ACADEMIC DEGREES
2007: Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
2003: Master’s Degree in Cultural Anthropology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
1999: BA in Theater and History, Smith Scholar, Smith College, Northampton, MA
PH.D. DISSERTATION
“Historical Erasure and Cultural Recovery: Indigenous People in the Connecticut River Valley”
MASTERS' PROJECT
“Earthshapers and Placemakers: Algonkian Indian Stories and the Landscape"
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Native American Studies (material culture, history, folklore, language, sovereignty)
American Studies (colonial encounters, conflict, gender relations, human rights)
Cultural Performance (performance art, ritual dance, oral traditions, music)
Indigenous Archaeologies (cultural landscapes, material analysis, historical erasure)
Museum Anthropology (collection, representation, cultural property, repatriation)
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2013 - present: Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Associate Faculty in the Penn Cultural Heritage Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
2008 - 2012: Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Coordinator of Native American & Indigenous Studies, University of Connecticut at Storrs and Avery Point, CT.
2008: Visiting Lecturer, American Studies Department, Tufts University, Medford, MA.
2007: McLellan Distinguished Visiting Professor in North Country History and Culture, History Department, State University of New York, Plattsburgh, NY.
2006-2007: Teaching Associate, Social Thought and Political Economy Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
2006: Adjunct Faculty, English Department, Keene State College, Keene, NH.
2006: Visiting Lecturer, Anthropology Department, Smith College Northampton, MA.
2005: Teaching Associate, Anthropology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
2005: Five College Fellow, Anthropology Department, Amherst College, Amherst, MA.
2001 - 2002: Teaching Assistant, Anthropology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
2000: Teaching Assistant, Anthropology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS & ARTISTIC RESIDENCIES
2016-2017: Faculty Career Enhancement Fellowship, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Woodrow Wilson Foundation, Princeton, NJ.
2015-2017. University Research Foundation, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2011-2012: Katrin H. Lamon Scholar in Residence Fellowship, School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe, NM.
2011-2012: Ford Foundation Fellowship for Excellence in College and University Teaching, National Research Council of the National Academies, Washington, DC.
2011: Phillips Fund for Native American Research Fellowship, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
2010: Franklin Library Resident Research Fellowship, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
2009: Writer in Residence for Wabanaki Writers Project, sponsored by the Penobscot Nation, and the Maine Writing Project at the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, Orono, ME.
2007: Finalist for Distinguished Teaching Award, Office of the Provost, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
2007: McLellan Distinguished Visiting Professorship in North Country History and
Culture, History Department, State University of New York, Plattsburgh, NY
2006 - 2007: Visiting Indigenous Fellow and Native American Liaison, History Department and Folklore Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
2006: Aesop Award for Malian’s Song, American Folklore Society, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
2004 - 2005: Five College Minority Dissertation Fellowship, Anthropology Department, Amherst College, and Five Colleges, Inc., Amherst, MA .
2004: Storyteller of the Year: Academic Writing Award for "Earthshapers and Placemakers" Masters Project, Wordcraft Circle of Native American Writers & Storytellers.
2002 - 2004: Two Graduate School Fellowships, Anthropology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
2002: Storyteller of the Year: Historical Writing Award for "1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving," Wordcraft Circle of Native American Writers & Storytellers.
2000: European Studies Grant for Field Research in the Netherlands, European Studies Program, Anthropology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
2001: Performing Artist in Residence for play, "Giving Thanks," directed by Elizabeth Theobald, Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, Ledyard, CT.
1999 - 2000: Sylvia Forman Scholarship for Minorities, Anthropology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
1999: Jeanne McFarland Women’s History Award for "The Female Soldier on Stage: Deborah Sampson," Women’s History Department, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
1998 - 1999: Two Five College Theater Awards for "Staging the Indian" and "molly has her say," Five College Theater Departments, Five Colleges Inc., Amherst, MA.
1998 - 1999: Bay State Historical League Scholar in Residence, Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield, MA.
1998: Jeanne McFarland Women’s History Award for "Mohegan Women and Cultural Expression," Women’s History Department, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
CONSULTING WORK FOR HISTORICAL MUSEUMS (partial list)
2016: Exhibition consultant for "Gathering Voices: Thomas Jefferson and Native America." American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
2014: Exhibition consultant for "Native American Voices: The People - Here and Now." Penn Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
2006 - 2007: Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance & New England Foundation for the Arts, Boston, MA. Planning committee, “Native Arts Initiative” funded by the Ford Foundation IllumiNation Program.
2006: Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, Mashantucket, CT. Exhibition consultant for “Baskets and Community in Southern New England” for Curator Stephen Cook.
2005: Historic Deerfield, Deerfield, MA. Writer for walking tour text, “Pocumtuck Homeland” for Education Program Coordinator Claire Carlson.
2004: Historic Deerfield Inc. and Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield, MA. Native American liaison and performer for “1704/2004 Commemoration” and “Beyond 1704” for Philip Zea, President of HD, and Timothy Neumann, Executive Director of PVMA.
2003: Historic Deerfield and Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield, MA. Exhibition consultant for “Remembering 1704: Context and Commemoration, Raid on Deerfield” for Curators Suzanne Flynt, Angela Goebel-Bain, Jessica Neuwirth, and Amanda Rivera-Lopez.
2002 - 2005: Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield, MA. Writer, advisor, and reviewer for "Raid on Deerfield: The Many Voices of 1704" web site.
2001: Robert Abbé Museum, Bar Harbor, ME. Exhibition consultant for “Four Mollys: Women of the Dawn” for Curator Bunny McBride.
1999: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA. Exhibition consultant for “Enduring Americans: American Indian Presence” for Curator Edward Hood.
1999: Robert S. Peabody Museum, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA. Exhibition reviewer for “Mikwitemanej Mikmanaqi’k” for Curator Leah Rosenmeier.
1999: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA. Exhibition consultant for “Medicine in Nineteenth-Century New England” for Curator Nan Wolverton.
1999: Worcester Historical Museum, Worcester, MA. Exhibition consultant for “Presence and Persistence: Nipmuc Indians” for Curator Holly Izard.
1997 - present: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA. Historical interpreter for more than 400 performances as “Molly Geet, the Indian Doctress” and staff training for “Interpreting Diversity and Prejudice in Nineteenth Century New England.”
PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY SERVICE
2009 - 2016: Secretary, Council for Museum Anthropology, American Anthropological Association
2007 - 2009: Board of Trustees, Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, MA
2004 - 2007: Board of Trustees, Fort Ticonderoga, Ticonderoga, NY
2003 - 2010: Five College Repatriation Committee Research Liaison, Amherst, MA
2003 - present: Indigenous Archaeology Advisory Board, World Archaeology Congress
2001 - 2009: University of Massachusetts Anthropology Department Repatriation Committee, Amherst, MA
1998 - 2009: Advisory Board, Wampanoag Indigenous Program, Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, MA
1998 - 2009: Board of Trustees, Historic Northampton, Northampton, MA
1995 - 2008: Five College Native American Indian Studies Curriculum Committee, Amherst, MA
NOTE: Also see listings for publications, conference presentations, colloquia, and performance events elsewhere on this site.
