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Barr, Stephanie
Year Entered: 2021
Degree Sought: M.A.
Sub-field: Archaeology
Research Interests: Geoarchaeology; Microartifact Analysis; Household Archaeology

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Brock, Kate
Year Entered: 2022
Degree Sought: Ph.D.
Sub-field: Archaeology
Research Interests: Gender and Sexuality; Feminist Folkloristics; Material Culture; Historical Archaeology; Fiber Arts
Regional Specialization: Ireland

Jennifer Browne

Browne, Jennifer
Year Entered: 2024
Degree Sought: MA/PhD
Sub-field: Archaeology
Research Interests: Archaeothanatology; Historical Archaeology; Conflict Archaeology; 17th- and 18th-Century North America.
Regional Specialization: North America (Northeast and Mid-Atlantic)

Evan Cabral

Cabral, Evan
Year Entered: 2025
Degree Sought: MA
Sub-field: Archaeology
Research Interests: Public Archaeology; Native American Studies; Woodland and Colonial Period Archaeology; Community Engagement; Indigenous Ceramic Analysis; Landscape Archaeology
Regional Specialization: North American (Southeast and Mid-Atlantic)

Tanichéé Cain

Cain, Tanichéé
Year Entered: 2026
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Sydney Chewning

Chewning, Sydney
Year Entered: 2026
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Althaf Cholakkal

Cholakkal, Althaf
Year Entered: 2026
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Jess Colvin

Colvin, Jess
Year Entered: 2026
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Amy Connolly

Connolly, Amy
Year Entered: 2023
Degree Sought: PhD
Sub-field: Archaeology
Research Interests: Irish diaspora; Irish Islands; Material Culture; Death & Memory; Burial Practices; Household Archaeology; Historical Anthropology
Regional Specialization: Ireland; North America (Mid-Atlantic)

Jonas Darko

Darko, Jonas
Year Entered: 2025
Degree Sought: MA/PhD
Sub-field: Archaeology
Research Interests: Historical Archaeology, West African Foodways, Material Culture, Museums and Heritage Studies
Regional Specialization: West Africa

Connor Dewall

Dewall, Connor
Year Entered: 2026
Degree Sought: MA
Sub-field: Archaeology
Research Interests: Chesapeake conservation
Regional Specialization: Virginia

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Diya, Ayobami
Year Entered: 2023
Degree Sought: MA/PhD
Sub-field: Archaeology
Research Interests: Historical Archaeology; African Archaeology; Landscape and Power; Space use; Materiality of Cultural Landscape, Archaeology of complex society
Regional Specialization: West Africa, Africa

Alyssa Duarte

Duarte, Alyssa
Year Entered: 2026
Degree Sought: MA
Sub-field: Archaeology
Research Interests: Geoarchaeology; Archaeometry; Human-Environment Relationships; Landscape Archaeology
Regional Specialization: Remote Oceania

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Eggen, Shannon
Year Entered: 2022
Degree Sought: MA
Sub-field: Archaeology
Research Interests: Historical Archaeology; Plantation Archaeology; Household Archaeology; Burial Practices; 18th Century Studies
Regional Specialization: North America (Southeast); British Isles

Amelia Fahl

Fahl, Amelia
Year Entered: 2026
Degree Sought: MA/PhD
Sub-field: Archaeology
Research Interests: Historical Archaeology; Bioarchaeology; African Diaspora; Plantation Archaeology; Material Culture; Health and Medicine
Regional Specialization: North America & Caribbean

Nicole Finnigan

Finnigan, Nicole
Year Entered: 2025
Degree Sought: MA
Sub-field: Archaeology
Research Interests: Historical archaeology, Geographic Information Systems, Archaeology of Landscapes
Regional Specialization: North America (Northeast/Mid-Atlantic)

Victoria Gum

Gum, Victoria
Graduate Student
Year Entered: 2023
Degree Sought: PhD
Sub-field: Archaeology
Research Interests: Community Engagement, Medical Anthropology, Biocultural Anthropology, Gender, Pain and Violence, and Reproductive Healthcare.
Regional Specialization: North America (USA)

Grace Helmick

Helmick, Grace
Year Entered: 2024
Degree Sought: MA
Sub-field: Socio-Cultural Anthropology
Research Interests: Visual Anthropology, Native American Histories, Indigenous Sovereignty, Museum Studies 
Regional Specialization: North America (Midwest, Southeast) 

Cyrus Hulen

Hulen, Cyrus
Year Entered: 2025
Degree Sought: MA/PhD
Sub-field: Archaeology
Research Interests: Food Systems, Land Management, Cultural Response to Climate Change, Resilience and Sustainability
Regional Specialization: Remote Oceania

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Johnson, Abigail
Year Entered: 2020
Degree Sought: Ph.D.
Sub-field: Archaeology
Research Interests: Archaeology of Consumerism; Zooarchaeology; Wetland Archaeology; Restorative Justice and Conflict Resolution; Community Resilience
Regional Specialization: Ireland

Alistair Kent

Kent, Alistair
Year Entered: 2026
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Adam Kingery

Kingery, Adam
Year Entered: 2025
Degree Sought: MA/PhD
Sub-field: Archaeology
Research Interests: Trade, Archaeometry, Historical Archaeology, Ceramic Analysis
Regional Specialization: North America (Chesapeake, Mid-Atlantic)

Evie Lewis

Lewis, Evie
Year Entered: 2026
Degree Sought: MA
Sub-field: Historical Archaeology
Research Interests: Feminist archaeology; household archaeology; social deviance; collections management
Regional Specialization: Mid-Atlantic

Juliette Lovell

Lovell, Juliette
Year Entered: 2026
Degree Sought: PhD
Sub-field: Historical Archaeology
Research Interests: Remote Sensing, Landscape Archaeology, African Diasporic Archaeology, Zooarchaeology
Regional Specialization: American Southeast

Milly Mach

Mach, Milly
Year Entered: 2026
Degree Sought: MA
Sub-field: Sociocultural Anthropology
Research Interests: NAGPRA and repatriation processes, museum and cultural heritage studies, Native American studies
Regional Specialization: North America

Moses Mathew

Mathew, Moses
Year Entered: 2025
Degree Sought: MA/PhD
Sub-field: Archaeology
Research Interests: Historical Archaeology; African Archaeology; Migration; Cultural Exchange and Transformation; Trade Networks
Regional Specialization: Africa (West Africa)

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Mead, Allie
Ph.D. Student
Year Entered: 2019
Degree Sought: Ph.D.
Sub-field: Sociocultural Anthropology
Research Interests: Sociolinguistics; Feminism; Political Economy; Community development; Place-making; Class; Power
Regional Specialization: Wales

Samantha Melvin

Melvin, Samantha
Year Entered: 2024
Degree Sought: MA
Sub-field: Archaeology
Research Interests: Geophysical archaeology, early colonial North America, Late Woodland Native American history and archaeology, kinship networks and social dynamics, NAGPRA and repatriation processes.
Regional Specialization: North American Mid-Atlantic

Mattie Metzler

Metzler, Mattie
Year Entered: 2026
Degree Sought: MA
Sub-field: Archaeology
Research Interests: Applied archaeology; public engagement; descendant communities; ethics
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Oliveira, Diogo
Year Entered: 2021
Degree Sought: Ph.D.
Sub-field: Archaeology
Research Interests: Swahili Coast Archaeology; Trade & Exchange; Materiality; Identity & Agency; Archaeology of Contact & Colonialism
Regional Specialization: East Africa; Mozambique

Naurin Alencherry

Philipose Alencherry, Naurin
Year Entered: 2024
Degree Sought: MA-PhD
Sub-field: Socio-Cultural Anthropology
Research Interests: Migration, International Student mobility
Regional Specialization: South Asia

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Reid, Chardé
Year Entered: 2017
Degree Sought: M.A./Ph.D.
Sub-field: Archaeology
Research Interests: African Diaspora Anthropology and Archaeology; Engaged and Community-Based Archaeology; Critical Heritage Studies; Black Feminist Theory; Critical Race Theory; Historical Memory; Archaeological Ethics
Regional Specialization: North America (Southeast & Mid-Atlantic)

Sophia Saucer

Saucer, Sophia
Year Entered: 2026
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Oreoluwa Sodeke

Sodeke, Oreoluwa
Year Entered: 2024
Degree Sought: MA/PhD
Sub-field: Archaeology
Research Interests: Historical Archaeology, African Archaeology, Material Science, Pottery Use and analysis, Technological Variation
Regional Specialization: West Africa

Brooke Spencer

Spencer, Brooke
Year Entered: 2026
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Stein, Leah
Year Entered: 2023
Degree Sought: MA/PhD
Sub-field: Archaeology
Research Interests: Historical Archaeology; Materiality; Postcolonial Theory; Heritage and Museum Studies; Identity and Agency
Regional Specialization: North America (Mid-Atlantic, Southeast)

Aubrey Strand

Strand, Aubrey
Year Entered: 2026
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Tripaldi, Malachi
Year Entered: 2020
Degree Sought: M.A./Ph.D.
Sub-field: Biological Anthropology
Research Interests: African Diaspora; Industrialization; Urbanization, Skeletal Chemistry
Regional Specialization: North America (Mid-Atlantic)

Abby Turner

Turner, Abby
Year Entered: 2026
Degree Sought: MA
Sub-field: Archaeology
Research Interests: Ceramic analysis, museum and heritage studies, material culture, gender and sexuality, identity
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Watson, Caroline
Year Entered: 2021
Degree Sought: Ph.D.
Sub-field: Archaeology
Research Interests: Disaster; Contemporary Archaeology; Climate Change; Anthropocene; Geographic Information Systems
Regional Specialization: Caribbean

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Watson, Monet
Year Entered: 2022
Degree Sought: M.A./Ph.D.
Sub-field: Biological Anthropology
Research Interests: Historical anthropology; African diaspora; archaeochemistry; skeletal biology
Regional Specialization: North America

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Wilson, Maia
Year Entered: 2021
Degree Sought: Ph.D.
Sub-field: Archaeology
Research Interests: Black Feminist Theory; Historical Archaeology; Repatriation Politics; African Diaspora and Indigenous Communities Relationships; Decolonization
Regional Specialization: North America (Southeast)