Since some of you are finished with school for the rest of your lives, and others are merely done with another semester, what's going on in your lives?
Where are you working? How is your research going? How are things in general?
I'll start:
Winter 2009 semester went well. I finished up my thesis after a rough defense and some edits that should have been suggested during the editing process. My thesis is not yet available (online) since I don't technically graduate until August.
I got a sweet job offer from Geo-Marine Inc. I'm working up in Mt. Home, Idaho on the Saylor Creek Range portion of the Air Force Range. We are testing certain sites on the range for buried deposits. We're working with late Paleo and early Archaic sites. Lots of Haskett, Cascade, and Northern Side-notched points.
Holly Raymond-Hughes is also working with GMI on this same project.
After the testing on the AFB is finished, GMI has subcontracted me to do the analysis of the chipped stone assemblage and write up the results for the final report.
In August, I'll be moving to Las Vegas to pursue a PhD at UNLV. I'll be working with Barb Roth and, to a lesser degree, Karen Harry. Most likely, I'll end up doing something in the Mimbres/Mogollon area regarding foraging to farming transitions.
That's about it for me. I'd love to hear what the rest of the FoF are doing.
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I'm sooo close to having my Ph.D....yet sooo far away. I'm working on my final edits now and will be defending the dissertation the week of July 15. I just moved my family down from Springville to Cedar City this last weekend and have got them mostly settled in. I'm working for William Self Associates on a big pipeline project (UNEV) that stretches from Salt Lake to Las Vegas. We've had a ton of freaking problems with this project, in that some people in the state agencies have delayed our permits time and time again and have not followed our P.A. at all. That's set us back almost 2 months in the field, but we think our last permit will be coming soon and then we'll start work. Which is good, I need to get out in the dirt! Aside from that, I'm working on putting together the 2008 Utah Archaeology issue and working on a couple of my own articles for publication. Oh, and finishing the basement in the place we're renting. Which I would strongly advise everyone against doing!
Here's a general update....I am currently working for Geo-Marine, Inc. and reach my 4 year anniversary in July. I am a project coordinator for all projects in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, and sometimes Arizona. I have had the privilege of working from home for the past 2 years (it's awesome!!) and I get to choose when I want to do field work. It's quite a blessing being able to raise my kids and work in the field I love. I also get the opportunity to be involved in all reserch projects on Nellis Air Force Base....we get to do some great research and not always compliance!
My youngest is 2 now and my oldest is 6 and graduates kindergarten next week. Yes, first grade (all-day school) is looking very sweet indeed! Life is good, even if we are in Vegas. LOL!
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