Bethany A. Morrison, Ph.D., R.P.A.
Dr. Morrison has been teaching at WCSU since 2002. She has taught a variety of courses in cultural anthropology, physical anthropology, and archaeology and now specializes in online instruction. She has served as the faculty advisor to both the WCSU chapter of Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots and the Anthropology Club, a Trustee of the Institute for American Indian Studies in Washington, CT, and a member of the WCSU Jane Goodall Center for Excellence in Environmental Studies. From 2007 to 2013, along with Drs. Laurie Weinstein and Cosimo Sgarlata, she taught West Conn’s biannual field school in archaeologyat Redding’s Middle Encampment, a Revolutionary War winter encampment site not far from campus.
Dr. Morrison has conducted archaeological investigations in Arizona, Belize, southern Mexico, New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Her research interests include human ecology, community structure, settlement pattern analysis, emergence of complex societies, ancient agriculture, New England archaeology, Latin American archaeology, cultural resource management, scientific method in archaeology, and teaching methods.
Dr. Morrison is a member of :
The Society for American Archaeology
The Registry of Professional Archaeologists
The American Anthropological Association
The Institute for American Indian Studies
Archaeological Society of Connecticut
The New Faculty Majority
Click Here for Dr. Morrison’s curriculum vitae
Education:
- Ph.D., Anthropology. University of California, Riverside. September, 2000. Dissertation: Ancient Maya Settlement of the Yalahau Region: An Example from the El Eden Wetland. Committee: Scott L. Fedick, Karl Taube, R.E. Taylor
- Masters of Science, Archaeology. University of California, Riverside. September, 2000.
Thesis: The Energetics of Hinterland Architecture: Examples from the Belize River Archaeological Settlement Survey. Committee: Scott L. Fedick, Karl Taube, R.E. Taylor, Anabel Ford
- Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology. University of California, Santa Barbara. June 1991.
Recent publications:
2019
2012
2010
2006
- Lifeways in the Northern Maya Lowlands: New Approaches to Archaeology in the Yucatán Peninsula, edited by Jennifer P. Mathews and Bethany A. Morrison. University of Arizona.
Courses Taught:
Standard:
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (Writing Intensive and Online)
Introduction to Physical Anthropology
Introduction to Archaeology
Field School in Archaeology
Archaeological Laboratory Methods
Archaeological Method and Theory
Special Offerings:
Temples, Pyramids, and Tombs: Origins of the State
Cultural Ecology
Latin American Archaeology
Roots & Shoots