SAMUEL C. COFFMAN
University of Alaska Museum of the North
907 Yukon Dr., P.O. Box 756960, Fairbanks, AK 99775
(907) 474-6819 / sccoffman@alaska.edu ; sccoffman@gmx.us
Curriculum Vitae – 07/14/2011
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EDUCATION
M.A. Anthropology (2011) – University
of Alaska, Fairbanks
Thesis Title: Archaeology at
Teklanika West (HEA-001): An Upland Archaeological Site, Central Alaska
B.A. Anthropology (2007) – University
of Nevada, Reno
Emphasis: Great Basin archaeology and
anthropology
PROFESSIONAL
INTERESTS
Eastern Beringian and Great Basin
archaeology, lithic technological organization, hunter-gatherer
landscape-use/adaptation, evolutionary ecology, GIS analysis.
POSTITIONS/APPOINTMENTS
Research
Archaeologist/GIS Coordinator, UA Museum of the North
(05/2014 –
Present)
Research
Assistant/GIS Coordinator – Technical Position, UA Museum of the North
(05/30/2010-05/2014)
Volunteer
Coordinator UAMN – Archaeology (01/01/2012-present)
Temporary
(non-tenure) Faculty, UAF – Archaeology Module for UAF Summer Programs
(July, 15-26
2013)
Temporary
(non-tenure) Faculty, UAF – Archaeology Module for UAF Summer Programs
(07/15/2012-07/30/2012)
Teaching
assistant (2009-2010) University of Alaska Fairbanks: Fundamental of
Archaeology and Archaeology Method and Theory
Teaching
assistant (2008-2009) University of Alaska Fairbanks: Fundamental of
Archaeology and World Prehistory
PUBLICATIONS
Coffman, S., S. Shirar, and M. Holt (in prep) Archaeological Predictive
Model: Dunes Study Unit, Kobuk Valley National Park. Alaska Park Science.
Adams, J., N. Kamp, and S. Coffman (accepted? 2015) Recent Archaeological
Survey and New Non-cultural Radiocarbon Dates from the Toklat River, Central
Alaska. Report in Alaska Journal of
Anthropology.
Coffman, S. and J.T. Rasic (accepted 2015) Rhyolite Characterization
and Distribution in Central Alaska. Journal
of Archaeological Science.
Coffman S. (2013) Teklanika West: a
late Pleistocene multi-component archaeological site in Denali National Park
and Preserve, Central Alaska. Alaska Park Science.
Coffman S. and B. A. Potter (2011)
Recent Excavations at Teklanika West a Late Pleistocene Site in Denali National
Park, Central Alaska. Current Research in the Pleistocene 28.
Fenner L., G. Smith, S. Coffman, and
G. Noyes (2011) Comparing Great Basin Paleoindian Raw Material Procurement
Strategies: X-ray Fluorescence Data from Obsidian Fluted and Stemmed Points
from Mud Lake and Lake Tonopah, Nevada. Current Research in the Pleistocene
28.
Coffman,
S. (2009) “The Gary Noyes Collection” Web data available at The
Paleoindian Database of the Americas: http://pidba.utk.edu/nevada.htm,
data uploaded 1/9/2009.
Coffman,
S., and G. Haynes (2008) Metric Variation in Fluted and Concave Base Projectile
Points from Pleistocene Lake Tonopah & Mud Lake, Nevada. In: Proceedings of the Nevada
Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Coffman, S., and G.D. Noyes (2008)
Morphometric Variation in Fluted and Unfluted Projectile Points from
Pleistocene Lake Tonopah and Mud Lake, Nevada.
Current Research in the Pleistocene 25.
Coffman, S., and M.B. Estes (2007) A
Comparison of Great Basin Fluted Points from Jakes Valley, Lake Tonopah, and
Mud Lake, Nevada. Proceedings of the
36th Annual Meetings of the Nevada Archaeological Association.
Rondeau, M.F., and S. Coffman (2007)
A Study of Fluted Points and Similar Specimens From The Lake Tonopah and Mud
Lake Portions of The Gary D. Noyes Collection, Esmeralda and Nye Counties,
Nevada. CalFLUTED Research Paper 37. Rondeau Archaeological, Sacramento.
CONFERENCES
AND PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS
Participant, Paleoamerican Odyssey Conference. Poster title: Eastern Beringian Rhyolite Sourcing, by
S. Coffman and J.T. Rasic. Santa Fe, NM. October 2013.
Participant, the 40th Annual Meeting of the Alaska
Anthropological Association. Poster
title: Rhyolite Sourcing in Central Alaska – Preliminary Results, by S.
Coffman and J.T. Rasic. Anchorage, AK.
March 2013.
Participant, the 40th Annual Meeting of the Alaska
Anthropological Association. Paper
title: From the Field to the Museum – Mentoring High School Students in
Archaeology and Museum Studies, by S. Coffman, J. Esdale, C. Houlette, L.
Hansen, J. Whitney. Anchorage, AK. March
2013.
Participant, Denali Subsistence,
Resource, and Commission Meetings. Ancient Lake Minchumina Project Update.
S. Coffman and C.E. Holmes Denali National Park, AK. Oct. 2012.
Participant, the 39th Annual Meeting of the Alaska
Anthropological Association. Poster
title: Ancestral Lake Minchumina Project (Phase 1), by C. Holmes and S.
Coffman. Seattle, WA. March 2012.
Participant, the 39th Annual Meeting of the Alaska
Anthropological Association. Paper
title: Lithic Analysis and Site Activities at Teklanika West (HEA-001),
Central Alaska, by S. Coffman and B.A. Potter. Seattle, WA. March 2012.
Participant, Classrooms for Climate Change Conference. Paper title: Late
Pleistocene through Late Holocene Occupations at Teklanika West, Central Alaska,
by S. Coffman and B. Potter. Anchorage, AK May 2011.
Participant, the 38th Annual Meeting of the Alaska
Anthropological Association. Paper
title: Recent Excavations at Teklanika West, Central Alaska, by S.
Coffman and B.A. Potter. Fairbanks, AK.
March 2011.
Participant, the 38th Annual Meeting of the Alaska
Anthropological Association. Paper
title: East meets West, Archaeology at Teklanika East, Central Alaska,
by S. Coffman and C. Holmes. Fairbanks,
AK. March 2011.
Participant, the 1st annual graduate student conference.
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, September 1, 2010.
Participant at the 75th annual meetings for the Society for
American Archaeologist, St. Louis, MO. Archaeological Investigations at
Teklanika West, Central Alaska, by S. Coffman and B.A. Potter. April 2010.
Participant, the 37th Annual Meeting of the Alaska
Anthropological Association. Poster
title: Rolling over in their graves: effects of freeze-thaw processes on
cultural remains, by S. Ficarrotta, G. Smith, and S. Coffman. Anchorage, AK. March 2010.
Participant, the 37th Annual Meeting of the Alaska
Anthropological Association. Paper
title: The Holocene Archaeology of Teklanika West, Central Alaska, by S.
Coffman and B.A. Potter. Anchorage,
AK. March 2010.
Participant, the 17th Annual Arctic Conference. Paper
title: Archaeological Investigations at Teklanika West, Central Alaska:
Preliminary Results, by S. Coffman and B.A. Potter. Boulder, CO. November
2009.
Participant, the 36th Annual Meeting of the Alaska
Anthropological Association. Paper
title: Microblades and the Paleoindian Component at the Lisburne Site: A
Comparison
to the Mesa Complex of Alaska, by
S. Coffman. Juneau, AK. March 2009.
Participant, the 36th
Annual Meeting of the Alaska Anthropological Association. Paper title: A Predictive Archaeological
Model for Southcentral Alaska, by S. Coffman. Juneau, AK.
March 2009.
Participant, Nevada Undergraduate
Research Symposium. Poster title: Metric
Variation in Fluted and Concave Base Projectile Points from Pleistocene Lake
Tonopah & Mud Lake, Nevada, by S. Coffman and G. Haynes. Reno, NV.
April 16-17, 2008.
Participant, Society for American
Archaeologist Annual Meeting. Poster
title: Metric Variation in Fluted and
Concave Base Projectile Points from Pleistocene Lake Tonopah & Mud Lake,
Nevada, by S. Coffman. Vancouver,
BC, Canada. March 2008.
Participant, the 35th Annual Meeting of the Alaska
Anthropological Association. Paper
title: Early Holocene Lithic Reduction from the Bull River and Costello
Creek Area of Denali National Park, by S. Coffman and B. Wygal. Anchorage, AK. February 2008.
Participant, the 36th
Annual Meeting of the Nevada Archaeological Association. Paper title: A Comparison of Great Basin
Fluted Points from Jakes Valley, Tonopah Lake & Mud Lake, Nevada, by M.
B. Estes and S. Coffman. Ely, NV. April 20-21, 2007.
Participant, the 36th
Annual Meeting of the Nevada Archaeological Association. Paper title: Variation in Fluted and
Concave Base Projectile Points from Pleistocene Lake Tonopah & Mud Lake,
Nevada, by S. Coffman and G. Noyes. Ely, NV. April 20-21, 2007.
Participant, the 14th
Annual Meeting of the Arctic Conference. Paper title: Tool Stone Procurement
in Southcentral Alaska, by S. Coffman. Eugene, OR. October 20, 2006.
Participant, summer 2006
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Poster Session. Poster title: Tool
Stone Procurement in Southcentral Alaska, by S. Coffman, T. Goebel,
and G. Haynes. Desert Research Institute (DRI). August 16, 2006.
Participant, “Contributed Papers in
Archaeology” at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Alaska
Anthropological Association. Paper title: Early to Middle Holocene Raw
Material Variability in Southcentral Alaska: An Update from Trapper Creek,
by K. Krasinski and S. Coffman. Kodiak, AK. March 3, 2006.
EDITORIAL/REVIEWER EXPERIENCE
Reviewer for American Antiquity article, 2013.
Junior Editor for the Anthropological
Papers of the University of Alaska: New Series Vol. 5(1) 2010. The Yenasi-Na-Dene Connection.
Associate Editor for the Teklanika
archaeology section for the book “Roadside History of Denali National Park” by
Jane Bryant, Park Historian, 2009 (published spring 2012).
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Coffman, S (2012) “Out and About” article for the Alaska
Anthropology Association newsletter;
Coffman, S (2012) Public presentation at the Denali
Education Center, McKinley Village, Alaska;
Coffman, S. (2012) Public Presentation at the Murie Science
and Learning Center, Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska;
Coffman, S. (2012) Interview with Denali Dispatch on
the Archaeology of Interior Alaska and current research;
Coffman, S. (2012) Dating Teklanika
East, Central Alaska – Denali National Park and Preserve Fact Sheet;
Research featured on National
Geographic – “Naked Science: Surviving Ancient Alaska” original airdate
01/28/2010;
Coffman, S. (2011) Excavations at
Teklanika West, Central Alaska – Denali National Park and Preserve Fact Sheet;
Coffman, S. (2009) Archaeology in Denali National Park and
Preserve. Murie Science and Learning Center Summer Lecture Series. Denali Park,
Alaska;
Coffman, S. (2009) Native Place Name
Mapping in Denali National Park and Preserve. Denali Subsistence, Resource, and
Commission Meetings. Healy, Alaska.
PROFESSIONAL/TECHNICAL
REPORTS
2014 Excavation
fieldwork summary for ASMIS in Katmai National Park and Preserve. S. Coffman.
2013 After –action
technical report on Simpson site (FAI-01999) excavations. S. Coffman.
2013 Technical
report – “Excavations at Big Lake (XMH-00266) 2012 ASRA site”, S. Coffman.
2012 FY2012 Report
on Curation of Archaeological Collections under the Cooperative Agreement
between the Bureau of Land Management and the University of Alaska Museum,
Agreement#L09AC15380, S. Coffman, S. Shirar, J. Whitney.
2012 ARPA technical
report – “Sand-dune formation and Human-use of Beaverlog Lakes, Denali
NP&P, S. Coffman.
2012 Beaverlog
Lakes after-action report to Denali NP&P, S. Coffman.
2011 A Predictive
Model for the Kobuk Valley National Sand Dunes, S. Coffman and S. Shirar.
2010 Travel Report
to Alaska EPSCoR for attendance at SAA conference St. Louis, MO, Sam Coffman.
2010 Dating Teklanika East report
submitted to the National Park Service at Denali National Park and Preserve.
2011 Dating Teklanika East report
submitted to the Otto Geist Fund at the University of Alaska Museum of the
North.
2010 Understanding Site Formation and
Cultural Activities at Teklanika West (HEA-001) in Denali National Park and
Preserve: Final Report. Cooperative Agreement Number H9911080028. (co-author
Dr. Ben Potter).
2010 Understanding Site Formation and
Cultural Activities at Teklanika West (HEA-001) in Denali National Park and
Preserve: Interpretive Report.
2010 Murie Science and Learning
Center, summary report for excavations at Teklanika West.
2010 IAR to National Park Service, S.
Coffman and B.A. Potter.
2010 Understanding Site Formation and
Cultural Activities at Teklanika West: report Submitted to the Otto Geist Fund
at the University of Alaska Museum of the North.
2010 Understanding Site Formation and
Cultural Activities at Teklanika West (HEA-001) in Denali National Park and Preserve:
Interim Report. Cooperative Agreement Number H9911080028. Report prepared and
submitted to Ted Birkedal, National Park Service. (co-author Dr. Ben Potter).
2010 ARPA Report: Understanding
Site Formation and Cultural Activities at Teklanika West. Report prepared
and submitted to Ted Birkedal, National Park Service. (co-author Dr. Ben
Potter).
2010 Compliance
Report on Savage River Trails. Report prepared and submitted to the Alaska
SHPO, Jeremy Karchut and Sam Coffman.
2010 Compliance
Report on Triple Lakes Extension Trail. Report prepared and submitted to
the Alaska SHPO, Jeremy Karchut and Sam Coffman.
2009 Travel Report
to Alaska EPSCoR for attendance at Arctic Conference, Sam Coffman.
2009 Report on Kennels
Road Extension. Report prepared and submitted to the Alaska SHPO, Jeremy
Karchut and Sam Coffman.
2009 Compliance
Report on Barrow Pit along the McKinley Bar Trail. Report prepared and
submitted to the Alaska SHPO, Jeremy Karchut and Sam Coffman.
2009 After Action
Report on Understanding Site Formation and Cultural Activities at Teklanika
West. Report prepared and submitted to Jeremy Karchut, Denali National
Park. (co-author Dr. Ben Potter).
2008 Personal
Management Information System (PMIS) for the Place Names Mapping in Denali
National Park and Preserve project.
Report prepared and submitted to Jeremy Karchut, Denali National Park.
2008 Paleoindian Occupations at Pluvial Lake Tonopah and
Mud Lake, Southcentral Nevada. Report prepared and submitted to the Office
of Undergraduate Research at the University of Nevada, Reno.
2006 Stone-Tool Procurement at Two
Archaeological Sites in Southcentral Alaska. Report prepared and submitted
to the Explorers Club, Youth Activity Fund Grant.
2006 Seven Mile Fuel Treatment 2006.
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Austin Ranger District, NV.
RESEARCH AWARDS
Coffman, S. 2012 Denali Research
Fellow – Project: Sand-dune formation and human landuse of Beaverlog Lakes,
Denali National Preserve (2012/2013) $3000;
Holmes,
C.E. (PI) and S. Coffman, National Park Service Funded Project through Holmes
and Associates (#P11PX92344) – Project titled “The Archaeology and
Geomorphology of Ancient Lake Minchumina, Central Alaska” (2011-2013)
$~60,000/yr;
Coffman,
S. Research money Denali National Park – Project: Dating Teklanika East
(HEA-002): an original Denali complex type site (2010) $595;
Coffman, S. Otto Geist Fund at the
University of Alaska Museum of the North – Project: Dating Teklanika East
(HEA-002): an original Denali complex type site. (2010) $1785;
Coffman, S. Otto Geist Fund at the
University of Alaska Museum of the North – Project: Understanding Site
Formation and Cultural Activities at Teklanika West (2009) $1000;
Potter, B.A. (PI) and S. Coffman
(co-PI) Discover Denali Fellowship – Project titled: Understanding Cultural
Activities at Teklanika West (HEA-001) (2009) $3500;
Potter, B.A. (PI) and S. Coffman
(co-PI) National Park Service and University of Alaska, Fairbanks-Cooperative
Agreement (#H9911080028) – Project: Understanding Site Formation and Cultural
Activities at Teklanika West (2009) $18,000;
Coffman, S. and G. Haynes. University
of Nevada, Reno – General Undergraduate Research Award/National Science
Foundation (#0447416). Project:
Paleoindian Occuapations at Pluvial Lake Tonopah & Mud Lake, Southcentral
Nevada (2007) $1400;
Coffman, S. University of Nevada,
Reno – Sundance Archaeological Research Funding. Project: XRF/OHD Paleoindian Projectile
Points from the Pluvial Lake Tonopah & Mud Lake, Southcentral Nevada: the
Gary Noyes Collection (2007) $1200;
Coffman, S. University of Nevada, Reno
– Department of Anthropology: Herbert E. Splatt Scholarship in
Anthropology. Project: Paleoindian
Occupations at Pleistocene Lake Tonopah and Mud Lake, Southcentral Nevada
(2007-2008) $2900;
Coffman, S. The Explorers Club –
Youth Activity Fund Grant. Project:
Stone-tool Procurement at Two Archaeological Sites in Southcentral Alaska
(2006) $700;
Coffman, S. Amateur Archaeologists of
Nevada – Field Research Scholarship.
Project: Stonetool Procurement in Southcentral Alaska (2006) $300;
Coffman, S., T. Goebel, and G.
Haynes. National Science Foundation (NSF-EPSCoR)/University of Nevada, Reno –
Undergraduate Summer Research Grant (#0447416).
Project: Stonetool Procurement in Southcentral Alaska (2006) $5500.
INSTITUTIONAL AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS
Division of Design and Construction,
UAF – Utilidor moving and organization of Archaeological collections, S.
Coffman and Archaeology Dept. staff, $8,155 (2012);
Technology Advisory Board (TAB) at
the University of Alaska Fairbanks – “Renewing the Museum Imaging Lab
Infrastructure” Submitted by Angela Linn and Sam Coffman, $16,854 (2012);
The Alaska Summer Research Academy
(ASRA), UAF – Research Award/Module Funding:
Investigations at the Big Lake site
(XMH-00266), Central Alaska, $~11,000 (2012);
Alaska EPSCoR – Travel Grant to St.
Louis, MO (SAA Conf.), $750 (2010);
Alaska EPSCoR – Travel Grant to
Boulder, CO (Arctic Conf.), $893 (2009);
Alaska Quaternary Center – Travel
Award to St. Louis, MO (SAA Conf.), $800 (2010);
University of Alaska, Fairbanks –
Teaching Assistantship, $984 (mo.) (2009/10);
University of Alaska, Fairbanks –
Travel Award to Juneau, AK, $900 (2009);
Alaska Anthropology Association –
Beginning Graduate Student Scholarship, $750 (2009);
University of Alaska, Fairbanks –
Teaching Assistantship, $972 (mo.) (2008/09);
University of Nevada, Reno – Access
Scholarship, $1000 (2007/08);
Amateur Archaeologists of Nevada –
Travel Scholarship to Ely, Nevada, $300 (2007);
University of Nevada, Reno – Dust
Case General Scholarship, $1000 (2006/07);
Amateur Archaeologists of Nevada –
Travel Scholarship to Kodiak Island, Alaska, $300 (2006);
University
of Nevada, Reno – Pack Pride Scholarship, $1000 (2005/06);
State
of Nevada Millennium Scholarship, $10,000 (2004-08).
EXTRACURRICULAR FUNDING
Thunder Bird Atlatl – Anthropology
Club Funding, $150 (2008);
Associated Students of the University
of Nevada, Reno – Anthropology Club Funding, $1719 (2008);
Associated Students of the University
of Nevada, Reno – Anthropology Club Funding, $365 (2007);
Associated Students of the University
of Nevada, Reno – Anthropology Club Funding, $1200 (2007).
EMPLOYMENT/EXPERIENCE
Research Assistant/GIS Coordinator at
the University of Alaska Museum of the North, Fairbanks, AK.
Supervisors: Scott Shirar/Josh
Reuther (06/2012-present);
Archaeology Field Crew Supervisor –
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Palmer, AK.
Supervisor: Fran Seager-Boss
(06/2013-09/2013);
Museum Technician at the University
of Alaska Museum of the North, Fairbanks AK. Supervisors: James Whitney/Jeff
Rasic (5/2010-5/2012);
Co investigator/sub contractor with
Holmes’ and Associates for the Ancient Lake Minchumina Project.
(7/2011-12/2012);
Field technician for Northern Land
Use Research, Little Delta Dune Project. Crew Chief/Supervisor: Josh Reuther.
Principal Investigator Ben A. Potter (8/24-8/31/2010);
Archaeological Technician (GS-5)
Department of the Interior, United States Park Service, Denali National Park
& Preserve, Denali, AK. Supervisors:
Jeremy Karchut (6/15-9/30/2009);
Archaeological Technician (GS-5)
Department of the Interior, United States Park Service, Denali National Park
& Preserve, Denali, AK. Supervisors:
Amy Craver (6/25-9/30/2008);
Laboratory technician in the prehistoric
archaeology lab at the University of Nevada, Reno, Brian Wygal supervisor
(9/2007-5/2008);
Field Archaeologist/Crew Supervisor
(contracted through the University of Nevada, Reno) for Denali National Park,
AK. Brian Wygal, archeologist/supervisor
(5-12/2007);
Laboratory technician in the
prehistoric archaeology lab at the University of Nevada, Reno. Daron Duke supervisor (9/2006-5/2007);
Field technician for Far Western
Anthropological Research, Dugway Proving Grounds Project. Crew Chief/Supervisor:
Steven Neidig. Principal Investigator D. Craig Young (9/25-30/2006);
Archaeological Technician (GS-4)
Department of Agriculture, United States Forest Service, Austin Ranger
District, Austin, NV. Supervisor: Kellie
Green (8/10-25/2006);
Field technician in Jakes Valley,
Nevada. Project supported by the
Sundance Archaeological Research Fund at the University of Nevada, Reno. Mark Estes & Ted Goebel principal investigators
(7-8/2006)
Field technician at Bonneville
Estates Rockshelter. Funded by the
Sundance Archaeological Research Fund at the University of Nevada, Reno. Kelly Graf & Ted Goebel principal
investigators (7/2006);
Field technician at the University of
Nevada, Reno archaeological field school, in Trapper Creek, Alaska. Brian Wygal & Ted Goebel principal
investigators (6-11/2006);
Field technician in the Black Rock
Desert. Sundance Archaeological Research
Fund at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Anna Camp & Ted Goebel principal investigators (5/22-31/2006);
Laboratory technician in the
prehistoric archaeology lab at the University of Nevada, Reno. Brian Wygal supervisor (8/2005-5/2006);
Field technician in Bridgeport,
California at BLM mitigation. Sundance
Archaeological Research Fund at the University of Nevada, Reno. Brant Ivey & Ted Goebel principal
investigators (7/2005-8/2005);
Field technician of an initial survey
of the Black Rock Desert. Sundance
Archaeological Research Fund at the University of Nevada, Reno. Anna Camp & Ted Goebel principal investigators
(6/2005-7/2005).
ADDITIONAL
UNIVERSITY/PROFESSIONAL EXPERINCE/SERVICE
Volunteer (2012) UA Museum Family Day
– Flintknapping demonstration.
Alaska Quaternary Center, Co-Student
Lunch Organizer (2009).
Research volunteer (2009) Denali
National Park and Preserve, mapping native placenames in and around Denali
National Park and Preserve. Amy Craver
(supervisor).
Volunteer (2009) University of
Alaska, Fairbanks, prehistoric archaeology field school at the Mead Site (Ben
A. Potter (PI)).
UNR Anthropology Club President,
Fall/Spring (2007-2008).
UNR Anthropology Club Treasurer,
Fall/Spring (2006-2007).
Research volunteer (2006-2007) Bureau
of Land Management Tonopah Field Station, volunteer archaeologist. Susan Rigby
(BLM archaeologist/supervisor).
Nevada Rock Art Site Steward
(2005-2007).
Field School Student (2005)
University of Nevada, Reno, prehistoric archaeology (ANTH448), excavations and
survey around Trapper Creek, Alaska (PIs Ted Goebel and Brian Wygal).
SCHOLASTIC HONORS
University of Nevada, Reno – College of Liberal Arts Deans List,
Spring/Fall (2006);
University of Nevada, Reno – Foreign Languages and Literatures
achievement award in German (2005);
University of Nevada, Reno – College of Liberal Arts Deans List,
Spring/Fall (2005);
Who’s Who Among American High School
Students (2004);
United States Achievement Academy
(USAA) National English Merit Award (2004);
University of Nevada, Reno – Foreign
Languages and Literatures achievement award in German, for high school students
(2003).
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENTS
National Park Service – B-3
Training/dunker training (2011-2013);
National Park Service – Bear
Safety/Firearms Training (2007-14 each year);
Basic (B-3) Helicopter Training
(2007);
ATV Rider/Training Course Completed
at Dugway Proving Ground; License #96871 (2006);
Nevada Rock Art Foundation: Site
Steward Training and Steward (2005-06).
OTHER
QUALIFICATIONS
Software skills include: ArcGIS,
Adobe Design, Microsoft Office, MiniTab, SPSS, Mapsource, Maptech, Surfer,
Topo!, Trimble Pathfinder.
GPS technology (Garmin and Trimble)
Total Station Proficient
LANGUAGE
PROFICIENCIES
English: native speaker
German: reading, speaking, and
writing comprehension
Dutch: beginning speaking/reading
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS
American Quaternary Association
(AMQUA) 2012 – Present
Alaska Anthropological Association
2005 – Present
REFERENCES
Upon request
