Jessica C. Thompson in the field

Jessica C. Thompson

Jessica C. Thompson is an assistant professor of anthropology at Yale University and PI of the Yale Paleoarchaeology Laboratory. Thompson has more than 20 years of experience investigating the archaeology of human origins at field sites across Africa and has led large international projects in Malawi since 2009. She is a Public Voices Fellow through The OpEd Project.

Articles by Jessica C. Thompson

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Opinion: Universities Must Incentivize Field-Based Research as an Equity Issue

Image of small blue creatures called Nergals. Some have hearts above their heads, which signify friendship. There is one Nergal who is sneezing and losing health, which is denoted by minus one signs floating around it.
June 2025, Issue 1

Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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Unraveling Complex Biology with Advanced Multiomics Technology

Unraveling Complex Biology with Five-Dimensional Multiomics

Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

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Seeing and Sorting with Confidence

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Streamlining Microbial Quality Control Testing

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