Monday, November 18

2113 Chincoteague Hall

11:30-1 pm

The BSOS Dean's Student Advisory Council(DSAC) will be hosting a brown-bag lunch with UMD's Department of Anthropology Chair, Dr. Paul Shackel. To RSVP for this event, vist the DSAC Facebook event page for more information.

Dr. Shackel is Director of the Center for Heritage Resource Studies, a program that supports the comprehensive approach to the study of heritage. His extensive work at Harpers Ferry delves into issues of class and labor. He received a 3-year National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates award that allowed him to partner with other institutions to train undergraduates in archaeology and explore issues of race, class and ethnicity on the Illinois western frontier. He is now working with graduate and undergraduate students on a project that includes oral histories and archaeology of a labor massacre that occurred in the anthracite region of Pennsylvania in 1897.

Dr. Shackel also serves as the PI on cooperative agreements with the National Park Service. These projects provide work and educational opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. He is interested in what nationally significant sites mean to the American public, and how they help to create and maintain a national identity.