HEATHER L. NORTON
CURRICULUM VITAE
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EDUCATION
2005
PhD
Anthropology The Pennsylvania State
University
Thesis: Human
skin pigmentation variation: A phenotypic,
genotypic, and
evolutionary perspective
Committee: Ken
Weiss, Kateryna Makova, Jeffrey
Kurland, Mark Shriver (chair)
2002
MA
Anthropology The Pennsylvania State
University
2000
BA
Anthropology The Pennsylvania
State University
PUBLICATIONS
Norton HL and
Friedlaender JF. (in press)
Pigmentation and candidate gene
variation in Northern Island Melanesia. In J Friedlaender (ed.):
Population
Genetics, Linguistics, and Culture History in the Southwest Pacific: A
Synthesis. Cambridge: Oxford
University Press
Lamason RL,
Mohideen MA, Mest JR, Wong AC, Norton HL, Aros MC, Jurynec MJ, Mao X,
Humphreville VR, Humbert JE, Sinha S,
Moore JL, Jagadeeswaran P, Zhao W, Ning G, Makalowska I, McKeigue PM,
O'Donnell
D, Kittles R, Parra EJ, Mangini NJ, Grunwald DJ, Shriver MD, Canfield
VA, Cheng
KC. 2005. SLC24A5, a putative cation exchanger, affects pigmentation in
zebrafish and humans. Science 310:1782-1786.
Norton HL, Friedlaender JS, Merriwether DA, Koki
G, Mgone
CS, Shriver MD. 2005. Skin and hair pigmentation variation in Island
Melanesia.
American Journal of Physical
Anthropology
Makova K, Norton HL.
2005. Worldwide polymorphism
at the MC1R locus and normal pigmentation variation in humans. Peptides 26:1901-1908.
Bonilla C, Boxill
LA, Donald SA, Williams T, Sylvester N, Parra EJ, Dios S, Norton HL, Shriver MD, Kittles RA. 2005. The
8818G allele of
the agouti signaling protein (ASIP) gene is ancestral and is associated
with
darker skin color in African Americans. Human Genetics 116:402-406.
Shriver MD, Parra
EJ, Dios S, Bonilla C, Norton H,
Jovel C, Pfaff C, Jones C, Massac A, Cameron N, Baron A, Jackson T,
Argyropoulos G, Jin L, Hoggart CJ, McKeigue PM, Kittles RA. 2003. Skin
pigmentation, biogeographical ancestry and admixture mapping. Human Genetics 112:387-399.
Wagner JK, Jovel C,
Norton HL, Parra EJ,
Shriver
MD. 2002. Comparing
quantitative measures of
erythema, pigmentation, and skin response using reflectometry. Pigment Cell Research 15:379-384.
POSTERS
AND
PRESENTATIONS
2005
Norton HL, Hammer MF. Sequence
variation in the human pigmentation candidate gene SLC24A5. Poster
presented at the Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution meetings,
Tempe,
AZ.
Norton HL, Parra EJ, Kittles R, Shriver MD. Evolution of normal variation in human skin
pigmentation. Paper presented
at the American Society of Human Genetics meetings, Salt Lake City,
Utah.
Norton HL, Kittles R, Bonilla C, Akey J, Shriver
MD. Using measures of
locus-specific differentiation to find genes underlying traits subject
to
recent genetic adaptation: A test case using skin pigmentation. Paper
presented at the American Association of Physical Anthropology
meetings,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2004
Norton HL , Akey J, Shriver MD. Detecting
signals of natural selection
in skin pigmentation candidate genes using locus-specific FST. Poster presented at the American
Society of Human Genetics meetings, Toronto, Canada.
Norton HL. Friedlaender J, Merriwether DA, Koki G,
Mgone C, Shriver MD. Pigmentation
variation in Island
Melanesia and associated candidate gene variation.
Paper presented at the American Association of Physical
Anthropology meetings, Tampa, Florida.
Part of the symposium ÒA second biological garden of Eden: Island Melanesian Genetic DiversityÓ.
2002
Norton HL., Friedlaender J, Merriwether DA, Koki G,
Mgone C, Shriver MD. Populations in Island
Melanesia provide
evidence for non-selection based variation in skin pigmentation. Poster presented at the American
Association of Physical Anthropology meetings in Buffalo, New York.
ACADEMIC
FELLOWSHIPS,
SCHOLARSHIPS, AND HONORS
2006
Best
postdoctoral poster, Society for Molecular Biology and
Evolution
meetings, Tempe AZ.
2005
Matson-Benson
Museum Award
2003-2004 Weiss Fellow, The Pennsylvania State University
2000-2001 Weiss Fellow, The Pennsylvania State
University
EXTERNAL
GRANTS
Wenner Gren Foundation
Dissertation Improvement grant (#7138, $24,828)
INTERNAL
GRANTS
2004 Baker Fund, Department of Anthropology, Penn State
2004 Research and Graduate Studies Office (RGSO), Penn State
2003 Baker Fund, Department of Anthropology, Penn State
2003 RGSO, Penn State
2002 RGSO, Penn State
PAID
TEACHING AND
RESEARCH POSITIONS
September
2005-present
Research
Associate, Arizona Research Laboratories-Biotechnology Division
1997-2005 The Pennsylvania State University
2005 Teaching
Assistant, Introduction to
Archaeology
Research
Assistant, Molecular Anthropology Laboratory, Dr. Mark Shriver
2004 Teaching
Assistant, Introduction to Archaeology
Instructor,
Biological Anthropology
Research
Assistant, Molecular Anthropology Laboratory, Dr. Mark Shriver
2003
Instructor,
Biological Anthropology
Teaching
Assistant, Biological Anthropology
Research
Assistant, Molecular Anthropology Laboratory, Dr. Mark Shriver
2002
Teaching
Assistant, Biological Anthropology
Research
Assistant, Molecular Anthropology Laboratory, Dr. Mark
Shriver
2001
Teaching
Assistant, Advanced Human Genetics
Research
Assistant, Molecular Anthropology Laboratory, Dr. Mark Shriver
1999-2000
Undergraduate
research assistant, Molecular Anthropology Laboratory, Dr. Mark Shriver
1997-1999
Undergraduate
lab assistant, Stoneking, Weiss, and Wood laboratories, Department of
Anthropology
FIELD
WORK
2000
Papua
New Guinea: skin pigmentation
measurement and DNA sample collection
1999-2000
University
Park, PA: Anthropometrics
Laboratory, Dr. Mark Shriver
PROFESSIONAL
SOCIETIES
2000-present
Pan
American Society for Pigment Cell Research
2004-present American
Society for Human Genetics
2006-present Society
for Molecular Biology and Evolution