Dr. Crane-Kramer has a joint Ph.D. in Archaeology and Biological Anthropology, focusing
on human skeletal biology with a specialization in paleopathology (the study of ancient
disease). Her graduate research focused upon the examination of skeletal leprosy in
a cemetery population from the Medieval Leper Hospital of St. James and St. Mary Magdalene,
Chichester, England, and an examination of the history and evolution of Treponemal
disease (venereal syphilis) in Europe, working principally in Denmark and England.
Her research and teaching interests include the evolution and transmission of infectious
pathogens, gender/age and health, migration and health, health changes during periods
of economic transition (Neolithic Revolution and the Industrial Revolution), forensic
anthropology, the use of documentary analysis in paleopathology, evolutionary theory,
mortuary archaeology, and the evaluation of epidemic disease events.
She has co-authored two books — The Introduction to Evolution: A Bio-Cultural Approach (Crane-Kramer and Roman G. Harrison), and Ancient Health: Skeletal Indicators of Agricultural, Social and Economic Intensification (M.N. Cohen and Crane-Kramer). Her present research funded by the Royal Society (Great
Britain) focuses upon changes in health associated with the rise of the Industrial
Revolution in England.
She is a visiting research scholar in the Department of Forensic and Archaeological
Science, University of Bradford, England. In addition, she has participated in archaeological
excavations both in Canada and the United States, and has analyzed skeletal material
from Africa, the Middle East, North and South America and Europe.
Dr. Crane-Kramer is the recipient of the Distinguished Lecturer Teaching Award for
Excellence from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh.
J.L. Buckberry and G.M.M. Crane-Kramer 2022 “The Dark Satanic Mills: Evaluating Patterns of Health During the Rise of Industry
using the Registrar General Reports”. Accepted for publication in the Special Edition
organized by Crane-Kramer and Buckberry, “Paleopathology and the Rise of Industry”
Special Edition International Journal of Paleopathology, May 2022.
C. Hayes, I. Corrie, Y. Graham, Gillian M.M.Crane-Kramer and T. Rowland. 2021. Characteristic and Agentic Qualities of Women Leaders amidst
Global Crisis”. In H. Schnackenberg, & D. Simard (Ed.), Women and Leadership in Higher Education During Global Crises. IGI Global Publisher: Hershey. 10.4018/978-1-7998-6491-2.
Crane-Kramer, G.M.M. and J. Buckberry. 2020. “Is the Pen Mightier than the Sword? Exploring Urban and Rural
Health in Victorian England and Wales Using the Registrar General Reports” in Betsinger,
T.K. and DeWitte, S.N. 2020. The Bioarchaeology of Urbanization: the Biological, Demographic, and Social Consequences
of Living in Cities. New York, NY: Springer. pp. 403-33
Baker, B, Crane-Kramer, G.M.M. et al. 2020. “Advancing the Understanding of Treponemal Disease in the Past and Present”
Yearbook of Physical Anthropology Feb. 2020 (advance publication in American Journal of Physical Anthropology Jan. 19, 2020). 171 (Suppl. 70): 5-41.
Crane-Kramer, G.M.M. and Roman G. Harrison 2015 Introduction to Human Evolution: A Bio-Cultural Approach. Cognella Academic Publishing: U.S.A.
Crane-Kramer, G.M.M. and Roman G. Harrison 2014/15 Introduction to Human Evolution Preliminary copy In Press January 2014. Final First Edition December 2014/January
2015.
Cohen, M.N., and G.M.M. Crane-Kramer (eds.) 2007 Ancient Health: Skeletal Indicators of Agricultural, Social and Economic Intensification. University of Florida Press, Orlando.
Cohen, M.N. and Crane-Kramer, G.M.M. 2005 “Conclusions and Editorial Summation” In: Cohen M.N. And G.M.M. Crane-Kramer
(eds.), Ancient Health: Skeletal Indicators of Agricultural, Social, and Economic Intensification. University of Florida Press, Orlando. In Press.
Mays, S., G.M.M. Crane-Kramer and A. Bayliss. 2003 “Two Probable Cases of Treponemal Disease of Medieval Date from
England”. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Vol. 120:133-143.
Cohen, M.N. and G.M.M. Crane-Kramer. 2003 “The State and Future of Paleoepidemiology”. In C. Greenblatt (ed). Emerging Pathogens. Oxford University Press: Oxford. Chpt. 7. pp.79-91.
Crane-Kramer, G.M.M. and Brenda J. Baker 2018 “The Evolution of Syphilis: A New Approach to an Old Debate”
NSF funded Research Team Advanced Seminar, School for Advanced Research, April 2-6,
2018. Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Cohen M.N. and Crane-Kramer, G.M.M. 2004 Conference organized Titled “Ancient Health”. Funding awarded by Wenner-Gren,
Conference held in April 2004, Clearwater, Florida.
Symposia Organized
Crane-Kramer, G.M.M. and J. Buckberry 2019. “Paleopathology and the Rise of Industry”. Poster Symposium
at 46th Annual Meeting of the Paleopathology Association, Cleveland, Ohio. March 25-7,
2019.
Crane-Kramer, G.M.M. and Kristina Killgrove 2016 “The Bioarchaeology and Paleopathology of Feasts and
Famines: Foregrounding the Interaction between Humans and their Environment” Conference
Symposium Organized and Chaired by Gillian Crane-Kramer and Kristina Killgrove. 43rd
Annual North American Meeting of the Paleopathology Association April 12th-13th, 2016
Atlanta: Georgia.
Crane-Kramer, G.M.M. and Cohen M.N. 2002 Session titled “Paleopathology in State and Industrial Societies”
at the November 2002 Chacmool Archaeology Conference: Apocalypse Then and Now. Calgary,
Canada.
Royal Society of London International Exchanges Grant (2 years) — Awarded to Dr. Gillian
Crane-Kramer and Dr. Jo Buckberry (Department of Forensic and Archaeological Sciences,
University of Bradford, England). 11,820 Pounds Sterling. This award has been extended
due to COVID-19 until Fall 2022.
2015–2022 — Faculty Senator for the Department of Anthropology
Faculty advisor Anthropology Club, Center for Women’s Concerns
Distinguished Lecturer Award for Teaching Excellence
