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Anthropology Alum on the Challenges and Rewards of Archaeological Fieldwork

Sarah Karpinski

Sarah Karpinski graduated in 2012 with a B.A. in Anthropology, specializing in archaeology, and a minor in Spanish from the College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio University. She looked for museum work for the first few years of her post-grad life, but that didn’t quite pan out. Karpinski started […]

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March 8, 2017 at 7:57 amAlumni

Sociology Alum Enjoys Work as Network Compliance Manager with AT&T Mobility

Jeremy Blazier

After years as archaeologist, Sociology alum Jeremy Blazier ’98 ‘02M now enjoys work as Network Compliance Manager with AT&T Mobility. Blazier is assigned to the geographic zone of North Florida. He graduated with his M.S. in Environmental Studies after earning his B.A. in Sociology with a minor in Classical Civilizations […]

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February 20, 2017 at 10:23 amAlumni

New Archaeology Professor Receives National Science Foundation Grant

Dr. Joseph Gingerich

by Harlee Rozell ’17 Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Dr. Joseph Gingerich, was recently awarded funding from the National Science Foundation to continue research on artifacts from the Shawnee-Minisink archaeological site, located in the Upper Delaware Valley in Pennsylvania. According to Gingerich’s project summary, “detailed excavations of the Clovis level, dated to […]

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February 13, 2017 at 10:46 amNews

Gingerich Presents on Paleoindian Settlement Patterns at Annual Meeting

Dr. Joseph Gingerich

Joseph Gingerich, Assistant Professor of Anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio University, was invited to present his paper, “Pleistocene Depositional Patterns and their link to Paleoindian Settlement Patterns in the Middle Atlantic Region,” at the 83rd Annual Eastern States Archaeological Federation Meeting in November 2016. The […]

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February 7, 2017 at 2:06 pmResearch

History Alum Is Archaeological Trainee with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Ashley Taylor in Indianapolis before her summer internship: a city block had been demolished and paved in the 1960s; the pavement was peeled up in 2015 and became a large archaeological site.

Ashley Taylor ’11 began her career in archaeology as a field technician soon after graduation. Since that time she has worked for different companies assisting with several projects, and she is now an archaeological trainee with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Connect with her on LinkedIn. She graduated with her […]

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January 27, 2017 at 5:36 pmAlumni

Patton Presents at SeniorBEAT History Group

Patton Presents at SeniorBEAT History Group

Dr. Paul E. Patton, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, presented a program about archaeological excavations in Athens County for the OhioHealth O’Bleness SeniorBEAT history group in October. Patton is director of the OHIO Archaeological Field School. Since its founding in 1986, the Field School in Ohio Archaeology has excavated over a […]

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January 26, 2016 at 1:14 pmResearch

Seniors Present with Patton at Sustainable Foodscapes Conference

By Cameron Fortin ’16 Assistant Professor of Anthropology Dr. Paul Patton, along with two undergraduate students (myself included), presented at the Bridging the Past, Cultivating the Future food studies conference at Chatham University in Pittsburg, PA this past summer, June 24-28, 2015. The theme that guided this year’s conference was […]

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January 26, 2016 at 11:49 amUncategorized