University of California, Berkeley
Graduate Student, Anthropology
About
Since 2002, my studies have focused on the archaeology of the modern (18th and 19th century) world, what it can tell us about ourselves, and possibly where we are going.
I did my undergraduate work at the University of Virginia, and learned to excavate 'up the hill' at Monticello. During that time, I also developed an interest in island archaeology, studying at the University of Otago in New Zealand and working on a field project on Pemba Island, Tanzania.
My graduate career has taken me to the Hawaiian Islands, where I have been pursuing a dissertation project on the leprosarium at Kalaupapa, Moloka'i, and working on a field project on Kohala, Hawai'i. During this time, I have learned to love field mapping, especially using the telescopic alidade and plane table. I have expanded my research interest to include the history and archaeology of medical institutions, alongside a landscape archaeology approach, to understand the life of the early communities of exiles in Kalaupapa ca. 1866-1900.
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