Olivia Evans is a junior at Rhodes College majoring in Anthropology and Sociology. She is also pursuing a minor in Archaeology. Working as an RSA with Dr. Kasper is allowing her to develop skills to prepare for a career in Forensic Anthropology.

Chiara Torrini is a junior at Rhodes College double majoring in Anthropology, Sociology, and History. She is interested in seeing how historical documents and archaeology complement and contradict each other. Working with Dr. Kasper is letting her explore different practical skills that can be applied to a career in Archaeology.

Molly Webster graduated from Rhodes in 2021 with a double major in Anthropology, Sociology, and Africana Studies.Working as an RSA with Dr. Kasper allowed Molly to see the intersections of anthropology and Africana studies in the real world, via our partnership with Ames Plantation and Jamie Evans. She is currently pursuing a Master’s of Social Work with a concentration in Social and Economic Development and Policy at Washington University in St. Louis.

Veronica Kilanowski-Doroh graduated from Rhodes in 2021 with a double major in Anthropology, Sociology, and Greek and Roman Studies and a minor in archaeology. Working as an RSA with Dr. Kasper allowed Veronica to explore her interest in archaeology and grow her understanding of its effect upon modern-day landscapes. She is currently pursuing an M.A. in Archaeology at Cornell University, and her research interests include foodways, diet, and the construction of identity.

Amanda graduated from Rhodes College in 2019 with a major in Anthropology and Sociology and a minor in English Literature. As an RSA she worked with Overton Park Farmers Market and helped to develop the Midtown Foodscape map. She is currently working as a consultant with Raftelis, primarily doing GIS analysis work and software testing for billing systems. Amanda is thankful for the many opportunities and skills gained as an RSA, such as asking the right questions, fostering community relationships, and how to dig a really nice hole. She uses (most) of these skills daily.

At Rhodes, Katie studied history and economics. Now, she works at Colonial Williamsburg in their Archaeology department as a lab technician for the Custis Square project. The project seeks to uncover the ornamental gardens and the places where enslaved people lived and worked on this property. She is also working on a research project looking into the relationship between landscapes and mental hospitals.

While at Rhodes, Claire studied anthropology and sociology. Claire’s experience as an RSA has influenced her current work as it sparked an interest in the way that the recent past influences the present. Currently, Claire is a graduate student in the UMass Historical Archaeology program, following her interests in environmental archaeology, food-ways, and the African Diaspora. Outside of school, Claire is working at the Northeast Museum Services Center with the National Park Service, where her primary projects focus on collections from the Boston African American National Historic Site.

Corena studied Political Science at Rhodes from 2013 to 2017 and worked as the Archaeology RSA from 2014-2017. She is currently a Masters student in anthropology and sociology at The Graduate Institute in Geneva, Switzerland. Additionally, she worked in Washington, DC for two years at an international development organization in healthcare.

Karen majored in environmental science and minored in English and music. As an RSA from 2013-2015, she helped with the annual field school, the Evergreen Farmer’s Market, and with ethnobotanical research. After graduating, she worked as a science teacher at a Montessori school in Knoxville and as a garden educator for Big Green Memphis. Currently she is at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, Germany studying for an international degree in Organic Agriculture and Food Systems.

As an RSA, Katie assisted Dr. Kasper with both the cataloguing and curation of artifacts recovered from excavations at Ames Plantation, as well as the identification of macrobotanical remains recovered from sites on the Mashantucket Pequot Reservation. Since graduating from Rhodes College, she has continued to work in the field of archaeology in New England as a Cultural Resource Management archaeologist, as well as a contract macrobotanical analyst. She is also a Master’s student at the University of Massachusetts Boston pursuing a thesis which analyzes the spatial distribution of macrobotanical remains.