Sarah Dion
Master of Arts, Anthropology, Brown University, Providence, RI
May 28,2005
Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology, University of California, Davis, CA
June 15, 2002
American River College, Sacramento, CA 1997-1999
Master's Research. Brown University 6/03 – 9/04.
Consumer Choice: Findings from the W. E. B. Du Bois Homesite
Department of Anthropology, Professor Douglas Anderson
Undergraduate research. UCDavis 8/01 – 12/01.
Independent project utilizing seventeenth century probate records in Plymouth,
Massachusetts. History Department, Dr. Karen Halttunen.
Undergraduate Research. UCDavis 6/01 – 8/01.
Obsidian Debitage Distribution: Discovering Transfer and Use Patterns of the
Central Pomo. Anthropology Department, Dr. Robert Bettinger.
Teaching Assistant. Brown University. Fall 03
Facilitated weekly discussion sessions for social anthropology course
prepared discussion topics, collected and recorded homework, assisted students with course concepts
Teaching/Laboratory Assistant. American River College. Spring 99 – Spring 00
Aided in display and care of fossil and faunal collections, presented a short
prepared lecture, collected and recorded homework, assisted students with lab procedures
Teaching Assistant. Creative Frontiers Elementary School. 9/98 – 12/98.
Kindergarten class aid, directed reading groups, oversaw outdoor activities,
facilitated class work and writing exercises with individual attention.
Dion-Roche, S. “Mount Konocti Obsidian Transfer Patterns:
Russian River Drainage, Mendocino County, California”
University of California, Davis McNair Scholars Journal 2002
Abstracts, Posters and Presentations
"Consumer Choice: Findings from the W.E.B. DuBois Homesite"
Thesis Presentation, Giddings House, Brown University 5/04
“Obsidian Debitage Distribution: Discovering Transfer and Use Patterns of the
Central Pomo” Western McNair Scholars Symposium, UCBerkeley 8/01
“Small Things Remembered: What Seventeenth Century Plymouth Probates
Reveal about the Production of Material Culture” National Conference of
Undergraduate Research, University of Illinois 4/02
“Small Things Remembered: What Seventeenth Century Plymouth Probates
Reveal about the Production of Material Culture”
McNair Seminar, UCDavis 6/02
Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society
Society of Historical Archaeology
Society for American Archaeology
Archaeological Institute of America
Teaching Fellowship 2003, research grant, Brown University
President’s Undergraduate Fellowship 2001, travel grant, UCDavis
College Board Talent Roster of Outstanding Transfer Students, 1999
McNair Honors Program Scholar, 2000 – 2002
Moderate Abilities in German, French, and Spanish
Photography, Amateur Web Design, Book Collecting, Martial Arts, Yoga, Travel
Patrice Gibson, Ph.D. gibsonp@exi.arc.losrios.cc.ca.us
Department of Anthropology, American River College 916.484.8266
Ellen Robert, Ph.D. errobert@ucdavis.edu
Department of Graduate Studies, University of California, Davis 530.754.9778
Douglas Anderson Ph.D. douglas_anderson@brown.edu
Department of Anthropology, Brown University 401-863-7060