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Unlocking Careers in Anthropology: Panelist Event
Engage in an enriching Q&A session with experts to discover the various occupations in the world of anthropology.
Panelist Speakers:
Ariana Yanez - Assistant State Archaeologist/ Active Tribal Liasion
California Department of Parks and Recreation at the San Diego Coast District Office
Ariana Yanez attended MiraCosta College, receiving her associates degree in May of 2015 and CSUSM where she received her B.A. in May of 2018. She participated in an archaeological excavation at the Los Rancho Peñasquitos Ranch House through the archaeology program at Palomar College in San Marcos, CA. Yanez also participated in the Institute for Field Research: The Corral Redondo Project in Iquipi, Peru. She has worked as a project archaeologist for the Rio Frio Regional Archaeological Project 2019 Field Season. She has also worked for Helix Environmental Planning, Inc., California Department of Parks and Recreation, San Diego Coast District, RECON Environmental, Inc., Tierra Environmental Services Inc., and the Cleveland National Forest. Yanez graduated with in M.A. in Applied Archaeology at CSU San Bernardino in 2023.
Adam Niesley - Public Archaeology Coordinator for the San Diego Archaeological Center
Adam is an anthropological archaeologist whose research concentrates on the intersection of health and gender practices in the ancient world. He has done field research at the Cluny bath house in Paris, the Thermae Constantine in Arles, and the 1st c. thermae at Vaison la Romaine in southern France. He has also done fieldwork in Belize with the Rio Frio Regional Archaeological Project under Dr. Jon Spenard and am a current site steward for multiple historic and prehistoric sites in the Anza Borrego region with the Colorado Desert Archaeological Society. Adam earned his B.A. in Anthropology from Cal State University San Marcos in Spring 2023 and is presently pursuing his M.A. in Archaeology from the University of Leicester in the UK. Currently, he is the Public Archaeology Coordinator with the San Diego Archaeological Center, a 501c3 museum, education, and research facility in Escondido, California that holds more than 2 million local artifacts representing a 12,000-year period of the region.
Research Center Receives Grant to Boost Latino Health
By Eric Breier, Public Affairs Specialist. October 2023.
Dr. Konane Martinez, director of the NLRC and an anthropology professor at CSUSM, speaks at a press conference Friday about a new federal grant to help improve the health of Latino communities. Among those behind Martinez are U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra (second from left) and U.S. Rep. Mike Levin (third from left).
Cave Man: Anthropology Professor Explores the Unknown in Belize
By Brian Hiro for STEPS Magazine. September 2023.
