Education
Associate of Arts
GPA: 4.0 · Truist Honors Scholar · Graduating with Honors · Transfer candidate, Fall 2026
Conference Presentations
Haunted Restitutions: Restless Ancestors and the Ghosts of Colonialism in Repatriation Policy
Art installation (Session 8688), Grand Ballroom Foyer. Listed as Organizer in the official AAA program.
Institutional Responsibility in Repatriation
60-minute oral research presentation on Indigenous repatriation and ethical institutional practices.
Returning Dignity: Reforming Repatriation Legislation for Tribal Empowerment
Oral research presentation on Native American repatriation legislation reform.
Returning Dignity: Reforming Repatriation Legislation for Tribal Empowerment
45-minute paper presentation on repatriation rights and legislative reform.
Uncovering Lost Knowledge of Pre-Columbian Native American Cultures
Oral research presentation on NAGPRA and institutional repatriation practices.
Awards & Honors
SAA Ethics Bowl Winner
First community college team to compete and win.
Canopy Innovation Award
ALPFA LIFT Program Fellow
Truist Honors Scholar
Graduating with Honors
Professional Memberships
- Southeastern NAGPRA Community of Practice Member
- American Anthropological Association (AAA) Jun 2025 – Present
- Society for American Archaeology (SAA) 2024 – Present
- Southern Sociological Society (SSS) Jan 2025 – Present
- National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) 2025 – Present
- North Carolina Honors Association (NCHA) 2024 – Present
- Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) 2025 – Present
- Register of Professional Archaeologists (RPA) Student, 2025 – Present
- Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) Member
- National Association of Native American Studies (NAAAS & Affiliates) 2024 – Present
- Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society 2024 – Present
Research Interests
Indigenous archaeology & cultural resource management · NAGPRA reform & repatriation policy · Institutional ethics in archaeological practice · Colonial legacies in museum collections · Indigenous community engagement & sovereignty · Ethnobotany & traditional ecological knowledge