ABOUT ME

Current Role: PhD Candidate in Anthropology, Texas A&M University

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I'm a researcher, project manager, and educator with nine years of experience researching and teaching in settings spanning museums, higher education, architecture, laboratories, and field archaeology. I’m currently writing my doctoral dissertation based on fieldwork in Liberia. I'm also managing four other research projects with international teams of stakeholders, scholars, and funders. What I am most passionate about is fostering creativity and communication across disciplines, and making history and archaeology work in our diverse world.

I hold an M.A. in Public History from Duquesne University (2020) and a B.A. in History. At Texas A&M, my interdisciplinary research investigates how global processes of racialization, colonization, and labor shaped maritime identities in Liberia before the 1800s. I am co-director of the Kru/Krao Coast Heritage Initiative, a new community archaeology project in Sinoe County, Liberia. Our research on Kru/Krao history informs how we view race, labor, migration, and maritime professions today. My broad interests and expertise are in West African history, the Early Modern Atlantic, maritime and historical archaeology methods, conservation, and public history. I teach courses in anthropological theory and method, historical archaeology, the Atlantic World, and archaeological conservation. I am also a PADI-certified Rescue Diver.