CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Diana S. Gallagher

dsgall@mit.edu    Work

dsgall@bu.edu      School

 

Degrees Earned

 

M.A.- Historical Archaeology, University of Massachusetts Boston 2006

           Thesis research supported by a grant from Newport Historical Society.

           Thesis: An Archaeobotanical and Archaeoparasitological Analysis

                      of the Widow Pratt Privy, Newport RI.

Special Graduate Student- Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2005

           Introduction to the History of Technology

M.A.- Classics, Tufts University 1988

           Partial Fellowship

           Thesis: Women in Herodotus.

B.A.- Anthropology, Summa cum laude, University of Massachusetts Boston 2003

          Awarded Prize for Academic Distinction in Anthropology 2003.

B.A.- Latin, Mount Holyoke College 1983

         

Degree in progress

 

PhD- Historical Archaeology, Boston University

 

Publications and presentations

 

Presentation- The Privy and the Worm: parasites, health and sanitation.

                      Paper presented at the Eastern States Archaeological Federation

                      73^rd Annual Meeting, Fitchburg, MA.  November 2006

Presentation- Archaeoparasitology in the Northeastern United States.

                      Poster presented at the 36^th International Symposium on

                      Archaeometry, Quebec QC, May 2006.

Publication- “Archaeoparasitology” in African Meeting House Site.

                      (forthcoming).

Publication- “Macrobotanical Analysis of Features at the Saugus Iron

                      Works Site” in Report on the Saugus Iron Works.

                      National Park Service 2004.

 

Projects

 

International Center for East Asian Archaeology and Cultural History

Boston University, Boston MA- Arc/Base Library Project 2006- Inputter

 

 

 

 

Analyses

 

African Meeting House Site, Boston MA- parasitological analysis

 

American Glassworks Site, Boston MA- parasitological analysis

 

Mill Creek Site, Boston MA- parasitological analysis

 

Widow Pratt Privy, Newport RI- macrobotanical and parasitological analyses

 

Saugus Iron Works, Saugus MA- macrobotanical analysis

 

 

Teaching Experience

 

Teaching Assistant- Tufts University, 1987

                                 Greek and Roman Comedy

Teaching Assistant- University of Massachusetts Boston 2005

                                 Human Osteology and Forensic Anthropology

 

Work Experience

 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA

     Graduate Administrator’s Assistant/ Placement Contact

     August 2005- Present

 

Massachusetts Historical Commissions, Boston MA

     Technical Services Division Coordinator

     January 2004- June 2006

 

Dalbar, Inc., Boston MA

     Customer Service Analyst

     February 2001- June 2003

 

John Hancock Signature Services, Charlestown MA

     Licensing Technician, Proprietary Products

     February 2000- February 2001

 

Scudder Kemper Investments, Norwell MA

     Prospect Inquiry Representative

     1998- February 2000

    

 

 

Associations

 

Sigma Xi- Associate member

Society for Historical Archaeology

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Society for Archaeological Sciences

Society for American Archaeology

Society for Industrial Archaeology