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Department of Anthropology

Faculty

LouAnn Wurst
PhD, SUNY Binghamton
Associate Professor and Co-Chair
Department of Anthropology

 

 



Office: C13, Cooper Hall
Office Phone: (585) 395-5706
E-mail: lwurst@brockport.edu

Courses Taught

  • ANT 110 Introduction to Archaeology
  • ANT 307 Gendering the Past
  • ANT 370 Anthropological Theory
  • ANT 440 Historical Archaeology
  • ANT 441 Archaeological Analysis
  • ANT 442 Field Methods in Archaeology
  • ANT 445 Teaching Archaeology in Elementary Schools
  • ANT 447 North American Archaeology

Areas of Specialization

North American Archaeology, Historical Archaeology, Method and Theory in Archaeology, Marxist Theory, Feminist Theory, Gender and Anthropology, Critical Pedagogy, Material Culture Studies, Cultural Resource Management, American Industrial Development, Class and Ideology, Rural American Society

Current Research Projects

"The Finger Lakes National Forest Farmstead Archaeology Project" is a study of the discrepancies between common agrarian myths and the material realities of 19th and early 20th century families who lived on upland farms purchased by the Federal Government as part of the Resettlement Administration's submarginal Farms Program.

Selected Publications


2006
Class All Its Own: Explorations of Class Formation and Conflict. In Historical Archaeology, edited by Martin Hall and Stephen Silliman, Blackwell, 190-206.

2005
with Randall H. McGuire and  Maria O’Donovan
Probing Praxis: The Last Eighty Years. Rethinking Marxism 17(3):355-372. 

2003
The Legacy of Separate Spheres: A Commentary. In Shared Spaces and Divided Places: Exploring the Material and Spatial Dimensions of Gender Relations on the American Historical Landscape, edited by Deborah L. Rotman and Ellen-Rose Savulis. University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville.

2002
with Randall H. McGuire
Struggling With the Past. International Journal of Historical Archaeology 6(2):85-94.

2002
Mobilizing Social Labor in 19th Century Rural America: A Power Play in Three Acts. In The Dynamics of Power, edited by Maria O’Donovan.  Center For Archaeological Investigations Occassional Paper No. 30. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, pp. 88-104.

News

Anthropology: News

Fall/Halloween Department Party

All are welcome! Bring something to share. Thursday, Oct. 27th from 4:45-6pm in Cooper, rm. C-3.

Marjorie Helen Stewart Speaker Series

Dr. Maryann McCabe will be speaking on Tuesday, Nov. 8th at 4:45pm. See flyers for rm. confirmation.

Events

Mon, Feb 13

Black History Month Speaker

Win a Night on Ice
9:30 pm - 11 pm

Tue, Feb 14

Red Cross Blood Drive
10 am - 4 pm

CSA Newlyweds
9 pm - 11 pm

Wed, Feb 15

CSA Success VS Sell-Out
9 pm - 11 pm