Expertise

Geographical Areas of Specialization

  • North America; Great Plains; Central Plains; Missouri River Valley; Ukraine

Research Interests

  • Indigenous Archaeology; Decolonial Anthropology; Community-Based Research; Ethnogenesis; Identity; Migration; Bayesian Statistics; Radiocarbon Analysis; Chronology Analysis; Plains Town Formation; Introduction of Horses; Diaspora of Mesolithic Peoples; Public Outreach; Science Communication

His research area is in the Central Great Plains of the United States with a focus on ancestral Pawnee and Arikara heritage.  

Degrees
PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder, Anthropology, 2022
MA, University of Wyoming, Anthropology, 2019
BS, Radford University, Anthropology, 2016