Assistant Professor, Anthropology; Assistant Curator of Historical & Contemporary Archaeology and of Ethnography, UMMAA; Associate Director, Center for Community Archaeology and Heritage
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Archaeology at Michigan; Historical Archaeology; Anthropological Archaeology; Contemporary Archaeology; Latin American Archaeology; Community Archaeology
Areas of Expertise
- Historical archaeology/anthropology
- Latin American studies
- American Indian and Indigenous studies
- Black studies
Research Topics
- Cultural heritage and collective memory
- Political violence and colonialism
- Intersections of race, indigeneity, and gender
- Feminist anthropologies
- Indigenous and diasporic (historical) archaeologies
- Time, temporality, materiality
- Collaborative research methodologies
- Americas (especially US, Mexico, Maya Lowlands)
Project Website
Courses
- Black & Indigenous Archaeologies
Current Courses
AAS 358-006
Topics in Black World Studies
AAS 558-003
Seminar in Black World Studies
AMCULT 301-001
Topics in American Culture
AMCULT 601-009
Topics in American Studies
ANTHRARC 394-001
Undergraduate Seminar in Archaeology
ANTHRARC 683-003
Topics in Archaeology
NATIVEAM 301-001
Topics in Native American Studies
NATIVEAM 601-001
Topics in Native American Studies
