archaeologist
I’m an historical and experimental archaeologist working in the North American borderlands. I’ve worked with tribal citizens and THPOs across the country in CRM and academic contexts. I write on archaeological topics as diverse as community archaeology, archaeological pedagogy, indigenous architectures, and Latinx archaeology. [CV] [Bio]
Cal State East Bay archaeology class preparing for archaeological field work, 2019.
ethnohistorian
I’ve carried out various ethnohistorical projects, mostly focusing on nineteenth-century communities such as the one that surrounded the mission church shown below, in the vicinity of Taos, New Mexico. More recently, however, I’ve worked on ethnohistorical projects associated with turn-of-the-century Seminole foodways in South Florida. [CV] [Bio]
On my way to review church archives at the San Francisco de Asis mission in Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico, 2007.
Smith Museum pop-up exhibit and community outreach at the City of Hayward’s Cinco de Mayo festival, 2018.
lab director
I direct the Pacific Earthen Architecture Research Laboratory (PEARL) at Cal State East Bay, where we build experimental adobe ovens and micro-scale adobe architecture to better discern the archaeological signature of adobe. I also use the facility as a laboratory of pedagogy, employing High Impact Principles to draw, retain, and graduate at-risk and underrepresented minority and other students. [CV] [Bio]
PEARL lab demonstration table during International Archaeology Day at San Francisco’s Presidio National Park.