Author: Nicole

  • Public talk for Archaeology Café

    In Fall 2023, I gave an online talk summarizing my American Antiquity article about identifying semi-feral ranching strategies at Pimería Alta missions.

    Public talk for Archaeology Café
  • Honest review of Packback: The classroom AI discussion board

    Full disclosure: I am not being paid and this review was not requested by Packback.co Scenario: I used the Packback application for a gen-ed class of 100+ students for an…

    Honest review of Packback: The classroom AI discussion board
  • Adapting zooarchaeology to the pandemic online teaching

    Confronting and adapting to the challenges of teaching archaeology online during the Pandemic.

    Adapting zooarchaeology to the pandemic online teaching
  • Piloting Trello task management app: A review for academics

    In many ways, Trello is like Google Keep or Evernote in terms of its ability to have shareable notes, checklists, and save pictures and reference files. What makes it different…

    Piloting Trello task management app: A review for academics
  • Caribou!

    Cataloging at the UA

    Caribou!
  • AAHS talk

    I served on the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society as student representative for a year and half, and I rotated out of the position this summer. On the board, it…

    AAHS talk
  • Phoenix Comic Fest panel 2018

    Today, we took on the pseudoscience and assumptions behinds parts of the Paleo Diet as part of the many experts panel at the Phoenix Fanfest. What I learned from fellow…

    Phoenix Comic Fest panel 2018
  • Defended!

    Successfully defended my dissertation! Now it’s off to the 2018 SAA’s in Washington, D.C.

    Defended!
  • Skeleton pictures!

    Skeletal diagrams are a great way to help folks visualize what parts of the animal were actually found at an archaeological site. Over the summer before I left ASM, I…

    Skeleton pictures!