{"id":4380,"date":"2026-10-28T13:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T20:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/?p=4380"},"modified":"2026-10-28T13:40:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T20:40:06","slug":"mere-strickland-anthropology-biological-sciences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/2026\/10\/28\/mere-strickland-anthropology-biological-sciences\/","title":{"rendered":"Mere Strickland (Anthropology &amp; Biological sciences)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h3><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Mere Strickland<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4381 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2026\/10\/MereStrickland-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mere Strickland\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2026\/10\/MereStrickland-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2026\/10\/MereStrickland-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2026\/10\/MereStrickland-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2026\/10\/MereStrickland-1280x1707.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2026\/10\/MereStrickland.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Major:<\/strong> Anthropology &amp; Biological sciences<\/p>\n<p><strong>Email:<\/strong> mmstrick@usc.edu<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ask Me About:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to get into lab work! While I am double majoring in Anthropology and Biological sciences I have also been working inside the archeology lab these past few weeks and it has been an incredible experience. \u00a0Understanding the inner workings of a lab and how to truly find a place for yourself can be hard and I would love to help students work through those difficulties to get a more fulfilling journey at USC.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advice:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The biggest advice I can give to incoming students is that they should be prepared to read. A lot of anthropological work that we handle in those first few semesters is essays and stories professionals in the field produce. This means consistently students will have at least a dozen or so pages each week. My advice is to set up a goal schedule for yourself. I struggle to sit down and read something but having an idea of how long I\u2019m reading for or when I expect to read does make the process easier. 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