Research Group/Projects

• Empower Project
• GrahAM Research Group

Qualifications

• BA (Honours) in Anthropology, Wichita State University (USA) 1984
  
• MA in Anthropology, Wichita State University (USA) 1986 Thesis Title: Dental attrition and alveolar resorption: a case study of Williams 1 (34-Lf24)
• PhD in Anthropology, Ohio State University (USA) 1992 Dissertation Title: Late prehistoric populations in the Ohio area: biological affinities and stress indicators

Publication and Research Summary

• ORCiD
• Google Scholar
• ResearchGate
• Academic.edu

Previous Positions

• 2017-18   Research Impact Development Officer, School of Engineering, Newcastle University
• 2015-16   Development Officer, Learning and Teaching Development Service, Newcastle University
• 2006-16   Lecturer, ICCHS and/or HCA, Newcastle University
• 2008-13   Academic Tutor/Lecturer, University of Sunderland
  
• 1995-06   Physical Anthropologist, US Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation)
  
• 2001        Guest Lecturer, Newcastle University
  
• 1995        Instructor, Baker University
  
• 1994-13   Adjunct Faculty, Department of Anthropology, University of Kansas
  
• 1994-95   Archaeologist, Reclamation
  
• 1993-94   Research Technician II, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  
• 1993        Certified K-12 Substitute Teacher, Tucson Unified School District
  
• 1990-92   Graduate Research Assistant, Ohio State University (OSU)
  
• 1992        Contractor, US Corps of Engineers
  
• 1990        Research Assistant, Peabody Museum, Harvard University
  
• 1990        Contractor, Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT)
  
• 1989-92   Contractor, Archaeological Data Services
  
• 1989-90   Staff Osteologists, OSU Excavations at Isthmia
  
• 1987-92   Teaching Associate, OSU
  
• 1987-92   Contractor, Franklin County Coroner's Office in Ohio
  
• 1987        Field Archaeologist, ODOT
  
• 1987        Teaching Assistant, OSU
  
• 1985-87   Contractor, Sedgwick County Coroner's Office in Kansas
  
• 1985        Research Assistant, Wichita State University (WSU)
  
• 1984-85  Teaching Assistant, WSU
  

I am putting my anthropological skills to work in my current positions. In 2021, I joined a multidisciplinary project to identify best practices of empowerment in informal settlements in Delhi, India. This dovetails nicely into the work I have been doing in Engineering, where I have helped identify cultural factors and perceptions that influence globally increasing antibiotic resistance (AR). I have assisted in developing a survey to quantifying knowledge, attitudes, and practices around AR causes, spread, and mitigation actions. I also conducted training of community interviewer in Delhi who are tasked with conducting the survey. This work has been halted do to Covid shutdowns. In another project, I am focusing on the range of cultural and personal variables influencing defecation practices, linking them and other contributing factors to toilet use in SE Asia. Using World Bank/WHO/UNICEF data, we intend to provide decision-makers options for prioritising AR mitigation interventions.

• Mazel AD, Giesen MJ. Engagement and Management: Developing a Monitoring System for Open-air Rock Art in the UK and Ireland. Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites 2019, 21(3), 160-183.
• Graham DW, Giesen MJ, Bunce JT. Strategic approach for prioritizing local and regional sanitation interventions for reducing global antibiotic resistance. Water 2019, 11(1), 27.
• Mazel A, Giesen M. Mobile app developed to support the protection of UK and Irish rock art. International Newsletter on Rock Art 2018, 82, 22-25.
• Turner M, Dowsland S, Mazel A, Giesen M. Rock art CARE: A cross-platform mobile application for crowdsourcing heritage conservation data for the safeguarding of open-air rock art. Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development 2018, 8(4), 420-433.
• Turner M, Dowsland S, Mazel A, Giesen M. Rock Art CARE: A cross platform mobile application for crowdsourcing heritage conservation data for the safeguarding of open-air rock art. AUGUST 28 - SEPTEMBER 1, 2017, OTTAWA, CANADA. In: Digital Workflows for Heritage Conservation. 2017, Ottawa, Canada.
• Giesen MJ, Ung A, Warke PA, Christgen B, Mazel AD, Graham DW. Condition assessment and preservation of open-air rock art panels during environmental change. Journal of Cultural Heritage 2014, 15(1), 49-56.
• Giesen MJ, Mazel AD, Graham DW, Warke PA. The Preservation and Care of Rock-Art in Changing Environments: A View from Northeastern England, United Kingdom. In: Darvill T; Batarda Fernandes AP, ed. Open-Air Rock-Art Conservation and Management: State of the Art and Future Perspectives. New York: Routledge, 2014, pp.38-52.
• Mazel AD, Graham D, Warke P, Giesen M. A responsibility of CARE: heritage and science in the service of safeguarding threatened ancient rock art. In: Sustaining the Impact of UK Science and Heritage Research: Contributions to the AHRC/EPSRC Science and Heritage Programme Conference. 2013, London: AHRC/EPSRC Science and Heritage Programme.
• Giesen M, ed. Curating Human Remains: Caring for the Dead in the United Kingdom. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2013.
• Giesen M, McCarrison K, Park V. Dead and Forgotten?: Some Observations on Human Remains Documentation in the UK. In: Giesen, M, ed. Curating Human Remains: Caring for the Dead in the United Kingdom. Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer, 2013, pp.53-64.
• Giesen M, White L. International Perspectives towards Human Remains Curation. In: Giesen, M, ed. Curating Human Remains: Caring for the Dead in the United Kingdom. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell & Brewer, 2013, pp.13-23.
• Giesen M. Introduction: Human Remains Curation in the United Kingdom. In: Giesen, M, ed. Curating Human Remains: Caring for the Dead in the United Kingdom. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell & Brewer, 2013, pp.1-11.
• Giesen M. The Protection and Repatriation of Native American Cultural Items in the United States. In: Redfern, R; Bekvalac, J; Bonney, H; Clegg, M, ed. Global Ancestors: Understanding the Shared Humanity of our Ancestors. Woodbridge, USA: Oxbow Books, 2013, pp.34-49.
• Giesen MJ, Mazel AD, Graham DW, Warke PA. Care and Management of Ancient Stone Monuments during Environmental Change. International Journal of Heritage and Sustainable Development 2011, 1(1), 60-71.
• Giesen MJ, Mazel AD, Graham DW, Warke PA. The resilience and care of ancient stone monuments in changing environments. In: Amoêda, R; Lira, S; Pinheiro, C, ed. Heritage 2010: Heritage and Sustainable Development. Barcelos: Green Lines Institute, 2010, pp.515-523.
• Giesen MJ. Native American human remains in UK collections: implications of NAGPRA to consultation, repatriation, and policy development. In: Ninth Annual Conference of the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology. 2009, Department of Archaeology, University of Reading: Archaopress.
• Giesen MJ, Czaplicki JS. Over Fifty Years of Dam Good Archeology: An Introduction to the Bureau of Reclamation's Cultural Resources Program. Cultural Resource Management 2000, 23(1), 3-4.