DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY

  • B.A. – California State University at Long Beach, 1994 M.S. – Pennsylvania State University, 1997 Areas of Interest 3D visualization and virtual worlds Local government applications of GIS Community applications of GIS Youth GIS technology education

    Stewart Bruce – Adjunct Assistant Professor in Anthropology, Assistant Director Center for Environment and Society, GIS Program Coordinator

    B.A. – California State University at Long Beach, 1994

    M.S. – Pennsylvania State University, 1997

    Areas of Interest: 3D visualization and virtual worlds Local government applications of GIS Community applications of GIS Youth GIS technology education

    sbruce2@washcoll.edu

  • B.A. – University of Alabama, 1994 Ph.D. – University of Georgia, 2007 jmarkin2@washcoll.edu

    Julie Gayle Markin – Teaching Fellow in Anthropology

    B.A. – University of Alabama, 1994

    Ph.D. – University of Georgia, 2007

    jmarkin2@washcoll.edu

  • Aaron Lampman – Associate Professor of Anthropology

    B.A. - New College of Florida, 1996

    Ph.D. – University of Georgia, 2004

    alampman2@washcoll.edu

  • Erica McMaster – GIS Project Manager

    B.A. – Salisbury University, 2005

    M.S. – University of Delaware, 2008

    emcmaster2@washcoll.edu

  • Bill Schindler, III – Assistant Professor of Anthropology

    B.A. – The College of New Jersey, 2000

    Ph.D. – Temple University, 2006

    Summer 2012 Study Abroad – Interpreting the Past: The Ethical, Political, & Economic Factors Influencing How History Is Portrayed

  • Career Highlights Administrator for Historic Sites Consortium of Queen Anne’s County, Chester Executive Director of the Historical Society of Kent County, Chestertown Education Director for London Town Foundation, Edgewater Archaeologist & Public Edu

    Elizabeth Seidel – Archaeology Lab Director, Senior Staff Archaeologist

    Career Highlights

    Administrator for Historic Sites Consortium of Queen Anne’s County, Chester

    Executive Director of the Historical Society of Kent County, Chestertown

    Education Director for London Town Foundation, Edgewater

    Archaeologist & Public Education Coordinator for Lost Towns Project, Anne Arundel

    Archaeologist & Public Education Coordinator for University of Maryland College Park & Archaeology in Annapolis, College Park and Annapolis

    Archaeologist/Public Education Coordinator/Historian for the Baltimore City Life Museums’ Center for Urban Archaeology, Baltimore

    Areas of Interest: 18th & 19th century ceramics; educational programming and outreach

  • John Seidel – Chair: Anthropology Dept. Lammot DuPont Copeland Associate Professor of Anthropology and Environmental Studies

    B.A. – Drew University, 1976

    M.A. – University of Pennsylvania, 1980 - Anthropology

    M. A. – University of Pennsylvania, 1981 – American Civilization

    Ph.D. – University of Pennsylvania, 1987 – Historical Arhchaeology

    Current Research Projects:

    Marine archaeology and natural resource surveys of the Chester River and other tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay

    Formulation of a predictive model and Geographic Information System (GIS) for archaeological sites on Maryland’s Upper Eastern Shore

    Long-term environmental and stabilization study of the 1748 wreck of HMS “Fowey” with the National Park Service’s Submerged Resource Unit

    Shallow water habitat assessment in the Chesapeake Bay

    Fire Island National Seashore and other estuarine or coastal zones

    Climate change and local and regional climate protection planning

    Boards and Committees:

    Chestertown Historic District Commission

    Maryland Historical Board of Trustees