Department of Anthropology
Allison E. Mann
Assistant Professor, Biological Anthropology
B.S./B.A. Anthropology & Sociology, University of Louisville, 2009
M.A. Anthropology, University of Louisville, 2012
Ph.D. Anthropology with a Concentration in Human Health and Biology, University of
Oklahoma, 2018
Allison Mann is a biological anthropologist interested in how microbes can help us
better understand human evolution, health, history, behavior, and diversity. Her research
is focused on the interaction between microbes and their hosts in diverse host species
including humans, non-human primates, and insect disease vectors. She studies both
living and archaeological populations to better understand how host-associated microbial
communities have changed over time.
Courses taught:
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ANTH 4270/5270: Plagues and Peoples: Health and Disease in Human Society
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ANTH 4024/5005: Anthropology of the Microbiome
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ANTH 5020: Biological Anthropology
Selected publications:
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AE Mann, E Magnussen, CR Tillquist. Genetic Evidence Points to Distinct Paternal Settlers
of the Faroes and Iceland. Frontiers in Genetics, In Press
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AE Mann, B Chakraborty, LM O'Connell, MN Nascimento, RA Burne, VP Richards. Heterogeneous
lineage-specific arginine deiminase expression within dental microbiome species. Microbiology
Spectrum, 2024
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AE Mann, LM O'Connell, E Osagie, P Akhigbe, O Obuekwe, A Omoigberale, C Kelly, the
DOMHaIN Study Team, MO Coker, VP Richards. Impact of HIV on the Oral Microbiome of
Children Living in Sub-Saharan Africa, Determined by Using an rpoC Gene Fragment Metataxonomic
Approach. Microbiology Spectrum, 2023
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AE Mann, JA Fellows Yates, Z Fagernäs, RM Austin, EA Nelson, CA Hofman. Do I have
something in my teeth? The trouble with genetic analysesof diet from archaeological
dental calculus. Quaternary International, 2023
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AE Mann, EA Mitchell, Y Zhang, R Curtis-Robles, S Thapa, SA Hamer, MS Allen. Comparison
of the Bacterial Gut Microbiome of North American Triatoma spp. With and Without Trypanosoma cruzi. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020
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AE Mann, F Mazel, MA Lemay, E Morien, V Billy, M Kowalewski, A Di Fiore, A Link, TL
Goldberg, S Tecot, AL Baden, A Gomez, ML Sauther, FP Cuozzo, GAO Rice, NJ Dominy,
R Stumpf, RJ Lewis, L Swedell, K Amato, L Wegener Parfrey. Biodiversity of protists
and nematodes in the wild nonhuman primate gut. The ISME Journal, 2019
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AE Mann, S Sabin, K Ziesemer, ÅJ Vågene, H Schroeder, AT Ozga, K Sankaranarayanan,
CA Hofman, JA Fellows Yates, DC Salazar-García, B Frohlich, M Aldenderfer, M Hoogland,
C Read, GR Milner, AC Stone, CM Lewis Jr., J Krause, C Hofman, KI Box, C Warinner.
Differential Preservation of Endogenous Human and Microbial DNA in Dental Calculus
and Dentin. Scientific Reports, 2018
Research Interests:
Molecular anthropology, host-associated microbial ecology, bioinformatics, ancient
DNA, population genetics
