Jennifer Trunzo

Associate Professor

Jennifer Trunzo

Associate Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Department of History, Anthropology and Philosophy

  • (706) 667-4562
  • AH E217

Education

  • Ph.D., Anthropology Brown University, 2008

  • MA, Anthropology State University of New York a, 2000

  • BA, Anthropology State University of New York a, 1997

  • BA, History, General State University of NY College, 1992

Certifications

  • The Section 106 Essentials Advisory Council on Historic Presevation, 2017

Awards & Honors

  • Nominated for the Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award Augusta State University, 2011

  • Bernard E. Bruce Award Brown University, 2008

Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year

  • ANTH 3831

    Archaeology
  • ANTH 1102

    Introductory Anthropology
  • ANTH 3002

    Methods in Archaeology
  • ANTH 3851

    Religion, Culture, and Society

Teaching Interests

Historical Archaeology, Native American Cultures, North American Prehistory, World Prehistory, Social Inequality, Violence, Warfare, Religion and Spirituality, Cultural Diversity, Museums and Public Archaeology

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • Introduction to Archaeologies Special Issue on Intersectionality Theory and Research in Historical Archaeology, 2022
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Book Review Unburied Lives: The Historical Archaeology of Buffalo Soldiers at Fort Davis, Texas, 1869–1875 by Laurie A. Wilkie, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 2021. 304 pp., ill., maps. $65.00, (cloth), ISBN: 978-0-8263-6299-5; $65.00 (e-book), ISBN: 978-0-8263-6300-8, 2022
    Book Review
  • Special Issue: Intersectional Theory and Research in Historical Archaeology, 2022
    Other
  • The Prehistory of Home, 2013
    Book Review
  • Review: American Indians and the Market Economy, 1775–1850, 2012
    Book Review

Research Interests

Historical Archaeology, Ceramics, Social Inequality, Power Relations, Identity, Consumerism

Department Service

  • Graduate programs exploratory committee 2022 - Present

    Role: Committee Member
  • Military and Public History Faculty Search Committee 2020 - Present

    Role: Committee Member
  • Anthropology Curriculum 2019 - Present

    Role: Other
  • Department Website 2016 - Present

    Role: Committee Member
  • Tenure and Promotion Committee 2016 - Present

    Role: Committee Member

College Service

  • Exploratory working group for graduate studies in Arts and Humanities 2022 - Present

    Role: Committee Member
  • Pamplin Faculty Counsil 2022 - Present

    Role: Committee Member
  • Working group to establish a graduate program in Violence and Violence Prevention 2022 - Present

    Role: Committee Member
  • Communications Department Tenure and Promotion Committee 2021 - Present

    Role: Committee Member
  • Pamplin Faculty Councl 2021 - Present

    Role: Committee Chair

University Service

  • Regents Advisory Committee for Anthropology Curriculum in the University System of Georgia Advisory Committee 2021 - Present

    Role: Committee Member
  • Campus Planning Consultant 2012 - Present

    Role: Other
  • Augusta Arsenal Museum 2008 - Present

    Role: Other
  • Campus Archaeologist, Summerville Campus 2008 - Present

    Role: Other
  • Regents Advisory Committee for Anthropology Curriculum in the University System of Georgia Advisory Committee 2019 - 2021

    Role: Committee Chair

Professional Service

  • Southeastern Archaeological Conference 2010 - Present

    Role: Reviewer
  • Augusta Arsenal History Museum 2008 - Present

    Role: Other
  • Southeastern Conference on Historic Sites Archaeology Annual Conference 2015 - 2015

    Role: Other
  • Southeastern Archaeology 2013 - 2013

    Role: Reviewer, Book
  • Southeast Archaeology 2012 - 2012

    Role: Reviewer, Book

Public Service

  • BeLong Construction LLC 2021 - Present

    Role: Other
  • Ancient Path Augusta 2020 - Present

    Role: Board Member
  • Ancient Path Augusta 2020 - Present

    Role: Officer, Treasurer
  • NAGPRA Contact, Augusta University Archaeology Lab 2020 - Present

    Role: Chair
  • Historic Augusta 2019 - Present

    Role: Other