W Barr
Assistant Professor at The George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Top SchoolW. Barr is an assistant professor and paleoecologist-paleoanthropologist with over a decade of research experience probing the environmental contexts that shaped early human evolution. Based at The George Washington University and active in the Mille-Logya Research Project, they combine fieldwork in the Afar region of Ethiopia with interdisciplinary analyses to link ecology, climate, and hominin behavior. Trained with a PhD from UT Austin and a BS from Tulane, they bridge archaeology, biology, and paleoecology to reconstruct past landscapes and evolutionary pressures. Known for sustained field programs and mentoring, Barr brings both deep regional expertise and a broader commitment to integrating ecological data into narratives of human origins.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Physical and Biological Anthropology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Physical and Biological Anthropology at The University of Texas at AustinBS Anthropology, BS Anthropology at Tulane University
English, French
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Github Skills (48)
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
wabarr/physanth-phylogeny-v2
May 2017 - May 2020
Contributions:324 pushes, 3 branches, 3 comments in 3 years
wabarr/KFFS
Dec 2018 - Nov 2019
Contributions:248 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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