EducationPh.D. Candidate, projected graduation Aug 2017 Texas A&M University, Anthropology, Archaeology program

GIS Graduate CertificateB.A. 2007, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Anthropology/Archaeology trackGeoscience minor, Robert E. Cook Honors College

Professional Archaeological ExperienceField Work

2014 November. Ouachita National Forest-Crossett Experimental Forest. Crew chief; STPs, Trimble. WSA, James Karbula PI

2014 July-August. Utica Marcellus Texas Pipeline – New Build. Field technician and crew chief; STPs, Trimble (Geo7). TRC Solutions, Paul Matchen PI.

2011-2012 weekends. Ft Hood Paluxy Hot Rock Project. Excavator, mapping. Ecological Archaeology lab, Texas A&M, Alston Thoms PI

2009-2010 weekends. Profiling, sampling deposits at Cypress Creek, coastal plain Texas; Ecological Archaeology lab, Texas A&M, Alston Thoms PI

2008 Summer. Buttermilk Creek site. Excavator, Paleo-Indian component, CSFA Texas A&M research project, Michael Waters PI

2007 Summer. Geoarchaeological Research Associates. Assist staff geoarcheologists in field investigations. Joseph Schuldenrein, PI

2006 June-July. Volunteer Research Assistant for Deerstone Project, Smithsonian Institution, William Fitzhugh , Project Director, and for Joint Mongolian/American Khanuy Valley Project, Francis Allard, Project Director.

2005 June-July. IUP Class: Archaeology of Mongolia in the Khanuy Valley, Mongolia; lead archaeological survey team using GPS and GIS. Francis Allard, Project Director.

2004 Summer. IUP Archaeological Field School. Beverly Chiarulli, PI

Lab Work 2012-2013. Lab Technician. Analyze starch samples, lab maintenance, help prepare report on Ft

Hood Hot Rock Project. Ecological Archaeology lab, Texas A&M, Alston Thoms PI 2010 Summer. Internship at PaleoResearch Institute. Preparing and running artifacts for ATR

FTIR analysis. Linda Scott Cummings. 2004-2006 School years. IUP Archaeological Services: Prepare artifacts for curation, other

duties. During summer of 2004 helped with the Byways conference—transcribing, videotaping and greeting. Bev Chiarulli, Director.

Public Outreach 2013 April. Student Day. Undergraduate and High School student oriented programming at the

Society of American Anthropology annual meeting. Organized and implemented programs, participants and volunteers with Student Affairs Committee and SAA Board. Tobi Brimsek, Director

2011 March. Native San Antonio. Earth oven demonstration. Ecological Archaeology lab, Texas A&M, Alston Thoms

2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 Fall. Hot Rock Cook-off: Actualistic pre-Columbian cooking experiments; helped plan and co-ordinate volunteers and students, supplies. Ecological Archaeology lab, Texas A&M, Alston Thoms PI

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Museum 2012-2016 Gallery Attendant. Open/close gallery, guard art, help install/uninstall exhibits, help

with events. Heather Bennett, Collections Manager 2005 May and August. Intern at Fort Bend County Museum. Design and implement children’s

programs. Claire Rogers, Education Coordinator

Teaching Experience Summer 2012 Instructor of record: Syllabus creation; prepare and give lectures, assignments,

help student students as needed. ANTH 415: Anthropological Writing Fall 2008-Spring 2011 Teaching Assistant: Scan images and slides for presentations, copies, help

prepare tests and quizzes, help students as needed, some lectures. Classes include: ANTH 301: Indians of North America; ANTH 205: People and Cultures of the World; ANTH 202: Introduction to Archaeology; ANTH 201: Introduction to Anthropology; ANTH 202: Introduction to Archaeology.

PublicationsPeer Reviewed Journal Articles

2014 Facile residue analysis of recent and prehistoric cook-stones using handheld Raman spectrometry. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy. Laura Short, Alston V. Thoms, Bin Cao, Alexander M. Sinyukov, Amitabh Joshi, Rob Scully, Virgil Sanders and Dmitri V. Voronine http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jrs.4593/

2014 Baking Geophytes and Tracking Microfossils: Taphonomic Implications for Earth-Oven and Paleodietary Research. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. Alston Thoms, Andrew Laurence, Laura Short, and Masahiro Kamiya. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10816-014-9216-9

Refereed Monograph Chapters 2015 Earth-Ovens at Fort Hood: Variation in Form and Function. By Alston V. Thoms, Douglas K.

Boyd, and Laura M. Short. In Earth Ovens, Geophytes, and Microfossils: Investigating Burned Rock Features and Archeobotanical Remains on Fort Hood, Central Texas. Edited by Alston V. Thoms, Douglas K. Boyd, and Karl W. Kibler. Pp. 159-198. United States Army Fort Hood Archeological Resource Management Series Research Report No. 65

2015 Electric Oven Experiments in Microfossil Taphonomy. By Alston V. Thoms, Andrew R. Laurence, Laura M. Short, and Masahiro Kamiya. In Earth Ovens, Geophytes, and Microfossils: Investigating Burned Rock Features and Archeobotanical Remains on Fort Hood, Central Texas. Edited by Alston V. Thoms, Douglas K. Boyd, and Karl W. Kibler. Pp. 237-256. United States Army Fort Hood Archeological Resource Management Series Research Report No. 65

2015 Actualistic Experiments: Building Earth Ovens and Other Cookstone Facilities. By Alston V. Thoms, Andrew R. Laurence, Laura M. Short, and Masahiro Kamiya. In Earth Ovens, Geophytes, and Microfossils: Investigating Burned Rock Features and Archeobotanical Remains on Fort Hood, Central Texas. Edited by Alston V. Thoms, Douglas K. Boyd, and Karl W. Kibler. Pp. 257-290. United States Army Fort Hood Archeological Resource Management Series Research Report No. 65

2015 Results of the Microfossil Analyses. By Andrew R. Laurence, Laura M. Short, and Alston V. Thoms. In Earth Ovens, Geophytes, and Microfossils: Investigating Burned Rock Features and

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Archeobotanical Remains on Fort Hood, Central Texas. Edited by Alston V. Thoms, Douglas K. Boyd, and Karl W. Kibler. Pp. 291-350. United States Army Fort Hood Archeological Resource Management Series Research Report No. 65

2014 A Landscape Analysis of Fort Hood Archeological and Environmental Data. Laura Short, Karl K. Kibler and Douglas Boyd. In Data Recovery Investigations at the Tank Destroyer Site (41CV1378) At Fort Hood, Coryell County, Texas. By Douglas K. Boyd, John E. Dockall, Karl W. Kibler, Gemma Mehalchick, Laura M. Short. Reports Of Investigations, Number 172, Prewitt and Associates and Archeological Studies Program, Report No. 149, TXDOT.

Refereed Book Chapters and Essays 2015 Infrared spectroscopy/Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. Laura Short.  In

Archaeology of Food: An Encyclopedia. Edited by Karen B. Metheny and Mary C Beaudry.  Pp. 267-268.  Rowan& Littlefield, Lanham, MD

Presentations Society for American Archaeology

o Paper 2016: “Quantum Archaeology: Raman Spectroscopy of FCR in South-Central North America”

o Poster 2012: “Bringing cooking to light: using infrared spectroscopy to examine the effects of cooking on the chemical structure of wild foods”

o Forum organizer 2011: “Professionalism: Getting the Job and Finding Success in the Real World”

o Poster 2010: “Acorn Use in Texas”o Poster 2010: “To Dig or Not to Dig: Researcher Access to Museum Collections”o Forum discussant 2009: “Students Present! How to Prepare and Deliver a Successful

Paper”o Poster 2007: “Garden Hunting: Using Stable Isotopic Analysis to Determine Deer Behavior”o Paper 2006: “From site to walking survey: What a Full Coverage Survey of Khanuy Valley is

revealing about Bronze Age Mongolia” Texas Archaeological Society

o Paper 2015: “Raman spectroscopy of FCR from Texas earth ovens”o Poster 2010: “Infrared Spectroscopy of Fire-Cracked Rocks from Earth Oven at Fort Hood,

Texas” Council of Texas Archaeologists

o Paper 2010: “From Geophytes and Nuts to Cook Stones and Beyond: Experimentally Tracking Wild Microfossils from Their Contemporary Hideouts in Texas to Ancient Cooking Facilities”

IUP Undergraduate Conferenceo Paper 2006: “From site to walking survey: What a Full Coverage Survey of Khanuy Valley is

revealing about Bronze Age Mongolia” IUP Anthropology Poster Session

o Mongolia Survey poster 2005o IUP Field School poster 2004

Awards TAMU Dissertation Fellowship 2016/2017 TAMU Merit Fellowship 2007/2008

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Grants 2016 TAMU College of Liberal Arts Research Enhancement Fund Grant for equipment related to

dissertation $5,262 2016 Texas Archaeological Society Donors Fund Grant for equipment related to dissertation $850 2016 TAMU Anthropology Department Travel Grant for travel to SAA meeting $650 2014 Experiment.com crowdfunding for If Lara Croft had a laser gun: chemical analysis of residue

on archaeological stone. $1,200 2012 TAMU Anthropology Department Travel Grant for travel to SAA meeting $500 2011 TAMU Anthropology Department Travel Grant for travel to SAA meeting $250

Professional Organizations and Service Society for American Archaeology, since 2004

o Spearheaded Student Day, Debut meeting 2013o Head of Student Affairs Committee, Board appointed 2011-2013o Student Affairs Committee member 2009-2013

Lambda Alpha, Anthropology Honors Society, since 2004 Council of Texas Archaeologists, since 2010 Texas Archaeology Society, since 2010 Founded Graduate-Undergraduate Mentorship Program, TAMU Anthropology Department 2011

o Participant 2011-2014

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