Experience

Education

Colorado State University |   PhD, Anthropology             Current: First-Year

Yale University |   Master of Arts, Archaeological Studies       May 2024 

Lehigh University | Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology & Classical Civilizations January 2022 

Research Experience

Hominin Paleoecology Lab | Colorado State University

• Investigating questions relating to hominin paleoecology from a quantitative perspective and modeling  

Malawi Ancient Lifeways and Peoples Project (MALAPP)  | Yale University

• Organization of online and physical archaeological materials at the National Repository of Malawi
• Data collection: lithics, animal bones, iron slag/ore, pottery
• Database management
• Outreach and community engagement 

Paleoarchaeology Lab Technician (Level 2) | Yale University

• Leading Project Sauron - the reorganization of the Malawi Ancient Lifeways and Peoples Project (MALAPP) field and lab data collection 
• Implementation of new field lab protocols and data management
• Data cleaning; Microsoft Access Database

Museum Collections Assistant  | Yale Peabody Museum

• Cataloging the YUPEN 1966 lithics collection and piecing together contextual information to understand where and how the material was collected 
• Learning the Peabody Museum cataloging system (EMu) 
• Skills: archiving; cataloging, artifact photography; EMu