Publications

Journal Articles

Policy Statement Mental Well-being among Anthropologists at Universities: A Call for System Transformation – co-authored with Erica Hua Fletcher, Emma Louise Backe, Tory Brykalski, Melinda González, Shir Lerman Ginzburg, Rob Meeker, Rachel P. Riendeau, Meagan Thies-Sauder, and Beatriz M. Reyes-Foster, Medical Anthropology Quarterly 36(1) (2022)
Accountability in Action: How Can Archaeology Make Amends? – Special Issue: Inequality and Race in the Histories of Archaeology. Bulletin of the History of Archaeology (2021), p. 14-16.
A Brief Consideration of the Late Prehistoric Appearance and Possible Significance of the Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis) in the Covesea Caves of North-East Scotland – co-authored with Julie Bond, Lindsey Büster, and Ian Armit, The Glasgow Naturalist 27(2) (2020)
Identification of Avian Remains from Covesea Cave 2 on the Moray Firth Coast, Northeastern Scotland – Cave & Karst Science 46(3) (2019), p. 115-117
Fish Bones, Microscopes, and Isotopes: A Pilot Study in Applying Analytical Methods to Iron Age Faunal Remains – Assemblage 17 (2019), p. 1-10

Book Chapters & Contributions

Emotional Labor and Heart Work: Addressing Mental Illness in Anthropology – co-authored with Emma Louise Backe in Inclusive Ethnography: Making Fieldwork Safer, Healthier & More Ethical (forthcoming 2024)
Stories Around the Campfire – Contributor, Return to the Interactive Past: The Interplay of Video Games and Histories (2021), p. 206-207.
Precarity as a Migrant Family Tradition – A Day is a Struggle (2021)

Newsletter & Magazine Articles

Current Barriers for Disabled People in Accessing Archaeology – co-authored with Sarahjayne Clements and Abi Hunt, The Archaeologist 118, Winter (2023), pp. 3-6.
So…is Archaeology Decolonized Yet? – New Voices in Postcolonial Studies, Summer (2021), p. 29-33
New Light on the Covesea Caves, north-east Scotland – co-authored with Lindsey Büster and Ian Armit, PAST 96, Autumn (2020), p. 2-5
In the Future, We Will Create a Typology for Thrift Store Tags – Barrow 4. (2020), p. 26-27.

Online Publications

From the Archives to the Internet: Updates from the Communities & Crowds Project – National Science and Media Museum (2023)
What Does a PhD Mean in a Pandemic? – Scientists Are Human (2020)
Dogs, Not Dinos! The Truth About Zooarchaeology – Dig It! (2020)
You Will Never Be Indiana Jones – Lady Science (2020)
Ritual and Funerary Rites in Later Prehistoric Scotland – Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (2019)
To Be the Curator, and Not the Curated – SISTER (2019)

Interviews

Why the Gonzo Conspiracy that Rome isn’t Real Keeps Going Viral – The Daily Beast (2022)
Zooarchaeology: Ritual and Funeral Burials in the Covesea Caves – Ask an Archaeologist, hosted by Behind the Trowel (2021)
Cave of Wonders: Ritual and Funerary Zooarchaeology at the Covesea Caves – Current Archaeology Live (2021)
From Trenches to TV: The 21st Century Archaeologist – Festival of Archaeology, hosted by Shout Out Loud (2020)
Animal Bones and Archaeology – ArchaeoDuck’s Meet the Archaeologist (2018)

Podcast Episodes

ArchaeoAnimals Podcast – Host (Ongoing)
The Trial of the Tomb Raider – Hey, Lesson! Podcast (2021)
The Anti-Indiana Jones Approach: Decolonizing Zooarchaeology – PhDivas Podcast (2020)
Phinishing Your PhD During a Pandemic – PhDivas Podcast (2020)
Zooarchaeology with Alex Fitzpatrick – The Palmer Files Podcast (2020)
#DiggingWhileDepressed, Mental Health, and Archaeology– Women in Archaeology Podcast (2019)
How Do We Study Zooarchaeology of Bronze Age Scotland? – The Arch and Anth Podcast (2019)
Interview with Alex Fitzpatrick – Ask an Archaeologist Podcast (2018)
Zooarchaeology – Women in Archaeology Podcast (2018)

Science Communication

How Dogs (Eventually) Became Our Best Friends – PBS Eons (2020)
How We Domesticated Cats (Twice) – PBS Eons (2019)
When Giant Deer Roamed Eurasia – PBS Eons (2019)

Conferences and Seminars

Opening up the Archive: An Approach to Volunteer-led Citizen Science in the Museum and Online – co-author with Geoff Belknap, Heritage Dot Conference (2023)
Reimagining Zoos: A Call for Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Conservation and Curation – co-author with Hanna Marie Pageau, World Archaeological Congress (2022)
Does Zooarchaeology Matter? A Case for Actionable Animal Archaeologies – Zooarchaeology Saves the World (2022)
Moving Towards Decolonisation: Proposing a Framework for Action in Universities – Making Diversity Interventions Count (2022)
Digging While Depressed and dis/Abled: Mental Health and Accessibility in Archaeological Practice – CIfA2022 Annual Conference (2022)
Promoting Progress: Using Social Media to Diversify Archaeology – Digging Archaeology through Social Media (2022)
Unearthing the Uncomfortable: Reflections on the Continued Lack of Diversity in British Archaeology – Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society Community Archaeology Conference (2022)
Gesturing Beyond Bones: Proposing a Decolonised Zooarchaeology – Approaches to Decolonising Research (2022)
There is Power in the Past: The Politicization of Archaeology and Heritage in the Star Wars Universe – co-author with Stephanie Halmhofer, Realizing Resistance Episode II: Uncharted Galaxies (2021)
On Liminality: Space, Time, and Identities – Spring into Science: Queer Representation in Research (2021)
Beyond Domestication and Subsistence: A Call for a Decolonised Zooarchaeology – Decolonising Science Narratives (2019)
#DiggingWhileDepressed: A Call for Mental Health Awareness in Archaeology – Public Archaeology Twitter Conference (2019)
Should We Respect Rover’s Remains? A Discussion on Ethics, or the Lack Thereof, in Zooarchaeology – Animal Remains Conference (2019)
The WordPress Workshop: Blogging as a Method for Theory Development – PressEd Conference (2019)
No Margins, No Word Counts, No Masters! Experimenting with ‘Zines for Archaeological Outreach – Public Archaeology Twitter Conference (2019)
Black Flags and Black Trowels: Embracing Anarchy in Interpretation and Practice – Theoretical Archaeology Group Conference (2018)
Caves of Wonder: A Preliminary Analysis of the Faunal Assemblages from the Covesea Caves, NE Scotland – British Cave Research Association Symposium (2018)
The World Wide Reference Collection: Zooarchaeological Twitter and the Case for an International Zooarchaeology Database – Computer Applications in Archaeology Twitter Conference (2018)
Things Worth Telling: Considering the Narrative in Environmental Archaeology – co-author with Valerie San Filippo, Theoretical Archaeology Group Conference (2017)
Fishing, Diet, and Environment in the Iron Age of the Northern Isles – Iron Age Research Society Student Symposium (2017)

Thesis Papers

Ritual and Funerary Rites in Later Prehistoric Scotland: An Analysis of Faunal Assemblages from the Covesea Caves – PhD Thesis (2020)
Fishing, Diet, and Environment in the Iron Age of the Northern Isles – MSc Thesis (2016)

Grey Literature/Technical Reports

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