Curriculum Vitae

Graduate student in Archaeology, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington

Research Interests:

Social networks, Trade, Technology, Risk-Mitigation, and Climate Change.

Education:

• In Progress - PhD, Graduate Program in Archaeology, Department of Anthropology
  University of Washington Seattle, Washington
• 2015 - Bachelors of Art, emphasis on Archaeology
  The Evergreen State College Olympia, Washington
  
• 2013 - Associates of Art, emphasis in Anthropology
  Pierce College Puyallup, Washington

Professional Employment:

I worked in the archaeology lab with Dr. Ben Fitzhugh, cataloging and rehousing collections and doing analysis of artifacts collected in the Kuril Islands and the Kodiak Archipelago.

My duties included managing and instructing field school student, as well as managing field and lab equipment, assisting with ordering supplies, and writing field notes and final reports.

I worked as an event planner and peer mentor for the Department of Anthropology at Edmonds Community College. My duties included designing and constructing an outdoor kitchen and gathering space in the campus community garden. As part of the construction, I coordinated with faculty and students to construct the space via service-learning projects. Throughout the process, I consulted with local tribal elders to design earthen and pit ovens that would be used to prepare traditional foods for cultural events hosted by the college.

Honors - Awards:

• 2015 Student Undergraduate Research Fund (SURF), Junior Research Fellow
  The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
• Best Undergraduate Student Poster Award:
  Northwest Anthropological Conference 2014, Bellingham, WA
  Tree People: A survey of culturally modified trees on Hope Island
• Presidential Volunteer Service Award, Gold Level, 2014

Papers:

• Murphy, Thomas and Ryan-Peñela, Erin and Dewey, Kyle and Gamble, Erin and Ross, Laurie, Shipway, Chris, Mukilteo Salmon Survey 2013 - Japanese and Big Gulch (December 30, 2013). http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2375536
• Gamble, Erin and McConnell, Kelson. (2013). Granite Falls Alternate Route (GFAR) Wildlife Report (Fall) LEAF School (Lynnwood, WA). Edmonds Community College.
• Gamble, Erin and Haley, Erin. (2014) Granite Falls Alternate Route (GFAR) Wildlife Report (Winter) LEAF School (Lynnwood, WA). Edmonds Community College.

Field Work:

• 2015 Baikal-Hokkaido Archaeology Project Hokkaido, Japan
• 2015 Archaeological Field School: George Bush Homestead Tumwater, WA
• 2014 Baikal-Hokkaido Archaeology Project Fields School (BHAP) Hokkaido, Japan
• 2013-2014 Human Ecology, LEAF School Skagit Co., WA
• 2013 Culturally Modified Tree Survey Field School Hope Island, WA

Work Experience:

• 09/2015-Present
  Research Assistant, Quaternary Research Center
  University of Washington
  Seattle, WA

• 06/2015-08/2015
  Field Supervisor
  The Evergreen State College
  Olympia, WA

• 09/2013-12/2014
  Cultural Kitchen Student Coordinator, Anthropology Department
  Edmonds Community College
  Lynnwood, Washington

• 09/2014-12/2014
  Research Assistant Internship, Department of Anthropology
  Harvard University
  Cambridge, MA

Skills:

• Total Station
• Flotation
• Quantitative analysis
• Culturally Modified Tree (CMT) identification and documentation
• Intercultural communication
• Culturally Modified Tree (CMT) identification and documentation
• GIS, ArcGIS 10.2
• Field lab curation
• Excavation

Publications - Presentations:

• Northwest Anthropological Conference 2014, Bellingham, Washington, USA
  Poster Presentation:Tree People: A survey of culturally modified trees on Hope Island
• CCURI Student Symposium 2014, Mesa, Arizona, USA
  Poster Presentation:Tree People: A survey of culturally modified trees on Hope Island
• Storming the Sound 2014, La Connor, Washington, USA
  Presentation: Hope Island: A Survey of Culturally Modified Trees Found on Hope Island