Education
BROWN UNIVERSITY Ph.D. Student in Archaeology and the Ancient World, Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World September 2006 - present
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD – ST. ANNE’S COLLEGE M.Phil.: Classical Archaeology Degree received June 2006
M.Phil. Thesis: Cultural Identity, Settlement, and Land Use in Central Italy
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY B.A.: Latin Degree received May 2004 B.A.: Anthropology Degree received May 2004 Cognate: History
Senior Thesis: How The Rest Was Won: a comparative look at the Romanization of Samnium
Areas of Interest
Teaching Experience
2008 TEACHING ASSISTANT - ARCH0520: Roman Archaeology and Art (Professor Susan E. Alcock)
2006-07 Sheridan Teaching Center Lecture and Workshop Series I (Brown University)
Fellowships and Awards
2007 SAA ETHICS BOWL - Member of Brown University's championship team
2007 JOUKOWSKY INSTITUTE FOR ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE ANCIENT WORLD TRAVEL AND RESEARCH AWARD
2006 GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP, BROWN UNIVERSITY
2006 GRADUATE RESEARCH AND TRAVEL GRANT - ST. ANNE'S COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
2004-2006 OVERSEAS RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP - ST. ANNE'S COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
2004 OUTSTANDING GRADUATING SENIOR IN ANTHROPOLOGY - Michigan State University
2004 DEPARTMENT OF FRENCH, CLASSICS, AND ITALIAN - Special Recognition Award, Michigan State University
2003 HYMEN AND MIRIAM STEIN FELLOWSHIP - Honors College, Michigan State University
2003 COLE INTERNATIONAL EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP - Michigan State University
2003 DEPARTMENT OF ROMANCE AND CLASSICAL LANGUAGES - Outstanding Service in Classical Studies at Michigan State University
Papers Presented
2008 Paper presented to the Brown Bag Series in Archaeology, Brown University. Treated recent research on place-making practices in Turkey and Central Italy. April 3.
2008 'Carved in stone: long-term modification of the landscape as place-making practice at Fasillar, Turkey' presented at the Critical Roman Archaeology Conference, Stanford University, March 1.
2006 ‘Small Finds and Settlement Organization: landscape and cultural identity in central Italy’ presented at the Classical Archaeology Graduate Work in Progress Seminar, University of Oxford, April 27.
2004 (D. Gaff, L. Goldstein, B. Sekedat) ‘GIS at AZT’ presented at the 69th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Montreal, April 10.
2001 ‘Aztalan: Projectile Point Usage and Dispersal’ presented at the 47th annual meeting of the Midwest Archaeological Conference, La Crosse, October 13.
Publications
2008. "Landscape complexity and new media: a review of the Carrlands Project website (M. Pearson)," Posted on Archaeolog: archaeology blog - all things archaeological, 27 April 2008.
L. Anderson, C. Mesick, C. Reiser, K. Rysewski and B. Sekedat. 2007. "Lessons from the Ethics Bowl, Lessons from a Collaborative Experience," Posted on Archaeolog: archaeology blog - all things archaeological, 06 June 2007.
Technical Reports
Forthcoming: Small Finds report for the Sangro Valley Project online publication.
2003 Sections of Report on 2001 and 2002 excavations at the Aztalan Site in southwestern Wisconsin. 1. GIS (L. Goldstein, D. Gaff, J. Carroll, B. Sekedat) 2. South of Creek (L. Goldstein, D. Gaff, B. Sekedat) 3. Lithics (B. Sekedat)
Supervisory Experience
2006 SANGRO VALLEY PROJECT (Susan Kane, Oberlin College and Ed Bispham, University of Oxford, Directors). Design and implementation of a shovel testing and in-woods survey program around Monte Pallano. Training and supervision of Field School students.
2005 SANGRO VALLEY PROJECT (Susan Kane, Oberlin College and Ed Bispham, University of Oxford, Directors). Trench Supervisor. Supervised three weeks of excavation with the Sangro Valley Project in east-central Italy.
2004 SANGRO VALLEY PROJECT (Susan Kane, Oberlin College and Ed Bispham, University of Oxford, Directors). Trench Supervisor and Surveyor. Supervised three weeks of excavation on the Sangro Valley Project at Monte Pallano in east-central Italy.
2003 SANGRO VALLEY PROJECT (Susan Kane, Oberlin College and Ed Bispham, University of Oxford, Directors). Trench Supervisor. Supervised five weeks of excavation on the Sangro Valley Project at Monte Pallano in east-central Italy.
Field Experience
2008 EASTERN BOEOTIA ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT. Team member and team leader on a pedestrian survey of portions of eastern Boeotia.
2008 EVENT PLACE PERFORMANCE. Research Assistant to Professor Omur Harmansah, Brown University. Project addresses significance of Hittite period rock reliefs and spring sanctuaries in the central Anatolian landscape.
2007 LANDSCAPE CHOROGRAPHY. Research Assistant to Dr. Christopher Witmore, Brown University. Project explores the complexity of landscape synthesis and the production of archaeological knowledge in southern Greece.
2007 EVENT PLACE PERFORMANCE. Research Assistant to Professor Omur Harmansah, Brown University. Project addresses significance of Hittite period rock reliefs and spring sanctuaries in the central Anatolian landscape.
2002 MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, Department of Anthropology (Lynne Goldstein, director). Crewmember. National Science Foundation funded project. Participated in two weeks of excavation at Aztalan state park, a Late Woodland and Middle Mississippian site in Wisconsin.
2001 MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, Department of Anthropology (Lynne Goldstein, director). Field School Student. National Science Foundation funded project. Participated in five weeks of excavation at Aztalan state park, a Late Woodland and Middle Mississippian site in Wisconsin.
Membership In Academic Societies and Clubs
2005- Archaeological Institute of America
2007- Society for American Archaeology
2003/2004 Eta Sigma Phi (Vice-President)
2002-2004 MSU Classics Club (President)
2003 Phi Beta Kappa