Contact Information
Department of Anthropology
607 S Mathews Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801
Office Hours
Research Interests
Maya Archaeology; Human-animal interactions; Indigenous Sustainability; Stable isotopic analysis; Diet and nutrition study; Zooarchaeology.
Education
Visiting Scholar, Harvard-Yenching Institute, 2018-2019
MA, Shandong University, 2020
BA, Shandong University, 2017
Grants
2025 Forest T. Baker Award for American Anthropology
2025 Whitten Summer Graduate Research Fellowship, Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies, UIUC
2024 Tinker Foundation Fellowship, Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies, UIUC
Courses Taught
2025 Fall ANTH 105 World Archaeology
Highlighted Publications
Wang, Yifan, Rachel Taylor. 2025. Chapter 7. Exploring Environment-Human-Animal Sustainable Relationships in Central Belize: Insights from Stable Isotope and Zooarchaeological Analyses. Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology vol.19, pp.107-122.https://doi.org/10.62064/rrba.19.11;
Lucero, Lisa J., Rachel Taylor, Yifan Wang, Laura J. Kosakowsky. 2023 Denuded Landscapes and Exposed Neighborhoods: Results of the 2022 Valley of Peace Archaeology Project. Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.62064/rrba.18.24