Experience

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  Minnesota state university moorhead

  Jun 2006 - May 2008

  Archaeology lab assistant

  Job responsibilities were mainly to assist professor with research in lithics, ceramics, and osteology. My responsibilities also included to maintain lab space and equipment. As part of this job position I would also assist in excavations and survey work. Some interesting work I conducted while at this position included conducting floatation of soil samples from excavations and using a microscope to identify possible seeds to send out for analysis. Catalog and organize artifacts for analysis, preparing charcoal sample to be sent out for dating analysis, using a light table to compile drawings of living floors from excavation levels into one large map of the living floor, lay out excavation and survey grids at several sites in North Dakota. I also assisted professors during field school classes in both archaeology and geophysics. Show less

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  Missouri state university

  Aug 2008 - May 2009

  Graduate assistant

  My graduate assistantship consisted of assisting Dr. Walker-Pacheco with her Diabetes and Latino Youth study. My duties included preparing paper work for parents and calendars to keep records. I would also help take measurement of students including body mass. This data was then processed using various statistical methods using the IBM SPSS software.

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  Westwood professional services

  May 2010 - Oct 2013

  Principal investigator

  I worked at Westwood several summers before graduating from Missouri State as a Field Technician during the 2010 field season. During the 2011 field season I was hired as a Field Crew Chief and Field Director of approximately 200 miles of pipeline projects in Texas and several wind farms in Minnesota and Iowa. My responsibilities at that time included Phase I surveys, report writing, figure production, artifact analysis, GIS database management and analysis, and GPS maintenance. During the 2012 season I again returned to Westwood as a Field Director/GIS Specialist/Environmental Monitor for several pipelines, transmission lines, and wind farms in several states. My position and responsibilities evolved during the 2012-2013 season from Field Director to Principal Investigator as a result of the completion of my Master of Science. As a principal investigator at Westwood I oversaw the survey of a several pipelines, a wind farm in Oklahoma and several small Phase I project in Minnesota. Show less

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  Weller & associates, inc.

  Oct 2013 - Oct 2015

  Principal investigator
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  In situ archaeological consulting, llc

  Oct 2015 - now

  Principal investigator/owner

  At In Situ Archaeological Consulting, I am responsible for developing scopes of work for an array of archaeological projects. My responsibilities also include preparing and maintaining project budgets, scheduling and supervising archaeological investigations, authoring technical reports, fostering communications with clients and regulatory agencies, and maintaining quality control to ensure investigations meet or exceed federal, state, and local regulations. My experience includes Phase I reconnaissance surveys, test excavations, archival reviews, artifact analysis, and geophysical surveys with electrical resistivity, magnetometry, and ground penetrating radar. I have archaeological experience in Minnesota, North Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Michigan, and West Virginia. I also have familiarity with permitting federal and state regulatory requirements. My understanding of regulation comes from my involvement with a variety of projects in various markets including: cellular towers, transmission lines, pipelines, stream restorations, windfarms, and housing developments. I meet state and federal standards for archaeological supervisor and principal investigator, and I am listed on the Register of Professional Archaeologists. Show less