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Dr. Elaine Yih-Ning Chu

  • Assistant Professor - Anthropology
  • Program Faculty - Anthropology
  • Chu, Elaine Yih-Ning (Principal). Japanese Methods and Training for Forensic Identification, Texas State University, $8000. (Funded: January 2025 - December 2025). Grant.
  • Chu, Elaine Yih-Ning (Principal), Percent Contribution: %75, Trevino, Amariah Jazell (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %25. Subadult Stature Estimation for Individuals of Japanese Descent, College of Liberal Arts, Texas State University, $4000. (Submitted: January 4, 2024). Grant.
  • Sylvester, A. D., Zbijewski, W., Shi, G., Meckel, L. A., Chu, E. Y.-N., Cunningham, D. L., & Wescott, D. J. (2024). Macroscopic differences in adult human femora are linked to body mass index. The Anatomical Record, 2024, 1–12.
  • Chu, E. Y.-N., & Stull, K. E. (2024). An investigation of the relationship between long bone measurements and stature: Implications for estimating skeletal stature in subadults. International Journal of Legal Medicine. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-024-03336-7
  • Go, M. C., Dwyer, I., Loewen, T. N., Yukyi, N., Clemmons, C., Garcia, S. S., … Goliath, J. R. (2023). Pioneers of Color: A Counternarrative of Foundational Figures in Forensic Anthropology’s History. Forensic Anthropology, 12. https://doi.org/10.5744/fa.2023.0017
  • Stull, K. E., Chu, E. Y.-N., Corron, L. K., & Price, M. H. (2023). Mixed cumulative probit: A multivariate generalization of transition analysis that accommodates variation in the shape, spread and structure of data. Royal Society Open Science, 10. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220963
  • Stull, K. E., Chu, E. Y.-N., Corron, L. K., & Price, M. H. (2022). Subadult Age Estimation Using the Mixed Cumulative Probit and a Contemporary United States Population. Forensic Sciences, 2(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/forensicsci2040055
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor, Alpha Chi National Honor Society. October 7, 2025 - November 7, 2025
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Emerging Forensic Scientist, Forensic Sciences Foundation. February 17, 2022 - February 25, 2023
  1. Chair

    AAFS Anthropology Section Caroline Bond Day Award Committee

  2. Member

    Anthropology AI Committee

  3. Member

    Anthropology MA Thesis Research Scholarship Committee

  4. Member

    Workload Policy Committee

  5. Graduate Advisor

    R Working Group / StatsChats

  6. Reviewer / Referee

    Forensic Anthropology Journal

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