- Asian American and Pacific Histories
- Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
- Japanese History and Culture
- Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies
- Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
- Latin American and Latino Studies
- Race, History, and American Society
- Education and Technology Integration
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Social and Cultural Dynamics
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Historical Economic and Social Studies
- Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
- Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
- Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy
- Information Systems Education and Curriculum Development
- Archaeology and Rock Art Studies
- Urban Design and Spatial Analysis
- Educational Curriculum and Learning Methods
- Geographies of human-animal interactions
- Urban and Rural Development Challenges
- Experimental Learning in Engineering
- Public Policy and Administration Research
- Wine Industry and Tourism
California State University, Chico
2023-2024
University of New Mexico
2020-2022
Arizona State University
2014-2020
Cedar Rapids Public Library
2012
Abstract Issues of social and economic inequality are increasingly becoming areas study for archaeologists; however, little work has been done on the uniform application analytical methods. Here we assess use Gini index determining wealth in eight Prehispanic central Mexican contexts. We analyze house size at Late Postclassic sites Capilco (village), Cuexcomate (town), Yautepec (city), all state Morelos. Agricultural field sizes two communities described a Nahuatl-language census immediately...
Applications of SNA to interpret archaeological evidence have been increasing dramatically, as has an interest in identifying communities and neighborhoods. Social Network Analysis (SNA) can be a lens tool explore neighborhoods with datasets from range temporal periods regions. The spatial distribution material culture facilitates the creation spatially located networks that demonstrate social linkages between individuals or communities. Yet, limitations exist using data; we cannot directly...
All cities, from the distant past to present, provide services for their residents, but nature and level of urban vary widely, as do providers. How are we understand this variation? We examine major theoretical conceptual approaches services, find that none is sufficiently comprehensive explain patterns service provision in all types cities: public choice theory, co-production, critical political ecology, collective action social integration. use two premodern cities – Zanzibar Tikal...
We describe methods of coding and analyzing historical archaeological data for comparative analysis premodern cities. As part a larger study spatial access to urban services, we identify eight relevant contextual domains define variables each domain. Information from publications on city is assembled, the are coded independently by three scholars checked agreement. To date, have completed 15 Here, focus analyze relationships among within using two example domains—Class Mobility Governance....
ABSTRACT In 1942 Japanese Americans from the west coast of United States were forcibly relocated to incarceration camps scattered across interior country. Constructed by Army Corp Engineers and designed house around 10,000 individuals, these centers followed a rigid, gridded layout that allowed for rapid construction what ostensibly cities. Residential sections laid out in blocks, each containing barracks buildings which internees assigned on arrival. Five seasons intensive pedestrian survey...
Sites of WWII Japanese Internment create a complex landscape confinement that spreads across the United States with 13 sites concentrated in states Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado. This paper provides brief overview history incarceration focusing on found four corners region. While may share some artifacts feature types each tells unique portion larger narrative unjust details lived experience detainees.