Cred PhD historical archaeology, College of William Mary; MA anthropology, Western Michigan University; BA philosophy and anthropology, Western Michigan University

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Livelihood Professor, anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences

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Interests African and indigenous diasporas, resistance, and systemic alienation

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Focus The Great Dismal Swamp in North Carolina and Virginia, where thousands of people fled to escape colonialism, indentured servitude, and slavery, from 1600-1860

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Recent Awards Four-year, $200,000, “We the People” Collaborative Grant, National Endowment for the Humanities to focus on archaeology, history, and the Great Dismal Swamp

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Last Book You Read The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence by Victor Marchetti and John Marks

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What Keeps You Up At Night? “Thoughts of self-emancipated enslaved people living in communities five miles in the interior of the Dismal Swamp, be it 1700 or 1850.”

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Hobbies “I would say that I exhibit wonkish behavior here and there.”

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Are You a Wonk? “If wonk means intellectual voracity, passion, engagement, with a tad of confidence in the face of all the odds, yes.”

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Additional Links
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Anthropology Department