Rate My Professor Matthew Williamson

His research specializations encompass human osteology, human biological variation, and paleopathology. Williamson has conducted research on prehistoric Native American health in the Southeastern and Midwestern United States and cemetery research in the Caribbean. He has served as a forensic anthropology consultant for law enforcement agencies in Georgia, South Carolina, Illinois, and Indiana. He teaches Human Anatomy and Physiology and Pathophysiology on the Statesboro campus and online. Key publications include “A review of the coracoclavicular joint: Description, etiology, and clinical significance” in Clinical Anatomy (2023), “From Households to Bathing Rituals: Biocultural Aspects of Life in Late Prehistoric North Georgia” (2020, with M. C. Griffin), and presentations such as “Fort Laurens: Investigation of an Ambush during Colonial Expansion into Ohio Country” (2024) and “The Bones Speak: How Forensic Anthropologists Contribute to Forensic Analysis” (2025). Williamson received the Bernd Spiessel Research Award in 2001.