Sharyn Jones

Sharyn Jones, a Professor of Anthropology at Northern Kentucky University studies human-environmental interactions, tropical island cultures, public archaeology, foodways, identity, and gender. She has conducted research in the Pacific Islands, India, the Caribbean, North America, and Japan. Her current research is focused on understanding long-term traditional ecological interactions in Fiji and elsewhere. She is also working on developing a model for hand-on science education through anthropological field schools. Her newest project is a collaboration with historians that is focused on studying the first co-educational and multiracial school in the US--the Parker or Clermont Academy of New Richmond, Ohio.

Check out her blog at: http://sjonesarchaeology.blogspot.com/

and get more information at: http://nku.academia.edu/SharynJones