Heather Williams

Heather Williams

Graduate Research Assistant

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Program Director - Singeltrack Mountain Bike Adventures, Lecturer - CU Boulder; Affiliate Faculty - MSU Denver;

  • Education

    • Metropolitan State College of Denver

      1993 - 1999
      BS Forensic Anthropology

      Activities and Societies: President: Anthropology Club Undergraduate studies - Forensic Anthropology

    • University of Colorado at Boulder

      2000 - 2005
      MA Anthropology

      Activities and Societies: American Association of Physical Anthropologists Research focus/training: skeletal biologyMA Thesis: A re-analysis of Tijeras Pueblo: Developmental Defects in the Prehispanic southwest.

    • University of Colorado at Boulder

      2006 - 2011
      PhD Anthropology

      Activities and Societies: Human Biology Association American Association of Biological Anthropologists. Research focus/specialization: Contemporary human biology - nutrition, human energetics, and human adaptation. Dissertation: Food Habits and Physical Activity Patterns among Children Living in the San Luis Valley, Colorado.

  • Experience

    • Univeristy of Colorado, Boulder

      Jun 2004 - Jan 2007
      Graduate Research Assistant

      A "Work Efficiency in Lactation Study". I was responsible for contacting participants, scheduling appointments with the research clinic, accompanying participants to the scheduled clinic visits. I also collected data, developed a database and analyzed the data collected during the project.

    • University of Colorado at Boulder

      Aug 2004 - now

      Courses Taught in Environment & Natural Sciences Residential Academic Program (ENS-RAP) - Introduction to Biological Anthropology. Courses Taught in Global Studies Residential Academic Program (G-RAP) - Introduction to Biological Anthropology, Human Variation & Adaptation.Courses taught in Department of Anthropology: Introduction to Biological Anthropology, Human Variation and Adaptation; Nutrition and Anthropology; Laboratory in Biological Anthropology I and II. Lab Coordinator for Introduction to Biological Physical Anthropology II lab courses. Show less

      • Lecturer

        Jun 2011 - now
      • Teaching Assistant/Graduate Part Time Instructor

        Aug 2004 - May 2011
    • Metropolitan State University of Denver

      May 2012 - now
      Affiliate Faculty

      Courses taught: Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness, Introduction to Physical Anthropology and Prehistory, Archaeology, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology.

    • Boulder County Health Iniative Collaborative (BCHIC)

      Mar 2013 - Sept 2013
      Qualitative Research Coordinator

      Coordinator for a quality of care pilot study in Boulder County. The goal of this project is to gain a better understanding of patients' perspective of barriers to accessing health care and human services, as well as successful navigation of the health care and human services system in Boulder County.

    • SMBA (Singletrack Mountain Bike Adventures)

      Apr 2015 - now
      Coach

      Mountain bike coach working with junior athletes ages 5-18 in Boulder and Nederland.

    • Singletrack Mountain Bike Adventures

      Jan 2021 - now
      Program Director
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Jury Advisor

      US Ski & Snowboard
      Nov 2022
    • Race Administrator

      US Ski & Snowboard Association
      Nov 2022
    • Referee

      US Ski & Snowboard
      Nov 2022
    • Competition Official

      US Ski & Snowboard
      Oct 2022
    • BICP Level I instructor

      Bicycle Instructor Instruction Program (BICP)
      Apr 2016
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Boulder Mountain Bike Patrol - Volunteer Patroller, Director (2016-2017)

      Issued by Boulder Mountain Bike Patrol on Apr 2013
      Boulder Mountain Bike PatrolAssociated with Heather Williams