I graduated from the University of Kentucky in 2015 with B.A.’s in Anthropology and History. Around this time, I worked for the Kentucky Archaeological Survey, the University of Kentucky Program for Archaeological Research, and the William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology. During my employment, I developed a passion for Late Precontact archaeology in the Southeastern US and for archaeological applications of GIS and remote sensing. This led me to East Tennessee State University where I specialized in both under the direction of Dr. Eileen Ernenwein. In 2018, I graduated from ETSU with an M.S. in Geosciences in the geospatial analysis concentration.

My thesis research was conducted at the Singer-Hieronymus Site Complex (Fort Ancient culture) in central Kentucky and consisted of an integration of spatial technologies with traditional archaeological methods. Broadly, my research did two things. First, it furthered the methodological development of landscape-scale electromagnetic induction survey (EMI), and demonstrated the significance of this underutilized geophysical method for archaeological use worldwide. Second, in combining spatial technologies with archaeological methods, the history of occupation at Singer-Hieronymus was refined, and a detailed map of site size and organization was obtained.

My research interests still heavily lie in the utilization of spatial technology to aid in addressing broader anthropological questions. More specifically, I am interested in combining spatial technology with anthropological concepts at different scales to address the organization of social, political, and religious institutions among and within Late Precontact Native American cultures and their communities in the Southeastern US.