Dr. Jocelyn S. Williams
Associate Professor Department of Anthropology
Trent University
2140 East Bank Drive Peterborough, ON K9J 7B8
jocelynwilliams@trentu.ca
(705) 748-1011 ext. 7441
Citizenship: Canadian
Research interests: I am a human bioarchaeologist who studies both mummified and skeletal material from past populations in North, South and Mesoamerica in order to investigate how diet, disease and movement relates to social, environmental and cultural factors. My methodological expertise is in both osteological analysis (including paleopathology) and stable isotope analysis. I have a particular interest in infant feeding practices (including breastfeeding and weaning) and the impact of Inca imperialism and Spanish/British colonialism on diet, health and mobility.
Education:
2000 to 2005 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
Supervisor: Dr. M.A. Katzenberg
Title: Investigating Diet and Dietary Change Using the Stable Isotopes of Carbon and Nitrogen in Mummified Tissues from Puruchuco-Huaquerones, Peru.
1998 to 2000 Masters of Art (MA)
Department of Anthropology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
Supervisors: Dr. C.D. White (Anthropology) and Dr. F.J. Longstaffe (Earth Sciences)
Title: The People Who Ate the Sea: A Stable Isotopic Analysis of Diet at Marco Gonzalez and San Pedro, Belize.
1995 to 1998 Honors Bachelor of Arts (BA) Summa Cum Laude
Department of Anthropology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
1994 to 1995 Bachelor of Science (Transferred to McMaster after first year)
Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario
Professional background:
July 1, 2012 to present:
Associate Professor (Tenured)
Department of Anthropology, Trent University
July 1, 2006 to June 2012:
Assistant Professor (Tenure-track)
Department of Anthropology, Trent University.
January 2005-June 2005
Sessional instructor
Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary
Research grants and awards:
2017
• Unsuccessful SSHRC Insight Grant $229,667 “The Bioarchaeology of Inka Statecraft” Co- applicant with Andrew Nelson. Reapplied 2018
• International Travel Award, $1500. Internal SSHRC Trent University (declined).
2016
• SSHRC insight development grant $8000 (my portion of the $196,644 awarded). Principle investigator: James Conolly (Professor, Anthropology, Trent University) “Biogeography of Late Foragers and Early Farmers in the Kawartha Lakes”
• International Travel Award, $1500. Internal SSHRC Trent University
2012
• Merit award for teaching. Trent University
2011
• Recipient of Trent University Award for Educational Leadership and Innovation
• Academic Innovation Fund, $3,500.00. “Biological Anthropology” Trent University. Co- applicant with Anne Keenleyside.
• SSHRC insight development grant, $4,500.00 (my portion of the $70, 560 awarded). Principle investigator: James Conolly (Associate Professor, Anthropology, Trent University).
• International Travel Award, $1500.00. Internal SSHRC Trent University
2009
• Alphawood Grant, $16,215.00 (my portion of the $343,178 awarded). “Socio-environmental dynamics in the North Vaca Plateau, Belize: A long term prospective”. Principle investigators: Gyles Iannone (Associate Professor, Anthropology, Trent University) and Jaime Awe (Director, Institute of Archaeology in Belize).
2007
• Academic Innovation Fund, $598.00. “Teaching Material to Increase the Visual and Hands-on Teaching of Genetics in the Biological Anthropology Lab”. Trent University
• International Travel Award, $1000.00. Internal SSHRC Trent University.
2005
• Social Sciences and Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship, $75,056. Population Mobility and Inca Rule for the Central Coast of Peru: Oxygen Isotope Analysis of Dental Enamel and Bone Phosphate. Declined to accept faculty position at Trent University.
• Sigma Xi Grant in Aid of Research, $1000.00 USD. Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Analysis of Mummified Soft Tissues at Puruchuco-Huaquerones, Peru. The Scientific Research Society, USA.
• Province of Alberta Graduate Fellowship, $10,000.00. Investigating Diet at Puruchuco- Huaquerones Using Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Analysis. University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.
2004
• Top up award, $5,000.00 Graduate Studies, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.
2003
• Carter Award for travel to Peru to conduct osteological analyses for dissertation, $500.00 University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.
2002
• Research Excellence Award, $5,000.00 Graduate Studies, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Fellowship, $35,400.00. Diet in the Ancient Inca: An Isotopic Investigation of Diet Using Multiple Tissues.
• Province of Alberta Graduate Fellowship, $15,000.00. Investigating Diet at Puruchuco- Huaquerones Using Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Analysis. University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. This award was declined since it could not be held in conjunction with a federal scholarship such as the SSHRC.
• Dissertation Grant, $1500.00, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.
• Sigma Xi Grant in Aid of Research, $800.00 USD. Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Analysis of Mummified Soft Tissues at Puruchuco-Huaquerones, Peru. The Scientific Research Society, USA.
2001
• Province of Alberta Graduate Fellowship, $15,000.00. Investigating Diet at Puruchuco- Huaquerones Using Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Analysis. University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.
• Tuition Scholarship, $1000.00. Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.
• Martha Biggar Anders Award for six weeks travel to Peru to work on an excavation and collect data for PhD research, $2000.00. Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.
• Carter Award for travel to Peru to work on an excavation and collect data for PhD research, $1000.00. University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.
2000
• Tuition Scholarship, $3000.00. Graduate Studies and Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.
• Province of Alberta Graduate Fellowship, $10,000.00. Investigating Diet at Puruchuco- Huaquerones Using Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Analysis. University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta. This award was declined since it could not be held in conjunction with a federal scholarship such as the NSERC.
1999
• Oschinsky-McKern Award for best student paper, $100.00. Canadian Association of Physical Anthropologists, Annual Meeting.
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Postgraduate student award, $34,600.00. Ancient Maya Diet during the Postclassic Transition at Two Coastal Sites in Belize.
1998
• Special University Scholarship, $15,500.00. University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario.
1997
• Northern Scientific Training Program Grant. $1000.00. Perceptions about Hunting in the Northern Cree Community of Waswanipi, Quebec. McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.
Refereed publications:
2017
Williams, JS, SS Stronge, G Iannone, F Longstaffe
Examining Chronological Trends in Ancient Maya Diet at Minanha, Belize. Latin American Antiquity 29(2): 269-287.
2014
Conolly J, Dillane J, Dougherty K, Elaschuk K, Csenkey K, Williams J.
Establishing the Long Term Use of a Burial Location from the Fifth to First Millennium BP in South-Central Ontario: An Interim Report on Mortuary Patterning, Palaeodietary Analysis, Zooarchaeology, Material Culture and Chronology from Jacob’s Island-1 (BcGo-17), Kawartha Lakes. Canadian Journal of Archaeology 38(1): 106-133.
2013
Williams, JS, MM Murphy
Living and Dying as Subjects of the Inca Empire: Adult Diet and Health at Puruchuco- Huaquerones, Peru. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 32:165-179.
2011
Williams, JS, MA Katzenberg
Seasonal Fluctuations in Diet and Death During the Late Horizon: A Stable Isotopic Analysis of Hair and Nail from the Central Coast of Peru. Journal of Archaeological Science 39: 41-57
2010
Valdez, L., JS Williams, K. Bettcher, L. Dausse
Decapitación y cabezas humanas del valle de Acarí. Arqueología y Sociedad 22: 55-72
2009
Williams, JS, White, CD, Longstaffe FJ
Maya Marine Subsistence: Isotopic Evidence for Trade and Status from Marco
Gonzalez and San Pedro, Belize. Latin American Antiquity 20:37-56.
2006
Valdez, L, JS Williams, KJ Bettcher
Prácticas Mortuarias Wari en Marayniyoq, Valle de Ayacucho, Perú. Chungara 38(1): 113-127.
White, CD, J Maxwell, AE Dolphin, JS Williams, FJ Longstaffe
Pathoecology and Paleodiet in Postclassic/Historic Maya from Northern Coastal Belize.
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 101 (Suppl. II): 35-42. Williams, JS and CD White
Dental Modification in the Postclassic Population from Lamanai, Belize. Ancient
Mesoamerica 17(1): 139-151.
2005
Williams, JS, CD White, FJ Longstaffe
Trophic Level and Macronutrient Shift Effects Associated with the Weaning Process in the Maya Postclassic. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 128(4): 781-790.
Non-refereed publications:
2013
Sutinen J, J Williams
Examining Mobility at Minanha through Strontium Isotope Analysis. In Archaeological Investigations in the North Vaca Plateau, Belize: Progress Report of the Fifteenth (2013) Field Season, edited by Gyles Iannone, Jaime J. Awe, Sonja A. Schwake, and Kendall B. Hills, pp. 145-152. Social Archaeology Research Program: Department on Anthropology, Trent University, Peterborough.
2011
Stronge, SS, JS Williams
Investigating Ancient Maya Dietary Change At Minanha, Belize Using The Stable Isotopes Of Carbon And Nitrogen. In Archaeological Investigations in The North Vaca Plateau, Belize: Progress Report Of The Thirteenth (2011) Field Season, edited by Gyles Iannone, Sonja A. Schwake, Jaime J. Awe, and Philip P. Reeder, pp. 124-137. Social Archaeology research Program: Department Of Anthropology, Trent University, Peterborough.
2008
Williams JS, Katzenberg MA
Investigating Season of Death Using Carbon Isotope Data from the Hair of 500 Year Old
Peruvian Mummies. In Mummies and Science: World Mummy Research, edited by: Atoche
Pena P, Rodriguez Martin C, and Ramirez Rodriguez A. Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Academia Canaria de la Historia, p. 497-504.
2007
Williams, JS
Review of Roderick Sprague’s Burial Terminology: A Guide for Researchers. Alta Mira
Press. 2005. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 133(2): 887-893.
Conference papers/conference sessions organized:
2017
Nelson, AJ, S Guillen, L Lopes, A Sajantila, E Orellana, J Tejeda and JS Williams Maternal mortality in Ancient Peru: A case study from Ilo. Paper presented at the 7th Paleopathology Association Meeting in South America, Chile, October 2017
2016
Co-organized Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology with Anne
Keenleyside. Held at Holiday Inn, in Peterborough, ON. Górkiewicz, A, JS Williams
Queering skeletal sex assessment at Worthy Park, Hampshire. Poster presented at annual meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Vilnius, Lithuania, August 2016.
Williams, JS
An osteological and stable isotope investigation of infant feeding practices, dietary stress and morbidity using mummified subadult remains from Huaquerones, Peru. Paper presented at the 9th World Congress of Mummy Studies, Lima, Peru, August 2016.
2013
Sutinen, J, JS Williams, G Iannone
Identification of Non-local Individuals from Minanha, Belize, Using Strontium Isotope Analysis. Paper presented at the 39th annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Physical Anthropologists, Scarborough, ON, October 2013.
Williams, JS
Food security on the central Peruvian coast: Investigating the impact of Inca imperialism on food availability. Paper presented at the 39th annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Physical Anthropologists, Scarborough, ON, October 2013.
2012
Stronge, SS, JS Williams, FJ Longstaffe
Using Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Analysis to Investigate Chronological Dietary Trends at Minanha, Belize. Paper presented at the 38th annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Physical Anthropologists, Montreal, QC, October 2012.
2011
Bower M, JS Williams
The Hidden Spring Site: A Preliminary Mortuary and Osteological Analysis. Paper
presented at the Canadian Archaeological Association meetings in Halifax, Nova Scotia, May
2011.
Dillane J, J Conolly, K Dougherty, JS Williams
The Mortuary Components of Jacobs Island: Implications for Mortuary Patterns in the Trent Valley, Southern Ontario. Paper presented at the Canadian Archaeological Association meetings in Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 2011.
Williams, JS, AS Wilson
Hair in Archaeology. Session co-organized for the 7th World Congress on Mummy Studies.
Williams, JS, AS Wilson, E Brown, A Gledhill, Katzenberg MA
Hydrogen and Oxygen Isotope Analysis of Hair from Inca Period Mummies: Exploring Mobility and Resource use in Central Peru. Paper presented at the 7th Mummy Congress in San Diego California, May 2011.
2008
Williams, JS
The Analysis and Reconstruction of Palaeoenvironments. Session organized for the Canadian Archaeological Association annual meeting, Trent University, May 2008.
2007
Williams, JS, MS Murphy
Diet and health at Puruchuco-Huaquerones, a Late Horizon cemetery on the central coast of Peru. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 2007.
Williams, JS, MA Katzenberg
Investigating Season of Death Using Carbon Isotope Data From the Hair of 500 year old Peruvian Mummies. Paper presented at the 6th Mummy Congress, Lanzarote, Spain, February 2007.
2006
Williams, JS
Investigating Palaeodiet Using Multiple Tissues from Ancient Peruvian Mummies. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Physical Anthropologists, Peterborough, ON, October 2006.
Williams, JS, MA Katzenberg
Investigating Dietary Change Using the Hair of Ancient Inca Mummies from Puruchuco- Huaquerones, Peru. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Anchorage, Alaska, March 2006.
White, CD, JP Maxwell, JS Williams, FJ Longstaffe
Diet, disease, and Ecology of Coastal Maya Following the Collapse. Paper presented at the Paleopathology Association meetings, Anchorage, Alaska, March 2006.
White, CD, JS Williams, AE Dolphin, J Maxwell, J Matthews
Skeletal Biology of Two Coastal Maya Communities During the Postclassic to Historic Transition: A Preliminary Analysis. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Juan Puerto Rico, April 2006.
2004
Williams, JS, MA Katzenberg
Investigating Diet and Disease for the Central Coast of Peru Using Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopic Analyses of Hair from 500 year Old Mummies. Paper presented at the 5th Mummy Congress, Turin, Italy, September 2004.
Williams, JS
Inca-Period Diet for the Central Coast of Peru: A Preliminary Report on the Isotopic Analysis of Human Bone Collagen from Puruchuco-Huaquerones. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Tampa Bay, Florida, April 2004.
Williams, JS
Investigating the Relationship Between Diet and Disease for a Partially Mummified Infant from Central Peru. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Paleopathology Association, Tampa Bay, Florida, April 2004.
2003
Williams, JS
Isotopic Analysis of Nail from Peruvian Mummies: Reconstructing Individual Diet in the Months Prior to Death. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Physical Anthropologists, Edmonton, AB, October 2003.
Williams, JS, CD White
Dental Decoration During the Postclassic at Lamanai, Belize: Sex and Status
Differences. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Tempe, AZ, April 2003.
Williams, JS
New Technology and the Direction of Physical Anthropology. Paper presented at the plenary session of the Canadian Archaeological Association meeting in Hamilton, ON, May 2003.
White, CD, JS Williams, FJ Longstaffe
Isotopic Evidence of Anemia Among the Coastal Maya. Paper presented at the Canadian Archaeological Association meeting in Hamilton, ON, May 2003.
2002
Williams, JS, CD White, FJ Longstaffe Trophic Level and Macronutrient Shift Effects Associated with the Weaning Process in the Maya Postclassic. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Buffalo, N.Y. April 2002
2001
Williams, JS, FJ Longstaffe, CD White
A Stable Isotopic Analysis of Diet at Marco Gonzalez and San Pedro, Belize. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Physical Anthropologists, Winnipeg, Manitoba, October 2001.
1999
Williams, JS
Dental Decoration in the Postclassic Population from Lamanai, Belize. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Physical Anthropologists, Fredericton, New Brunswick, November 1999.
Professional workshops
2012
• Sharing of best practices among instructors of first-year courses: Conversation about how to leverage students' mobile technology in classroom teaching and learning. Facilitated discussion for Trent University Instructional Development, May 2012
• Providing Options for Lecture Attendance and Review of Lecture Material through Webcasts Workshop (with Mary-Jane Pilgrim) for Trent University Instructional Development, May 2012
Guest lectures/invited talks:
2015
Guest lecture on South American Mummies and the Inca to Grade 4 students at Queen Elizabeth Public School, Peterborough, ON.
2010
Investigating paleodiet using multiple tissues from ancient Peruvian mummies. Science Research Day, Trent University.
2009
What is forensic anthropology? Guest lecture for the Forensic Science Day Camp.
2006
Investigating diet and disease for the central coast of Peru using stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic analysis of hair from 500 year old mummies. Guest Lecture for the Natural Resource DNA Profiling and Forensic Center.
2004
A World of Mummies. Terrific Tuesday talk for the general public at the Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB.2003. Inca-period Weaving Artifacts from the Central Peruvian Coast. Invited lecture for the Historical Weaving Guild, Calgary, AB.
2002
Burial Practices and Mummification at Huaquerones-Puruchuco, an Inca-period Cemetery in Central Peru. Invited lecture for the Archaeology Society of Alberta.
2000
The People Who Ate the Sea. Noon hour lecture, University of Calgary.
1999
Preliminary Report on the Isotopic Composition of Diet at Two Ancient Maya Sites Noon hour lecture, The University of Western Ontario, Department of Anthropology.
1997
Geewatau: A Traditional Gathering at the Old Waswanipi Post. Paper presented at the McMaster University Student Research Forum.
Graduate and honours students supervised:
MA Graduate students (year of graduation in brackets) Grant Smith (in progress)
Svetlana Komarova (in progress) Peter Hammersley (2016)
Abigail Górkiewicz (2015) Jessica Sutinen (2014) Shannen Stronge (2012) Megan Bower (2011) Honours students
Laura Perry (2007/8)
Courses taught/revised/developed:
2018-19
• ANTH 1010H - NEW Biological Anthropology I: Becoming Human. Created a new course with both lecture and lab component that was focused exclusively on Biological Anthropology.
• ANTH 2410H - Biological Anthropology II: Darwin, Death and Disease
• ANTH 4420H - Paleopathology
• ANTH-SAFS 4440H - Nutritional Anthropology
• ANTH 2410W-H Summer – Biological Anthropology II: Darwin, Death and Disease.
2017-18
• ANTH 1010H - Biological Anthropology and Archaeology
• ANTH-SAFS 4440H - Nutritional Anthropology
• ANTH 2410W-H Summer – Biological Anthropology. Updated online course.
• ANTH 1010W-H Summer – Biological Anthropology and Archaeology. Updated online course.
2016-17
• ANTH 1010H - Biological Anthropology and Archaeology
• ANTH 4430H - Advanced Skeletal Biology. Created a new course with both labs and seminar discussing both method and theory in skeletal biology.
2015-16
• Full year sabbatical
2014-15
• ANTH 2410W-H Summer – Biological Anthropology. Updated online course.
• ANTH 1010W-H Summer – Biological Anthropology and Archaeology. Updated online course.
• ANTH 4410H -Mortuary Archaeology
• ANTH-SAFS 4440H – Nutritional Anthropology
2013-14
• ANTH 2410W-H Summer – Biological Anthropology. Created an entirely new online course with 6 modules, module-based labs, module-based activities and discussion posts, assignment, midterm and final exam.
• ANTH 1010W-H Summer – Biological Anthropology and Archaeology. Created an entirely new online course with six modules, weekly activities and discussion topics, 2 assignments, a midterm and a final exam.
• ANTH 2410H – revised course from full year to half year and from bi-weekly labs to weekly labs.
• ANTH 4420H – Paleopathology
• ANTH 3430H – Human bioarchaeology
• ANTH 5900Y – Isotope method and theory
2012-13
• ANTH 1010H – Biological Anthropology and Archaeology
• ANTH 1010W-H – Biological Anthropology and Archaeology. Online course with six modules, weekly activities and discussion topics, 2 assignments, a midterm and a final exam.
• ANTH-BIOL-FRSC 3420H –Human Osteology and Forensic Anthropology. Content from full year course has been modified and condensed to fit in one term. Labs reworked by student assistant and myself.
• ANTH-FRSC 3430H – Human Bioarchaeology. Designed by me in order to teach applications of osteological analyses.
• ANTH-SAFS 4440H – Nutritional Anthropology. Designed by me as weekly seminars that revolve around discussing readings, applying the knowledge in both group and individual activities. Weekly private journal postings to engage students with the material outside of class, paper critique to teach critical thinking skills, two activities to apply the knowledge and teach methods used by Nutritional Anthropologists.
2011-12
• ANTH 1010H – Biological Anthropology and Archaeology
• ANTH 1010H online (DE) – Biological Anthropology and Archaeology. Created an entirely new online course with six modules, weekly activities and discussion topics, 2 assignments, a midterm and a final exam.
• ANTH 2400F - Biological Anthropology. Implemented new laboratory and prelab assignments (designed by Jodi Schmidt and Shannen Stronge with support from the Academic Innovation Grant).
• ANTH 4420H – Paleopathology
• ANTH 5500Y - Research Design. Revisions from previous years. Co-taught with Marit Munson.
• ANTH 5650H – Stable Isotope Method and theory. Revised and redesigned to cover stable isotopes.
2010-11
• ANTH 1010H – Biological Anthropology and Archaeology. Course has been totally revised and I have created a custom text with Pearson publishers. First year that I have taught it independently (normally it is co-taught with J. Topic).
• ANTH 3415Y – Human Osteology and Forensic Anthropology. Designed by Anne Keenleyside.
• ANTH – AHCL 4410H – Mortuary Archaeology. Substantial revisions from 2009-10.
• ANTH 5500Y – Research Design. Revisions from previous years. Co-taught with Marit Munson.
• ANTH 5650Y – Advanced Skeletal Biology. Designed by Anne Keenleyside, minor revisions from previous year. Co-taught with Anne Keenleyside.
2009-2010
• ANTH 1010H – Biological Anthropology and Archaeology. Minor revisions, but overall same content as previous year. Co-taught with John Topic.
• ANTH 2400Y – Biological Anthropology. Revised from previous years.
• ANTH – AHCL 4410H – Mortuary Archaeology. Developed in 2008-9. Set up course on WebCT
• ANTH 5500Y – Research Design. Minor revisions from previous years. Co-taught with Marit Munson.
• ANTH 5650Y – Advanced Skeletal Biology. Designed by Anne Keenleyside, I added a couple of readings. Co-taught with Anne Keenleyside.
2008-2009
• No courses taught: On maternity leave.
2007-2008
• ANTH 240Y – Biological Anthropology. Revised from previous year.
• ANTH 442hH – Palaeopathology. Revised from Anne Keenleyside’s previous years. Set up course on webCT.
• ANTH 550Y – Research Design. Revised slightly from previous year. Co-taught with Paul Healy.
2006-2007
• ANTH 240Y – Biological Anthropology. Revised from Anne Keenleyside’s previous years. Reused Anne Keenleyside’s WebCT course.
• ANTH 101H – Biological Anthropology and Archaeology. Revised from Joseph So’s previous years.
• ANTH 550Y – Research Design. Revised slightly from previous year. Co-taught with Anne Keenleyside.
2004-2005
• ARKY 555H – Advanced Human Osteology. Developed, based on previous years offering.
• ARKY 595H – Problems in Palaeopathology and Palaeonutrition. Developed, based on previous years offering.
Teaching awards:
• 2012 Distinguished Teaching Award for Educational Leadership & Innovation in Instruction
Teaching Development/workshops attended:
2017-18
• Authentic Indigenous Inclusion with Dan Longboat
• Flipped Classrooms as Active Learning with Jane Mackie
• First Year Caucus
2016-17
• Art of integrating Indigenous knowledge into the Academy (David Newhouse)
2015-16
• sabbatical
2014-15
none attended
2013-14
• Future U: Creating the Universities we want. (Toronto, OCUFA conference)
• Teaching Sensitive Topics
2012-13
• Safetalk suicide awareness training
2009-10
• How to write a lot: A systematic approach to increasing research productivity
• Animating small group discussions
• Online multimedia learning: Interactive co-curricular activities
• Elluminate yourself
• Lecture webcasts using Panopto software in Wenjack theatre
• Managing the potential negative impacts of technology on classroom learning,
• Linking assistive technology to student learning.
2007-8
• Getting the most out of multiple choice questions
• Resisting mass education, hopefully.
2006-7
• Reflections on accommodating diverse learning styles
• Integrating interactive teaching into your classroom: getting started with low and medium risk activities.
Department and University Service:
2017-18
• AP&B
• Faculty Facetime for Otonabee College event
• Discover your department rep for orientation event
• Departmental curriculum Committee
• TUFA president
• Director, OCUFA board (TUFA)
• Delegate, CAUT council (TUFA)
• Co-chair of Joint Committee (TUFA)
• Committee member on TUFA subcommittee on equity review of salary (TUFA)
• Committee member on TUFA subcommittee on graduate teaching (TUFA)
2016-17
• AP&B
• Departmental Personnel Committee
• TUFA president
• Director, OCUFA board (TUFA)
• Delegate, CAUT council (TUFA)
• Co-chair of Joint Committee (TUFA)
• Acting grievance officer (TUFA)
2015-16 SABBATICAL
• TUFA past president
2014-15
• TUFA president
• TUARC director
• Chair Senate Teaching Awards Subcommittee
• Internal Reviewer for MA Sustainability Studies
• Department collections committee
• Department chair search committee
• Director, OCUFA board
• Delegate, CAUT council
• Co-chair of Joint Committee
• TUFA representative to PACHREA
• TUFA pension subcommittee
• TUFA privacy subcommittee
• TUFA bargaining team
• Chaired MA thesis defence
• Member of supervisory committee for 6 graduate students
2013-14
• Personnel Committee (winter term)
• TUFA Vice President
• Delegate, CAUT council
• TUARC director
• Presidential task force on Indigenous Education
• Senate Teaching Awards Subcommittee
• Department collections committee
• External for AHCL chair search committee
• Eugene Morin tenure review committee - member
• Departmental newsletter - co-ordinated and produced newsletter
• SSHRC MA ranking
• Member of supervisory committee for 6 graduate students
• Chaired two MA thesis defences
• TUFA visitor to Senate
2012-13
• Tenure committee
• Director Trent University Archaeological Research Centre (TUARC)
• Organizing committee for Archaeology Day
• Senate Teaching Awards Subcommittee
• TUFA Negotiations Council
• Department rep for Fall Open House
2011-12
• Library co-ordinator
• Chair search committee
• Technology for teaching and learning committee
• Chaired thesis defense for Jenna Green
• Volunteer judge for Peterborough Regional Science Fair
• On supervisory committees of 10 anthropology MA graduate students
2010-11
• Volunteer for Trent reads, led two seminars
• Anthropology Society faculty liaison
• SSHRC ranking committee (Departmental candidates)
• Lab tours for opening of the new Life and Health Science Building
• Reviewer for Richard B. Johnston funding (Departmental candidates)
• On supervisory committees of 10 anthropology MA graduate students
2009-10
• Volunteer for Trent reads, led two seminars.
• Department personnel committee: secretary hire, three merit review committees, LTA and sessional hires for Winter, Spring/Summer and Fall terms.
• Judge for the Peterborough Science Fair
• Governor General’s Medal selection committee (Departmental candidates)
• Chaired thesis defense of Celise Chilcote
• SSHRC ranking committee (Departmental candidates)
• External reader for Norma Miller Essay Prize (Ancient History and Classics)
• On supervisory committees of 11 anthropology MA graduate students
2008-9
• On maternity leave
• Chaired Jordan Downey’s MA thesis defense.
2007-8
• On supervisory committees of seven anthropology MA graduate students.
• Chaired Flannery Surette’s MA thesis defense.
• SSHRC department ranking committee
• Chair search committee
• Merit award committee for James Conolly
• Departmental personnel committee (2008/9 CUPE hires, 2008 summer hires).
• Organized Richard B. Johnston lecture series.
• Co-organized (with Julia Harrison) one Kenneth Kidd lecture.
• Acting graduate director (April 25-May 25).
• Acting Chair (early August)
• Committee reviewing Gyles Iannone’s reappointment as graduate director.
• Report on Bioarchaeology Programs in the province (at the request of Graduate director, co- authored with Anne Keenleyside and Hermann Helmuth).
2006-7
• On supervisory committees for five anthropology MA students
• Chaired Cynthia Kwok’s MA thesis defense.
• Marit Munson’s tenure review committee
• Departmental SSHRC and OGS ranking committee
• Space committee
• Anth 101 review/development committee
• Department personnel committee (CUPE hires for Anth 341 and 442).
Service to the Profession:
2018
• External referee on Full Professor promotion file at Mount Royal University
• Evaluation of highly competitive research proposals submitted to the European Research Council Consolidating Grant 2018 call for proposals.
• Book proposal Review Canadian Scholars Women’s Press
• External reviewer for American Journal of Physical Anthropology
• External reviewer for Bioarchaeology International review (including a 2nd review of the revised manuscript)
• External reviewer for International Journal of Paleopathology
• External reviewer for Plos One
2017
• External reviewer for Journal of Human Biology
• External reviewer for National Science Centre Poland
2016
• External reviewer for Applied Geochemistry
• External reviewer for Journal of Archaeological Science
• Co-organized (with Anne Keenleyside) The Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology meetings in Peterborough, October 2016
• External reviewer PhD defense (Robert Stark, McMaster University)
2015
• External reviewer for the Journal of Archaeological Science
• External reviewer for the Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
2014
• External reviewer for the Austrian Science Fund
• External reviewer for the Masters in Sustainability Studies at Trent University
2013
• External reviewer for Journal of Archaeological Science
• External examiner for PhD defense (Western Ontario)
2012
• External reviewer for American Journal of Physical Anthropology.
• External reviewer for Journal of Archaeological Science.
• External review for Applied Geochemistry.
2011
• External reviewer for American Journal of Physical Anthropology.
• External reviewer for International Journal of Osteoarchaeology.
• External reviewer for Journal of Archaeological Science.
• External reviewer for Ancient Mesoamerica.
• External reviewer for Reviews in Anthropology.
• External reviewer for W. W. Norton & Company.
• Solicited to write an introductory textbook for Oxford University Press Canada
2010
• External reviewer for American Journal of Physical Anthropology.
• External reviewer for International Journal of Osteoarchaeology.
2009
• External reviewer for American Journal of Physical Anthropology.
• Review of Introductory textbook for Oxford University Press.
2008
• Maternity leave
2007
• External reviewer for Current Anthropology.
• External reviewer for International Journal of Osteoarchaeology.
Media/Popular press:
2010
• Featured news story on Trent University home page (re: Science Research Day, April 23)
2007
• Radio interview on CBC’s “Quirks and Quarks”
• Television interview for Discovery Channels “Daily Planet”
• Newspaper articles for Daily India newspaper and Durham Region News.
Professional Expertise:
• Osteological and Forensic Analyses: assessment of age and sex, description and diagnosis of pathology and trauma, determining cause of death, reconstructing stature, description and diagnosis of dental pathology, skeletal and dental metric and non-metric analyses.
• Archaeological Isotope Biochemistry: collagen extraction, carbonate extraction from bone and tooth, multiple tissues (skin, muscle, hair, nail), infra-red spectroscopy, stable isotope analysis of carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen, strontium and oxygen analysis.
Professional Association Memberships:
• American Association of Physical Anthropologists
• Canadian Association of Physical Anthropologists
Field work:
2010
Jacob Island, Kawartha Lakes, Ontario
Director: Dr. James Conolly
Assisted with the in-field identification, inventory documentation and excavation of multiple human burials associated. Responsible for the determination of age and sex and the identification of trauma and pathology.
2009
Amato Archaeological Project, Acari, Peru. Director: Dr. Lidio Valdez, University of Alberta
Worked in laboratory for 2 weeks examining individuals excavated in the 2006 and 2007 field seasons. Responsible for the determination of age and sex and the identification of trauma and pathology. Digital photos were taken for each individual and detailed inventory forms were completed including the metric and non metric analyses of the skeleton and dentition.
2003
Puruchuco-Huaquerones Cemetery Project, Lima, Peru
Director: Dr. Guillermo Cock.
Worked in laboratory for 8 weeks examining individuals excavated from 1999-2001. Responsible for the determination of age and sex and the identification of trauma and pathology. Digital photos were taken for each individual and detailed inventory forms were completed including the metric and non metric analyses of the skeleton and dentition.
Projecto Marayniyoq, Huanta, Peru
Director: Dr. Lidio Valdez, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C.
Worked in laboratory for 2 weeks examining fragmented human osteological material excavated the previous season. Responsible for reconstructing minimum number of individuals, assessing trauma, pathology, age and sex where possible.
2001
Puruchuco-Huaquerones Cemetery Project, Lima, Peru. Director: Dr. Guillermo Cock.
Excavated human burials from an Inca-period cemetery. Responsible for the identification and description of sex, age, pathology and trauma.
1999
Dr. A. Nelson, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario.
Traveled with Dr. Nelson to Huanchaco, Peru to assist with osteological analyses. Responsible for: reconstructing fragmented crania, metric analyses of skeletons, reviewing inventory sheets and examining skeletons for evidence of pathology.
Mayer Heritage Consultants, London, Ontario
Archaeological survey and excavation at various prehistoric and historic sites across southwestern Ontario prior to land development.
1998
Mayer Heritage Consultants, London, Ontario
Archaeological survey and excavation at various prehistoric and historic sites across southwestern Ontario prior to land development.
1997
Lauder Archaeological Project, Lauder, Manitoba.
Director: Dr. B. Nicholson
Archaeological survey and excavation at prehistoric sites in the Lauder Sandhills under the direction of Dr. B. Nicholson and Dr. S. Hamilton.