Dr. Sarah Nicole Johnson recently graduated from UW-Madison in May 2026 with a PhD in Biological Anthropology studying the evolution of locomotion through the hand. Sarah has a passion for exploration and fieldwork and is an avid scuba diver, rock climber, and cave explorer.

Her dissertation research explored the intersection between morphology and locomotion, focusing on the evolution of the hand. She spends her summers at the Rising Star Field Site in the Cradle of Humankind and remains an active member of Project Recover, an organization dedicated to the repatriation of missing US Service