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 and is currently an Associate 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 travel course to archaeological sites in Mexico.
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 Principles of Archaeology
ANTH 244 Old World Archaeology
ANTH 245 North American
Archaeology
ANTH 251 Mesoamerican
Archaeology
ANTH 294 Special Topics:
Archaeology of Mexico (Spring break, 2009)
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 here
E-Mail: walkerr@oneonta.edu