{"id":173,"date":"2018-07-26T14:53:01","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T14:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/socialsci\/?page_id=173"},"modified":"2019-09-13T16:52:23","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T16:52:23","slug":"morrison","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/socialsci\/archaeology\/faculty\/morrison\/","title":{"rendered":"Bethany A. Morrison, Ph.D., R.P.A."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Morrison has been teaching at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/\">WCSU<\/a>\u00a0since 2002. She has taught a variety of courses in cultural anthropology, physical anthropology, and archaeology and now specializes in online instruction.\u00a0 She has served as the faculty advisor to both the WCSU chapter of Jane Goodall\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/campuscenter\/?OrgName=Roots%20N%20Shoots\">Roots &amp; Shoots<\/a>\u00a0and the Anthropology Club, a Trustee of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iaismuseum.org\/\">the Institute for American Indian Studies<\/a>\u00a0in Washington, CT, and a member of the WCSU\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/goodall\/\">Jane Goodall Center for Excellence in Environmental Studies<\/a>.\u00a0 From 2007 to 2013, along with Drs. Laurie Weinstein and Cosimo Sgarlata, she taught West Conn\u2019s biannual\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/socialsci\/archaeology\/\">field school in archaeology<\/a>at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Historical-Archaeology-Revolutionary-Encampments-Washingtons\/dp\/0813056403\/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=bethany+morrison&amp;qid=1566060527&amp;s=gateway&amp;sr=8-3\">Redding\u2019s Middle Encampment<\/a>, a Revolutionary War winter encampment site not far from campus.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Morrison has conducted archaeological investigations in Arizona, Belize, southern Mexico, New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Morrison is a member of :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saa.org\/\">The Society for American Archaeology<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rpanet.org\/\">The Registry of Professional Archaeologists<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aaanet.org\/\">The American Anthropological Association<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iaismuseum.org\/\">The Institute for American Indian Studies<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.connarchaeology.org\/\">Archaeological Society of Connecticut<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newfacultymajority.info\/equity\/\">The New Faculty Majority<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/socialsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2019\/09\/morrisoncv2019forweb.docx\">Click Here for Dr. Morrison&#8217;s curriculum vitae<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Education:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ph.D., Anthropology.\u00a0 University of California, Riverside. September, 2000. Dissertation:\u00a0<em>Ancient Maya Settlement of the Yalahau Region: An Example from the El Eden Wetland.<\/em> Committee: Scott L. Fedick, Karl Taube, R.E. Taylor<\/li>\n<li>Masters of Science, Archaeology. University of California, Riverside. September, 2000.<br \/>\nThesis:\u00a0<em>The Energetics of Hinterland Architecture: Examples from the Belize River Archaeological Settlement Survey.<\/em> Committee: Scott L. Fedick, Karl Taube, R.E. Taylor, Anabel Ford<\/li>\n<li>Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology.\u00a0 University of California, Santa Barbara. June 1991.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recent publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2019<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Historical-Archaeology-Revolutionary-Encampments-Washingtons\/dp\/0813056403\/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=bethany+morrison&amp;qid=1566060708&amp;s=gateway&amp;sr=8-3\">Historical Archaeology of the Revolutionary War Encampments of Washington\u2019s Army<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, edited by Cosimo A. Sgarlata, David G. Orr, and Bethany A. Morison.\u00a0 University of Florida.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2012<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/onlinedigeditions.com\/publication\/?i=97816\"><strong>&#8220;More than Digging Square Holes: The New Role of Archaeological Field Schools.&#8221;<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<em>SAA Archaeological Record<\/em>\u00a0 January: 23-24.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/onlinedigeditions.com\/publication\/?i=97816\"><strong>Special Forum: Innovations in Archaeological Field Schools<\/strong>.<\/a>\u00a0Guest Editor: Bethany Morrison<em>.\u00a0 SAA Archaeological Record<\/em> January: 23-40.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2010<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/worldcat.org\/arcviewer\/3\/CZL\/2010\/06\/24\/H1277407808130\/viewer\/file2.pdf\">&#8220;<strong>Revolutionary History Meets Modern Technology in Redding, CT,&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>by Bethany A. Morrison, Cosimo Sgarlata<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>and Laurie Weinstein.\u00a0\u00a0<em>Connecticut Geo-Focus<\/em>, 3(2):1,3.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2006<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<strong><em>Lifeways in the Northern Maya Lowlands: New Approaches to Archaeology in the Yucat<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u00e1<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>n Peninsula<\/em><\/strong>, edited by Jennifer P. Mathews and Bethany A. Morrison.\u00a0 University of Arizona.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Courses Taught:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/catalogs\/undergraduate\/sas\/programs\/social-sciences\/#ba_bs_ant_soc\">Standard:<\/a><br \/>\nIntroduction to Cultural Anthropology (Writing Intensive and Online)<br \/>\nIntroduction to Physical Anthropology<br \/>\nIntroduction to Archaeology<br \/>\nField School in Archaeology<br \/>\nArchaeological Laboratory Methods<br \/>\nArchaeological Method and Theory<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Offerings:<\/strong><br \/>\nTemples, Pyramids, and Tombs: Origins of the State<br \/>\nCultural Ecology<br \/>\nLatin American Archaeology<br \/>\nRoots &amp; Shoots<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Morrison has been teaching at\u00a0WCSU\u00a0since 2002. 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