In addition to traditional classroom instruction, I feel strongly about active participation in public outreach activities. As a graduate student at the University of Washington, I was fortunate to collaborate with Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture on a variety of outreach projects. Specifically, I developed strong interest in the use of traveling education kits (Burke Boxes) within local middle and elementary schools. I directed the re-development of three teaching trunks including “Peopling of the Americas”, “Hominid Evolution” and “Evolution is Everywhere”. I was also involved in the development of the “Kuril Islands” Burke Box associated with the Kuril Biocomplexity Project. In addition, I loved helping out in various other public outreach activities such as Artifact ID Day, writing archaeology themed articles for the Seattle Times and the development of an archaeology curriculum for docent tour guides.
My most important service contributions to the University of Washington and the Department of Anthropology included a two year appointment as the Archaeology Graduate Student Representative (GSR) as well as a two year appointment as the Anthropology Graduate Staff Assistant (GSA). As the archaeology GSR, I served on two hiring committees as well as participated in the drafting of mission statements for the Archaeology sub-discipline. In this position I also attempted to unite graduate students between anthropological subfields through the organization of academic and causal departmental events. These events included a professional symposium on guns, violence and mental health, an anthropological film festival, chili cook-offs and trivia nights.
As the Anthropology Graduate Staff Assistant (GSA), I was intimately involved with the maintenance of our analytical laboratories and equipment as well as the organization of collections used in teaching anthropological courses. During my service as the GSA, I am most proud of my authorship (and co-authorship) of four student technology fee grants totaling over $128,000 to secure analytical equipment for graduate student research. Equipment that was purchased in conjunction with these grants includes portable 3D artifact scanners, digital microscopes, petrographic thin sectioning equipment and a wide variety of analytical software.
My most important service contributions to the University of Washington and the Department of Anthropology included a two year appointment as the Archaeology Graduate Student Representative (GSR) as well as a two year appointment as the Anthropology Graduate Staff Assistant (GSA). As the archaeology GSR, I served on two hiring committees as well as participated in the drafting of mission statements for the Archaeology sub-discipline. In this position I also attempted to unite graduate students between anthropological subfields through the organization of academic and causal departmental events. These events included a professional symposium on guns, violence and mental health, an anthropological film festival, chili cook-offs and trivia nights.
As the Anthropology Graduate Staff Assistant (GSA), I was intimately involved with the maintenance of our analytical laboratories and equipment as well as the organization of collections used in teaching anthropological courses. During my service as the GSA, I am most proud of my authorship (and co-authorship) of four student technology fee grants totaling over $128,000 to secure analytical equipment for graduate student research. Equipment that was purchased in conjunction with these grants includes portable 3D artifact scanners, digital microscopes, petrographic thin sectioning equipment and a wide variety of analytical software.
