ACADEMIC DEGREES
2007: Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
2003: Master’s Degree in Cultural Anthropology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
1999: BA in Theater and History, Smith Scholar, Smith College, Northampton, MA
Ph.D. DISSERTATION
“Historical Erasure and Cultural Recovery: Indigenous People in the Connecticut River Valley”
MASTERS' PROJECT
“Earthshapers and Placemakers: Algonkian Indian Stories and the Landscape"
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Native American Studies (material culture, history, folklore, language, sovereignty)
American Studies (colonial encounters, conflict, gender relations, human rights)
Cultural Performance (performance art, ritual dance, oral traditions, music)
Indigenous Archaeologies (cultural landscapes, material analysis, historical erasure)
Museum Anthropology (collection, representation, cultural property, repatriation)
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS & COURSES TAUGHT
2008 - Present: Assistant Professor, Anthropology Department, University of Connecticut at Storrs, and Native American Studies Coordinator, Avery Point campus.
ANTHRO 3451 “Native American Arts: Expressions of Spirit, Identity, Connection”
ANTHRO 3027 “Contemporary Native Americans: Colonial Images and Modern Politics”
ANTHRO 2511 “Anthropology of Museums: Memory, Place, Power, Representation”
AMSTUD 1201 “Introduction to American Studies”
INTD 1820 “Indigenous People and the Environment”
2008: Visiting Lecturer, American Studies Department, Tufts University, Medford, MA.
AMSTUD 185 "Native American Issues: the Politics of Representation."
2007: McLellan Distinguished Visiting Professor in North Country History and Culture,History Department, State University of New York, Plattsburgh, NY.
HIST 300 "Abenaki History on Lake Champlain: Encounters in Ndakinna."
2006-2007: Teaching Associate, Social Thought and Political Economy Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
STPEC 493 "Decolonizing the Academy, Re-framing Social and Political Theory"
STPEC 492 “Reconsidering Native Presence in the Connecticut River Valley”
STPEC 394 “Decolonizing Methodologies in Global and Local Contexts”
2006: Repatriation Coordinator, Anthropology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
2006: Adjunct Faculty, English Department, Keene State College, Keene, NH.
AMSTUD/ENG 210 "Encountering the Other during the French & Indian War, 1754-1763."
2006: Visiting Lecturer, Anthropology Department, Smith College Northampton, MA.
ANTHRO 258 "Performing Culture."
2005: Teaching Associate, Anthropology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
ANTHRO 197 "Introduction to Native American Indian Studies."
2005: Five College Fellow, Anthropology Department, Amherst College, Amherst, MA. ANTHRO 36 "Reconsidering Native Presence in the Connecticut River Valley."
2001 - 2002: Teaching Assistant, Anthropology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
ANTHRO 104 “Introduction to Cultural Anthropology: Culture, Society, People."
2000: Teaching Assistant, Anthropology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
ANTHRO 270 “North American Indians."
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS & ARTISTIC RESIDENCIES
2009: Writer in Residence for Wabanaki Youth Writers' Camp, Penobscot Nation and Maine Writers' Guild, Oldtown, ME.
2007: Finalist for Distinguished Teaching Award, Office of the Provost, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
2006 - 2007: Visiting Indigenous Fellow and Native Liaison, History Department and Folklore Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA/
2006: Aesop Award for Malian’s Song, American Folklore Society, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
2004 - 2005: Five College Minority Dissertation Fellowship, Anthropology Department, Amherst College, and Five Colleges, Inc., Amherst, MA .
2004: Storyteller of the Year: Academic Writing Award for "Earthshapers and Placemakers" Masters Project, Wordcraft Circle of Native American Writers & Storytellers.
2002 - 2004: Two Graduate School Fellowships, Anthropology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
2002: Storyteller of the Year: Historical Writing Award for "1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving," Wordcraft Circle of Native American Writers & Storytellers.
2000: European Studies Grant for Field Research in the Netherlands, European Studies Program, Anthropology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
2001: Performing Artist in Residence for play, "Giving Thanks," directed by Elizabeth Theobald, Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, Ledyard, CT.
1999 - 2000: Sylvia Forman Scholarship for Minorities, Anthropology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
1999: Jeanne McFarland Women’s History Award for "The Female Soldier on Stage: Deborah Sampson," Women’s History Department, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
1998 - 1999: Two Five College Theater Awards for "Staging the Indian" and "molly has her say," Five College Theater Departments, Five Colleges Inc., Amherst, MA.
1998 - 1999: Bay State Historical League Scholar in Residence, Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield, MA.
1998: Jeanne McFarland Women’s History Award for "Mohegan Women and Cultural Expression," Women’s History Department, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
CONSULTING WORK FOR HISTORICAL MUSEUMS (partial list)
2006 - 2007: Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance & New England Foundation for the Arts, Boston, MA. Planning committee, “Native Arts Initiative” funded by the Ford Foundation IllumiNation Program
2006: Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, Mashantucket, CT. Exhibition consultant for “Baskets and Community in Southern New England” for Curator Stephen Cook.
2005: Historic Deerfield, Deerfield, MA. Writer for walking tour text, “Pocumtuck Homeland” for Education Program Coordinator Claire Carlson.
2004: Historic Deerfield Inc. and Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield, MA. Native American liaison and performer for “1704/2004 Commemoration” and “Beyond 1704” for Philip Zea, President of HD, and Timothy Neumann, Executive Director of PVMA.
2003: Historic Deerfield and Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield, MA. Exhibition consultant for “Remembering 1704: Context and Commemoration, Raid on Deerfield” for Curators Suzanne Flynt, Angela Goebel-Bain, Jessica Neuwirth, and Amanda Rivera-Lopez.
2002 - 2005: Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield, MA. Writer, advisor, and reviewer for "Raid on Deerfield: The Many Voices of 1704" web site .
2001: Robert Abbé Museum, Bar Harbor, ME. Exhibition consultant for “Four Mollys: Women of the Dawn” for Curator Bunny McBride.
1999: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA. Exhibition consultant for “Enduring Americans: American Indian Presence” for Curator Edward Hood.
1999: Robert S. Peabody Museum, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA. Exhibition reviewer for “Mikwitemanej Mikmanaqi’k” for Curator Leah Rosenmeier.
1999: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA. Exhibition consultant for “Medicine in Nineteenth-Century New England” for Curator Nan Wolverton.
1999: Worcester Historical Museum, Worcester, MA. Exhibition consultant for “Presence and Persistence: Nipmuc Indians” for Curator Holly Izard.
1997 - 2006: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA. Historical interpreter for more than 400 performances as “Molly Geet, the Indian Doctress” and staff training for “Interpreting Diversity and Prejudice in Nineteenth Century New England”.
PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY SERVICE
2009 - present: Secretary, Council for Museum Anthropology, American Anthropological Association
2007 - 2009: Board of Trustees, Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, MA
2003 - present: Five College Repatriation Committee Research Liaison, Amherst, MA
2004 - 2007: Board of Trustees, Fort Ticonderoga, Ticonderoga, NY
2003 - present: Indigenous Archaeology Advisory Board, World Archaeology Congress
1998 - 2009: Advisory Board, Wampanoag Indigenous Program, Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, MA
1998 - present: Board of Trustees, Historic Northampton, Northampton, MA
1995 - 2008: Five College Native American Indian Studies Curriculum Committee, Amherst, MA
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