Education

Master of Arts, University of Montana 2021

Bachelor of Arts, University of Washington 2014

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant for Anty 101, Fall 2020

Field of Study

Working Title: Uncovering Cooperation in Housepit 54, Bridge River, British Columbia

Topics: Archaeology, cooperation, wealth indices 

There is a significant amount of literature regarding the theory of cooperation, as well as ethnographies and data from modern populations that clearly show cooperation, yet it is difficult to tease that information out of the archaeological record. My dissertation will focus on Bridge River’s Housepit 54 in British Columbia, Canada. Times of fluctuating resource availability should result in the inhabitants of the house utilizing different approaches to social organization. By examining different measures of wealth and privatization, it may be possible to determine the level and mechanisms of cooperation the ancestors of the modern St’át’imc Nation engaged in at different times in the village’s history. If successful, this method could be used in other areas of the world to similarly determine when cooperation was a beneficial strategy and which mechanism was the most useful.

Professional Experience

Archaeological Technician II, USFS BNF, June 2021 to present

Archaeological Technician I, USFS BNF, May 2020 to June 2021