9/95-present
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Ph.D. student in Anthropology with an emphasis on
Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing in Paleoanthropology.
Principal Advisor: Dr. J.W.K. Harris
Dissertation Committee: Gail Ashley, Rob Blumenschine, Jack Harris,
and Rick Lathrop
1995
Salem State College
Digital Geography Lab, Salem, Mass
Institute in the Cartographic Sciences
9/88-1/92
London School of Economics
Master of Science in Philosophy of the Social Science.
Thesis: Ernst Mach's Reservations About the Use and Validity of
Atomic Theories
Tutor: Dr. Elie Zahar Advisor: Dr. J.W.N. Watkins.
9/85-8/88
University of the District of Columbia
Bachelor of Arts with Distinction in Philosophy.
Thesis: Chomsky's Linguistics and Political Philosophy: Is there
a connection
between modern linguistics and anarchism?
Advisor: Dr. Terry Smith.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
I am interested in the applications of geomatics [space
based remote sensing, near surface geophysical investigations, geographic
information systems, and photogrammetry] for natural resource assessment,
site location, environmental and ecological analysis in paleoanthropological
and archaeological investigations. One of my particular research interests
is the incorporation of ecological methods and theory into the study of
Man's past use and interaction with the environment. Additional interests
include: regional and landscape scale archaeological interpretations,
survey theory and methodology, settlement and spatial analysis which incorporate
geographic information systems, relational database, and high-level statistical
interpretations, and nondestructive subsurface archaeological investigation
using near-surface geophysical instrumentation.
ACADEMIC/GIS/INFORMATION SYSTEMS POSITIONS
Laboratory Assistant, Grant F Walton Center for Remote Sensing and
Spatial Analysis, Rutgers University.
Spatial data analysis for the Olduvai Landscape Paleoanthropology Project,
Koobi Fora Field School, and the Fire Island shoreline study. Georeferenced
and classified IKONOS and Landsat imagery for archaeological, environmental,
and geological projects. Used air photos with Intergragh and other photogrammetry
software to map and to assess changes in shoreline and sand volumes, created
digital elevation models and air photo mosaics of several areas, Vectorized
scanned digital images and conducted statistical examinations of settlement
patterns and predictive locational models. 1/96- current.
Instructor, Anthropology
Department, Rutgers University. Taught sections of Introduction to Human Evolution,
Introduction to Archaeology, Introduction to Physical Anthropology, etc.,
1999-2003
Instructor, English Department,
Rutgers University. Taught sections of Expository Writing, 1998-1999 and 1999-2000.
Web Page Design, Designed world wide web pages for several organizations
and companies, including the New Jersey Youth Farmstand Project and Washington
DC's Office of Latino Affairs.
Information Assistant, Department of Anthropology, Rutgers University.
Maintained computer systems and acted as the general instructional technology
advisor for the department. Created and maintained web pages for the Anthropology
Department and the Center for Human
Evolutionary Studies, 1997-1998.
Media Services Assistant,Rutgers
University Library System, Nancy Putnam Director. "Smart Classroom" monitoring
and education. Maintained and supervised equipment and usage of several buildings
of "smart classrooms", classrooms with multi-media and ethernet connections.
1997-1998.
Research Assistant, for Bob Trivers, Department of Anthropology,
Rutgers University. Photographed and measured faces - Rutgers Symmetry Project
using Imagine software, 10/95-5/96.
Technical Assistant, Dian
Fossey Center, New Brunswick, NJ. Coordinator of GIS, GPS and computer systems
for Dian Fossey Mountain Gorilla Project Scientific Research Center.
GIS Intern, Rock Creek
Park, National Park Service. 5/95-8/95.
Shelf Reader, Library of
Congress (under Aspen Systems Contract), 11/94-12/95.
Cataloger, British Library
of Political and Economic Sciences, 10/88-6/89.
Teaching Assistant, Department of Philosophy, University
of the District of Columbia, Introductory Logic courses.
Coordinator, Math, Science and English
Tutoring Program, University of the District of Columbia, 1/87-7/87.
Coordinator, Logic Tutoring Laboratory, Philosophy Department,
University of the District of Columbia, 11/86-4/87.
FUNDING AND AWARDS
2002-2005 NASA Graduate
Student Research Fellowship, Stennis Space Center, NASA ($76,000).
2002 Dean's Fund for Graduate Research, Rutgers University
($900)
2002 NSF Workshop Grant, NCGIA, Santa Barbara, California
($500)
2002 ICPSR Tuition Grant, University of Michigan ($100)
2002 Teaching Assistantship, Anthropology Department,
Rutgers University.
2001 Bigel Grant Award,
Anthropology Department, Rutgers University ($1,400).
2001 Small Grant Research Fund, Center for Human Evolutionary
Studies, Rutgers University($400).
2000-2001 Teaching Assistantship, Anthropology Department,
Rutgers University.
2000 NSF Summer Workshop Grant NCGIA, Santa Barbara,
California ($500)
2000 Bigel Grant Award, Anthropology Department, Rutgers
University ($700).
2000 Small Grant Research Fund, Center for Human Evolutionary
Studies, Rutgers University($500).
2000 Student Bursery, Computer Applications in Archaeology
Conference, Solvenia($350).
2000 Pre-doctoral Research Grant, Center for African
Studies, Rutgers University($700).
2000 Dean's Fund for Graduate Research, Rutgers University($1,500)
1999-2000 Teaching Assistantship, English Department,
Rutgers University.
1999 Research and Travel Grant, Uppsala University,
Sweden ($1,800)
1998-1999 Teaching Assistantship, Graduate School,
Rutgers University.
1995-1996 Tuition Remission, Graduate School, Rutgers
University.
Funding For Dissertation Project
2001 NASA Commercial Data Buy Program Tasking Grant for IKONOS Imagery,
Jack Harris - P.I. (value $95,000)
FIELDWORK
2000 & 2003 Turkana Region, Kenya - Koobi Fora
Field School - Holocene specialist.Associated with the Koobi Fora Field School,
conducted initial surveys of Holocene sedimentary deposits and archaeological
sites.
1997 Sydney Cyprus Survey Project - In Mitsero, Cyprus under direction
of Dr. Bernard Knapp.
1996 Hudson-Meng Bison Bonebed - In conjunction with the U.S. Forest
Service, Colorado State University and The University of Nebraska at Lincoln
under the direction of Dr. LuAnn Wandsnider, Dr. Dave Rapson and Dr. Larry
Todd, assisted with excavation, recording, casting and survey work.
1996 Norridgewalk , Maine - Worked on Ground Penetrating Radar survey
with University of Maine at Farmington as part of near-surface remote sensing
workshop.
1996 Jamaica - Under direction of Dr. Robert Trivers, interviewed and
photographed 300 school children for the Rutgers Symmetry Project.
WORKSHOPS
2002 Map Making and Visualization of
Spatial Data in the Social Sciences, CSISS and NCGIA, Santa Barbara,
CA
2002 Advanced Spatial Regression Workshop (w/ Luc Anselin) ICPSR, University
of Michigan, MI
2001 NASA IKONOS Workshop
2000 NSF Spatial Pattern Analysis Workshop, CSISS and NCGIA, Santa Barbara,
CA
1998 Geostatistical methods and GIS Summer Workshop, Rutgers University
1996 Non-Destructive Investigative Techniques for Cultural Resource Management,
National Park Service.
PRESENTATIONS
2002 - "Holocene Landscapes at Koobi Fora,
Kenya: Using remote sensing to model past environments and resources",
poster presented at 16th Biennial Conference of the Society of Africanist
Archaeologists, Tuscan, Arizona, J.W.K. Harris co-author.
2002 - "Graphic representation of paleoecological and archaeological
landscape models" presentation at Map Making and Visualization of Spatial
Data in the Social Sciences, USB, California.
2002 - "Use of IKONOS imagery for Semi-arid Vegetation Analysis: an example from Koobi Fora, Kenya", presentation
at High Spatial Resolution Commercial Imagery Workshop, U.S. Geological
Survey (USGS) Headquarters, Reston,Virginia. :
2002 - "Remote sensing and GIS as paleo-landscape modeling tools: proposed
research at Koobi Fora, Kenya using IKONOS and Landsat imagery" presentaion
at 13th Annual "Workshops in Archaeometry" Conference, Buffalo,
NY.
2001 -"Role of IKONOS High Resolution
Imagery in Archaeological Investigation at Koobi Fora, Kenya", poster
presentented at NASA IKONOS Workshop, Greenbelt, MD.
2001 - "Recent Investigations into the Holocene at Lake Turkana"
with Jack Harris, Purity Kiura, Keraga-Muenue, Gail Ashley and Matt Sponhiemer,
presented at Panafrican Association Of Prehistory And Related Studies 11th
Congress 7 - 12 February 2001, Bamako, Mali
2001 - Taught "Introduction to Archaeology" and "Introduction to Human Evolution"
Anthropology Department, Rutgers University
2000 - "Holocene Settlement, Landuse and Subsistence in Northern Kenya", lecture
delivered at Graduate Seminar Rutgers University
2000 - "Landscape Taphonomy at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania: The affect of
landform
and slope on the surface distribution of eroded archaeological material",
presented at the NCGIA/NSF Summer Workshop on Point Pattern Anaylsis,Center
for Spatially Integrated Social Science, Santa Barbara, California
2000 - "Archaeological Uses of Remote Sensing", lecture given for Remote Sensing
of the Biosphere seminer, Department of Ecology and Evolution, Rutgers University
2000 - "Models in Paleoanthropology" lecture given for Hominid Adaptations
course, Anthropology Department Rutgers University
2000 - Taught "Introduction to Archaeology" Anthropology Department, Rutgers
University
1999 - "Spatial Anaylsis in Landscape Archaeology" presentation given for
Graduate Seminar, Anthropology Department, Rutgers University.
1999 - Taught "Introduction to Human Evolution" Anthropology Department, Rutgers
University
1999 - Taught two sections "Expository Writing" English Department, Rutgers
University
1998 - Taught two sections "Expository Writing" English Department, Rutgers
University
1997 - Paper presented at Annual Student Conference "Intregrated Multivariant
Anaylsis for Regional Settlement Pattern Understanding"
RESEARCH AFFILATIONS
Grant
F. Walton Center For Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis, Rutgers University,
New Brunswick, NJ
NASA Stennis Space Center, Stennis,
MS
National Museum of Kenya, Nairobi,
Kenya
Anthropology Department, Rutgers
University
Koobi Fora Field School,
Rutgers UNiversity and Kenya National Meusum
SOFTWARE UTILIZED
| GIS Software |
ARC Info [Unix Version],
Arc 8
ARC View 3.1 with Spatial Analyst, Image Analyst and 3D Analyst.
GRASS [UNIX and Grassland Windows Versions]
IDRISI [DOS and Windows versions]
Intergrapgh MGE [and voxel analyst module]
MAP (Harvard University Program) |
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Photogrammetric and Image Processing Software
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ERDAS Imagine
Softcopy Photogrammetry Software for Intergraph
R-WELL Desktop Mapping Systems
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Statistical Software
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SAS, S+ and SPSS
GEO-STAT SYSAT 8.0
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Database Programs
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Access, Filemaker Pro
and dBase |
INTERNSHIP
Criminal Law Internship Program
District of Columbia Public Defender Service
Criminal Investigator for the Senior Felony Trial Attorney
Ref: Sarah Brown, PDS, Wash, DC
CONTACT INFORMATION
| Address: |
Department of Anthropology,
Douglass Campus, Rutgers University, 131 George Street, New Brunswick,
NJ 08903 |
| Phones: |
Department: 732 932-9886,
Remote Sensing Center: 732 932-1582, Fax: 908-932-1564 |
| E-mail: |
dibble@crssa.rutgers.edu
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Lori's resume, coursework,
and home pages.
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