Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Office: Stabler Hall, Room 203
Email: [email protected]
Research
Dr. Levin is an archaeologist and archaeobotanist with interests in food production systems, historical ecology, niche construction, sociocultural change, archaeological pedagogy, and public archaeology. Her research methods focus on archaeobotany, but include a wide variety of archaeological materials, as well as ethnoarchaeology. Levin has worked on questions of ancient food cultivation strategies in Micronesia for close to two decades and has recently developed and run a new field school program in Pohnpei, Micronesia in collaboration with the Institute for Field Research (IFR). Her current work also includes an ongoing historical archaeology project on the UA Little Rock campus, The Garden Site Archaeological Project, which has integrated with her Archaeological Investigations class, trained archaeological interns, and welcomed volunteers in the field and the lab.
You can watch a recent presentation she and her collaborator, Dr. Katherine Seikel, gave at the College of Micronesia, National Campus below.
Teaching
Dr. Levin has taught the following courses at UA Little Rock
ANTH 11534: Biological Anthropology
ANTH 20103: Understanding Cultures
ANTH 31303: Archaeology
ANTH 32003: Buried Cities, Ancient Lives
ANTH 48704: Archaeological Investigation
ANTH 49531: Senior Seminar
ANTH 49801: Special Topics – Archaeology of Human Diets
ANTH 49803: Special Topics – Plants and People
She also frequently supervises independent study projects. If you are a student interested in conducting an independent study project on an archaeological topic, or an ethnographic topic related to food studies or plant studies, please send Dr. Levin an email to get in touch.
Education
Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Oregon
M.A. in Anthropology, University of Oregon
B.A. in Anthropology (minor in Japanese), Whitman College
Publications
To view a list of Dr. Levin’s publications or learn more about her work, please visit her website.