Dr. Chilcote-Fricker is a bioarchaeologist specializing in the examination of skeletal markers of bone growth and maintenance, and activity-related stress. Her research interests focus on the embodiment of social processes via skeletal plasticity, activity patterns and the interplay between lifecourse and social identities. She pursues these interests by investigating how the human body represents a contextually dependent materiality that can illuminate information about the connection between an individual, the different stages of their life and identity(s), and reveal how they were situated within the context of the larger society in which they existed. Additionally she is the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Coordinator for UK spearheading the repatriation effort at the William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology.