Sarah Dion

 

 

Education

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

 

Areas of Specialization

 

Research Experience

            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 Experience

            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.

 

Publications

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

 

Prior Professional Affiliations

            Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society

Society of Historical Archaeology

            Society for American Archaeology

            Archaeological Institute of America

 

Research Grants

            Teaching Fellowship 2003, research grant, Brown University

            President’s Undergraduate Fellowship 2001, travel grant, UCDavis

 

Honors

            College Board Talent Roster of Outstanding Transfer Students, 1999

            McNair Honors Program Scholar, 2000 – 2002

 

Languages

            Moderate Abilities in German, French, and Spanish

 

Interests and Activities

            Photography, Amateur Web Design, Book Collecting, Martial Arts, Yoga, Travel

 

References

 

            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