Duncan Balinger is an alum of the CHRM program, having received his master's degree in 2024. His thesis is titled Reading Between the Lines: Evaluating GPR Transect Spacing Intervals Employed to Identify Historic Archaeological Features at the William Harris Homestead Site, 9WN168, Walton County, Georgia. Balinger’s thesis compared results from GPR survey at different transect intervals using single-channel antenna, both for identifying historic burial sites, and archeological features associated with the 19th- and 20th-century occupation of the William Harris Homestead. Duncan analyzed the results from 0.25, 0.5, and 1.0 meter transect intervals and how the identification and presentation of subsurface anomalies was affected by transect spacing.

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Duncan is currently an Archaeological Field Director at a local cultural resources management firm based in Atlanta. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Anthropology at Kennesaw State University in 2014. After graduating, he worked in Georgia and South Carolina for several cultural resource management firms before joining the Peace Corps in 2017. He served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan) for two years teaching English as foreign language at a local secondary school. Upon completing his service in 2019, Duncan began working in Cultural Resource Management again, eventually earning a full-time position at his current firm. His experience includes supervising archaeological surveys and excavations, metal detection, GIS, and using GPR equipment. He is pursuing his M.P.S. in CRHM so that he can continue moving forward with his career and have the experience and qualifications needed to become a Principal Investigator.