LAURA E. HEATH-STOUT
  • Contact & CV
  • Research
    • Equity & Knowledge Production
    • Tlaxcalan Pottery
  • Teaching
    • Teaching Archaeology
    • Teaching Writing
    • Teaching at the Museum of Fine Arts

Equity and Knowledge Production in Archaeology

My dissertation research focused on the manifestations of sexism, racism, and heteronormativity in the discipline of archaeology. Using quantitative and qualitative sociological methods, I explored the experiences of women archaeologists, archaeologists of color, and queer archaeologists in their work, and the ways that the identities and experiences of archaeologists affect the knowledge that they produce about the human past.

My book, Identity, Oppression, and Diversity in Archaeology: Career Arcs​, which expands on the dissertation to include examinations of classism and ableism, is under contract and under revision for publication in the Routledge Archaeology of Gender and Sexuality Series, edited by Pamela Geller.

Scholarly Articles

"Demographic Dynamics of
Publishing in the 
American Journal of Archaeology

w/ Grace Erny & Dimitri Nakassis

American Journal of Archaeology
​2023
"Funding in the 'Field:' An Analysis
of Demographics and Methods
in National Science Foundation
​Archaeology Grants (1955–2020)"

w/ Catherine L. Jalbert

Journal of Field Archaeology
​2022
"The Invisibly Disabled
​Archaeologist"

International Journal of
Historical Archaeology

​2022
"Reflections on Writing about
Health and ​Well-Being During
​the Covid-19 Pandemic"
​
w/ Stacey L. Camp, Kimberley Wooten,
Jodi A. Barnes,​ Sarah Surface-Evans,
Zada Komara, ​& Alyssa R. Scott
​
​International Journal ​of
​Historical Archaeology

​2022
"The Texas Archeological Society:
​An Analysis of Current Demographics
and Diachron​ic BTAS Authorship"

w/ Catherine L. Jalbert
​
Bulletin of the Texas
​Archeological Society

​2021
"Who Writes About Archaeology?
An Intersectional Study of
Authorship in Archaeology Journals"

American Antiquity
​2020
"Affording Archaeology:
How the Cost of Field School
Keeps Archaeology Exclusive"

​w/ Elizabeth M. Hannigan
​
Advances in Archaeological Practice
​2020
"Editorial Introduction:
Gender, Double-Blind Peer Review,
​and the Demographics of Publication
​in the Journal of Field Archaeology"

Journal of Field Archaeology

​2020

Successful Proposals

"Identity, Oppression, and Diversity
in Archaeology: Career Arcs"

Book Proposal
Routledge
​2020
"Career Arcs: Identity, Oppression,
​ and Diversity in Archaeology"

Hunt Postdoctoral
​Fellowship Application
​Wenner-Gren Foundation
2020

Dissertation

"Diversity, Identity, and Oppression
in the Production of
​Archaeological Knowledge"

Ph.D. Dissertation
Boston University
2019

Newsletter Articles and Blog Posts

"Confronting Ableism in Archaeology
with Disability Expertise"

w/ Katherine M. Kinkopf
​& Laurie A. Wilkie

The SAA Archaeological Record
​2022
"Building a Community of
Archaeologists with Disabilities"

​Society for Historical
​Archaeology Newsletter
​2021
"Changing Our Professional Culture of
Apathy and Creating Safety in
Archaeology: Progress Report from
the SAA Task Force on Sexual and ​
Anti-Harassment Policies and Procedures"

w/ Kelley Hays-Gilpin,
Meagan Thies-Sauder,
Catherine Jalbert, ​& Heather Thakar

The SAA Archaeological Record
​2019
"Building a Diverse
​and Inclusive Archaeology"

​Anthropology News
​2019
"Building a More Inclusive
Introductory Archaeology Course"

​Queer Archaeology
​2018
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  • Contact & CV
  • Research
    • Equity & Knowledge Production
    • Tlaxcalan Pottery
  • Teaching
    • Teaching Archaeology
    • Teaching Writing
    • Teaching at the Museum of Fine Arts