensic Osteology (ANTH 3540)
Paleoanthropology (ANTH 4250)
Primate Biology and Behavior (ANTH 4540)
