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Academics History

My field of specialization is in decolonizing, (re)claiming, and (re) writing the histories of Indigenous people of the Western Hemisphere (the Americas), and documenting Indigenous communities across time and place through archaeology and oral tradition from the Pleistocene to present day.

Academic Positions
Algoma University

Assistant Professor, History and Philosophy

Mount Allison University

Assistant Professor, Anthropology and Indigenous Studies

University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Anthropology and Indigenous, Archaeology of North America

University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Anthropology and Indigenous, Archaeology of North America

Selkirk College

Instructor, Anthropology

State University of New York at Binghamton

Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Department, Adjunct Instructor

Academic Positions
Algoma University

Associate Professor, and Department Chair Sociology-Anthropology and Associate Professor Geography Geology and Land Stewardship.

Canada Research Chair Tier II  Indigenous History  Healing and Reconciliation

Mount Allison University

Assistant Professor, Anthropology and Indigenous Studies

University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Faculty, Anthropology and Indigenous  Archaeology of North America

University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Interim director of Native American and Indigenous studies program

Fort Peck Community College

Faculty, Native American Studies, Poplar, MT

Selkirk College

Instructor, Anthropology

State University of New York at Binghamton

Adjunct Instructor, Department of Latin American and Caribbean Studies 

Courses Taught

History, Algoma University, Department of History and Philosophy, 2018 – present.

GEOG 3046 Approaches to Research and Applied Inquiries in Geography

ANTR 3907-4907 Indigenous Women, Activism, and Social Justice

ANTR 3036A Indigenous Cultures in North America

ANTR 2096 Indigenous Archaeology

ENGL 1801A Academic Writing Fundamentals

ENGL 2926A Indigenous Literature

HIST 3956A Ancient Mesoamerica

HIST 3907/3406 Decolonizing Indigenous Histories

HIST 2117 Indigenous and Métis Communities in Canada

HIST 4005 History Honors Thesis Advisor

SHIFT Pilot- Cultural and History awareness course for SSM Police Force

Anthropology, Mount Allison University, Department of Anthropology 2017 to 2018

ANTH 3421-A Folklore

ANTH 3031-A Indigenous Knowledge Systems

ANTH 3541-A Ethnobotany

UNST  1991-A Introduction to Indigenous Studies

ANTH 4991-A Decolonizing Indigenous Histories

Anthropology, University of Massachusetts, Department of Anthropology 2015- 17

ANTH 102 Archaeology and Prehistory

ANTH 297 Anthropology of Religion

ANTH 100 Human Nature

ANTH 397 Indigenous Oral Tradition and Archaeology

ANTH 397 Forbidden Archaeology

ANTH 100 Honors Human Nature

ANTH 220 Introduction to Native American Studies (USA Focus)

Native American Studies, Fort Peck Community College 2014-2015 

NASX 105 Introduction to Native American Studies (USA & Canada focus)

NASX 117 History and Culture of the Fort Peck Reservation

NASX 130 American Indians in Montana

NASX 216 American Indian Oral Traditions

NASX 249 US Indian History

NASX 276 Federal Indian Law and Policy

NASX 230 American Indian Education

NASX 240 American Indian Literature

NASX 216 American Indian Oral Traditions, Myths and Legends

Anthropology, Selkirk College 2013-2014    

ANTH 100 Introduction to Anthropology-Distance Ed

ANTH 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

ANTH 205 Anthropology of Religion

ANTH 110 Introduction to Biological Anthropology

ANTH 210 Introduction to Archaeology: Western and Indigenous Archaeology

Anthropology, State University of New York at Binghamton 2008-2013    

LACS 380: Indigenous History and Contemporary Populations of the Western Hemisphere

ANTH 125 Buried Cities and Lost Tribes, Lab section only for 25 students

ANTH 114 Language Culture and Communication, Lab section only for 25 students

Education

Ph.D. Anthropology

Decolonizing Indigenous Histories: Pleistocene Archaeology Sites of the Western Hemisphere

State University of New York at Binghamton (SUNY)

Bachelor of Anthropology, Pre-Med, Honors Cum Laude.

Mitochondrial DNA Tracking and Typing of America's Ancient Cultures: Establishing mtDNA markers for the Quapaw Tribe: Supporting Traditional Territory Recognition and Repatriation.

University of  Arkansas at Fayetteville.

Masters in Anthropology.

Archaeology, CRM, Academia, and Ethics, and, Akimel O'odham, Type 2 Diabetes: Links to Traditional Food Loss.

State University of New York at Binghamton (SUNY)

Minor: Certificate in Evolutionary Studies

​State University of New York at Binghamton (SUNY)

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