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. M., Bossio, L. M., & 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
FIELD PROJECTS
Maumee Archaeological Landscape Project (MALP) (Principal Investigator) (Spring 2021, 2022)
UMMAA – Perrysburg, OH
Belize Archaic Project (July 2019 – August 2019)
SUNY – Albany – Orange Walk District, Belize
2019 UM Field School (May 2019 – July 2019)
UMMAA – Peja and Istog Districts, Kosova and Morganton, NC
Hohle Fels Excavation (June 2018 – July 2018)
The University of Tübingen – Blaubeuren, Germany
Regional Archaeology in the Peja and Istog Districts of Kosova (RAPID: Kosova) (June 2018)
UMMAA – Peja and Istog Districts, Kosova
Rabe 2018 – Anka Siget (May 2018 – June 2018)
University of Wisconsin – La Crosse & UMMAA – Rabe, Serbia
Woodland Ohio Monumentality Project (W.O.M.P.) (July 2017 – August 2017)
UMMAA – Ross County, OH
La Prele Mammoth Site (July 2017)
University of Wyoming – Converse County, WY
Salt Springs Park Site (May 2016)
Michigan Archaeological Society - Huron Valley Chapter – Saline, MI
Free Church Historical Site (September 2015 – December 2015)
University of Michigan – Dearborn, Archaeological Field School – Superior Township, MI
Hell Gap Archaeological Site (July 2015 – August 2015)
University of Wyoming, Advanced Archaeological Field Studies – Goshen County, WY
RESEARCH POSITIONS
Graduate Student Research Assistant (Fall 2020 – Winter 2021)
UMMAA – Circumpolar Range, Dr. Raven Garvey
Remote Sensing in Archaeology Student Researcher (July 2016 − July 2017)
University of Michigan – Dearborn, Geological Sciences Laboratory
Underwater Archaeology Assistant Researcher (June 2016 − December 2016)
UMMAA – Underwater Archaeology Range
TEACHING POSITIONS
Graduate Student Instructor – University of Michigan
Anthropological Archaeology 284: Aztec, Maya, Inca Civilization, Drs. Marcus & Flannery (Winter 2020)
Biological Anthropology 201: Introduction to Biological Anthropology, Dr. Maureen Devlin (Fall 2019)
Anthropological Archaeology 487: Archaeological Field School, Drs. Mike Galaty & Rob Beck (Summer 2019)
Anthropological Archaeology 386: Early Civilizations, Dr. Rob Beck (Winter 2019)
Sociocultural Anthropology 101: Introduction to Anthropology, Dr. Peters-Golden (Fall 2018)
MENTORSHIP ROLES
Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) Mentor (Fall 2022-Winter 2023)
“Tool Diversity and Usage Throughout Time at the Williams Site (33WO7a)"
PRESENTATIONS
Survey at the Williams Site (33-WO-7a) of Northwestern Ohio: Transitional Archaic and Late Prehistoric Perspectives by Laura M. Bossio. Poster presented at the Society for American Archaeology Conference, Chicago, IL. April 2022.
Assessment of Mortuary Data at the Williams Cemetery (33-WO-7A) by Laura M. Bossio. Poster presented at the Midwest Archaeological Conference, Mankato, MN. October 2019.
Investigating Late Archaic Trade and Exchange in Southeast Michigan by Laura M. Bossio. Poster presented at the Midwest Archaeological Conference, Notre Dame, IN. October 2018.
The Woodland Ohio Monumentality Project (W.O.M.P.): Report from the 2017 field campaign at the Steel Group Site in Ross County, Ohio by Timothy D. Everhart, Laura M. Bossio, and James P. Torpy. Poster presented at the 2017 Midwest Archaeological Conference, Indianapolis, IN. October 2017.
Caribbean Colonialism and Space Archaeology by John M. Chenoweth, Mark Salvatore, and Laura Bossio. Paper presented at the Society for Historical Archaeology 2017 Conference, Detroit, MI. January 2017.
British Peasant Ideologies and Technological Approaches to Marginal Caribbean Landscapes by John M. Chenoweth, Mark Salvatore, and Laura Bossio. Paper presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, British Columbia. April 2017.
Determining Membership of Historic Free Church by Laura Bossio. Poster presented at 2016 Midwest Historical Archaeology Conference, Detroit, Michigan. September 2016.
Chipped stone at the Hell Gap Site: informal tools, debitage, and heat treatment at Hell Gap by Laura Bossio and Mary Lou Larson. Poster presented at the 2015 Plains Anthropological Conference, Iowa City, IA. October 2015.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
“Archaeology Day” at Fort Meigs – Perrysburg, OH
(in development) September 2022
FELLOWSHIPS
University of Michigan – Rackham Humanities Research Fellowship (Spring/Summer 2021 – Fall 2021)
University of Michigan – College of Literature, Science, and the Arts – Anthropology Graduate Student Fellowship (Fall 2017 – Winter 2018)
GRANTS
James B. Griffin Scholarship Fund ($4000) 2022
Linda Britton and John R. Halsey Great Lakes Research Fund ($8850) 2022
Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant ($3000) 2022
Rackham Graduate School Conference Travel Grant ($800) 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022
Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant ($1500) 2020
Rackham Graduate Student Pre-Candidate Fieldwork Support ($4000) 2018, 2020
Linda Britton and John R. Halsey Great Lakes Research Fund ($1000) 2018
Weiser Center International Institute Student Fellowship ($1500) 2018
ORGANIZATIONAL ROLES
Co-Chair of Collaborative Archaeological Workshop (2019 – 2020)
Organizer – UMMAA Brown Bag Lecture Series (2017 – 2019)
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. M., Bossio, L. M., & 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
FIELD PROJECTS
Maumee Archaeological Landscape Project (MALP) (Principal Investigator) (Spring 2021, 2022)
UMMAA – Perrysburg, OH
Belize Archaic Project (July 2019 – August 2019)
SUNY – Albany – Orange Walk District, Belize
2019 UM Field School (May 2019 – July 2019)
UMMAA – Peja and Istog Districts, Kosova and Morganton, NC
Hohle Fels Excavation (June 2018 – July 2018)
The University of Tübingen – Blaubeuren, Germany
Regional Archaeology in the Peja and Istog Districts of Kosova (RAPID: Kosova) (June 2018)
UMMAA – Peja and Istog Districts, Kosova
Rabe 2018 – Anka Siget (May 2018 – June 2018)
University of Wisconsin – La Crosse & UMMAA – Rabe, Serbia
Woodland Ohio Monumentality Project (W.O.M.P.) (July 2017 – August 2017)
UMMAA – Ross County, OH
La Prele Mammoth Site (July 2017)
University of Wyoming – Converse County, WY
Salt Springs Park Site (May 2016)
Michigan Archaeological Society - Huron Valley Chapter – Saline, MI
Free Church Historical Site (September 2015 – December 2015)
University of Michigan – Dearborn, Archaeological Field School – Superior Township, MI
Hell Gap Archaeological Site (July 2015 – August 2015)
University of Wyoming, Advanced Archaeological Field Studies – Goshen County, WY
RESEARCH POSITIONS
Graduate Student Research Assistant (Fall 2020 – Winter 2021)
UMMAA – Circumpolar Range, Dr. Raven Garvey
Remote Sensing in Archaeology Student Researcher (July 2016 − July 2017)
University of Michigan – Dearborn, Geological Sciences Laboratory
Underwater Archaeology Assistant Researcher (June 2016 − December 2016)
UMMAA – Underwater Archaeology Range
TEACHING POSITIONS
Graduate Student Instructor – University of Michigan
Anthropological Archaeology 284: Aztec, Maya, Inca Civilization, Drs. Marcus & Flannery (Winter 2020)
Biological Anthropology 201: Introduction to Biological Anthropology, Dr. Maureen Devlin (Fall 2019)
Anthropological Archaeology 487: Archaeological Field School, Drs. Mike Galaty & Rob Beck (Summer 2019)
Anthropological Archaeology 386: Early Civilizations, Dr. Rob Beck (Winter 2019)
Sociocultural Anthropology 101: Introduction to Anthropology, Dr. Peters-Golden (Fall 2018)
MENTORSHIP ROLES
Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) Mentor (Fall 2022-Winter 2023)
“Tool Diversity and Usage Throughout Time at the Williams Site (33WO7a)"
PRESENTATIONS
Survey at the Williams Site (33-WO-7a) of Northwestern Ohio: Transitional Archaic and Late Prehistoric Perspectives by Laura M. Bossio. Poster presented at the Society for American Archaeology Conference, Chicago, IL. April 2022.
Assessment of Mortuary Data at the Williams Cemetery (33-WO-7A) by Laura M. Bossio. Poster presented at the Midwest Archaeological Conference, Mankato, MN. October 2019.
Investigating Late Archaic Trade and Exchange in Southeast Michigan by Laura M. Bossio. Poster presented at the Midwest Archaeological Conference, Notre Dame, IN. October 2018.
The Woodland Ohio Monumentality Project (W.O.M.P.): Report from the 2017 field campaign at the Steel Group Site in Ross County, Ohio by Timothy D. Everhart, Laura M. Bossio, and James P. Torpy. Poster presented at the 2017 Midwest Archaeological Conference, Indianapolis, IN. October 2017.
Caribbean Colonialism and Space Archaeology by John M. Chenoweth, Mark Salvatore, and Laura Bossio. Paper presented at the Society for Historical Archaeology 2017 Conference, Detroit, MI. January 2017.
British Peasant Ideologies and Technological Approaches to Marginal Caribbean Landscapes by John M. Chenoweth, Mark Salvatore, and Laura Bossio. Paper presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, British Columbia. April 2017.
Determining Membership of Historic Free Church by Laura Bossio. Poster presented at 2016 Midwest Historical Archaeology Conference, Detroit, Michigan. September 2016.
Chipped stone at the Hell Gap Site: informal tools, debitage, and heat treatment at Hell Gap by Laura Bossio and Mary Lou Larson. Poster presented at the 2015 Plains Anthropological Conference, Iowa City, IA. October 2015.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
“Archaeology Day” at Fort Meigs – Perrysburg, OH
(in development) September 2022
FELLOWSHIPS
University of Michigan – Rackham Humanities Research Fellowship (Spring/Summer 2021 – Fall 2021)
University of Michigan – College of Literature, Science, and the Arts – Anthropology Graduate Student Fellowship (Fall 2017 – Winter 2018)
GRANTS
James B. Griffin Scholarship Fund ($4000) 2022
Linda Britton and John R. Halsey Great Lakes Research Fund ($8850) 2022
Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant ($3000) 2022
Rackham Graduate School Conference Travel Grant ($800) 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022
Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant ($1500) 2020
Rackham Graduate Student Pre-Candidate Fieldwork Support ($4000) 2018, 2020
Linda Britton and John R. Halsey Great Lakes Research Fund ($1000) 2018
Weiser Center International Institute Student Fellowship ($1500) 2018
ORGANIZATIONAL ROLES
Co-Chair of Collaborative Archaeological Workshop (2019 – 2020)
Organizer – UMMAA Brown Bag Lecture Series (2017 – 2019)