Dr Ashleigh Haruda

ashley haruda
Research Facilitator
research@arch.ox.ac.uk

Responsibilities: Ashleigh is the Research Facilitator for the School of Archaeology. She co-ordinates grant and Fellowship application processes, providing support for researchers in identifying, developing and submitting proposals, and in setting up projects post-award. She is also Coordinator of the School’s Career Development Review process for fixed-term researchers, providing information on career development opportunities. She is the School’s REF administrator and advisor on queries relating to Open Access publications and use of Symplectic Elements. She also manages the administration of School’s publications and monograph series.

Ashleigh works from Monday to Friday 9:00 -17:00. 

Ashleigh has a number of years of experience in academia, and has held several postdoctoral roles. Her research Interests include: Zooarchaeology, Geometric morphometrics, domestic animal breed development, palaeoecology, palaeopathology

Research Profile

I am a zooarchaeologist (PhD Archaeology 2015, University of Exeter) with a speciality in geometric morphometric methods. My research focuses upon detecting domestic animal breeds in the archaeological record in order to evaluate the impact of ecology, connectivity and cultural integration upon human economy and subsistence over the longue durée. I have worked from contexts ranging from prehistoric Final Bronze Age societies in the Central Asian steppe to contemporary historic industrial pig breeding in pre- and post-war Germany and am particularly interested in the impact of trade and disease upon domestic animal pheno- and genotypes.

Publications