Experience

Kansas Historical Society

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Public Outreach Archeologist

  • Apr 2018 - Present



MSU Anthropology

• Doctoral Candidate

  • Aug 2012 - Present

• Online Course Assistant

  • Jan 2014 - Apr 2018

• Online Course Instructor

  • May 2017 - Jul 2017

  Integrated Social Science 220: Time, Space, and Change in Human Society. Approximately 25 students enrolled. Responsible for running the course, communicating with and being available toundergraduate students, grading assignments, and making course content available each week.

• Graduate Fellow

  • Aug 2015 - May 2017

  During the fellowship (which lasts an academic year with the possibility of returning as a ‘Returning CHI Fellow’), students collaboratively develop a significant and innovative digital Responsible for being in-residence for at least 6 hours each week and participating in the program’s weekly group meeting and posting on substantive blogpost per month.Digital Cultural Heritage Projects developed through the fellowship:CreatorDirectory of Oneota ScholarsOnline directory of scholars studying Upper Mississippian Oneota, dating circa AD 1000 to the mid-1700s, and lists their publications, areas of interest, and current institutions of employment. Scholars are listed in alphabetical order on each of four directory pages: Academics/Professionals, Graduate Students, Emeritus, and Deceased.URL: dos.matrix.msu.eduCo-creatorMapping Morton VillageCreated as part of the Cultural Heritage Informatics Fellowship, 2015-2016Mapping Morton Village is a digital cultural map of the Morton Village archaeological site, located in Central Illinois. This map is an educational tool, focused on describing various aspects of archaeological research and methods.URL: mappingmv.matrix.msu.edu

• Online Course Instructor

  • Jul 2016 - Aug 2016

  Anthropology 203: Introduction to Archaeology. Approximately 25 students enrolled. Responsible for running the course, communicating with and being available toundergraduate students, grading assignments, and making course content available each week.

• Graduate Student Mentor

  • May 2016 - Jun 2016

  Working alongside Teaching Assistants for an Archaeological Field School to teach basic excavation and laboratory procedures to students who have minimal experience in archaeology.

• Online Course Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • May 2014 - Aug 2014

  Anthropology 204: Introduction to Medical Anthropology. Approximately 50 students enrolled. Responsible for grading 2 blog posts and 2 blog comments each week in a 7-week summerclass.

• Field School Mentor

  • May 2014 - Jun 2014

  Supervisor of Field School students in the Field and Lab. Responsible for teaching basic excavation and laboratory procedures to students who haveminimal experience in archaeology. Responsible for leading discussions each week on assigned readings and engaging students in theoretical aspects of archaeology.

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • May 2013 - Dec 2013

  Responsible for organization of archaeological fieldwork equipment before, during, and after the field season. Responsible for cataloging artifacts recovered from excavations, this includes counting, weighing, and describing these items.

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Jan 2013 - May 2013

  Anthropology 202: Biocultural Evolution. Over 200 students enrolled. Responsible for grading exams, developing questions for exams, developing lab exercises,supervising in-class lab activities, and presenting one in-class lecture.



Michigan State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Online Course Technical Support

  • May 2017 - Aug 2017

  Hourly paid position. Responsible for responding to and assistant students that sent emails to the Online Course Technical Support Email address. Hourly paid position. Responsible for responding to and assistant students that sent emails to the Online Course Technical Support Email address.



Dickson Mounds State Museum

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Creator and Supervisor of Dine and Dig with Archaeologists

  • Jun 2017 - Jul 2017

  Designed with Christa Foster, Assistant Curator of Education, Dickson Mounds MuseumSupervised the program, which brings non-archaeologists together with archaeologists tohave lunch in the field and experience excavations at an archaeological site.Responsible for teaching basic excavation and laboratory procedures to participants whohave minimal experience in archaeology. Designed with Christa Foster, Assistant Curator of Education, Dickson Mounds MuseumSupervised the program, which brings non-archaeologists together with archaeologists tohave lunch in the field and experience excavations at an archaeological site.Responsible for teaching basic excavation and laboratory procedures to participants whohave minimal experience in archaeology.

• Online Course Technical Support

  • May 2015 - Aug 2015

  Hourly paid position. Responsible for responding to and assistant students that sent emails to the Online Course Technical Support Email address. Hourly paid position. Responsible for responding to and assistant students that sent emails to the Online Course Technical Support Email address.

• Field and Lab Supervisor for Taste of Archaeology Camp

  • May 2015 - Jun 2015

  Responsible for teaching basic excavation and laboratory procedures to campers who haveminimal experience in archaeology. Responsible for teaching basic excavation and laboratory procedures to campers who haveminimal experience in archaeology.

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2012 - Dec 2012

  Integrated Social Science 210: Society and the Individual. Over 200 students enrolled. Responsible for grading exams, developing questions for exams, and presenting one in-classlecture. Integrated Social Science 210: Society and the Individual. Over 200 students enrolled. Responsible for grading exams, developing questions for exams, and presenting one in-classlecture.



Anthropology Department at Baylor University

• Office Assistant

  • May 2011 - May 2012