My research and fieldwork generally focus on the archaeology of the more recent past, particularly in the Atlantic World. More specifically.... Currently I am expanding my specialization in material culture and processes of production & innovation into a more transdisciplinary realm, by combining anthropological interpretive perspectives with materials science analyses to examine materials and their human interrelationships from the inside-out.

My other main area of interest (both in theory and practice) is in applying multi-sited ethnography to archaeology. Having conducted a multi-sited archaeological study of Greene family colonial ironworking as part of my dissertation, I am currently extending this research orientation at Greene Farm, where I am also co-director of a long-term collaborative research project see Greene Farm Archaeology Project website. I am actively involved in curating archaeological information for broader public audiences through the Ocean State Archaeologies wiki (which I manage), and through Archaeolog, of which I am co-chief blogger (editor).