- Professor, Department of Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology, University of New England
I am an archaeologist interested in the human-environmental nexus through time, particularly dog domestication and the Australian dingo. I have experience as a consulting archaeologist, both in Indigenous and historic contexts, and have active fieldwork in Cyprus, Greece, the US and Australia. My research interests include zooarchaeology, sustainability, the archaeology of food, experimental archaeology, anthropology, and dingoes.
Experience
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2025–presentProfessor, University of New England
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2022–2024Associate professor, University of New England
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2018–2021Senior lecturer, University of New England
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2015–2017Lecturer Archaeology, University of New England
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2009–2013Postdoctoral research fellow, The University of Sydney
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2006–2008Postdoctoral associate, The University of Sydney
Education
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2006University of Minnesota, PhD Archaeology & Anthropology
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2004University of Minnesota, MA Interdisciplinary Archaeological Studies
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1996Boise State University, BA Anthropology
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