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”. Chair: Dr. H. Martin Wobst.
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Algonkian Indian Folklore and History, Colonial American Studies, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnohistory, Ethnomusicology, Herbal Medicine, Historic Landscapes, Indigenous Archaeology, Museum Anthropology, Native American Indian Studies, New England History, Oral Traditions, Popular Memory, Performance Studies, Transnationalism
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2008: Assistant Professor, Anthropology Department, University of Connecticut at Storrs, and Coordinator of the Native American Studies Program, University of Connecticut at Avery Point, CT
2008: Visiting Lecturer, American Studies Department, Tufts University, Medford, MA. Instructor for 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. Instructor for HIST 300 “Abenaki History on Lake Champlain: Encounters in Ndakinna”.
2007: Teaching Associate, Social Thought and Political Economy Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. Instructor for STPEC 493 “Decolonizing the Academy, Re-framing Social and Political Theory”.
2006: Teaching Associate, Social Thought and Political Economy Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. Instructor for 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. Instructor for AMSTUD/ENG 210 “Encountering the Other during the French & Indian War, 1754-1763”.
2006: Visiting Lecturer, Anthropology Department, Smith College Northampton, MA. Instructor for ANTHRO 258 “Performing Culture”.
2005: Teaching Associate, Social Thought and Political Economy Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.Instructor for STPEC 492 “Reconsidering Native Presence in the Connecticut River Valley”.
2005: Teaching Associate, Anthropology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. Instructor for ANTHRO 197 “Introduction to Native American Indian Studies”.
2005: Five College Fellow, Anthropology Department, Amherst College, Amherst, MA. Instructor for ANTHRO 36 “Reconsidering Native Presence in the Connecticut River Valley”.
2001 - 2002: Teaching Assistant, Anthropology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. Section Instructor for ANTHRO 104 “Introduction to Cultural Anthropology: Culture, Society, People”.
2000: Teaching Assistant, Anthropology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. Section Instructor for ANTHRO 270 “North American Indians”.
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS & ARTISTIC RESIDENCIES
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
2007 - present: Board of Trustees, Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, MA
2003 - present: Five College Repatriation Committee, Amherst, MA
2004 - 2007: Board of Trustees, Fort Ticonderoga, Ticonderoga, NY
2003 - present: Indigenous Archaeology Advisory Board, World Archaeology Congress
2001 - present: Anthropology Repatriation Committee, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
2000 - present: Native Writers’ Circle of the Americas, Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers & Storytellers
1998 - present: 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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