Jennifer Trunzo
Associate Professor
Academic Appointment(s)
Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Department of History, Anthropology and Philosophy
Education
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Ph.D., Anthropology
Brown University, 2008
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MA, Anthropology
State University of New York a, 2000
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BA, Anthropology
State University of New York a, 1997
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BA, History, General
State University of NY College, 1992
Certifications
Awards & Honors
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Nominated for the Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award
Augusta State University, 2011
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Bernard E. Bruce Award
Brown University, 2008
Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year
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ANTH 3831
Archaeology
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ANTH 1102
Introductory Anthropology
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ANTH 3851
Religion, Culture, and Society
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ANTH 4950
Selected Topics: Anthropology & Pop Culture
Teaching Interests
Historical Archaeology, Native American Cultures, North American Prehistory, World Prehistory, Social Inequality, Violence, Warfare, Religion and Spirituality, Cultural Diversity, Museums and Public Archaeology
Scholarship
Selected Recent Publications
- Review: Captain Kidd’s Lost Ship: The Wreck of the Quedagh Merchant by Frederick H. Hanselmann, 2023
Book Review
- Introduction to Archaeologies Special Issue on Intersectionality Theory and Research in Historical Archaeology, 2022
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Book Review Unburied Lives: The Historical Archaeology of Buffalo Soldiers at Fort Davis, Texas, 1869–1875 by Laurie A. Wilkie, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 2021. 304 pp., ill., maps. $65.00, (cloth), ISBN: 978-0-8263-6299-5; $65.00 (e-book), ISBN: 978-0-8263-6300-8, 2022
Book Review
- The Galt Family at the Augusta Arsenal: Intersectionality, Motherhood, and Childhood in the Antebellum Period of the American South, 2022
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Special Issue: Intersectional Theory and Research in Historical Archaeology, 2022
Other
Research Interests
Historical Archaeology, Ceramics, Social Inequality, Power Relations, Identity, Consumerism
Department Service
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Graduate programs exploratory committee
2022 - Present
Role: Committee Member
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Museum Studies Curriculum Committee
2022 - Present
Role: Committee Member
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Military and Public History Faculty Search Committee
2020 - Present
Role: Committee Member
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Anthropology Curriculum
2019 - Present
Role: Other
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Department Website
2016 - Present
Role: Committee Member
College Service
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Exploratory working group for graduate studies in Arts and Humanities
2022 - Present
Role: Committee Member
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Pamplin Faculty Council
2022 - Present
Role: Committee Member
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Communications Department Tenure and Promotion Committee
2021 - Present
Role: Committee Member
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Pamplin Faculty Councl
2021 - Present
Role: Committee Chair
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Faculty Council Secretary
2019 - 2021
Role: Other
University Service
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Augusta University Tenure and Promotion Committee
2023 - Present
Role: Committee Member
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Regents Advisory Committee for Anthropology Curriculum in the University System of Georgia Advisory Committee
2021 - Present
Role: Committee Member
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Campus Planning Consultant
2012 - Present
Role: Other
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Augusta Arsenal Museum Commiittee
2008 - Present
Role: Other
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Campus Archaeologist, Summerville Campus
2008 - Present
Role: Other
Professional Service
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Southeastern Archaeological Conference
2010 - Present
Role: Reviewer
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Augusta Arsenal History Museum
2008 - Present
Role: Other
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W.W. Norton Publisher
2023 - 2023
Role: Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer
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Southeastern Conference on Historic Sites Archaeology Annual Conference
2015 - 2015
Role: Other
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Southeastern Archaeology
2013 - 2013
Role: Reviewer, Book
Public Service
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BeLong Construction LLC
2021 - Present
Role: Other
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Ancient Path Augusta
2020 - Present
Role: Board Member
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Ancient Path Augusta
2020 - Present
Role: Officer, Treasurer
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NAGPRA Contact, Augusta University Archaeology Lab
2020 - Present
Role: Chair
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Historic Augusta
2019 - Present
Role: Other
