Dr. Elizabeth Erhart

  • Professor at Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts
  • Professor at College of Liberal Arts, College of Liberal Arts

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Member, Unspent Scholarship Funds Workgroup. 2025 - Present.
  • Member, Mid-Career Planning Program. 2024 - Present.
  • Member, Post-Doctoral Program. 2024 - Present.
  • Member, Scholarship and Teaching Excellence Program (STEP). 2023 - Present.
  • Member, Selection Committee for the Outstanding Undergraduate Major. 2023 - Present.
  • Member, Graduate College Research Support Fellowship Committee. 2022 - Present.
  • Member, Garron Guszak Scholarship Committee. 2022 - Present.
  • Member, Harold and Betty Marburger Endowed Scholarship Committee. 2022 - Present.
  • Member, TSUS Graduate Endowed Fellowship in Liberal Arts Committee. 2022 - Present.
  • Organizer, Building Emergency Coordinator. 2015 - Present.
  • Member, Liberal Arts Study Abroad Advisory Council. 2010 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, International Journal of Primatology. 2000 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, American Journal of Primatology. 1998 - Present.

2024

  • Organizer, Brown Bag and Speaker’s Series. 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Grant proposal reviewer for Leakey Foundation. 2024.
  • Chair, Biological Anthropology Scholarships. 2024.
  • 2024.
  • Member, Curriculum committee. 2022 - 2024.

2023

  • Member, University Distinguished Professor Award Committee. 2022 - 2023.
  • Chair, Search Internship Director. 2022 - 2023.
  • Member, Search for a tenure-track biological anthropologist. 2022 - 2023.

2022

  • Chair, Search for Administrative Assistant III. 2022.
  • Member, American Anthropological Association Graduate School Fair. 2022.
  • Member, Space Renovation Process Improvement Committee. 2021 - 2022.

2021

  • Coordinator / Organizer, American Anthropological Association’s Department Leader Summer Institute. 2021.
  • Member, University Distinguished Professor Award Committee. 2019 - 2021.
  • Member, Academic Governance Committee. 2019 - 2021.
  • Member, Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual (ACGM) Advisory Committee at the Texas Higher Education Board. 2017 - 2021.
  • Member, General Education Council. 2012 - 2021.
  • Chair Member for Liberal Arts, College Review Group. 2011 - 2021.
  • Member, Council of Chairs. 2011 - 2021.

2020

  • Member, Chair search for the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. 2019 - 2020.
  • Lead, Online BA degree in Anthropology. 2019 - 2020.
  • Chair, Biological anthropology competitive scholarships. 2009 - 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, American Journal of Biological Anthropology. 1998 - 2020.

2019

  • Member, Academic Program Review Task Force Committee. 2018 - 2019.
  • Member, Graduate College Research Support Fellowship Committee. 2018 - 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Grant proposal reviewer for Primate Conservation International. 2017 - 2019.

2018

  • Member, Marketable Skills committee. 2017 - 2018.
  • Lead, PhD degree in Applied Anthropology. 2013 - 2018.
  • Member, Acquisition of private donation. 2009 - 2018.

2017

  • Chair, Council of Chairs. 2016 - 2017.

2016

  • Member, Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs Vetting Committee. 2016.
  • Member, Associate Provost Vetting Committee. 2016.
  • Vice-Chair, Council of Chairs. 2015 - 2016.
  • Chair Member for Education, College Review Group. 2015 - 2016.

2015

  • Reviewer / Referee, Grant proposal reviewer for Leakey Foundation. 2015.
  • Lead, Academic Program Reveiw Report. 2014 - 2015.

2014

  • Chair Member for Health Professions, College Review Group. 2013 - 2014.

2012

  • Reviewer / Referee, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 2010 - 2012.
  • Organizer, Organized a graduate student panel and attended the yearly Women in Science Day at the Austin Museum to encourage girls in grades 6-12 to pursue careers in science. 2009 - 2012.

2011

  • Member, Liberal Arts College Review Group. 2010 - 2011.
  • Chair, Hiring committee for the Director of the Forensic Anthropology Center. 2010 - 2011.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Ethology. 2010 - 2011.
  • Chair, Curriculum committee. 2009 - 2011.
  • Liberal Arts Representative, General Education Council. 2008 - 2011.
  • Member, Planning team for the proposed PhD in Anthropology. 2006 - 2011.
  • Organizer, Fall, spring and summer course schedules for the undergraduate and graduate curriculum. 2004 - 2011.

2010

  • Participant, Nominated Jill Pruetz for a Distinguished Alumni Award. 2010.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Grant proposal reviewer for the Leakey Foundation. 2010.
  • Chair, Committee to develop an internship program as a non-thesis option for the MA program. 2009 - 2010.
  • Other, Associate Department Chair. 2009 - 2010.
  • Chair, Hiring committee for a Biological Anthropology position. 2009 - 2010.
  • Organizer, Organized, wrote and reported BA/BS and MA learning outcomes for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) accreditation. 2007 - 2010.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Folia Primatologica. 2005 - 2010.

2009

  • Chair, Acting Chair, second summer session. 2009.
  • Lead, Academic Program Review Report. 2008 - 2009.

2008

  • Chair, Acting Chair, second summer session. 2008.
  • Chair, Hiring committee for a Biological Anthropology position. 2007 - 2008.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Grant proposal reviewer for National Science Foundation. 2004 - 2008.

2007

  • Reviewer / Referee, Primates. 2007.

2006

  • Chair, Acting Chair, second summer session. 2006.
  • Member, Hiring committee for a Biological Anthropology position. 2005 - 2006.
  • Advisor, Anthropology Society. 2003 - 2006.

2005

  • Member, Hiring committee for a Biological Anthropology position. 2004 - 2005.
  • Lead, Bachelor of Science degree proposal. 2004 - 2005.

2003

  • Member, Hiring committee for an Archaeology position. 2002 - 2003.

2002

  • Member, Committee to determine outcomes and assessments for the undergraduate Anthropology program. 2002.
  • Member, MA degree in Anthropology. 2001 - 2002.