1 JOSHUA W. SAMUELS 3351 Gold Mine Road Brookeville, MD 20833 samuels@cua.edu EDUCATION Ph.D. Stanford University, Anthropology, 2013 Dissertation: Reclamation: An Archaeology of Agricultural Reform in Fascist Sicily; committee: Lynn Meskell, Mia Fuller, and Ian Hodder M.Sc. University of Sheffield, Archaeomaterials (with Distinction), 2004 B.A. Stanford University, Anthropology, with minors in Italian and Communications, 2001 RESEARCH & TEACHING INTERESTS • Historical Archaeology • Cultural Heritage • Landscape Archaeology • Difficult Heritage • Geographic Information Systems (GIS) • Post-Conflict Reconstruction • Participatory GIS (PGIS) • Digital History • Cultural Resource Management (CRM) • Community Archaeology ACADEMIC POSITIONS 2015-present Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, The Catholic University of America 2015-present Faculty Research Associate, School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, University of Maryland 2013-2014 Visiting Lecturer, Department of Archaeology and Social Anthropology, University of Tromsø 2012- 2014 Lecturer, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, North Dakota State University 2011 Instructor, Introduction to the Humanities (IHUM), Stanford University PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS In review “The Earthquake of Salemi: Pragmatic Lessons from Post-conflict Reconstruction in Western Sicily.” Submitted to The Journal of Social Archaeology. 2 2017 “After Wheat: Revitalizing Sicilian Agriculture through Heritage Tourism.” Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment (CAFÉ) 39(2). 2015 “Difficult Heritage: Coming ‘to Terms’ with Sicily’s Fascist Past.” In Heritage Keywords: Rhetoric and Redescription in Cultural Heritage, K. Lafrenz Samuels and T. Rico (eds). Boulder: University Press of Colorado, p. 111-128. 2014 “Responsible Provocation.” In Punk Archaeology, B. Caraher, K. Kourelis, and A. Reinhard (eds). Grand Forks: Digital Press @ The University of North Dakota, p. 29-34. 2010 “Of Other Scapes: Archaeology, Landscape, and Heterotopia in Fascist Sicily.” Archaeologies 6(1): 62-81. PUBLICATIONS IN PREPARATION o “From Clans to Co-ops: Confiscated Mafia Land in Sicily, by Theodore Rakopoulos.” Book review to be submitted to American Anthropologist. o “Fascist Landscapes: Mapping the Limits of Totalitarian Agricultural Reform in Sicily.” To be submitted to The International Journal of Historical Archaeology. o Cultivating Heritage: Reclaiming Agrobiodiversity in the 21st Century. Book manuscript to be submitted to the University Press of Florida. PROFESSIONAL REPORTS o SIHRD: Supplemental Information for Historic Resource Determination o HRE: Historic Resource Evaluation o NRHP: National Register of Historic Places o LDR: Landmark Designation Report 2018 SIHRD: 890 El Camino del Mar, San Francisco SIHRD: 401 Parker Avenue, San Francisco 2017 SIHRD: 64 Goetingen Street, San Francisco SIHRD: 30 Cresta Vista Drive, San Francisco 2016 SIHRD: 372 Laidley Street, San Francisco HRE and SIHRD: 1324-26 Powell Street, San Francisco 2015 HRE: 2750 19th Street, San Francisco SIHRD: 1658 Great Highway, San Francisco NRHP Nomination and LDR: 811 Treat (Henry Guilfuss House) HRE and SIHRD: 68 Richardson Avenue, San Francisco HRE and SIHRD: 1016 De Haro Street, San Francisco 3 HRE and SIHRD: 325 29th Avenue, San Francisco HRE and SIHRD: 1973 Greenwich Street, San Francisco HRE and SIHRD: 1327 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco HRE and SIHRD: 3790-92 21st Street, San Francisco 2014 HRE: 233-5 University Avenue, Palo Alto HRE and SIHRD: 2785 San Bruno Avenue, San Francisco HRE and SIHRD: 4529 18th Street, San Francisco SIHRD: 15 25th Avenue, San Francisco HRE and SIHRD: 454 Ralston, San Francisco HRE and SIHRD: 720-44 Carolina Street, San Francisco SIHRD: 445-9 Roosevelt Way, San Francisco 2013 HRE and SIHRD: 470 Edinburgh Street, San Francisco HRE and SIHRD: 2255 Taraval Street, San Francisco EXHIBITS 2013 Patrimonio San Pietro. Community-centered public heritage event organized at Borgo Bonsignore, Sicily: Aug. 24-27, 2013 2011-2012 “Contextualizing Sicily’s 20th century borghi.” Informational essay accompanying Borgo, a photographic exhibit by Johanna Diehl held in Frankfurt, Germany: Nov 5, 2011-Jan 21, 2012; Köln, Germany: Feb 3-March 24, 2012; Lübeck, Germany: May 13-June 24, 2012 ACADEMIC AWARDS & GRANTS 2013 Wenner-Gren Foundation, Engaged Anthropology Grant 2011-2012 Mellon Foundation Dissertation Fellow, Stanford University 2011 Trinity College Research Grant in Modern Italian History 2010 Wenner-Gren Foundation, Dissertation Fieldwork Grant 2009 Graduate Research Opportunity, School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University 2006 Annual Review Prize for Service, Dept. of Anthropology, Stanford University CONFERENCE & COLLOQUIA PRESENTATIONS 2018 “PGIS and Interwar Totalitarian Planning,” for the Society for Historical Archaeology Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA, 2017 “Managing Difficult Heritage through an Augmented Reality Archive,” Invited Presenter for the Dept. of Library and Information Science at the Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 4 2016 “After Wheat: Revitalizing Sicilian Agriculture through Heritage Tourism,” for the Royal Anthropological Institute’s Anthropology, Weather and Climate Change conference, London, UK 2013 “Archaeology and the Recent Past: Case Studies from Fascist Sicily,” Invited Presenter for the Dept. of Archaeology and Social Anthropology at the University of Tromsø, Norway 2013 “Responsible Provocation,” for the Punk Archaeology Conference, Fargo, ND 2011 “Difficult Heritage: Re-functionalizing Sicily’s Fascist Past,” for the 33rd Theoretical Archaeology Group Annual Meeting, Birmingham, UK 2011 “The Earthquake of Salemi: Mafia Tourism and Disaster Heritage in Western Sicily,” for the 110th American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada 2011 “Reconstructing Agricultural Landscapes in Fascist Sicily,” Invited Presenter for the Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology at North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 2011 “Reclamation: Fascism, Agricultural Reform, and Heritage in Western Sicily,” Invited Presenter for the Stanford Archaeology Center Workshop Series, Stanford, CA 2011 “Coltivando il fascismo: la bonificazione della Sicilia nei anni ’40,” Invited Presenter for the Dept. of Architecture at the University Palermo, Italy 2011 “Cultivating Fascism: Agriculture, Colonization, and Colonialism in western Sicily,” Invited Presenter for the Stanford Overseas Study Center, Florence, Italy 2009 “Of Other ‘Scapes’? A Heterotopology of Fascist Sicily,” for the 3rd Theoretical Archaeology Group (USA) Annual Meeting, Stanford, CA 2009 “Archaeology and Heterotopia,” Invited Presenter for the Stanford Archaeology Center Lunch Club Lecture Series, Stanford, CA 2008 (with K. Lafrenz Samuels). “Towards a Framework of Method and Theory for the Practice of Archaeological Ethnography,” for the 107th American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA 2008 “Reclamation, Reform, Resistance: the Archaeology of Fascist Sicily,” for the World Archaeological Congress, Dublin, Ireland 2007 “Managing Sicily’s Fascist Past,” for the 106th American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC 5 COURSES TAUGHT Clinical Assistant Professor, The Catholic University of America 2015-2017 Cultures in a Global Society (ANTH 101) Introduction to Archaeology (ANTH 108) Research Design and Conduct (ANTH 201) The Anthropology of Food (ANTH 214) Archaeology of Settlements and Landscapes (ANTH 354) Lecturer, University of Maryland 2016-2017 Introduction to Archaeology (ANTH 240; online Summer course) Lecturer, North Dakota State University 2014 Magic and Religion (ANTH/RELS 453; online) 2012-2013 Historical Archaeology (ANTH 491/690) Development of Anthropological Theory (ANTH 480/680) Introduction to Anthropology (ANTH 111) Instructor, Introduction to the Humanities, Stanford University 2011 World Archaeology and Global Heritage (IHUM 40B) Teaching Assistant, Stanford University 2007-2010 Hauntings, Visions and Prophecy (ANTHRO 19Q) Laboratory Methods in Archaeology (ANTHRO 103) Instructor and Course Coordinator, Stanford University 2008-2009 Introduction to Culture and Society Studies in Anthropology (ANTHRO 311G) Introduction to Graduate Studies in Anthropology (ANTHRO 310G) Guest Lectures 2012 “Archaeology and GIS” and “Archaeological Ethnography” for Methods in Archaeology (ANTH 491/690), North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND: March 29 and April 3, 2012 2007 “Fascist Landscapes” for Introduction to Archaeology Saint Mary’s College, Moraga, CA: Nov. 9, 2007 6 SERVICE Service to the University 2015-present Undergraduate Academic Advisor, Department of Anthropology, The Catholic University of America 2015-present Departmental Technology Representative, Department of Anthropology, The Catholic University of America 2009-2010 Graduate Student Representative, Stanford Archaeology Center, Stanford University 2006-2007 Graduate Student Organization Liaison, Dept. of Anthropology, Stanford University 2000-2001 Undergraduate Peer Advisor, Dept. of Cultural and Social Anthropology, Stanford University Service to the Profession 2011-2017 Invited Peer-Reviewer, Journal of Social Archaeology, SAGE Publications 2010-2012 Editorial Assistant, Journal of Social Archaeology, SAGE Publications. Conferences, Symposia, and Workshop Series Organized 2008 Resisting Enclosure: Emergent Dialogues in Archaeological Ethnography, session for the 107th American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA: Nov. 19th-Nov. 23rd, 2008 2007 Structure, Agency and Identity in the American Southwest, a conference held at the Stanford Archaeology Center, Stanford CA: May 5th, 2007 2005-2007 Archaeology Workshop Series, Stanford Archaeology Center, Stanford, CA; organized weekly workshop series for AY 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 FIELDWORK 2016 Parque de la Papa, Peru; preliminary PGIS field research 2015 Fort Stevens, Washington, DC; GIS mapping with Ottery Group 2015 Princeton Battlefield, Princeton, NJ; GIS mapping with Ottery Group 2013 Borgo Bonsignore, Sicily; public history event 2011 Rome, Florence, Agrigento, Trapani, and Prizzi (Italy); archival research 2010 Borgo Bonsignore, Sicily; ethnographic field research 2009 Borgo Fazio, Sicily; archaeological survey and test excavations 7 2007-2008 Western and central Sicily; archival and ethnographic field research 2003-2006 Monte Polizzo, Sicily; Assistant Director of Stanford Excavations 2005 San Francisco, CA; Field Technician with Western Neighborhoods Archaeological Project on earthquake refugee shacks 2004 Sonoma, CA; Field Technician for Rockpile Ranch survey 2002 Mochlos, Crete; Wall Conservator with Institute for Aegean Prehistory 2001-2004 Monte Polizzo, Sicily; Field Supervisor with Stanford Excavations 2000 Monte Polizzo, Sicily; Field Technician with Stanford Excavations 1999 Stanford, CA; Field School at the former Stanford Mansion OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2014-present Archaeologist and GIS Specialist, The Ottery Group, Kensington, MD 2013-present Architectural History Consultant, Street Architect, San Francisco, CA 2007-2010 Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Anthropology, Stanford University 2009 Archaeological Outreach Instructor, Stanford Archaeology Center 2006-2008 Research Assistant to Prof. Lynn Meskell 2007 Research Assistant, Stanford Humanities Lab Figurines Project 2005 Cultural Resources Field Technician, California State Parks, Tahoma, CA 2003 Field Technician, Statistical Research, Inc., Tucson, AZ 2003 Children’s Outreach Instructor, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Tucson, AZ LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY (Reading, Writing, Speaking) o Italian: Fluent; Spanish: Intermediate CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS o St. Mary's Cemetery: Survey and archival research of the cemetery at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Rockville, MD, to develop a landscape history of the site, identify unmarked graves, and inform municipal zoning laws o Climate Change and Agrobioversity: Uses Participatory Geographic Information Systems (PGIS) to investigate the adaptation and mitigation strategies being adopted by Sicilian farmers to handle increasing temperatures and aridification o Augmented Reality and Difficult Heritage: Uses Augmented Reality as a platform to contextualize the “famine cottages” of Skibbereen, Ireland within their broader 19th century archaeological, historical, and ethnographic landscapes Next >