Teaching Experience
Sole Instructor
Oregon State University, Instruction Contract 2018-2019
(additional classes taught)
Ethnic Studies - Intro to Native Studies - Ecampus (Fall 2018, W/Sp/Su/F 2019)
Anthropology - Contemporary Indian Issues (Fall 2018, Fall 2019)
Ethnic Studies -Native North Americans (Fall, spring 2013)
Ethnic Studies - Native North Americans, Alaskan Natives (fall 2014)
University of Oregon
Native North Americans (summer 2017, spring 2014, spring 2013, spring 2012, spring 2006)
Oregon Tribal Termination (spring 2007)
Willamette University
Native North American Cultures (fall 2015, winter 2008)
Western Oregon University
Oregon Native Culture and History (spring 2013)
Portland State University
History of American Indian Cultures (winter 2011)
Mt. Hood Community College
Introduction to Anthropology (summer, fall 2016; summer, fall 2017, Spring 2018)
Chemeketa Community College
Introduction to Archaeology (spring, summer, fall 2015; winter, spring, summer, fall 2016, 2017; Spring 2018)
Introduction to Anthropology (Spring 2016, 2017)
Linfield College
People and Cultures- the Native Americans - Ecampus (fall 2009)
Co-Instructor
University of Oregon
Indigenous Studies of the Americas, with Lynn Stephen (spring 2006)
Working with Oregon Tribes, with Teresa O’Nell (fall 2012, fall 2011)
Oregon State University
Tribal Archives and Records Management Institute, with Larry Landis, Natalie Fernandez, Jennifer O’Neil (summer 2012)
Native American Archival Research, with Deanna Kingston (2003)
Teaching Assistant: University of Oregon
Department of Anthropology & Knight Library Special Collections and University Archives
Southwest Oregon Research Project & Archival Collection. (2000-2006)
Department of Anthropology
Introduction to Anthropology (1999)
International Studies Program
Cross-Cultural Communications (Winter 1997, Fall 1997)
Specialized Teaching
2016-2017 Straub Environmental Center, TEK sections
2017 Calapooia River Watershed Council, TEK sections
2017 Long Tom Watershed Council, TEK workshop, Education
Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon: Sept. 2006- Dec. 2014
Interpretive Projects
Ethnohistory Research, LLC Owner/Principal Consultant, 2014- present
Spanish History of Early Oregon Territory: Ongoing consultation, 2019
Oregon Encyclopedia Advisory Board
American Anthropology Association
Ethnohistory Association
Northwest Archivists
Ph.D. Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, 2009
M.A. Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, 2000
B.A. Humanities Program, University of Oregon, Eugene, 1997
A.A. Humanities, Santa Rosa Jr. College, Santa Rosa, CA, 1993
Pacific Northwest History Conference Committee, 2019-2020
Oregon Heritage Commission, 2009- 2017 (2 years Chair)
Eena Haws Longhouse Advisory Committee, 2018- present (OSU)
Many Nations Longhouse Advisory Committee, (1990s) (UO)
Co-presenting with Oregon Poet Laureate Peter Sears, Named #1 of Projects undertaken during tenure 2015-2016.
Whilamut Passage Bridge Project. Oregon Heritage Excellence Award, ODOT for Design and Community Outreach. 2015 (served on bridge naming committee)
Chinookan Peoples of the Lower Columbia. Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2014. (Writer and organizer with a chapter in the book)
Grand Ronde Canoe Journey Exhibition. Award of Merit, American Association for State and Local History. 2012 (Curator of the exhibit)
Owl Ridge Project. Oregon Heritage Excellence Award, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde. 2009 (Organizer coordinator of the project)
Southwest Oregon Research Project (SWORP). Honored, Honoring Nations, The Harvard Project for American Indian Economic Development. 2002 (organized the collection)
Dissertation: Termination of the Grand Ronde Tribe (2009)