Faculty Profile: Dr. Renee B. Walker
Dr. Renee Walker received her BA in anthropology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and her MA and Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. She joined our department in the Fall 2002 semester as an Assistant Professor.
Dr. Walker's primary research and teaching interests are zooarchaeology, Eastern North American archaeology, PaleoIndian and Archaic period subsistence patterns, and the archaeology of hunter-gatherers. She has fieldwork experience in North America and Europe, and has conducted much of her research at the site of Dust Cave, Alabama.
Since her arrival at SUCO, Dr. Walker has developed a number of new courses in archaeology, a local field school, and a course that visits archaeological sites in Belize.
Before coming to SUCO, Dr. Walker was a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work at Skidmore College.
Courses taught by Dr. Walker:
ANTH 105 World
Cultures
ANTH 140
Introduction to Archaeology
ANTH 244
Old World Archaeology
ANTH 245 North
American Archaeology
ANTH 251 Mesoamerican Archaeology
ANTH 294
Special Topics: Belize and Maya Culture (Spring break, 2007)
ANTH 294
Special Topics: Cultural Resource Management (Spring 2007)
ANTH 341 Zooarchaeology
ANTH 343 Archaeological Field and Laboratory Methods
ANTH 345 Field School in Archaeology
(summer session)
ANTH 390 Issues
in Anthropology
Visit Dr. Walker's personal web page
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E-Mail: walkerr@oneonta.edu