ANNA C. SLOAN
curriculum vitae
1671 Mill Street LOWR
Eugene, OR 97401
(617) 694-2780
asloan3@uoregon.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS
pre-/post-contact Arctic archaeology
gender and subsistence
Indigenous archaeologies
museum studies
human-animal studies
zooarchaeology
EDUCATION
Doctoral Student, Anthropology
University of Oregon, 2013-present
Dissertation: “Yup’ik Gender Dynamics Through Time: Archaeological, Historical, and Anthropological Explorations” (tentative title.) This project explores the longue duree of gender dynamics in Yup’ik communities of Alaska’s Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region using archaeological evidence from the Nunalleq and Paugvik sites, historical evidence from 19th century ethnographic records and collections, and ethnographic evidence from contemporary field work with the Yup’ik community of Quinhagak.
Advisor: Dr. Madonna Moss
Museum Studies Certificate
University of Oregon, 2012-present
Master of Science, Anthropology
University of Oregon, 2013
Masters paper: “Tiŋmiat Aŋuniaq: Birds in Ipiutak and Western Thule Lifeways at Deering, Alaska.” My cut mark analysis of avifaunal remains from the Deering site explored Ipiutak and Western Thule use of birds as food and as raw materials for tools and garments. Ethnographic and oral historical data suggest that these bird subsistence practices were likely gendered and intertwined with notions of spiritual transformation.
Advisor: Dr. Madonna Moss
Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology (Focus Area: Archaeology)
New York University, 2008, Magna Cum Laude
Honors thesis: “Discovering Gender in Archaeology: A Review of the Literature and a Gendered Study of the 25 Barrow Street Site.” My thesis explored how variability within a historic-era ceramics assemblage found at a 19th century boardinghouse reveals the agency of the boardinghouse’s owner, working class widower Emeline Hirst, in maintaining the distinction between public and private spheres in her household.
Advisor: Dr. Rita Wright
PUBLICATIONS
In prep. “Animals in Indigenous religions.” In Humans and Animals: A Geography of Coexistence. Julie Urbanik and Connie Johnston, eds. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO Press. Publication scheduled for 2016.
2014 Spirituality and the Seamstress: Birds in Ipiutak and Western Thule Lifeways at Deering, Alaska. Arctic Anthropology 51(2): 35-59.
HONORS & AWARDS
2015, CSWS Graduate Student Research Support Grant, Center for the Study of Women in Society, University of Oregon.
2014, Luther S. and Dorothy C. Cressman Prize, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon.
2014, Edwin S. Hall, Jr. Student Paper Award, Alaska Anthropological Association.
2014, Departmental Research Award, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon.
2013, Cheryl L. Harper Memorial Fund Scholarship, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon.
PRESENTATIONS
2014, Spirituality and the Seamstress: Birds in Ipiutak and Western Thule Lifeways at Deering, Alaska. Presentation of Luther S. and Dorothy C. Cressman Prize winning paper in the Department of Anthropology Colloquium Series, University of Oregon.
2014, Spirituality and the Seamstress: Birds in Ipiutak and Western Thule Lifeways at Deering, Alaska. Presentation at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Alaska Anthropological Association, Fairbanks, Alaska.
2013, The Archaeology of Animals at Deering, Alaska. Presentation to the Human-Animal Research Interest Group at the University of Oregon.
2013, The Woman and the Whale: Hunting as Gendered Practice in Arctic and Subarctic Alaska. Presentation on Iñupiat and Yup’ik conceptions of gendered subsistence, Panel Series on Female Power, Strategies, and Myth Busting: From Bonobos to Humans, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD WORK
2014 & 2015, Field crew, Nunalleq Project, Quinhagak, Alaska. University of Aberdeen and Qanirtuuq, Inc. partnership to excavate a pre-contact Yup’ik village and create cultural resources infrastructure in the community.
2011, Field crew, Serpentine Hot Springs Project, Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Alaska. Excavation of a Paleoindian site sponsored by the Center for the Study of First Americans at Texas A&M University.
2011, Student, Cape Espenberg Field School, Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Alaska. Multi-institutional NSF-funded project to excavate Thule houses on the Seward Peninsula. Field School directed by Dr. Chris Darwent, Department of Anthropology, University of California Davis.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL LAB WORK
2013, Laboratory Assistant, African Archaeology Laboratory, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon. Assisted Dr. Stephen Dueppen in classification of zooarchaeological materials from Africa, labeling of zooarchaeological specimens, and general lab setup and maintenance.
2013, Graduate Teaching Fellow, Zooarchaeology Laboratory, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon. Laboratory assistant for Dr. Madonna Moss, with responsibilities including labeling and storing comparative specimens, element identification, collection expansion and maintenance, and oversight of two undergraduate volunteers.
2006-2007, Intern, Public Archaeology Labs, Inc., Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Responsible for cleaning, classifying, and storing pre-contact and historic-era artifacts from the greater New England region.
2005-2006, Intern, City Archaeology Laboratory, Environmental Department, Boston, Massachusetts. Responsible for cleaning, classifying, and storing pre-contact and historic-era artifacts and assisting the City Archaeologist in site survey and maintenance in the greater Boston area and on the Boston Harbor Islands.
MUSEUM WORK
2014-2015, Collections Intern, Museum of Natural and Cultural History, University of Oregon. Internship project to contact and interview Inupiat artists represented in the Jack High Collection about their work and the role of arts in their communities.
2013-2015, Collections GTF, Museum of Natural and Cultural History, University of Oregon. Responsible for accessioning archaeological and ethnographic materials and maintaining and organizing existing collections.
2010-2011, Group Services Representative, Lower East Side Tenement Museum, New York, New York. Assistant coordinator of K-college school visits, with oversight over logistics and outreach; also served as interpretive guide for historic tenement building.