ANNA S.

ANTONIOU
CURRICULUM VITAE
104 S 5th St ▪ Philadelph ia, PA 19106 ▪ AAntoniou@amph ilsoc.org ▪ (559) 977-9615
AnnaSAntoniou.weebly.com

EDUCATION
2021 Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Michigan
Dissertation: Collaborating for First Foods: Archaeological Investigations of
Chinookan and Lower Chehalis Foodways in Willapa Bay, WA
2014 M.A., Anthropology, University of Michigan
2010 Bachelor of Sciences, Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles

ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2021 – 2022 Postdoctoral Fellow, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Native American
Scholars Initiative, American Philosophical Society Library & Museum

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Collaborative & applied anthropology, community-based participatory research, Indigenous
foodways, food sovereignty and Indigenous rights, community health and well-being, pacific
northwest of North America, zooarchaeology, historical & contemporary archaeology.

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
In Press Antoniou, Anna S. and Earl Davis. Collaborating for First Foods: Supporting the
Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe through Archaeological Research. In The
Community-Based PhD: Complexities, Triumphs, Missteps, and Joys of
Community-Based & Participatory Action Research as Graduate Students, edited
by S. Atalay and A. McCleary. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ.
Invited Gabriel Sanchez, Michael Grone, Anna S. Antoniou, Earl Davis. Indigenous
Perspectives. In The Oxford Handbook of Island and Coastal Archaeology, edited
by S. M. Fitzpatrick and J. M. Erlandson. Oxford University Press.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS
In Review Antoniou, Anna S. Portraits of a Divided Island. SAPIENS, pitch accepted
5/5/2021.

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TECHNICAL REPORTS
2018 Antoniou, Anna S. Report of Findings from an Archaeological Probe Survey and
Test Excavations at Nukaunlth Village, 45PC19. Submitted to the Washington
State Department of Archaeology & History Preservation, and Shoalwater Bay
Indian Tribe.
2017 Antoniou, Anna S. A Pilot Study of Chinookan Cultural Continuity and
Change—Phase II: A Coastal Survey of Long Island, Washington. Submitted to
Willapa National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1
Cultural Resource Office, Chinook Indian Nation, and Shoalwater Bay Indian
Tribe.
2015 Antoniou, Anna S. A Pilot Study of Chinookan Cultural Continuity and Change:
Evidence from the Diamond Point and Paradise Point Sites, Washington.
Submitted to Willapa National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Region 1 Cultural Resource Office, Chinook Indian Nation, and Shoalwater Bay
Indian Tribe.

RESEARCH SUPPORT

EXTERNAL
2019 Team Member, National Geographic Society Call for Partners Grant ($10,000)
2017 Team Member, National Geographic Young Explorers Grant awarded to Bree N.
Doering ($5,000)
2016 American Philosophical Society Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field
Research ($5,000)
2015 National Geographic Young Explorers Grant ($5,000)

INTERNAL
2018 Rackham Program in Public Scholarship Grant ($7,000)
2013 – 2019 University of Michigan Rackham Graduate School Conference Travel Grant
($4,000 total)
2015 & 2016 Richard I. Ford Award for Anthropological Research on Humans and the
Environment ($1,250 total)
2015 James B. Griffin Scholarship Fund ($3,000)
2014 University of Michigan Rackham Graduate School Research Grant ($3,000)
2013 University of Michigan Department of Anthropology Fieldwork Grant ($2,500)
2012 Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Research and Internship
Fellowship ($1,500)

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2012 University of Michigan Rackham Graduate School Pre-Doctoral Student Research
Grant ($1,500)

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

2020 Rackham One-Term Dissertation Fellowship ($11,217)
2018 University of Michigan Office of Research and Rackham Graduate School Eye on
Research Photo Contest Winner – Social Sciences ($250)
2011 – 2012 University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Regents
Fellowship ($12,000)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2019 – 2020 Certified Substitute Teacher
San Francisco Unified School District
2018 Certified Substitute Teacher
Santa Barbara Unified School District
2012 – 2016 Graduate Student Instructor
University of Michigan: Department of Anthropology
Courses: Introduction to Anthropology; Aztec, Maya, Inca; Early Civilizations
(Upper-Level Writing Course); Anthropology of Rock and Roll; Introduction to
Biological Anthropology

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Ongoing Associate Editor, Journal of Ethnobiology
Ongoing External Reviewer, Early Career Grants
National Geographic Society
Ongoing Director of Humanities and Social Sciences, EcoBlitz CA
National Geographic Learning, California National Geographic Explorers Hub
Objective: An interdisciplinary environmental education & citizen science
program that asks K-12 students to explore plant and animal biodiversity like a
biologist, and trash and plastics like an anthropologist.

DEPARTMENTAL AND COLLEGE SERVICE

2013 – 2015 Student-Faculty Liaison Collaborative Archaeology Workshop
University of Michigan: Museum of Anthropological Archaeology & Kelsey
Museum of Archaeology
2013 & 2014 Mentor for Honors Undergraduates
University of Michigan: Department of Anthropology

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2013 & 2014 Organizer Brown Bag Speaker Series
University of Michigan: Museum of Anthropological Archaeology

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION

SESSIONS ORGANIZED
Upcoming Antoniou, Anna S., and Elspeth Geiger. Decolonizing Diet: Supporting
Indigenous Food Sovereignty through Archaeology. Electronic Symposium
organized for the 87th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

PRESENTATIONS (* invited)
Upcoming Antoniou, Anna S., Earl Davis, and Kristine Torset. “Good Bones”:
Zooarchaeological Data as Legal Evidence for the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe.
To be presented at the 87th Annual Meeting of the Society for American
Archaeology.
2021 Antoniou, Anna S. “We are the Bay”: Supporting Indigenous Food Sovereignty
through Zooarchaeology in Coastal Washington. Presented at the 2021 Annual
Conference of the Society of Ethnobiology. (virtual)
2021* Antoniou, Anna S. “We are the Bay”: Supporting Indigenous Food Sovereignty
through Zooarchaeology in Coastal Washington. Presented at the 2021
Theoretical Archaeology Group, Stanford University. (virtual)
2020 Waite, Kimberly, Jessica Lura, and Anna S. Antoniou. Educators, Explorers,
and EcoBlitz Empowering Students to Become Environmental Change-Makers.
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council for Geographic
Education. (virtual)
2020 Antoniou, Anna S. Circumnavigating Cyprus: A Trek Towards Understanding
Cultural Segregation on a Mediterranean Island. Presented at the 17th Annual
Postgraduate Cypriot Archaeology Meeting. (virtual)
2020 Waite, Kimberly, Jessica Lura, and Anna S. Antoniou. How can Educators,
Explorers, and the EcoBlitz Empower Students to Become Environmental
Change-Makers? Presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of the North American
Association for Environmental Education. (virtual)
2020 Antoniou, Anna S. First Foods for the Future: Using Zooarchaeology to
Reimagine Indigenous Foodways in Willapa Bay, Washington. Presented at the
26th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists. (virtual)
2020 Waite, Kimberly, Jessica Lura, and Anna S. Antoniou. Transforming Students
into Planetary Stewards through EcoBlitz. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the
California Association for Environmental & Outdoor Education. (virtual)
2020 Waite, Kimberly, Jessica Lura, and Anna S. Antoniou. How can Explorers,
Educators, and EcoBlitz Empower Eco-Literate Global Citizens? Presented at the
58th Annual California Council for Social Studies Conference.

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2019 Cutler, Joe, Kimberly Waite, and Anna. S. Antoniou. How can Educators,
Explorers, and EcoBlitz Transform Students into Planetary Stewards? Presented
at the National Geographic Education Summit.
2019* Antoniou, Anna S. and Earl Davis. Archaeology within an Indigenous Rights-
Based Approach to Sustainability and Locally Sourced Foodways. Presented at
the 84th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
2018* Antoniou, Anna S. and Earl Davis. Collaborative Archaeology in Willapa Bay,
Washington: Supporting Communities through Scientific Research. Presented at
the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
2015* Antoniou, Anna S., and Jason De León. Apparel in Peril: An archaeological
study of dress as embodied identities. Presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of the
Society for Historical Archaeology.
2015* Hall, Felix M.W., Anna S. Antoniou, and Jason De León. “Etched in Bone”: The
Forensic Taphonomy of Undocumented Migration in the Sonoran Desert.
Presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.
2014 Antoniou, Anna S., and Anthony P. Graesch. The Persistence and Organization
of Chipped Stone Tool Production among Stó:lō-Coast Salish Households in
southwestern British Columbia: the Analytic and Interpretive Significance of
Small Debitage. Poster presented at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Society for
American Archaeology.
2014 Hall, Felix M.W., Anna S. Antoniou, Haeden Stewart, Jessica Beck, Ian
Ostereicher, Cameron Gokee, and Jason De León. Exploring the Taphonomic
Processes that Impact the Remains of Undocumented Border Crossers in the
Sonoran Desert of Arizona. Poster presented at the 79th Annual Meeting of the
Society for American Archaeology.
2012* Mattes, Matt, and Anna S. Antoniou. House Size, Cache Pit Storage, and
Prestige Materials Relationships in the Middle-Fraser Canyon of the British
Columbia Plateau, CA. 2000-1000 B.P. Poster presented at the 78th Annual
Meeting for the Society for American Archaeology.

DEPARMENTAL AND PUBLIC TALKS

2021 Trash, Talk, & Text: Supporting Indigenous Food Sovereignty in Willapa Bay,
WA. American Philosophical Society Brown Bag Series. (virtual)
2021 Collaborative Archaeology in Willapa Bay: Building Partnerships and
Conducting Research with the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe and Chinook Indian
Nation. Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe Heritage Museum and Library Speaker
Series. (virtual)
2021 Living off the Bay, Past & Present: Supporting Indigenous Food Sovereignty
through Archaeology in Willapa Bay. Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe Heritage
Museum and Library Speaker Series. (virtual)

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2019 Portraits of Cyprus: A Divided Island Hopes for Unity. Presented to the St.
George Greek Orthodox Church of Fresno. (with Alexi Antoniou, and Vasili
Sotiropulos)
2019 Collaborating for First Foods: Supporting the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe
through Archaeological Research. EcoBlitz CA Summit, organized by the
California National Geographic Explorers Hub and National Geographic
Learning.
2019 Circumnavigating Cyprus: Tales from the Trail. Presented at the Extra Yard for
Teachers Summit.
2018 Circumnavigating Cyprus on Foot. Presented at the St. Barbara Greek Orthodox
Church, Philoptochos Fundraiser.
2015 Views from a Kayak — Two Seasons of Survey in Willapa Bay, Washington. The
University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology Brown Bag
Series.
2013 The Forensic Taphonomy of Undocumented Migration. The University of
Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology Brown Bag Series.
2011 Welqámex Household Archaeology Project: Excavation and Survey in the Upper
Fraser Valley, British Columbia. Presented in the University of Michigan
Museum of Anthropological Archaeology Brown Bag Series.

INVITED TALKS
2021 “When the tide goes out, the table is set”: Indigenous Food Sovereignty and
Zooarchaeology in Coastal Washington. UC Santa Cruz Archaeology-
Bioanthropology Lunch Series. (virtual)
2021 An Archaeologist’s Guide to Talking Trash. The National Geographic Learning
Explorers Showcase. (virtual)
2019 Trash Tales: Collaborating for First Foods. The National Geographic Learning
Explorers Showcase.
2016 How to Circumnavigate Cyprus on Foot. The National Geographic Young
Explorers Grants Workshop at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
2016 Circumnavigating Cyprus on Foot. The National Geographic Young Explorers
Meet Up, Works in Progress Symposium.

GUEST LECTURES
2021 Cultural Heritage and Cypriot Identity. CLARCH 250: Archaeology and Cultural
Heritage in the Mediterranean and Middle East, University of Michigan
2021 Community-Based Research Design Q&A. ARCHEOL/ANTHRO M201C:
Archaeological Research Design, University of California, Los Angeles

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2020 Applied Archaeology Q&A. ANTH 130 Archaeology: Lessons from the Past,
Vassar College
2017 Prehistoric Diet in Willapa Bay, Washington. Adult Nutrition Class, Shoalwater
Bay Indian Tribe Wellness Center.

SELECTED FIELD, LABORATORY, & MUSEUM EXPERIENCE

2019 Exhibit Coordinator Living off the Bay: Past & Present
Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe Cultural Museum
2017 – 2018 Dissertation Analyses
University of Michigan, Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe, Chinook Indian Nation,
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History ▪ Santa Barbara, CA
2017 Principal Investigator, Excavations of the Nukaunlth Village Site
University of Michigan, Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe, Chinook Indian Nation ▪
Tokeland, WA
2016 Expedition Leader, Circumnavigating Cyprus on Foot
Funded by a National Geographic Young Explorers Grant ▪ Cyprus
2015 Graduate Student Research Assistant, UMMAA Move Project
University of Michigan: Museum of Anthropological Archaeology ▪ Ann Arbor,
MI
2014 & 2015 Principal Investigator, Studying Chinookan Cultural Continuity and Change
University of Michigan, Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe, Chinook Indian Nation ▪
Long Island, WA
2014 – 2015 Graduate Student Research Assistant, Great Lakes Archaeology Lab
University of Michigan: Museum of Anthropological Archaeology ▪ Ann Arbor,
MI
2014 Field Archaeologist, Mountain Top to Ocean Floor
Heiltsuk First Nation, Simon Fraser University, University of Victoria ▪ Hauyat,
BC
2014 Field Archaeologist, Cane River Archaeology Project
University of Michigan ▪ Burnsville, NC
2013 Field School Supervisor/ Project Manager, Undocumented Migration Project
University of Michigan ▪ Arivaca, AZ
2012 Field Archaeologist, Archaeological Survey in Southwestern Transylvania,
Romania
University of Michigan ▪ Alba Iulia, Romania
2012 Co-Principal Investigator, Ts’qó:ls Test Excavations
Connecticut College ▪ Hope, British Columbia
2012 Field Archaeologist, Bridge River Archaeological Field School
University of Montana ▪ Lillooet, British Columbia

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2010 Lab Director, Welqamex Household Archaeological Field School
UCLA: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology ▪ Hope, British Columbia
2009 – 2010 Senior Lab Assistant, Welqamex Household Archaeology Project
UCLA: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
2009 Student, Archaeology Field School: Enculturating Environments
UCLA: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology ▪ Kern County, CA
2008 – 2010 Research Assistant, Center of Everyday Lives of Families
UCLA: Department of Anthropology

PUBLIC OUTREACH
2021 & 2019 Guest Speaker 6th Grade Science and Math Classes
Bullis Charter School ▪ Los Altos, CA
2020 Class Mentor Ethnographic Flood Walk Project
Forest Hills School District, Johnstown Flood Museum ▪ Johnstown, PA
Objective: High School English classes conduct ethnographic research and place-
based elicitation with survivors of the historic floods of their hometown.
2020 Guest Speaker The Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital School Program
Stanford Children’s Health ▪ Palo Alto, CA
2020 Guest Speaker 6th Grade Ancient Civilizations, Science, and English Classes
Jefferson Elementary School ▪ Compton, CA
Objective: to enhance their place-based learning unit on single-use plastics and
conservation.
2019 Guest Speaker 4th Grade
McNear Elementary School ▪ Petaluma, CA
2019 Guest Speaker 7th Grade Science Classes
Baird Middle School ▪ Fresno, CA
2019 Featured Explorer AP Human Geography Program
National Geographic Learning
2019 Featured Explorer Human Journey Challenge Education Outreach
National Geographic Education
2018 Featured Explorer Panorama Social Studies Video
National Geographic Learning
2018 Graduate Student Participant Prehistory & Archaeology Day
University of Cambridge: Department of Archaeology
2017 Invited Participant Sciencetelling Bootcamp
National Geographic Society
2017 Featured Explorer Facebook LIVE
National Geographic Society

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2016 Featured Explorer Facebook LIVE
National Geographic Travel
2015 Invited Participant Storytelling Bootcamp
National Geographic Society
2015 Graduate Student Participant Behind the Scenes Day
University of Michigan: Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
2015 & 2014 Graduate Student Coordinator Archaeology Day
University of Michigan: Ruthven Museum of Natural History
2008 – 2010 Vice President Project RISHI (Rural India Social and Health Improvement)
University of California, Los Angeles

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