About Me.
I desperately wanted to know more about the deep indigenous past, but my Social Studies textbook did not provide much information. I realized quickly that the history I was taught in school was not sufficient for me and what I wanted to know. This troubled me and stuck with me throughout middle school and high school.
My passion for learning about people of the past finally found footing when I discovered Archaeology in undergrad at the University of Michigan - Dearborn. I realized that I could actually build a career investigating my deepest interests and curiosities. In undergrad, I sought out every field and lab experience that I could get. Now, I am a PhD candidate at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor working on my dissertation. My questions have shifted, but my deep interest and curiosity has only intensified! I am so grateful to being able to do what I do, and I'm eager to share my research and make archaeological knowledge more accessible to the public. Come follow along on my journey here! |
My fascination with the past started early. I was born-and-raised in Dearborn, MI, but I knew from an early age that my family had not been here long. My grandparents and great-grandparents immigrated and settled specifically in Dearborn because of Ford and the automotive industry. But I knew that this land had a much deeper history than the industries along the river and lakes.
At some point in my youth, I learned about the Ice Age. I was captivated. I envisioned mile-high glaciers on the land that I called home. I pictured the megafauna that once roamed the land. I saw the wetlands around the lakes that must have formed after the glaciers receded. I was mesmerized by imagining what this landscape was like in the past, and I wondered how people lived during it. EDUCATION
Ph.D. (Ongoing) Anthropology, Museum of Anthropological Archaeology, University of Michigan Degree Started: September 2017 M.A. (2021) Anthropology, Museum of Anthropological Archaeology, University of Michigan B.S. (2016) Anthropology, University of Michigan – Dearborn, High Distinction Minor in Geography Certificate in Geographic Information Systems Honors Program 2012-2016 PUBLICATIONS
Chenoweth, J., Bossio, L., & Salvatore, M. (2021). Modeling Colonial Paternalism: GIS and Multispectral Satellite Imagery at Kingstown, British Virgin Islands. American Antiquity, 86(4), 734-751. doi:10.1017/aaq.2021.55 |