Education
• 2022 Geographic Information Systems Certificate Program, Langara College.
• 2015 Master of Arts, Applied Anthropology with a focus on Cultural Resource Management, University of Alaska Anchorage
Thesis: The Role of Quartz in the Lithic Technology of The Western Upper Cook Inlet Ancestral Dena’ina
• 2005 Bachelor of Science, Archaeological Studies, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Thesis: Cougars, Mountain Lions, and Pumas - One Creature with Three Names: A Metric Analysis of Quad, Price Stemmed, and Chesrow Projectile Points From Southern Wisconsin
• 1997 Associate of Applied Science in Automotive Technology, Des Moines Area Community College
Military Service
• 1993-2002 Iowa and Wisconsin Army National Guard, MOS 13 Bravo (Artillery), Honorable Discharge
Cultural Resource Management Training
2024
• “Trimble Geodetic Receiver and RTK SX10/12 Training,” NPS Alaska Regional Office seminar held in Anchorage, AK
2023
• “Traditional Cultural Places,” National Preservation Institute (NPI) and Alaska Office of History and Archaeology seminar held in Anchorage, AK
• “Section 4(f) Compliance for Historic Properties,” NPI seminar held in Milwaukee, WI
• “DOE vs Nomination: What’s the Difference?” Alaska Office of History and Archaeology webinar
• “Introduction to the Alaska Historic Preservation Act,” Alaska Office of History and Archaeology webinar
• “Surveys: Are They Going to the Dogs?,” American Cultural Resources Association (ACRA) webinar
2022
• “Compliance with Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act,” Shipley Group webinar
2021
• “NEPA Procedures Manual Training, Module 8: Section 4(f) and 6(f),” Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities online training
2020
• “Section 106: The Meaning of Effects,” NPI webinar
2019
• “Resolving Disputes in Section 106,” Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) webinar
• “The Section 106 Agreement Seminar,” ACHP seminar held in Anchorage, AK
• “The Section 106 Practitioners Workshop,” ACHP seminar held in Anchorage, AK
2018
• “Planning for Successful Section 106 Agreements,” ACHP webinar
• "Crowdfunding Historic Preservation: Direct Public Offerings and Other Ways to Raise Funds,” California Historic Preservation Foundation webinar
• "Archaeological Sites and Section 106: Identification and Evaluation," ACHP webinar
2017
• "Advise Federal Agencies on Preservation: Submitting Effective Public Comments!" Coalition for American Heritage webinar
2016
• “NAGPRA Essentials,” NPI seminar held in Anchorage, AK
• “NAGPRA's Application to State and Local Governments,” National Park Service (NPS) webinar
• "Professionally Social: Best Practices for Journalists (and Anybody) on Social Media," lecture at UAA by Julia O’Malley
• “How the Right Digital Communications Can Transform Your Company’s Outreach,” ACRA webinar
• “Basics of Budgeting for CRM Projects,” ACRA webinar
2015
• “Cultural Landscapes: Identification and Effects Assessment,” ACHP webinar
• “Marking and Labeling Collections,” Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation webinar
• “Proposal-Writing for Cultural Resources Management Professionals,” ACRA webinar
2013
• “Meeting the Reasonable and Good Faith Identification Standard,” ACHP webinar
2010
• “Introduction to Foreshore and Underwater Archaeology Course,” Nautical Archaeology Society seminar held in Anchorage and Point MacKenzie, AK
2009
• “Landscape Preservation: An Introduction,” NPI seminar held in Anchorage, AK
• “Focus on Alaska: Reaching and Writing Agreements under Section 106,” SWCA Environmental Consultants and Tom King seminar held in Anchorage, AK
• “Consultation and Protection of Native American Sacred Lands,” NPI seminar held in Anchorage, AK
• “NEPA Compliance and Cultural Resources,” NPI seminar, held in Anchorage, AK
2007
• “Beyond Compliance: Historic Preservation in Transportation Project Development,” National Highway Institute seminar, held in Anchorage, Alaska
Youth and Community Outreach Projects
• 2024-19 – Exploring traditional Dena’ina house archaeology, moose skin river boats, fishhooks, ancestral paints, and Indigenous knowledge of Insects for Quk’ Taz’un Outdoor Leadership Camp at Kijik. Under contract to Nondalton Tribal Council
• 2024-2023, 2019-17 – Yup’ik traditional bolas, atlatls, arrow-making, crafting slate tools, and using paints at Igiugig Goose Camp. Under contract to Igiugig Village Council
• 2023-2022, 2018-16 – Exploring traditional Yup’ik and Dena’ina mushroom knowledge, use of coal, expedient stone tools, fishhooks, slate tools, Nondalton and Newhalen Youth Day Camps. Under contract to NPS
• 2022, 2019-17 – Crafting historic Dena’ina fishhooks, building Dena’ina underground caches, exploring traditional paints, and making arrows. Under contract to Knik Tribal Council
• 2019 – Culture Week Instructor at Alaska Native Cultural Charter School. Employed by Anchorage School District
• 2019-18 – Project Ki’l After School Title VI Indian Education Program Instructor. Employed by Anchorage School District
• 2019-18 – Exploring Yup’ik and Dena’ina Underground Caches. Lesson plan development and community visits in Nondalton, Newhalen, and Igiugig. Under contract to Lake Clark National Park & Preserve
• 2019-18 – Exploring traditional Dena’ina fish spears and arrows, traditional paints, and fishhooks. Under contract to Native Village of Eklutna
• 2019-18 – Archaeology excavation and field methods, using atlatls, exploring traditional Dena’ina paints and fishhooks at Kenaitze Susten Camp. Under contract to U.S. Forest Service
• 2018 – Lesson plan development for traditional paints, atlatls, zooarchaeology, and archaeological mapping. Under contract to BLM
• 2018 – Recreating an Ocean Bay slate spear point video series for Alaska Archaeology Month. Under contract to NPS
• 2018-17 – Tlingit traditional fish spears and paints at Skagway City School. Under contract to NPS
• 2017 – Archaeological excavations at the Ch’u’itnu Archaeological District with Tyonek youth. Under contract to Native American Rights Fund
• 2017 – Iñupiaq and Dena’ina slate knives with ASRC, NANA, CIRI and CITC Interns Culture Workshop. Under contract to ASRC
• 2017 – Ahtna traditional fish spears and paints at Chickaloon Youth Culture Camp. Under contract to Chickaloon Tribal Council
• 2017 – Dena’ina and Yup’ik traditional arrow making, fish spears, and paints at Newhalen and Tyonek Traditional Skills Workshops. Under contract to Alaska Geographic
Current Applied Anthropology Projects
• 2024-2021 - Cultural Resource Expert. Under contract to Tanana Chiefs Conference
• 2024-2017 – Cultural Resource Expert. Under contract to Native American Rights Fund
• 2024-2021 - Bristol Bay Native Corporation ANCSA 14(h)(1) Historic Sites and Cemeteries Monitoring. Under contract to BBNC
• 2024-2019 – Cultural Resource Expert on behalf of Kivalina IRA Council and Wainwright Legal Services, LLC
• 2024-2019 - Igiugig Village Council staff archaeologist
• 2024-2023 - Bering Land Bridge National Preserve Threatened Coastal Sites Project. Under contract to Portland State University
• 2024-2023 - ANC 2023 Civil Engineering Services Term Agreement for cultural heritage work at Ted Stevens International Airport. Under contract to CRW Engineering Group.
• 2024-2023 - Cultural Resource Expert. Under contract to Chilkat Indian Village
• 2024-2023 - Eklutna’s Old St. Nicholas’ Chapel Cultural Heritage Research on behalf of Russian Orthodox Sacred Sites in Alaska (ROSSIA)
• 2024-2022 - Eklutna Cemetery Research on behalf of Native Village of Eklutna
• 2024-2018 – Annual Monitoring of Wassillie’s Point on behalf of Igiugig Village Council
Past Applied Anthropology Projects
Cultural Alaska
• Historical and Archaeological Research, Investigation, and Monitoring at the Facility Expansion Project at the Alutiiq Pride Marine Institute, Seward, Alaska. Under contract to Chugach Regional Resources Commission
• Annual Monitoring of Nevada Creek Mining District, and Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Church. Under contract to Alaska Association for Historic Preservation
• Ear Mountain Traditional Cultural Property Assessment. Partnering with Wellspring Group. Under contract to Kawerak, Inc.
• Knik Tribal Cemetery Ground Penetrating Radar and Historic Human Detection Dogs Investigation. Partnering with Knik Tribal Council, National Park Service, and AK K9 Detection Services on project.
• Cultural Resource Expert. Under contract to Clemmer Law Office, LLC.
• Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport Taxiway Z Expansion Cultural Resource Assessment. Under contract to Restoration Science & Engineering, LLC.
• Native Allotment AKA-059278 Cultural Resources Assessment. Under contract to Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
• Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport Taxiway K Alaska Heritage Resources Survey (AHRS) Review. Under contract to Restoration Science & Engineering, LLC.
• Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport AHRS, Dena’ina Place Names, and Paleontological Resources Initial Review for multiple small projects. Under contract to CRW Engineering Group.
• Tustumena Site Visit. Under contract to CIRI.
• Qinuyang (Old Igiugig) National Register of Historic Places Nomination. Under contract to Igiugig Village Council
• Katmai 2004-2007 Interior Lakes Archaeological Survey GIS Data Organization. Under contract to Katmai National Park & Preserve
• Cultural Assessment of Native Allotment AA-51014. Under contract to Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bristol Bay Native Corporation
• Wasilla Communications Tower Creek Side/AN2353 FA 14566052 Archaeological Survey. Under contract to Hawthorne Research and Communications
• Artifact Curation Assessment. Under contract to Alaska Army National Guard
• Igiugig Hydrokinetic Cultural Resources Assessment. Under contract to Igiugig Village Council
• Sterling Highway MP 45-60 Draft Programmatic Agreement Review. Under contract to CIRI
• Site SEW-00756 Review and Artifact Inspection. Under contract to CIRI
• Old Igiugig Village Mapping and Ancestor Reburial. Under contract to Igiugig Village Council
• Recommendation for Determination of Eligibility of the Pratt Museum for the National Register of Historic Places. Partnered with Well Spring Group. Under contract to the Pratt Museum
• Kijik National Historic Landmark, Archaeological District, and Cultural Landscape Memorandum of Understanding Review. Under contract to Nondalton Tribal Council
• Nondalton and Newhalen Youth Day Camps. Under contract to NPS
• Yup'ik Slate Tools and Traditional Paints at Igiugig Goose Camp. Under contract to Igiugig Village Council.
• Sterling Highway MP 45-60 Draft Programmatic Agreement Review. Under contract to CIRI.
• Tyonek and Newhalen Traditional Skills and Archaeology Youth Workshops. Under Contract to NPS
• Yupiit of Andreafski Transit Facility Project Cultural Resource Assessment St. Mary’s, Alaska. Under contract to Restoration Science and Engineering
Past cultural resources research by Monty Rogers as an employee for tribes and other companies
Knik Tribal Council (2018)
• Archaeological Monitoring for Rip Rap Stabilization Project in Mekoryuk
Stephen R. Braund & Associates (2007-2017)
• Alaska Communication Systems SPANDEX Cable System Permit & ROW – Anchor Point to Ninilchik
• Alaska DOT&PF Proposed Realignment, Aleknagik Wood River Bridge and Road Project
• Alaska DOT&PF Fairview Loop Rehabilitation Project
• Alaska DOT&PF Foothills West Transportation Project Environmental Baseline and EIS
• Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission Cultural Need for Bowhead Whales based on Sharing
• Alaska Liquefied Natural Gas Project Baseline
• Alaska Pipeline Project Baseline
• Alaska Railroad Corporation Port MacKenzie Rail Extension Project EIS
• Alaska Stand Alone Pipeline (ASAP) EIS and SEIS
• Chuitna Coal Project Environmental Baseline and Section 106
• ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. Nuiqsut Caribou Subsistence Monitoring Project
• Cordova-Valdez Undersea Fiber Cable Project
• Eklutna Property Due Diligence Cultural Resources Assessment
• ENSTAR Natural Gas Company Homer Trunkline & Homer and Kachemak City Special Assessment District Project Cultural Resources Survey and Section 106 Report
• Fire Island Fish Camps National Register of Historic Places Eligibility Research
• GCI Wireless Communication Towers Cultural Resource Assessment
• Greater Mooses Tooth SEIS
• Hilcorp Blossom and Preacher Pad Cultural Resource Assessment
• Hilcorp Deep Creek Seismic Project Cultural Resource Assessment
• Hilcorp Happy Valley Middle Pad Cultural Resource Assessment
• Hilcorp Iniskin Project Cultural Resource Assessment
• Knik Arm Bridge Project
• Quantitative Study of the Cultural and Social Impacts to NPRA Subsistence Communities
• Quintillion Subsea Project (Quintillion Subsea Operations, LLC)
• New Horizons Dalton Highway Fiber Optic Project Cultural Resources Assessment
• New Horizons Wireless Communication Towers Cultural Resources Assessment
• Nuiqsut Paisaŋich Update for the Nuiqsut City Council
• Pebble Project Environmental Baseline
• Quintillion Subsea Fiber Optic Project
• Red Dog Mine Aqqaluk Extension Supplemental EIS
• SAExploration Ice Wine 3D Seismic Project Cultural Resources Assessment
• SAExploration Umingmak Winter Seismic Project Cultural Resource Assessment
• Union Oil Company of California Phase 1 Survey and Section 106 Report for the Red Pad Pipeline Project
• United Utilities, Inc. Phase I Cultural Resources Survey – Grayling, Shageluk, and Kwethluk
National Park Service, Katmai National Park & Preserve (2005-2007)
• Phase I Survey of interior lakes within Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska
• Monitoring and Phase II Excavations of future maintenance facility, staff housing area, and vault toilets in Brooks Camp, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska
• Phase I Survey of proposed locations for Brooks Camp leech field, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska.
• Monitoring and Data Recovery Excavations of Brooks Lake vault toilet, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska.
• Laboratory Technician, Analysis of artifacts from Survey of interior lakes within Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska.
Bear Creek Archaeology, Inc., (2005-2006)
• Phase III Data Recovery Excavation of an Archaic site (13Da180) in Dallas County, Iowa.
• Phase II Evaluation Excavation of a Woodland Site (13Jh119) in Johnson County, Iowa. An Iowa Department of Transportation Project.
• Phase I Survey of proposed Newport Road Corridors, Johnson County, Iowa.
• Phase III Data Recovery Excavation of a Woodland site (13Le628) in Lee County, Iowa. An Iowa Department of Transportation Project.
• Phase II Evaluation Excavation of a multi-component site (23Ra862) in Ralls County, Missouri. An Army Corps of Engineers project.
Mississippi Valley Archaeological Center (2002-2005)
• Analysis of lithic artifacts from an Oneota site (47Lc394) in La Crosse County.
• Analysis and cataloguing of the Alfred Reed artifact collection from southwestern Wisconsin. An Army Corps of Engineers project.
• Phase III Excavation of an Oneota site (47Lc394) in the city of La Crosse. A Wisconsin Department of Transportation Project – Highway 14/61 Farnum Street to Jackson Street.
• Phase I Survey of two alternative locations for a coal burning power plant in Chickasaw and Mitchell Counties, Iowa.
• Phase I Survey of Spirit Reservoir Boat Landing, Lincoln County, Wisconsin.
• Field Technician, various NRCS projects throughout Wisconsin.
• Lab Technician/Supervisor, cleaning and cataloguing of artifacts, water flotation of soil samples, curation, field and lab equipment manager, personnel trainer, and lithic analysis. Supervisor Kathleen Brosius.
• Field School Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Archaeology Field School at Meier Farm Site (47Lc432), Lower Sand Lake Site (47Lc45), and (47Lc394). Field School conducted by Robert Boszhardt and Wendy Holtz-Leith.
• Phase I Survey of County Highway U, Burnett County, Wisconsin. WisDOT # 8842-04-00.
• Crew Supervisor, Phase III Excavation of an Oneota site (47Lc394) in the city of La Crosse. A Wisconsin Department of Transportation Project – Highway 14/61 Farnum Street to Jackson Street.
• Crew Supervisor, Phase III Excavations of the Meier Farm Site (47Lc432) and the Lower Sand Lake Site (47Lc45) in La Crosse County, Wisconsin.
• Phase I and Phase II Archaeological Survey and Evaluation of US 18-Marquette Road Corridor in the cities of Prairie du Chein and Bridgeport, Crawford County, Wisconsin. A Wisconsin Department of Transportation project. WisDOT ID#: 1661-05-00.
• Phase I Archaeological and Architectural History Survey of a Portion of USH 14/61 (CTH YY to Coon Valley) in Vernon and La Crosse Counties, Wisconsin. A Wisconsin Department of Transportation Project. WisDOT ID#: 1644-02-00.
• Phase I Archaeological Survey of a Proposed Timber Harvest Project in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
Reorganization of Lithic Comparative Collection for MVAC.
Volunteering
• 2023, 2020 - Atlatl Demonstration for Trailside Elementary Math & Science Night
• 2019 – Exploring traditional fishhooks and paints at McLaughlin Youth Step Up Program
• 2018 – Exploring Unangan traditional fishhooks and paints for Bering Sea Days, Saint Paul Island.
• 2018-16 – Coordinating with Alaska State Archaeologist on a volunteer program where Alaska climbers monitor glaciers and melting ice patches to identify eroding archaeological sites throughout the state
• 2017 – Arctic Archaeology and Archaeology from the Sky presentations at Lumen Christi High School, Anchorage.
Professional Organizations
• Alaska Association for Historic Preservation
• Alaska Consortium of Zooarchaeologists
Presentations at Professional Conferences and Meetings
• 2022 “We Can Do Better Than “Prehistory” and “Archaeological” in Alaska Anthropology,” Alaska Anthropological Association Annual Meetings
• 2022 “Using GIS, Archaeology, and Indigenous Knowledge for Understanding the Past in Southwest Alaska,” Vancouver GIS User Group Meeting
• 2020 “A look at AAHP’s Conservation Easement Program as it relates to the Historic Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary Church in Kenai and Wassillie’s Point (ILI-00053) on the Kvichak River,” (Co-Author) Alaska Association for Historic Preservation Annual Meeting
• 2020 “Municipality of Anchorage Local Landmark Register,” (Co-Author) Alaska Anthropological Association Annual Meetings
• 2020 “Ancestral Skiing and Archaeology Across the Globe,” Alaska Anthropological Association Annual Meetings
• 2018 “Community-Based Youth Outreach for Archaeology and Traditional Knowledge,” Alaska Anthropological Association Annual Meetings
• 2017 “Creative Mitigation for Historic Properties,” BLM Providers Conference
• 2016 “Kids and Field Science: Proactive Public Outreach in Communities,” Alaska Forum on the Environment
• 2015 “Indigenous Place Name Research for the Alaska Stand Alone Pipeline Project.” (Co-Author) American Association for the Advancement of Science, Arctic Science Conference
• 2015 Cultural Resources Research for the Pebble Project 2004-2013,” (Co-Author) Alaska Anthropological Association Annual Meetings
• 2013 “Archaeological Data Management and Research using tDAR and Neotoma & Discussion of Best Practices for Faunal Collection and Curation,” (Workshop Co- Organizer) Alaska Anthropological Association Annual Meetings
• 2011 “Below the Surface of Athapaskan Surface Depressions,” (Co-Author) Alaska Anthropological Association Annual Meetings
• 2010 “Collections Curation Seminar,” (Seminar Co- Organizer) Alaska Anthropological Association Annual Meetings
• 2010 “Dena’ina Cultural Features: Beyond House Pits and Cache Pits,” (Co-Author) Alaska Anthropological Association Annual Meetings
• 2009 “Alaska’s Rugby Heritage: A Hooligan’s Game Played by Gentlemen,” (Co-Author) Alaska Anthropological Association Annual Meetings
• 2009 “Experimenting with Vein Quartz Cobbles: Examining the Effects of Heat-Treatment, Reduction, Strategies, and Workability,” Alaska Anthropological Association Annual Meetings