i am currently a member of michigan state university’s anthropology department as a first year historical archaeology student.  this is what i want to do.
 
i want to dig.
 
why?  archaeology is the perfect blend of hard, physical, work, intellectually challenging research, technological analysis of data, and the intuitive capability of piecing together what you have with what you do not.  it is an enormous puzzle with missing pieces, but with a magnificent picture to present.
 
here, you will be able to find information about my current research, research i hope to complete, and research i have completed.  you will also find research blogs and field work blogs, in addition to photos from the field.  i have also included information about my program and who i am working with.
the digger
research mission
to pursue the archaeological record of the enslaved in the united states, with the hope of furthering the knowledge of their social  and material lives, to further understand the development of and reliance upon community as a means of negotiating the power struggles that dominated their lives, and to examine how this negotiation of power has continued into our contemporary issues with race.
 
also to further the development of archaeological field work by incorporating the use of computer technology to increase the efficiency, accuracy, and practicability of data collection in the field.
 
current research
  1. • dissertation
  2. • brome plantation slave quarter
  3. •  bromeblog
 
future research
  1. • african american slave burial
  2. • archaeology of hip hop and graffiti
 
completed research
  1. • research assistant, dr. Daina Berry
  2. •senior individualized project
  3. •resurrecting saphronia
 
michigan state university
  1. • anthropology
  2. • history
  3. • graduate school
  4. • msu
 
historic st. mary’s city
  1. • archaeology
  2. • historic st. mary’s
  3. • smcm
 
archaeologically specific credentials
education
  1. • b.a. in classical studies from kalamazoo college
  2. • b.a. in history from michigan state university
awards
  1. • honors on senior individualized project, resurrecting sophronia: eusebius’ christianization of the livian marker rape
  2. • $3,000 Kalamazoo College Senior Individualized Project Grant, 2003
  3. • $750 Kalamazoo College Internship Grant, 2003
  4. • $2,000 Kalamazoo College Internship Grant, 2002 dig experience
  5. • villa of maxentius survey, rome, italy, 2003
  6. • saint’s rest field school, east lansing, michigan, 2005
research experience
  1. • Research assistant, daina ramey berry, African American history, 2006-2007
documentation
  1. • curriculum vitae.pdf
  2. • resume.pdf