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

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

with 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"
​
with Stacey L. Camp, Kimberley Wooten,
Jodi A. Barnes,​ Sarah Surface-Evans,
Zada Komara, ​and Alyssa R. Scott
​
​International Journal ​of
​Historical Archaeology
​2022
"The Texas Archeological Society:
​An Analysis of Current Demographics
and Diachron​ic BTAS Authorship"

with 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"

​with 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

Dissertation

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

Ph.D. Dissertation
Boston University
2019

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

Newsletter Articles and Blog Posts

"Confronting Ableism in Archaeology
with Disability Expertise"

with Katherine M. Kinkopf
​and 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"

with Kelley Hays-Gilpin,
Meagan Thies-Sauder,
Catherine Jalbert,
​and 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