Visiting Archaeology Professor Interviews
The search committee invites you to attend the virtual teaching demonstration for the candidates for the 1-year Visiting Archaeology Professor in the Department of Anthropology. Below are the names of the applicants, teaching presentation schedule and a blurb.
Date: Tuesday, May 10
Time: 4:00PM-4:50PM
Zoom Link for Teaching Demo HERE
Candidate Name: Dr. Lynn Kim
Dr. Kim has conducted archaeological research and fieldwork throughout North America since the 2000s and conducted her graduate work in Bolivia on the Inka Empire. Her studies lie in colonial negotiations between indigenous peoples and larger states from prehistory to its impact on modern colonialism and neoimperialism. Dr. Kim is currently investigating ancient coca production and its ties to the modern coca economy and comparing the colonial impact on land tenure in Bolivia and Texas. Her quantitative research interests include the implementation of spatial analyses (GIS), pollen analyses (phytoliths, palynology), and soil chemistry studies (stable isotope) to archaeology. She has taught anthropology and archaeology courses at UTSA, Northwest Vista College, and Kennesaw State University since 2009.
Date: Thursday, May 12
Time: 9:00AM-9:50AM
Zoom Link for Teaching Demo HERE
Candidate Name: Dr. David Bruner
Dr. Bruner’s project management experience comprises both large-scale urban archaeology projects and reconnaissance surveys. His cultural resource management experience covers work in California, Oregon, Kansas, Texas, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and New York.
His California research experience includes work as an archaeologist for the China Lake Naval Base where he studied the petroglyph sites of this region. In Texas, Dr. Bruner directed archaeology projects in Houston’s historic Freedmen’s Town in partnership with the Rutherford B. H. Yates Museum. He also worked with the Descendants of Olivewood to help preserve Houston’s historic Olivewood Cemetery. Among his recent accomplishments, Dr. Bruner facilitated the generation of UNESCO Slave Route designations for historic African-American cultural sites in Southeast Texas.
Date: Thursday, May 12
Time: 1:50 to 2:50PM
Zoom Link for Teaching Demo HERE
Candidate Name: Dr. Ian Scharlotta
Dr. Scharlotta is a registered professional archaeologist with professional and academic experience in archaeological fieldwork, research, and publication in California, Southwestern US, Great Basin, Northern Plains, Siberia, northeast Asia, and Northern Pacific. He has expertise in human osteology, bone and tooth development and microstructure, biochemistry, geochemistry, lithics, ground stone, and radiocarbon dating. His research has emphasized hunter-gatherers, bio- and geochemical analysis, skeletal microsampling methodology, and individual life histories. His ongoing research focuses on prehistoric group structure, settlement systems, cultural interactions, mobility of both individuals and materials, archaeological theory and the scientific methods used to reconstruct the past.
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