Staff

CAMPUS ARCHAEOLOGY PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Dr. Stacey Camp
Dr. Stacey Camp

Stacey Camp is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at MSU. Stacey joined the MSU faculty in 2017 after spending 9 years as a faculty member at the University of Idaho. For close to four years she also served as director of one of three state archaeological repositories in Idaho. Her research takes a comparative approach to understanding the lives of migrants inhabiting the late 19th and early 20th century Western United States. Stacey’s first large-scale public archaeology project examined the lives and archaeology of Mexican migrant laborers and their families, which she blogged about on a now defunct website. Her latest project looks at the archaeology of Japanese American prisoners incarcerated in a World War II internment camp, and has likewise been documented on the web. Stacey will took over as director of CAP in May 2018. Her faculty profile can be found here. Her Twitter profile can also be found here.

     

FOUNDER OF THE CAMPUS ARCHAEOLOGY PROGRAM

Dr. Lynne Goldstein
Dr. Lynne Goldstein

Lynne Goldstein is an emeritus Professor of Anthropology at MSU, where she has been since 1996, and the creator of the Campus Archaeology Program. She recently completed her term as Chairperson of the Department of Anthropology in 2006 and as the editor of American Antiquity, the journal published by the Society for American Archaeology. Currently, she serves as the Adjunct Curator of Anthropology at the MSU Museum. Lynne previously worked at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and much of her research focuses on Wisconsin and the Great Lakes region, particularly on mortuary analysis. She earned her PhD from Northwestern University in 1976. Visit her anthropology profile here, and follow her on Twitter.

        

Campus Archaeologist

Benjamin Akey (they/them) is a fifth-year doctoral student in anthropology, specializing in historical archaeology. Returning to CAP for their fifth consecutive year and second year as the Campus Archaeologist, Ben is excited to continue supporting fellows in their research projects, organizing outreach events, and protecting the cultural resources of campus through coordination with the university and external stakeholders. Outside of the Campus Archaeology Program, their dissertation research focuses on the relationship between labor, racialization, and the negotiation of belonging in early-twentieth century Japanese American communities of the Pacific Northwest.

       

Our 2022-2023 Graduate Fellows

Aubree Marshall (she/her/hers) is a fourth-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Anthropology, with a focus in bioarchaeology. This is her third year serving as a CAP fellow. Her research focuses on the relationship between food access and social identity of the ancient Maya in Belize. Aubree is excited to be working on creating a website using StoryMapsJS about the excavations that CAP has conducted in the past. She is also excited to continue working in public outreach events with CAP!


Holly Long (she/her/hers) is a second-year biological anthropology doctoral student, focusing on forensic anthropology. Her research interests include tracing the evolution of traits used in the biological profile and excavations of commingled remains. This is Holly’s second year as a CAP fellow and hopes to gain more archaeological experience that she can apply to forensic investigations and other research. She also was a part of CAP crew this summer and enjoyed getting to continue learning more about archaeological practices and interacting with graduate and undergraduate students.


Juan Carlos Rico Noguera (he, his) is a sixth-year Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Anthropology, focusing on socio-cultural anthropology. He is currently a Graduate Assistant at the acquisition office of MSU Press. His current research focuses on the relationship between the Colombian National Police initiatives of historical memory and the Colombian State’s duty to remember, as well as on describing the affective and ideological contours of the police institutional memory initiative. Juan Carlos has experience and interest in digital humanities, a set of interdisciplinary knowledges and concerns he started to explore as a fellow of the CHI fellowship directed by Dr. Ethan Watrall. This is Juan Carlos’ first year in CAP, and he is excited to engage in lab work (especially digitization of material culture), social media management, and outreach. 


Devashish Saurav (bio pending)


Victoria Schwarz: Tori (She/Her/Hers) is a second-year doctoral student and graduate teaching assistant with the Department of Anthropology. Her archaeological focus is on prehistoric human-environmental interactions in the Central Andes of Peru, and she specializes in geoarchaeology. Tori is a second year CAP Fellow, and she is looking forward to the many public outreach and community engagement events with CAP this year.   


    

Past CAP Graduate Fellows

  • Jeff Burnett
  • Emily Milton
  • Grace Gerloff
  • Autumn Painter
  • Susan Kooiman
  • Jeff Painter
  • Jack Biggs
  • Mari Isa
  • Amy Michael
  • Blair Zaid
  • Charlotte Cable
  • Adrianne Daggett
  • Grace Krause
  • Nicole Raslich
  • Kate Frederick
  • Lisa Bright
  • Kate Myers Emery
  • Josh Burbank
  • Sabrina Perlman
  • Sylvia Deskaj
  • Emma Creamer
  • Rhian Dunn
  • Emily Nisch
  • Clara Devota
  • Monica Nares