Renee Pinkston
Curriculum Vitae
Honors/ Awards/
Certifications/ Memberships
2019 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Member
2018 The National Trust for Historic Preservation Member
2018 The National Association for Interpretation Member
2014-2017 Graduate Assistantship, Department of Heritage Studies
2013-2014 Graduate Assistantship, Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology
2012-2013 Graduate Assistantship, Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology
2011 Outstanding Anthropology Graduate in the Archaeology Concentration
2011 and 2014 Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative Certification
2011-present Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honorary
2010-2011 College Reading and Learning Association Level 1 Tutor Certified
2007-2011 Dean’s List (three terms), President’s List (four terms)
2007-2009 “Top it Off” Scholarship, Western Kentucky University
Work
experience
Jan 2019- current
Assistant Professor of General Education
(history and cultural anthropology)
Arkansas State University - Campus Queretaro
General Education and History
Supervisor: Rachel Williamson, MA
Tasks: teach courses on US History, Anthropology, World History, and first-year experience, provide advising and tutoring to university students, engage in university community
Courses Taught: US History Since 1867, US History to 1867, First-Year Experience, World Civilization to 1500, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
A day of excavation
Aug 2014- May 2017
Graduate Assistant for The Historic Dyess Colony: Boyhood Home of Johnny Cash
Arkansas State University
Arkansas Heritage Sites, Heritage Studies Department
Supervisor: Ruth Hawkins, Ph.D.
Tasks: assist in day-to-day office based operations of the Historic Dyess Colony, accession incoming artifacts for the Historic Dyess Colony Museum, maintain and update PastPerfect files for the Historic Dyess Colony Museum, create search terms and people files for PastPerfect program, maintain and update files and logs pertaining to Dyess Colony artifacts, archives, accessions, acquisitions, and donors
March 2016- 2018
Lead Reviewer Cultural Resources
Auxano Environmental LLC.
Supervisor: Nicole Lashley, Auxano Environmental Owner
Tasks: review and edit cultural resource and due diligence reports written by Auxano Environmental, write due diligence cultural resources records review reports, perform literature and records reviews for Auxano projects, compile due diligence cultural resources records review reports
Fine screening unit fill for artifacts
Western Kentucky University
Kentucky Museum
Supervisor: Sandy Staebell
Tasks: assist in collections management, complete documentation and accession of artifacts, photography of collections, data input into PastPerfect
Collections Intern
Summer 2013
Archaeological Field Technician
2012 - 2013
Fort Knox, KY
CRM Phase I and II Archaeological survey and Phase 1.5 intensive survey
Principal Investigator: ICI Services
Project Manager: Dave Baluha (Brockington and Associates)
Tasks: perform phase I shovel testing and survey for potential archaeological sites as well as in the field site delineation, conducted Phase 1.5 intensive survey of previously designated sites in order to determine cultural importance, conducted Phase II dry excavation on previously delineated sites.
Washing artifacts
Archaeological Field Technician
Feb 2011 - May 2011
Western Kentucky University
Massey Springs Earthworks Site (Prehistoric)
Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology
Supervisor: Darlene Applegate, Ph.D.
Duties: conducted hand excavation, conducted dry screening, performed surface collection, wrote field notes, drew stratigraphic profiles, completed site forms
Peer Tutor
Aug 2010 - May 2011
Western Kentucky University
The Learning Center
Supervisor: Katie Truex
Duties: provide tutoring to students at Western Kentucky University in Anthropology, Geology, French, Spanish, Biology, History, writing, computer skills, study skills, conversational English
Education
Arkansas State University
2014- present
Ph.D. Candidate
Heritage Studies
Research Interests: tabletop role-playing games, game theory, community building, gender theory, feminism, theory of sexuality, queer and trans theory
GPA: 4.0 (current)
Western Kentucky University
2012 - 2014
M.A. Folk Studies
M.A. Thesis: A Rejuvenating Resort Remembered: The Use of Folklore and Archaeology in the Investigation of the Historic Massey Springs Resort Hotel in South-Central Kentucky.
GPA: 4.0
Western Kentucky University
2007-2011
B.A. Anthropology (concentrations in Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology) (magna cum laude)
GPA: 3.6