JONATHAN A. HANNA, PhD., RPA

Curriculum Vitae

October 2025

 

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Caribbean archaeologist with PhD. in Anthropology and expertise in geoarchaeology, museum curation, field school instruction, community-based research, and interdisciplinary heritage management

 

EDUCATION

Ph.D.               Department of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University, (2018)

                        Dissertation: Ancient Human Behavioral Ecology and Colonization in Grenada, West Indies

M.A.                Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University, (2015)

Thesis: A New Radiocarbon Sequence from Lamanai, Belize: Chronometric Insights from one of Mesoamerica’s Most Enduring Communities

B.A.                 Anthropology, Montclair State University, summa cum laude (2006)

 

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2021-2023        Collections Consultant/Special Advisor

Grenada National Museum

St. George’s, Grenada, West Indies

 

2020-2021        Curator

Grenada National Museum

St. George’s, Grenada, West Indies

 

2020                 Adjunct Professor

                        Department of Anthropology and Cultural Studies

                        Kirkwood Community College

Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52404

 

2018-2019        Adjunct Instructor

Department of Anthropology

Pennsylvania State University

University Park, PA 16802

 

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

I. Journal Articles

2022                 Keegan, W. F., Young, C. B., LeFebvre, M. J., Pateman, M. P., Hanna, J. A., Newsom, L. A., Mistretta, B. A., Ciofalo, A. J., & Ross, A. H. “Unique Lucayan Sand Dune Burials at the Rolling Heads site, Long Island, The Bahamas,” International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, v.32(1):192-201. DOI: 10.1002/oa.3055

2021                 Hanna, Jonathan A., William F. Keegan , Michael P. Pateman , and Lindsay Bloch, "The Geomorphology of Natural and Cultural Processes on Lowe’s Beach (Long Island, The Bahamas)," Geoarchaeology, v.36(5):789-807. DOI: 10.1002/gea.21866

2019                 Hanna, Jonathan A., and Christina M. Giovas, "An Islandscape IFD: Using the Ideal Free Distribution to Predict Pre-Columbian Settlements from Grenada to St. Vincent, Eastern Caribbean," Environmental Archaeology, v.27 (4):402-419.
DOI: 10.1080/14614103.2019.1689895

2019                 Hanna, Jonathan A., "Camáhogne’s Chronology: The Radiocarbon Settlement Sequence on Grenada," The Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, v.55:101075.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2019.101075.

2018                 Hanna, Jonathan A., "Grenada and the Guianas: Mainland Connections and Cultural Resilience During the Caribbean Late Ceramic Age," World Archaeology, v.50(4):651-675. DOI: 10.1080/00438243.2019.1607544.

2016                 Hanna, Jonathan A., Elizabeth A. Graham, David M. Pendergast, Julie A. Hoggarth, David L. Lentz, and Douglas J. Kennett, "A New Radiocarbon Sequence from Lamanai, Belize: Two Bayesian Models from One of Mesoamerica’s Most Enduring Sites," Radiocarbon, v.58(4):771-794. DOI: 10.1017/RDC.2016.44.

 

II. Books

2021                 Ostapkowicz, Joanna, and Jonathan A. Hanna (eds.) Real, Recent, or Replica: Pre-Columbian Caribbean Heritage as Art, Commodity, and Inspiration, University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, ISBN: 9780817320874.

 

III. Book Chapters

 

2023                 Daniel, Jody; Judith Gobin; Diva Amon; Denise Beckles; Kenrith Carter; Kate Charles; Juliana Coffey; Amy Deacon; Jonathan Hanna; Danielle Ince; La Daana Kanhai; Wayne Smart, “Status, trends, and threats to Grenada’s forest, coastal, marine, freshwater, and agricultural environments,” National Ecosystem Assessment (NEA) for Grenada. CANARI, Trinidad & Tobago.

2021                 Ostapkowicz, Joanna, and Jonathan A. Hanna, "Pre-Columbian Caribbean Heritage in Flux: The Old and the Not-So-Old," in Real, Recent, or Replica: Pre-Columbian Caribbean Heritage as Art, Commodity, and Inspiration (Ostapkowicz and Hanna, eds.), pp. 1-66. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.

 

2021                 Hanna, Jonathan A., "Spice Isle Sculptures: Antiquities and Iconography in Grenada, West Indies," in Real, Recent, or Replica: Pre-Columbian Caribbean Heritage as Art, Commodity, and Inspiration (Ostapkowicz and Hanna, eds.), pp. 206-243. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.

 

RESEARCH GRANTS, AWARDS, AND FELLOWSHIPS

2025                 Global Environmental Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme, “Developing a Standardized Approach for Mangrove Conservation and Restoration,” with Gaea Conservation Network ($50,000)

2021-23            Grenada National Lotteries Authority (NLA), “Collections Management Upgrade at the Grenada National Museum (GNM)” ($7,600)

2021                 UNESCO, “Grenada Public Archaeology Network (GPAN),” with Institute for People’s Enlightenment (IPE) ($13,800)

2020                 Range Developments, La Sagesse Community Archaeology Project, with Institute for People’s Enlightenment (IPE) ($15,700)

2018                 Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Grenada, “Point Salines Airport Mitigation Phases I-II,” Heritage Research Group Caribbean (HRGC) ($3000)

2017                 Dissertation Support Fellowship, Research and Graduate Studies Office, Penn State

2017                 Research Grant, Africana Research Center, Penn State ($1500)

2016-18            Fulbright US-Student Fellowship (Grenada, Eastern Caribbean)

2015-17            Lewis and Clark Fund, American Philosophical Society ($5000)

2016                 Welsh-Nagle Fellowship, College of Liberal Arts, Penn State

2016                 Hill Post-Comprehensive Exam Award, Anthropology Dept., Penn State ($3500)

2015                 Hill Graduate Training Award, Anthropology Dept., Penn State ($2000)

2014                 Honorable Mention, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP)

2014                 Liberal Arts Scholarship for Pilot Research, Penn State ($4000)

2013                 Republic Bank (Grenada) Ltd., “Community Grant, Grenada National Museum, Amerindian Heritage and European Colonization exhibits,” with John Angus Martin, Director ($20,500)

2013                 GrenLEC, Corporate Grant, “Grenada National Museum, African Slavery exhibit,” with John Angus Martin, Director ($16,800)

2012                 Federal Assistance Award, US Embassy - Barbados, “St. George’s Community Archaeology Project,” with Grenada National Trust ($1724)

 

 

OTHER PUBLICATIONS, REPORTS, AND COLLOQUIA

I. Non-Refereed Publications & Field Reports

2025                 Jonathan Hanna, “Ethics as Methodology, or Why Good Intentions Are Not Enough,” Peer Community in Archaeology, Recommendation for Herrera Malatesta et al., "Rethinking Caribbean Archaeology: Towards an ethical position for a truly decolonial practice.” DOI: https://doi.org/10.24072/pci.archaeo.100606.

2025                 Jonathan Hanna, “Beyond the Sum: A Poisson Approach to Radiocarbon Analysis,” Peer Community in Archaeology, Recommendation for de Navascués et al., "Analysis of the Abundance of Radiocarbon Samples as Count Data.” DOI: 10.24072/pci.archaeo.100583.

2024                 Jonathan Hanna, “Managing Archaeological Data with Omeka S,” Peer Community in Archaeology, Recommendation for Bastien Rueff, "Dealing with post-excavation data: the Omeka S TiMMA web-database.” DOI: 10.24072/pci.archaeo.100341.

2023                 Hanna, Jonathan A., Overview and Status of the National Collection at the Grenada National Museum, Grenada National Museum, St. George’s, Grenada. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.33503.02721

2022                 Hanna, Jonathan A., Archaeological Background of Sauteurs Bay, Grenada (GREN-P-5): Settlement, Burial, and Disaster in the Shadow of Leapers’ Hill, Occasional Research Papers of the Grenada National Museum, v.1, St. George’s: Grenada National Museum Press. ISBN: 9798365816800

2022                 Usai, Donatella, and Jonathan Hanna, “Using Cactus Thorns to Drill Quartz: A Proof of Concept,” Peer Community in Archaeology, Recommendation for Raymond et al., "Analysis and Reproduction of the Techniques of Perforation of Quartz and Amethyst Beads from the Ceramic Period in the Antilles. DOI: 10.24072/pci.archaeo.100020.

2022                 Buckmire, Zoya, Nerine Constant, Jonathan A. Hanna, Jane Nurse, and Jody Daniel, “Mangroves for Money: ecological and social impacts of recent development projects in the mangrove forests of Grenada, West Indies,” in Human Ecology Journal, v.32, Commonwealth Human Ecology Council (CHEC).

2022                 Jonathan A. Hanna, “Re-envisioning the Grenada National Museum: A Development Plan through 2026 and beyond” Grenada National Museum, St. George’s, Grenada. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.28439.04006

2021                 Jonathan A. Hanna, “Preliminary Report on the Archaeological Site at Black Bay, Carriacou.” Grenada National Museum, St. George’s, Grenada. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.27600.17922

2021                 Hanna, Jonathan A., and Peter C. Antoine, “Preliminary Report of the La Sagesse Community Archaeology Project (LCAP).” Grenada Public Archaeology Network (GPAN), St. George’s, Grenada. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.25922.45764

2020                 Jonathan A. Hanna, “Archaeological Site Report on True Blue (GREN-G-23) and True Blue Estate (GREN-G-41), Grenada.” Grenada National Museum, St. George’s, Grenada.

2020                 Walling, Stanley, Jonathan Hanna, Christine Taylor, J. N. Stanley, and Chance Coughenour, "Ancient Maya Commoner Agency and Inter-Site Solar Alignment in Northwest Belize," Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology, Volume 17 (2020).

2020                 Hanna, Jonathan A. "[Book Review:] Island Historical Ecology: Socionatural Landscapes of the Eastern and Southern Caribbean (Siegel et al. 2018)," in Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, v.26(3). DOI: 10.1111/1467-9655.13326

2017                 Hanna, Jonathan A. The Status of Grenada’s Prehistoric Sites: Report on the 2016 Survey and an Inventory of Known Sites. Botanical Gardens, Grenada. DOI: 10.18113/S1QG64.

2017                 Hanna, Jonathan A., Soil Analysis of the Rolling Heads Site (LN-101), Long Island, Bahamas. Report. Antiquities, Monuments, and Museums Corporation (AMMC), Nassau, Bahamas. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.22986.44489

2015                 Stanley L. Walling, Jonathan A. Hanna, Travis Cornish, and Christine Taylor, "Ballcourt, Residential Terraces, and Survey Investigations at Chawak But’o’ob, Belize," 2015 Rio Bravo Archaeological Survey, PfBAP. Institute of Archaeology, Belmopan, Belize. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.25083.59680

2014                 Stanley L. Walling, Jonathan A. Hanna, Chance Coughenour, Travis Cornish, and Christine Taylor, "Ballcourt, Residential Terrace, and Survey Investigations at Chawak But’o’ob, Belize," 2013 Rio Bravo Archaeological Survey, PfBAP. Institute of Archaeology, Belmopan, Belize. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.29277.90082

2013                 McGinniss, Shawn; Jonathan A. Hanna, Stephanie Morano, and J. Angus Martin,

Amerindian Heritage Teacher Kit. Grenada National Museum, St. Georges, Grenada.

2012                 Hanna, Jonathan A., and Michael Jessamy, Outcome Report: The St. George’s Community Archaeology Project (SGCAP). Barbados: Public Affairs Desk of the US Embassy.

2011                 Hanna, Jonathan A., and Stanley L. Walling, "Special Report: A Summary of Research on the Residential Terraces of Chawak But’o’ob, Belize: The 2006 and 2007 Seasons," in Mono y Conejo: The Journal of the Mesoamerican Archaeological Research Laboratory, Fred Valdez Jr. and Brett A. Houk (eds.), v.7(2). UT-Austin.

2007                 Stanley L. Walling, Peter F. Davis, Jonathan A. Hanna, Christine Taylor, Leah Matthews, and Nahum Prasarn, "Ballcourt and Residential Terrace Investigations at Chawak But’o’ob, Belize: Report of the 2006 Rio Bravo Archaeological Survey," in Research Reports from PfBAP, Fred Valdez Jr. (ed.), Occasional papers of MARL, n.8. Austin: University of Texas.

2005                 Stanley L. Walling, Peter F. Davis, Sandra Dias, Mel DeVito, Nahum Prasarn, and Jonathan A. Hanna, "Residential Terracing, Water Management, Matrix Analysis, and Suburban Ceremonialism: Report of the 2004 Rio Bravo Archaeological Survey," in Research Reports from PfBAP, Fred Valdez Jr. (ed.), Occasional papers of MARL, n.6. Austin: University of Texas.


II. Conference Panels Organized

2018                 Symposium Co-Chair: Real, Recent, or Replica? Amerindian (and Neo-Amerindian) Iconography in the Caribbean, with Joanna Ostapkowicz, Society for American Archaeology (SAA), Washington, DC (April 11-15, 2018).


III. Conference Papers

2024                 Hanna, Jonathan A., “Recent Developments at Sauteurs Bay (GREN-P-5), Grenada: A Critically Endangered Heritage Site,” International Association for Caribbean Archaeology (IACA), St. Kitts & Nevis (August 13-17).

2024                 Michele Hayward, Jonathan Hanna, Michael Jessamy, Donald Smith, and Michael Cinquino, “Rock Art Distribution in the Windwards in the Caribbean: A GIS Locational Perspective,” Society for American Archaeology (SAA), New Orleans, LA (April 20).

2022                 Daniel, Jody, Zoya Buckmire, Nerine Constant, Jonathan Hanna, Andre Joseph-Witzig, Jane Nurse, Valentine Douglas, Kate Charles, Courtney Robichaud, Wayne Smart, “When conservation interests and coastal development collide—a new cautionary tale from Grenada," BirdsCaribbean, Puerto Rico (June 29).

2022                 Matthew Napolitano, Robert DiNapoli, Jessica Stone, Jonathan Hanna, and Scott Fitzpatrick, “Modeling Demographic Change in the Caribbean," Society for American Archaeology (SAA), Chicago, IL (March 30- April 3).

2019                 Mistretta, Brittany A., and Jonathan A. Hanna, "Chronology and Ecology of Rice Rats in the Ancient Lesser Antilles," International Association for Caribbean Archaeology (IACA), Barbados (July 22-26).

2019                 Walling, Stanley L., Jonathan A. Hanna, Christine Taylor, J.N. Stanley, and Chance Coughenour, "Commoner Ritual and Agency at Chawak But’o’ob, Belize," Belize Archaeological Symposium (BAS), San Ignacio, Belize (June 27)

2019                 Hanna, Jonathan A., and Christina Giovas, "An Islandscape IFD: Predicting Archaeological Settlements from Grenada to St. Vincent, Eastern Caribbean," Society for American Archaeology (SAA), Albuquerque, NM (April 10-14).

2018                 Hanna, Jonathan A., "Spice Isle Sculptures: Byproducts of Archaeologist-Looter-Collector Relationships in Grenada, West Indies," Society for American Archaeology (SAA), Washington, DC (April 11-15).

2018                 Mistretta, Brittany A., and Jonathan A. Hanna, "Breadth of Fresh Air: A Continued Examination of the Reversed ‘Crab-Shell Dichotomy’ in Grenada’s Pre-History," Society for American Archaeology (SAA), Washington, DC (April 11-15).

2017                 Martin, J. Angus, Amanda Byer, and Jonathan A. Hanna, "Current Developments in Programs and Initiatives of the Grenada National Museum that transcend Geographic Borders," Museum Association of the Caribbean (MAC), Miami, FL (Oct. 23).

2017                 Stanley Walling, Travis Cornish, Chance Coughenour, Jonathan Hanna, and Christine Taylor, "Landscape, Ritual, and Symbolism in the Shadow of Dos Hombres: Recent Investigations at the Site of Chawak But’o’ob." Society for American Archaeology (SAA), Vancouver, BC (March 29–April 2)

2017                 Hanna, Jonathan A. "The Settlement Chronology of Grenada," International Association for Caribbean Archaeology (IACA), St. Croix (July 23-29).

2017                 Mistretta, Brittany A., and Jonathan A. Hanna, "Fishing for More: A Preliminary Reexamination of Faunal Exploitation in Grenada’s Prehistory," International Association for Caribbean Archaeology (IACA), St. Croix (July 23-29).

2015                 Hanna, Jonathan A., and Michael Jessamy, "The St. John’s River Site: Public Archaeology of the Troumoussoid Period in Grenada, West Indies," International Association for Caribbean Archaeology (IACA), St. Martin, DWI (July 19-25).

2014                 Walling, Stanley L., and Jonathan A. Hanna, "Late Classic Commoner Ritualism and its Implications for Interregional Exchange," Society for American Archaeology (SAA), Austin, TX (April 23-27).

2008                 Hanna, Jonathan A., Peter F. Davis, and Stanley L. Walling, "Of Altars and Terraces: Domestic Ceremonialism and Ancient Residential Terracing at Chawak But’o’ob, Belize," Society for American Archaeology (SAA), Vancouver, BC (March 26-30).

2006                 Hanna, Jonathan A., Peter F. Davis, and Stanley L. Walling, "Ancient Residential Terracing at Chawak But’o’ob, Belize," Society for American Archaeology (SAA), San Juan, PR (April 26- 30).

2006                 Peter F. Davis, Jonathan Hanna and Elizabeth Nolan, "The Soils of a Heavily Modified Escarpment Landscape in the Central Maya Lowlands," Society for American Archaeology (SAA), San Juan, PR (April 26- 30).

2006                 Hanna, Jonathan A., "Ancient Residential Terracing in Central America and Reflections on Contemporary Agriculture," Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA), Vancouver, BC (March 28-April 2).


IV. Conference Posters

2016                 Hanna, Jonathan A., and Michael Jessamy, "Community Archaeology at the St. John’s River Site, Grenada," Society for American Archaeology (SAA), Orlando, FL (April 6-10).


V. Colloquia

2021                 Hanna, Jonathan A., "Archaeological heritage at Sauteurs Bay: The Prospects for Community Centered Engagement & Management," 2021 Indigenous People’s Heritage Virtual Education Forum, IPE/IPHSO/UWI-Open Campus, Grenada (May 30).

2017                 Hanna, Jonathan A., "Camerhogne: Grenada's Pre-Columbian Heritage," Grenada National Museum, St. George’s, Grenada (June 22).

2007                 Hanna, Jonathan A., "Residential Terracing and Domestic Ceremony at Chawak But’o’ob, Belize," New York Archaeological Consortium, Columbia University, NY (Sept. 28).

 

VI. Popular Media

2025                 Hanna, Jonathan A. “Maurice Bishop’s grave was sold to developers,” NOW Grenada, (13-October 2025).

2024                 Hanna, Jonathan A. “Sauteurs coastal disaster remains unresolved,” NOW Grenada, (15-March-2024).

2023                 Hanna, Jonathan A. “Safeguard Grenada’s time capsules,” NOW Grenada, (13-March-2023).

2023                 Archaeology and Ancient Grenada. Island Learning Grenada. February 26. [Interview for online educational channel].

2023                 Concrete Development & Sea Level Rise in St. Patrick. The Bubb Report. January 29. [Local Television Interview].

2022                 Hanna, Jonathan A. “Re-envisioning the Grenada National Museum,” NOW Grenada, (26-June-2022).

2022                 Grenada Public Archaeology Project (GPAN), “Collaborative effort to study Grenada’s Precolumbian Burials begins,” NOW Grenada, (8-March-2022).

2020-2022        Hanna, Jonathan A., Heritage Research Group Caribbean Blog. Regular contributor to articles on Grenadian archaeology, precolumbian heritage, and museum management, bridging academic research with public accessibility. https://blog.grenadaarchaeology.com

2021                 La Sagesse Community Archaeology Project (LCAP). “Archaeological fieldwork completed at La Sagesse,” NOW Grenada, (3-March-2021). https://www.nowgrenada.com/2021/03/archaeological-fieldwork-completed-at-la-sagesse/

2021                 Swogger, J. G., & Hanna, J. A. “An Aspirational Vision for Grenada’s Heritage,” Heritage Research Group Caribbean (HRGC) Blog, (8- April-2021). https://blog.grenadaarchaeology.com/2021/04/an-aspirational-vision-for-grenadas.html

2019                 Hanna, Jonathan A., and Christina M. Giovas, "Modelling Archaeological Sites from Grenada to St Vincent," NOW Grenada (13-November-2019).

2019                 Hanna, Jonathan A., and John Angus Martin, "Fedon's Rebellion: How a Ragtag Group of Rebels Almost Captured Grenada," Truly Discover Grenada, v.16.

2019                 Hanna, Jonathan A., "Camáhogne’s Chronology: How long have people lived in Grenada?" NOW Grenada (9-July-2019).

2019                 Hanna, Jonathan A., "New Research on Grenada’s Prehistory," NOW Grenada (21-May-2019).

2018                 Hanna, Jonathan A., "Promoting Heritage Tourism in Grenada, West Indies," Research Blog of the Africana Research Center at Penn State.

2018                 Hanna, Jonathan A., "Grenada’s Indigenous Origins," Truly Discover Grenada, v.15:76-77.

2017                 Hanna, Jonathan A., and Michael Jessamy, "Petroglyph Path: A Tour of Grenada's Prehistoric Rock Art," Truly Discover Grenada, v.14:78-81.

2017                 Hanna, Jonathan A., "Archaeology and Community in Grenada," Penn State News.

2017                 Hanna, Jonathan A., "The 2017 Museum Bill on the 'Island of Conflict'," NOW Grenada (12-May-2017).

2016                 Hanna, Jonathan A., "(Pre-)historic Grenada," Truly Discover Grenada, v.13:26-31.

2012                 Hanna, Jonathan A., "In Search of Carriacou’s Traditional Carnival," Truly Discover Grenada, v.9.

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Rio Bravo Archaeological Survey, Programme for Belize Archaeological Project, BZ

2004-present (7 field seasons)

Instructor and Excavation Director (2007-present); Instructional Staff (2004-2006)

·       Instructed undergraduate and graduate students in archaeological field methods, excavation techniques, stratigraphy, artifact analysis, and survey methods

·       Supervised student research projects and independent excavations

·       Mentored 50+ students in intensive field setting over 7 field seasons (thru 2016)

·       Promoted from student participant (2003) to instructional staff (2004) to Excavation Director (2007)

 

Kirkwood Community College, IA

Introduction to Cultural Anthropology                        Spring 2020

 

Pennsylvania State University, PA

Introduction to Anthropology [four fields]                  Fall 2019

Introduction to Cultural Anthropology                        Spring 2019

Introduction to Anthropological Archaeology             Spring 2015

North American Archaeology                                      Spring 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2019

 

Teaching Assistant

Pennsylvania State University, PA

North American Archaeology                                      Fall 2015, Spring 2018, Fall 2018

Geospatial Science (GIS) in Archaeology                     Fall 2014

 

Montclair State University, NJ

Cultural Anthropology (w/Rhoda Halperin)                Fall 2005, Spring 2006

 

RESEARCH AND CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (CRM) PROJECTS

2023-present    Project Archaeologist, Richard Grubb & Associates, Cranbury, NJ

DUTIES:

·       Directed, planned, supervised, and managed 50+ Phase I and II archaeological surveys, involving initial assessments, subsurface testing, crew management, site registrations with state museums, and project monitoring within budget and on schedule.

·       Planned, prepared, and wrote various forms of archaeological survey reports for a variety of state and federal agencies, engineering firms, and private developers, often with results from sub-consultants.

·       Coordinated with clients and review agencies, including various SHPOs, federal, and state agencies.

OUTPUTS:

·       Example reports available upon request

2020-present    Archaeological Consultant, contributor to environmental and social impact assessments (ESIAs), Grenada

2023                 Archaeological Consultant, Fort George Restoration Project (World Bank), St. George’s, Grenada

2021                 Principal Investigator, Sauteurs Bay Community Archaeology Project-I, Grenada

2020                 Principal Investigator, La Sagesse Community Archaeology Project, Grenada

2019                 Principal Investigator, Phase II impact assessment for Maurice Bishop Airport Expansion, Grenada

2016-18            Principal Investigator, Archaeological Survey of Grenada (dissertation research)

2016                 Soils Specialist, Long Island, Bahamas. PIs: William Keegan and Michael Pateman

2013-2014        Graduate Assistant, Matson Museum of Anthropology, Penn State University

2012-2013        Curatorial Assistant, Amerindian Heritage Gallery, Grenada National Museum

2011-2012        Principal Investigator, St. George’s Community Archaeology Project, Grenada

2008                 Field Technician, A&H Consultants, Centre Hall, PA

2007                 Forensic Technician, World Trade Center Forensic Recovery Project, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME), Brooklyn, NY

2007                 Field/Lab Technician, RBA Consultants, Phase III in Jersey City, NJ

2007                 Field Technician, Greenhouse, Phase II in Fishkill, NY

2007                 Field Technician, Tracker Archaeology, Monroe, NY

2007                 Field Technician, TRC Environmental, Phase III in Eliasville, TX

2006                 Field Technician, GAI Consultants, Phase I in Prince Frederick, MD

2006                 Science Technician, TetraTech EC, Phases I and II in Oneida, NY

2004                 Lab Assistant, Feltville Archaeological Project, PI: Matthew Tomaso, Summit, NJ

2003-present    Rio Bravo Archaeological Survey, Programme for Belize Archaeological Project

PIs: Stanley L. Walling & Fred Valdez, Jr.

2007-present:   Excavation Director

2004-06:           Instructional Staff

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Register of Professional Archaeologists (RPA # 38828710), 2016- present

Society for American Archaeology (SAA), 2005- present

International Association for Caribbean Archaeology (IACA), 2014- present

Museums Association of the Caribbean (MAC), 2017- present

American Anthropological Association (AAA), 2005- present

Archaeological Society of New Jersey (ASNJ), 2023-present

Archaeological Society of Maryland (ASM), 2023-present

Eastern States Archeological Federation (ESAF), 2023-present

Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference, 2023-present

Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology (SPA), 2023-present

Council for Northeast Historical Archaeology (CNEHA), 2025-present

 

SERVICE

2017-2022        Ethics Committee, International Association for Caribbean Archaeology (IACA)

2017-2021        Editor of The Current (2017-21), newsletter of the Island and Coastal Archaeology Interest Group (SAA)

2021-23            Board Advisor, GAEA Conservation Network, Grenada

2021-present    Reviewer and Recommender for Peer Community In Archaeology

2021-22            External Examiner for MA student Simon Van Barneveld (Simon Fraser University)

 

 

LANGUAGES AND TECHNICAL SKILLS

40-hour Health and Safety Training for Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) (OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120), October 2024, Professional Safety Training Service Inc., Cherry Hill, NJ [renewed through October 2026]

Languages—Spanish (intermediate/conversational)

Technical—R, SQL, Ruby on Rails (PostgreSQL), PastPerfect, ArcGIS, Surfer

 

OTHER NOTABLE EMPLOYMENT

2010-2013        Peace Corps Volunteer in Grenada, Eastern Caribbean, attached to St. George’s Methodist School, Youth Development/ICT program.

2008-10            Membership Associate, American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), NYC


 

REFERENCES


Available Upon Request