Karenleigh A. Overmann

Karenleigh A. Overmann earned her doctorate in archaeology from the University of Oxford as a Clarendon scholar in 2016 and completed a 2-year Marie Curie research fellowship at the University of Bergen, Norway in 2020. She currently directs the Center for Cognitive Archaeology at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. Her primary research investigates numeracy and literacy as complex cultural systems that emerge through sustained interactions between brains, behaviors, and material forms. Her previous career was in the U.S. Navy, where she performed communications-electronics work as an enlisted Radioman before earning a commission under the Limited Duty Officer program; she retired with 25 years active service in 2003.