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Missoula College

Erin Rosenkrance

Adjunct Faculty, Anthropology & Native American Studies

Contact

Office
Bitterroot College
Email
erin.rosenkrance@mso.umt.edu, erin.rosenkrance@umconnect.umt.edu
Office Hours

Fall 2022 Office Hours

Feel free to email me if you need or want to check in with me, clarify questions or assignments.  We can zoom or we can meet in my office which is in the Bitterroot College Student Success Center (SSC) is located in room 102, next to the office.  My office is 102C which is located inside the SSC. 

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Erin Rosenkrance

Education

  • M.A., Anthropology, 91视频, Present 
  • Historical Preservation Graduate Certificate, 91视频, Present 
  • B.A., Native American Studies, History minor, 91视频, 2013 **Magna cum Laude 
  • A.A., College of Southern Idaho, 2012 **Magna cum Laude

Courses Taught

Intro Native American Studies NASX 105-H1 

 

Teaching Experience

  • 2021–Present, Teaching Assistant, Native American Studies, 91视频, Bitterroot College 
  • 2018-2020–Student Success Manager, Bitterroot College 91视频 
  • 2013—2014, Teaching Assistant—Native American Studies, 91视频 

Research Interests

Plains Tribal culture and art; Indigenous Archaeological theory and methods, American West Archaeology and the Chinese Diasporic Experience; archival research and historic preservation. Experience in archaeological survey, excavation and analysis, artifact analysis, art history and indigenous practices as well as public engagement with history and archaeology. 

Projects

  • Archaeology Crew Lead; Prehistoric artifact survey and boundary analisis of Headwaters State Park in Three Forks Montana, Salish Kootnai College Indigenous Field School, Summer 2022. 
  • State funded Cultural Resources Assessment for Missoula and Lake Counties one and two room schoolhouses, Montana 2021-2022. 
  • Archaeology Crew Lead; Prehistoric artifact survey and boundary analisis of lithic scatter in Yellowstone National Park, Salish Kootnai College Indigenous Field School, Summer 2021. 
  • Historic Preservation, neighborhood field survey for a Historic Distric nomination, and community outreach, Spring 2021. 
  • Excivation and preliminary historical research for ongoing urban project; H.O. Bell Showroom, coal chute, Spring 2021. 
  • Artifact analysis for Cranky Sam Urban Chinese site, Missoula, historical archaeology seminar, 91视频, Autunm 2020. 
  • Historical Research Assistant, Department of History, Boise State University and College of Southern Idaho., conducted primary and secondary source research, obtaining permission from descendant families regarding copywrite, documents, photos and oral stories documenting Japanese Internment in rural Idaho during WWII. 2012-2013.  

Field of Study

Plains Tribal culture and art; Indigenous Archaeological theory and methods, American West Archaeology and the Chinese Diasporic Experience; archival research and historic preservation.

Publications

  • “Surviving Minidoka: The Legacy of WWII Japanese American Incarceration” Book 2013.Tremayne, Russell Mark, Todd Shallat, Melissa R Lavitt, Boise State University, College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs, and College of Southern Idaho. Research assistant and copyright editor.  
  • 91视频 Graduate Student Research Conference Presentation 2121. "An Inclusive Future: Creating Interest, Diversity and Inclusion in Archaeology through Children’s Literature" (2021). UM Graduate Student Research Conference (GradCon). 

Specialized Skills

  • Archaeological survey, site recording, technical reports and interpertation. 
  • Collecting, analysing and data interpertation of archaeological artifacts and museum collections. 
  • Historic preservation, research, archaeological descriptions and site form technical writing. 
  • Public engagement and public speaking.  
  • ArchGIS, Fulcrum, Photogrammetry, 3D Modeling. 

Professional Experience

  • 2021-2022, Archaeological Crew Lead, Indigenous Archaeology Field School, Salish Kootnai College. 
    • 2021-Yellowstone National Park, Montana & Wyoming 
    • 2022-Headwaters of the Missouri State Park, Three Forks Montana 
  • 2021-2022, Big Sky Schoolhouse Survey Internship, Preserve Montana 

Honors / Awards

2021 Soroptimist International of Hamilton Fellowship Scholarship Award

3013 Magna cum Laude, 91视频, B.A.

2013 Clearinghouse Scholarship                                                              

2012- Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) Scholarship         

2012 Bonnie Heavy Runner Schlarship       

2012 K. Bergan Scholarship                                      

2012 Magna cum Laude, College of Southern Idaho, A.A.