Alumni

April 13, 2016 at 12:33 pm

Anthropology Alum Is Archaeologist for Engineering Firm in Atlanta

Lindsey Renaud

“What I love most about my job is the variability in projects,” says Lindsey Renaud, who graduated with a B.A. in Anthropology from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University in 2013.

“Each project is a new experience, whether we are shovel testing for a new road or a multi-use trail for a local park.”

She worked as a Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Coordinator with the Athens Historical Society and Museum for a year, then started working on her graduate degree in Anthropology at Georgia State University, graduating with master’s degree in Anthropology in 2015.

Working as an Archaeologist

She has been working as an Archaeologist with VHB in Atlanta since May of 2015. VHB is an engineering firm based in Boston with offices in the Southeast. As a staff archaeologist, she focuses on conducting fieldwork for the Georgia Department of Transportation and fieldwork mandated by Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act.

Value of Field School and Internship

“Taking Dr. Paul Patton’s field school in the summer of 2013 and learning how to shovel test, excavate units and curate artifacts definitely helped expand my fieldwork experience.

“My internship at the Athens County Historical Society and Museum helped refine those skills in a professional setting,” she adds.

“All the experience gained at Ohio University helped me in grad school, where I led my own small field school for my thesis project and was able to teach fellow students the basics of archaeology. I truly believe that all that experience at OHIO and in the Sociology & Anthropology Department was the foundation in helping me get a job right before graduating with my M.A.”

“Our contribution as archaeologists is different but important. Every day is a new adventure!”

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