Dr. Elaine Yih-Ning Chu

  • Assistant Professor at Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts
  • Program Faculty at Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts

Scholarly and Creative Works

2026

  • Rivera, M., Haque, T., Anadon, E. M., Choy, K. W., Chu, E. Y.-N., Delta, B. M., … Yuwono, P. (2026). Best practices for scientific collaboration and ethical considerations when working with human remains in Southeast Asia. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 1–9. Retrieved from http://doi.org/10.1002/oa.70122
  • Pettigrew, D. B., Whittaker, J. C., & Chu, E. Y.-N. (2026). Testing and Reconsidering Atlatl Dart Ballistics: Human and Equipment Variables. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology.
  • Haque, T., Anadon, E. M., Choy, K. W., Chu, E. Y.-N., Heo, C. C., Koesbardiati, T., … Rivera, M. (2026). Emic–Etic Perspectives on Southeast Asian Cultural Attitudes Surrounding Human Remains. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.70065

2025

  • Chu, E. Y.-N., Trevino, A. J., & Vasquez, M. E. (2025). Validation of Subadult Age and Stature Estimation Methods using a Contemporary Japanese Sample. Forensic Sciences.
  • Stull, K., Chu, E. Y.-N., Wolfe, C., & Corron, L. (2025). Chapter 6: Applications for Subadult Age Estimation. In A Visual Atlas of Skeletal Growth and Development. Taylor & Francis.
  • Garvin, H., Stull, K., Corron, L., Porter, H., & Chu, E. Y.-N. (2025). Chapter 3: The Upper Limb. In A Visual Atlas of Skeletal Growth and Development. Taylor & Francis.
  • Garvin, H. M., Stull, K. E., Corron, L. K., Porter, H., Chu, E. Y.-N., Auchter, L. E., & Stone, A. (2025). Chapter 4: The Lower Limb. In A Visual Atlas of Skeletal Growth and Development. Taylor & Francis.

2024

  • 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
  • Stull, K. E., New, B. T., Corron, L., Auchter, L. E., Spradley, M. K., Wolfe, C. A., … Hefner, J. T. (2024). Exploring Mutual and Exclusive Biological Information in Cranial Metric and Morphological Variables. Forensic Anthropology, 7(2–1), 141–163.
  • Sylvester, A. D., Zbijewksi, W., Shi, G., Chu, E. Y.-N., Cunningham, D. K., & Wescott, D. J. (2024). Macroscopic differences in adult human femora are linked to body mass index. Anatomical Record, 307(8), 2846–2857. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.25397

2023

  • 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
  • Chu, E. Y.-N., & Stull, K. E. (2023, May). KidStats: Stature - A graphical user interface for subadult stature estimation. Retrieved from https://elaineychu.shinyapps.io/ks-stature/
  • Cole, S. J., & Chu, E. Y.-N. (2023, February). OnSEt: The Ontogenetic Subadult Sex Estimation System. Retrieved from https://stephanie-j-cole.shinyapps.io/OnSEt-System
  • Becker, S. K., Stull, K. E., & Chu, E. Y.-N. (2023). Designing databases and using generalized estimating equations for entheseal datasets: An example from the Tiwanaku culture (AD 500–1100). International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 33(3), 429–443. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.3210

2022

  • 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
  • Pilloud, M. A., Broehl, K. A., Chu, E. Y.-N., Stull, K. E., Vlemincq-Mendieta, T., Wolfe, C. A., … Corron, L. K. (2022). Subadult Virtual Anthropology Database (SVAD) Data Collection Protocol: Odontometrics. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5768570
  • Scott, G. R., Vlemincq-Mendieta, T., Stull, K. E., Chu, E. Y.-N., Broehl, K. A., Wolfe, C. A., … Corron, L. K. (2022). Subadult Virtual Anthropology Database (SVAD) Data Collection Protocol: Dental Morphological Traits. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5768557
  • Chu, E. Y.-N., Stull, K. E., & Sylvester, A. D. (2022). An alternative size variable for allometric investigations in subadults. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 179(3), 471–480. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24617
  • Stull, K. E., Chu, E. Y.-N., Wolfe, C. A., Broehl, K. A., Vlemincq-Mendieta, T., Pilloud, M. A., … Corron, L. K. (2022). Subadult Virtual Anthropology Database (SVAD) Data Collection Protocol: Cranial Macromorphoscopics. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6784514
  • Spradley, M. K., Wolfe, C. A., Stull, K. E., Chu, E. Y.-N., Broehl, K. A., Vlemincq-Mendieta, T., … Corron, L. K. (2022). Subadult Virtual Anthropology Database (SVAD) Data Collection Protocol: Cranial Landmarks and Craniometrics. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6625998
  • Corron, L. K., Broehl, K. A., Chu, E. Y.-N., Vlemincq-Mendieta, T., Wolfe, C. A., Pilloud, M. A., … Stull, K. E. (2022). Agreement and error rates associated with standardized data collection protocols for skeletal and dental data on 3D virtual subadult crania. Forensic Science International, 334. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2022.111272

2021

  • Go, M. C., Yukyi, N., & Chu, E. Y.-N. (2021). On WEIRD Anthropologists and Their White Skeletons. Forensic Anthropology, 4(4), 145–160. https://doi.org/10.5744/fa.2020.0048
  • Stull, K. E., & Chu, E. Y.-N. (2021, November). MCP-S-Age: a GUI to estimate subadult skeletal age. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7272165
  • Hulse, C. N., & Chu, E. Y.-N. (2021, February). tRauma: A dynamic database of blunt rib trauma. Retrieved from https://cnhulse.shinyapps.io/tRauma

2020

  • Passalacqua, N. V., Chu, E. Y.-N., & Pilloud, M. A. (2020). Salaries in Forensic Anthropology and Academic Anthropology. Forensic Anthropology, 3(2), 120–131. https://doi.org/10.5744/fa.2020.1123
  • Jazwa, C. S., Wolfe, C. A., Chu, E. Y.-N., & Stull, K. E. (2020). The effects of vertical position in the intertidal zone on the δ18O and δ13C composition of Mytilus californianus shell carbonate. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 34(A). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102587