Animal Archaeology

Honorary Research Associateship (2025), Dana Research Centre, Science Museum
Visiting Research Fellowship (2023), School of Fine Art, History of Art, and Cultural Studies, University of Leeds
Blodwen Lloyd Binns Prize for Best Paper by an Early Career Scientist (2020), Glasgow Natural History Society
Bronze Winner in General: Education (2020) , The Telly Awards
Bronze Winner in Craft: Writing (2020), The Telly Awards
Best Short Form Science Writing (2020), The Short Form Science Writing Project
Young and Student Fellow Research Grant (2019), Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (PI £1,000)
Blodwen Lloyd Binns Research Grant (2019), Glasgow Natural History Society (PI £500)
Research Grant (2019), Prehistoric Society (PI £500)
Research Grant (2018), British Cave Research Association (PI £500)
Fellowship (2016), Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Graduate Award (2015), Hunter College
D.A.R.T. Program Research Grant (2014), Hunter College (PI $1,000)
E. Adelaide Han Prize for Archaeology (2014), Hunter College (PI $1,500)

Keynote Talks
Keynote Speaker, Zooarchaeology Saves the World Conference (2022)
Keynote Speaker, 24th Iron Age Research Student Symposium, University of Liverpool (2021)
Keynote Panellist, Cambridge Annual Student Archaeology Conference, University of Cambridge (2021)
Plenary Panellist, ARCHON Conference, Dutch National Research School of Archaeology (2020)
Invited Panels
Democratising Science, Explorers Conference, Natural History Museum (2024)
Professional Development Seminar, Disabled Archaeologists Network (2023)
Queering Archaeology, University of Edinburgh (2022)
Accessing Archaeology: A Conversation on Equity and Ethics, Smithsonian Institution (2022)
Post-Medieval Archaeology Journal: How Should We Be Different?, Post-Medieval Archaeology Congress (2021)
Invited Speaker
Transforming Collections Programme: Co-creating Collections, Museum Development North (2025)
Ritual and Funerary Rites in Later Prehistoric Scotland: An Analysis of Faunal Assemblages from the Covesea Caves, Scottish Society for Northern Studies (2025)
Trowels For a Better Tomorrow? Making Archaeology ‘Actionable’ and ‘Aspirational’ in Dire Times, Museum of London Archaeology (2025)
Who Cares About Dead Animals? The Case for Zooarchaeology, College of Wooster (2022)
Using Social Media to Diversify Archaeology, Scottish Heritage Social Media Group (2022)
Women in Bioanthropology and Archaeology, St. John’s College (2022)
Current Archaeology Live! , Current Archaeology (2021)
From Trenches to TV: the 21st Century Archaeologist, Festival of Archaeology (2020)
Invited Chair
Keynote, Artefacts XXIX: New Digital Practice for Science and Technology Collections, Science Museum (2024)

Organiser
Unlocking the Future of Virtual Volunteering, Heritage Volunteering Group Conference (2023)
Hybrid Volunteering: A New Approach to Photographic Collections, National Museums Scotland (2023)
Breaking Boundaries and Building a Future for Archaeology: Current Research from Early Career Archaeologists, Council for British Archaeology (2023)
African Caribbean History in the Daily Herald Archive, National Science and Media Museum (2022)
Student and Graduate Talent: Working and Belonging in Bradford, University of Bradford (2022)
Enabled Archaeology, Society for Post Medieval Archaeology Congress (2022)
Making Diversity Interventions Count Annual Conference, University of Bradford (2022)
Belong in Bradford, University of Bradford (2022)

Conferences & Seminar Presentations

Connecting Distributed Collections in the Digital Era: Preliminary Work with the John Garstang Archaeological Collection. Society for Museum Archaeology Annual Conference, Museum of Liverpool, 13 November 2025.
Reconstructing the Ancient Past: Digital Access and Visibility of the Garstang Distributed Collection. History Day North, Durham University, 29 July 2025.
Ritual and Funerary Rites in Later Prehistoric Scotland: An Analysis of Faunal Assemblages from the Covesea Caves. Seminar Series, Scottish Society for Northern Studies, 05 June 2025.
Trowels For a Better Tomorrow? Making Archaeology ‘Actionable’ and ‘Aspirational’ in Dire Times.
Research Seminar Series, Museum of London Archaeology, 13 February 2025.
F*ck Your Civility, I Want Change! On Subversive Anger as an Asian American Archaeologist.
Theoretical Archaeology Group Conference. Bournemouth University, 14 December 2024.
Benefits & Challenges of Crowdsourcing Collections Data Online. Artefacts XXIX: New Digital Practice for Science and Technology Collections, Science Museum, 14 October 2024.
Anti-oppressive Practices in the Context of the CE Project. Artefacts XXIX: New Digital Practice for Science and Technology Collections, Science Museum, 14 October 2024.
Bringing the Archives to the Masses: Online Crowdsourcing with Photographic Collections. The Past: People and Places Seminar Series, University of York, 14 August 2024.
Living diversity in interdisciplinary collaborative research in digital cultural heritage: Lessons learned from the ‘Congruence Engine’ project. UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association 2024 Annual Event, University College Cork, 5 June 2024.
Enabling Archaeology for Everyone: A Call to Action from the Enabled Archaeology Foundation. Theoretical Archaeology Group Conference, University of East Anglia, 20 December 2023.
Digital Intersections Around Science Collections. Digital Festival for the History of Science, 6 July 2023.
Opening up the Archive: An Approach to Volunteer-led Citizen Science in the Museum and Online. HeritageDot Conference, University of Lincoln, 22 March 2023.
Reimagining Zoos: A Call for Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Conservation and Curation. World Archaeological Congress 9, Cubex Centrum Prague, 7 July 2022.
Does Zooarchaeology Matter? A Case for Actionable Animal Archaeologies. Zooarchaeology Saves the World Conference. 31 May 2022.
Moving Towards Decolonisation: Proposing a Framework for Action in Universities. Making Diversity Interventions Count Annual Conference. 25 May 2022.
Digging while Depressed and Dis/Abled: Mental Health and Accessibility in Archaeological Practice. CIfA2022 Annual Conference. 26 April 2022.
Promoting Progress: Using Social Media to Diversify Archaeology. Digging Archaeology through Social Media, ARCHON Research School of Archaeology, 20 April 2022.
Unearthing the Uncomfortable: Reflections on the Continued Lack of Diversity in British Archaeology. NNAS Community Archaeology Conference, University of East Anglia. 9 April 2022.
Gesturing Beyond Bones: Proposing a Decolonised Zooarchaeology. Approaches to Decolonising Research. Liverpool John Moores University, 8 February 2022.
There is Power in the Past: The Politicization of Archaeology and Heritage in the Star Wars Universe. Realizing Resistance Episode II: Uncharted Galaxies. 6 May 2021.
On Liminality: Space, Time, and Identities. Spring into Science: Queer Representation in Research. University of Oxford, 5 May 2021.
Beyond Domestication and Subsistence: A Call for a Decolonised Zooarchaeology. Decolonising Science Narratives. Science Museum, London, 11 October 2019.
#DiggingWhileDepressed: A Call for Mental Health Awareness in Archaeology. 4th Public Archaeology Twitter Conference. 5 September 2019.
Should We Respect Rover’s Remains? A Discussion on Ethics, or the Lack Thereof, in Zooarchaeology. Animal Remains Conference. University of Sheffield, 29-30 April 2019.
The WordPress Workshop: Blogging as a Method for Theory Development. PressEd Twitter Conference. 18 April 2019.
No Margins, No Word Counts, No Masters! Experimenting with ‘Zines for Archaeological Outreach. 3rd Public Archaeology Twitter Conference. 19 January 2019.
Black Flags and Black Trowels: Embracing Anarchy in Interpretation and Practice. Theoretical Archaeology Group Conference. University of Chester, 17-19 December 2018.
Cave of Wonders: A Preliminary Analysis of the Faunal Assemblages from the Covesea Caves, NE Scotland. 29th Cave Science Symposium. University of Bristol, 13 October 2018.
The Worldwide Reference Collection: Zooarchaeological Twitter and the Case for an International Zooarchaeology Database. Computer Applications in Archaeology Twitter Conference. 19 March 2018.
Things Worth Telling: Considering the Narrative in Environmental Archaeology. Theoretical Archaeology Group Conference. Cardiff University, 18-20 December 2017.