PhD in Archaeology 2018
Areas of Interest
Historical archaeology, prostitution, 19th-century urbanism, feminist theory, gender and sexuality, identity, archaeology of the senses
Research Interests & Fieldwork
My dissertation work examines the 27/29 Endicott Street brothel privy collection. I am particularly interested in trying to understand the daily lived experiences of the brothel through theories in sexuality and embodiment, and utilizing theories concerned with archaeology of the senses. I have also worked on an 18th century plantation site on the island of Montserrat, W.I. and conducted a micromorphological study of one of the structures.
Projects
27/29 Endicott Street Privy collection, Boston, MA
Wakefield Summer Archaeological Institute, Milton, MA; Little Bay Archaeological Site, Montserrat, W.I.; Ridgefield, WA
Courses Taught
Instructor, Department of Archaeology, Boston University
AR372/772: Seminar – “Archaeology of Boston” (Summer 2014)
Graduate Writing Fellow/Part-time Instructor, College of Arts and Sciences Writing Program, Boston University
WR100 and 101: Writing Seminar -“Talking Objects: Our Relationships with Things” (Fall 2014 – Spring 2015, Fall 2016-Spring 2017)
WR100 and 101: Writing Seminar – “The Past That Never Was: Steampunk and the Reimagining of a Victorian Future” (Fall 2013 – Spring 2014, Fall 2016)
Graduate Teaching Fellow, Department of Archaeology, Boston University
AR101: “Introduction to Archaeology” (Fall 2011)
Conference Presentations
2017 Clandestine, Ephemeral, Anonymous? Myths and Actualities of the Intimate Economy of a 19th-Century Boston Brothel. Paper presented at the 50th Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology, Fort Worth, TX
2016 Ghosts in the Archives: Returning life to nineteenth-century prostitutes. Paper presented at the 49th Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology, Washington, D.C.
2015 ‘Beware All Houses Not Recommended’: Sensory Experience and Commercial Success of a Nineteenth-Century Boston Brothel. Paper presented at the 48th Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology, Seattle, Washington
2014 Under the Corset: Health, Hygiene, and Maternity in Boston’s North End. Paper presented at the 47th Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology, Qúebec City, Qúebec
2013 Fire, Clay, and Microscopes: The Micromorphology at the Little Bay Plantation Site, Montserrat W.I. Paper presented at the 46th Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology, Leicester, UK
Professional Service
2017 Committee chair, Society for Historical Archaeology Academic and Professional Training Committee’s Student Subcommittee
2016 Coordinator for the 3rd Annual Society for Historical Archaeology Ethics Bowl, Washington D.C.
2015 Coordinator for the 2nd Annual Society for Historical Archaeology Ethics Bowl, Seattle
2014 Developer and coordinator of the 1st Annual Society for Historical Archaeology Ethics Bowl, Qúebec City
2013-2016 Student Liaison, Society for Historical Archaeology Ethics Committee