I am the Assistant State Archaeologist at the Oklahoma Archeological Survey, University of Oklahoma. I assist the state archaeologist with the Section 106 review process of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). As part of the Community Assistance Program (CAP) at the Archeological Survey, I oversee our staff of graduate students who review proposed construction projects across the state and assess the potential impacts of these projects on archaeological resources.
My research interests are in human-landscape interactions, hunter-gatherer settlement patterns, and sediments in archaeological contexts. I employ the methods of the earth sciences (geoarchaeology) to address archaeological questions. As a geoarchaeologist, I have worked in the Pacific Northwest, across the Great Plains, the Philippines, Vietnam, Okinawa, Puerto Rico, and Guam.
