A friend of mine recently asked if I could help him hire an employee to help with National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance. He was interested in someone with technical writing experience but understood the intricacies of both biological and cultural resource assessments. Throughout the conversation, he insisted that the […]
I don’t know why, but I’ve been feeling happier the last few days even though I’m in the middle of preparing for my comprehensive exams for my anthropology PhD. Comps is supposed to be one of the most stressful experiences in any graduate student’s life but it really has not […]
In case you didn’t know, for at least 4 hours a day, for eight months after completing my Master’s degree, I dedicated myself to applying to jobs in cultural resource management archaeology. Researching companies, writing resumes and cover letters, searching for job posts, trying to connect with other archaeologists, and […]
I recently had a conversation with a college undergraduate who was at #SHA2016 looking for a job. He spoke with such intensity and stared me in the eye as he spoke. “I don’t care what job I get after graduation. I’ll do anything. Seriously.” Those same eyes flickered with enthusiasm, […]
(This is the second in a 3-part series on a workshop focused on the future of cultural resource management archaeology that was given as part of the University of Arizona’s School of Anthropology Centennial celebration. You can check out Part I here and Part II here.) “What’s your advice to […]
(This is the second in a 3-part series on a workshop focused on the future of cultural resource management archaeology that was given as part of the University of Arizona’s School of Anthropology Centennial celebration. You can check out Part I here.) “The Golden Age of cultural resource management archaeology […]
Usually the Huffington Post is full of irrelevant, speculative fluff pieces, but one of their recent articles actually caught my attention. A senior astronomer at SETI, Seth Shostak, asked “Could this be Humanity’s Last Century?” He wasn’t talking about our extinction but, rather, our evolution. He raised several valid questions […]
Archaeologists like to think of themselves as progressive. We believe we are above the meanderings of the rest of society. Enmeshed in our academic achievements and intellectualism, it’s easy to see where those beliefs come from. When you’ve got a decade of college under your belt, it’s easy to think […]
For over a decade I have been traveling around the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom for the yearly Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA) conference. I always have a good time, especially when it’s in the land of the PacNorwies and even when it’s in the icy grip of […]
(This is the first in a 3-part series on a workshop focused on the future of cultural resource management archaeology that was given as part of the University of Arizona’s School of Anthropology Centennial celebration.) Cultural resource management companies in Tucson joke about the fact that some of them have […]
