REVISED: September 6, 2010

Education:

1. •University of Washington, Ph.D., 2010
   

2. •       University of Washington, M.A. in Anthropology, 2004
   

3. •University of California-Santa Cruz, B.A. in Anthropology, 2000
   

Current Position:

Assistant Professor & NAGPRA Director, Department of Anthropology, California State University, Sacramento, August 2010 - present

Previous Teaching Experience (Teaching Portfolio available upon request):

1. •Workshop Facilitator for Teaching Assistant Conference, UW; Fall 2009
   

2. •Instructor for Archaeological Lab Techniques, UW; Spring 2009
   

3. •TA for Evolution and Human Behavior, UW; Spring 2009
   

4. •Reader for Principles of Archaeology, UW; Winter 2009
   

5. •TA for Human Biological Diversity, UW; Fall 2008, Fall 2007
   

6. •Instructor for New World Archaeology, UW; Spring 2008, Summer 2006, Winter 2006
   

7. •TA for Analysis of Faunal Remains, UW, Spring 2007
   

8. •TA for Principles of Archaeology, UW; Winter 2007, Fall 2005
   

9. •TA for Introduction to Anthropology, UW; Fall 2006
   

10. •Tutor for Principles of Archaeology, Center for Learning and Undergraduate Enrichment, UW; Fall 2006
    

11. •TA for Analysis of Stone Artifacts, UW; Fall 2004
    

12. •Archaeology Summer Camp Instructor, Burke Museum; Summer 2003
    

13. •TA for Introduction to Archaeology, UCSC; Spring 2002, Spring 2001
    

Research and Field Employment:

1. •Archaeology Lab and Resources Manager, UW; 2009-10
   

2. •Undergraduate Admissions Review Reader, UW; Winter 2009, Winter 2008
   

3. •Archaeology Public Outreach Program Coordinator, Burke Museum; Spring 2006, Winter 2003
   

4. •NAGPRA Coordinator Assistant, Burke Museum; Spring 2005
   

5. •NAGPRA GIS Project Technician, Burke Museum; 2004-05
   

6. •Anthropogenic Prairies Project Researcher, UW; Summer-Fall 2003
   

7. •NAGPRA Coordinator Assistant, Burke Museum; Spring 2003
   

8. •Archaeologist, Pacific Legacy, Inc. (Santa Cruz, CA); 2000-02, 2005-08 (intermittent)
   

9. •Archaeologist, AMEC (Redmond, WA); Summer 2006
   

10. •Archaeologist, BOAS, Inc., (Seattle, WA); Summer 2006, Summer 2005
    

Awards and Distinctions:

1. •Letter for Excellence in Teaching, Dean of Arts and Sciences, University of Washington, 2007
   

2. •Peggy Yeager Award for Teaching Excellence in Archaeology, University of Washington, 2007
   

3. •Baby Niles Fellowship, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, 2002
   

4. •Thesis Honors, Department Honors, College Honors, University of California-Santa Cruz, 2000
   

Fellowships and Grants:

1. •Student Technology Fee Grant, 2010, Rugged Mobile Computing Systems for Archaeological Fieldwork ($32,577).
   

2. •Wenner-Gren Dissertation Fieldwork Grant, 2008-2010, Costly Signaling in the Archaeological Record: A Case Study from Western North America ($15,700)
   

3. •National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant, 2008-2010, Costly Signaling in the Archaeological Record: A Case Study from Western North America ($14,964)
   

4. •Quaternary Research Center Pilot Research Funds (University of Washington), 2007 ($2000)
   

5. •National Park Service NAGPRA Museum Documentation Grant, 2003, Museum and Tribal GIS Database Development and Training (with J. Nason, P. Lape, L. Phillips, and M. Noble) ($140,021)
   

Professional Societies:

1. •Society for American Archaeology, 2002-present
   

2. •Society for California Archaeology, 1999-present
   

3. •International Council of Archaeozoology, 2004-present
   

Research Interests:

1. •Theoretical/Conceptual: Human Behavioral Ecology, Culinary Processing, Paleoecology, Conservation Biology, Native American-Archaeologist Relationships
   

2. •Methods: Zooarchaeology, Stable Isotope Analysis
   

3. •Regional: North American Prehistory, esp. California, Great Basin, and adjacent regions
   

Archaeological Field Experience:

1. •2009Test excavations at University of Washington Greenhouse, Seattle, WA (UW)
   

2. •2008Survey, Washoe & Humboldt Co., Nevada (Pacific Legacy)
   

3. •2007Data recovery excavation, St. Helena, Napa Co, CA (Pacific Legacy)
   

4. •2006Test excavations, Redmond, King Co., WA (AMEC)
   

5. •2006Test Excavations, Granite Falls, Snohomish Co., WA (BOAS)
   

6. •2006Survey, Vashon Island, King Co., WA (Burke Museum)
   

7. •2005Survey, Big Creek Drainage, southern Sierra Nevada, CA (Pacific Legacy)
   

8. •2005Survey & test excavations, Carnation, King County, WA (BOAS).
   

9. •2004Data recovery excavations, Watmough Bay, Lopez Island, WA (UW)
   

10. •2004Survey, Trump Island, Island Co., WA (UW)
    

11. •2004Geoarchaeological Excavations, Port Orchard, Kitsap Co., WA (UW)
    

12. •2004Geoarchaeological Excavations, Cattle Point, San Juan Island, WA (UW)
    

13. •2003Data recovery excavations, Ebey’s Landing, Whidbey Ilsand, WA (NPS)
    

14. •2002Survey, Los Banos, northern San Joaquin Valley, CA (Pacific Legacy)
    

15. •2002Data recovery excavations, Elk Hills, southern San Joaquin Valley, CA (Pacific Legacy)
    

16. •2002Survey, Jose Basin, southern Sierra Nevada, CA (Pacific Legacy)
    

17. •2001Data recovery excavations, Red Bluff, Tehama Co, CA (Pacific Legacy)
    

18. •2001Test excavations, Hayfork, Trinity Co., CA (Pacific Legacy)
    

19. •2001Test excavations, Poison Lake, Lassen Co., CA (Pacific Legacy)
    

20. •2001Survey, Sacramento Delta, CA (Pacific Legacy)
    

21. •2001Test excavations, Clear Lake, Lake Co., CA (Pacific Legacy)2001Data recovery excavations, Moss Landing, Monterey Co., CA (Pacific Legacy)
    

22. •2000Survey, Springville, southern Sierra Nevada, CA (Pacific Legacy)
    

23. •2000Data recovery excavations, Watsonville, Santa Cruz Co., CA (Pacific Legacy)
    

24. •2000Test and Data recovery excavations, Clear Lake, Lake Co., CA (Pacific Legacy)
    

25. •2000Data recovery excavations, Palo Alto, Santa Clara Co., CA (Pacific Legacy)
    

26. •1999Research excavations, Peetz (High Plains), Logan Co., Colorado (U. of Wyoming)
    

27. •1999Field school excavation, San Francisco Presidio, SF Co., CA (Cabrillo College)
    

28. •1999Field school survey, Los Padres Nat’l Forest, Central Coast Ranges, CA (Cabrillo College)
    

Faunal Analysis Experience

1. •2008-10Analysis of fauna from Five Finger Ridge, Fremont Period, central Utah.
   

2. •2010Stable isotope (Sr, O, C) analysis of artiodactyls from Five Finger Ridge, Fremont Period, central Utah
   

3. •2006-2008Analysis of fauna from Antelope Cave, late Basketmaker – Early Puebloan, northwestern Arizona
   

4. •2005Analysis of fauna from North Creek Shelter, Escalante Valley, southern Utah (with M. Herkelrath and R. Kessler)
   

5. •2000Analysis of fauna from Pa’ako Pueblo, New Mexico (under D. Gifford-Gonzalez)
   

6. •1999Analysis of fauna from Donovan Bison Processing Site, northwestern Colorado (under L. Schreiber)
   

Publications & Reports:

Fisher, J.L. and Keith L. Johnson

In review. Culinary Processing of Jackrabbits at Antelope Cave, Arizona. Submitted to Journal of Anthropological Archaeology (May 20, 2010)

Fisher, J.L.

2009 Unmodified Faunal Remains from Antelope Cave, Arizona. Prepared for Keith Johnson, Chico State University.

Grayson, D.K. and J.L. Fisher

2009Holocene Elk (Cervus elaphus) in the Great Basin. In, Past, Present, and Future Issues in Great Basin Archaeology, Cultural Resource Series 20, edited by B.S. Hockett. Bureau of Land Management.

Stein, J., S. Anderson and J.L. Fisher

2006Report on the Ebey’s Prairie Depositional History. Submitted in partial fulfillment of CESU contract “Native Americans and the Pacific Northwest Environment: An Interdisciplinary Study”. University of Washington.

Fisher, J. L., M. Herkelrath, R. Kessler and D. K. Grayson

2005Report on the Fauna Assemblage at North Creek Shelter, Utah. Prepared for Joel Janetski at Brigham Young University.

Fisher, J.L.

2002Lithic Analysis. In Archaeological Data Recovery Excavations at CA-MNT-229 for Proposed Roadway Improvements at State Route 1 and Dolan Road, Moss Landing, Monterey County, California (SR1/Dolan Road, K.P. 154.66; M.P. 96.10). On file, Central Coast Information Center.  [Prepared for California Department of Transportation, District 5, San Luis Obispo, CA]. edited by R. Gargett and T. L. Jackson.

Jackson, T.L., J.L. Fisher and B. Culleton

2002Archaeological Data Recovery at CA-KER-3079 for Occidental Petroleum SOZ Well 33-25S.  On file, Southern San Joaquin Valley Information Center, California State University, Bakersfield.  [Prepared for ICF Consulting, Fairfax, VA].

Fisher, J.L.

2001Lithic Analysis. In Archaeological Inventory and Excavation at Five Sites on the Handley Ranch , Near Gonzalez, Monterey County, California: CA-MNT-2053 (P-27-002390),CA-MNT-2054H (P-27-002391),CA-MNT-2055H (P-27-002392),CA-MNT-2056H (P-27-002393),CA-MNT-2057H (P-27-002394),CA-MNT-2049 (P-27-002389). On file, Information Center.  [Prepared for Granite Construction Inc., Watsonville, CA]. edited by R. Gargett, B. Culleton and T. L. Jackson

Paper Presentations:

2011Paper to be presented at the 76th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Sacramento, CA (abstract submitted)

2010Fauna, Isotopes, and Climate Change at Five Finger Ridge, Utah. Paper presented at the Great Basin Anthropology Conference, Layton, UT.

2010Processing and Consumption of Jackrabbits at Antelope Cave, AZ. Paper presented at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, St. Louis, MO.

2007Western Pond Turtle (Actinemys marmorata): Archaeology and Biogeography in the Puget Sound region. Poster presented at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Austin.

2005 Paleoarchaic Occupations in the GSENM: Data from North Creek Shelter (with J. Janestski, R. A. Kessler, M. Herkelrath, and D. K. Grayson.

Invited Speaker:

2010Butchering Bunches of Bunnies (Every Hare Counts): Processing and Consumption of Jackrabbits at Antelope Cave, AZ. Invited speaker to Department of Anthropology, Portland State University.

Committee Memberships:

2010-Present    Collections Committee, Chair (CSUS Anthropology)

2010-Present    NAGPRA Advisory Committee (CSUS Social Sciences & Interdisciplinary Studies)

2010-Present    NAGPRA Tribal Committee (CSUS-wide)

2008-2009    Breadth in Anthropological Research Conference Committee (Anthropology, UW)

2007-2008    Breadth in Anthropological Research Conference Committee (Anthropology, UW)

2007-2008    Graduate Student Activities Funds Committee (Department of Anthropology, UW)

2006-2007         Teaching Effectiveness Committee (Department of Anthropology, UW)

2005-2006    Sub-faculty Appointments Committee (Department of Anthropology, UW)

2005               Search Committee for professor/curator (Department of Anthropology, UW)

2004-2005    Graduate Student Activities Funds Committee (Department of Anthropology, UW)

2003-2004    Curriculum Committee (Department of Anthropology, UW)