KARISA TERRY Department of Anthropology and Museum Studies 400 E. University Way, Ellensburg, WA, 98926 Email: terryk@cwu.edu Education 2010 Ph.D. in Anthropology, Washington State University, Pullman. Dissertation Title: Extreme Measures: Upper Paleolithic Raw Material Provisioning Strategies and Settlement of the Transbaikal Region, Siberia. 2000 M.A. in Anthropology, A&M University, College Station, Texas. Thesis Title: Analysis of Core Reduction Patterns in the Acheuleo-Yabrudian Lithic Industries at El-Masloukh, Lebanon. 1995 B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies (Anthropology/French), Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon. Research Interests Paleolithic prehistory and human colonization of North East Asia (Siberia, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, China, Beringia) and North America, anthropology of frontiers and colonization, adaptations to extreme environmental settings, lithic technology, lithic use-wear and experimental studies, lithic raw material sourcing, hunter-gatherer human organization, cultural transmission, human behavioral ecology, social network- analysis, Prehistory of Northwestern US and Canada. Academic Positions 2015- Senior Lecturer, Central Washington University, Department of Anthropology and Museum Studies, Ellensburg, Washington. 2012-2014 Lecturer, Central Washington University, Department of Anthropology and Museum Studies, Ellensburg, Washington. 2010-2011 Post-Doctoral Fellow/Visiting Researcher, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Archaeology Laboratory, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Tokyo, Japan. 2010-2011 Research Associate, Central Washington University, Department of Anthropology and Museum Studies, Ellensburg, Washington. 2009-2010 Instructor, Central Washington University, Department of Anthropology and Museum Studies, Ellensburg, Washington. 2005-2007 Instructor, Institute for Extended Learning, Community Colleges of Spokane, Whitman County Branch, Pullman, Washington. 2001-2006 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington. Graduate Assistant Non-Teaching, Department of Anthropology, A&M University, College Station, Courses Taught Term Course Number and Name Enrolled Credits Location Spring 2015 ANTH 110 Intro to Biological Anthropology 60 5 CWU Spring 2015 ANTH 107 Intro to Anthropology 24 5 CWU
State University. 2002 Graduate Student Travel Grant, Office of Graduate Studies, Washington State University. 2001-2002 Graduate Scholar Award, Department of Anthropology, Washington State University. 1999 Student Research Grant, Department of Anthropology, Texas A&M University. Professional Affiliations Society for American Archaeology Society for East Asian Archaeology Society of Archaeological Sciences Honors and Distinctions 1995 Outstanding Anthropology Student, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Southern Oregon University. 1994- Member, Phi Sigma Iota Honor Society of Foreign Languages. Professional Service 2010-2015 Manuscript Reviewer, Quaternary International, BAR International, Current Research in the Pleistocene (Eurasian topics) 2010 Conference Registration Faculty Support, Annual Meeting of the Northwest Anthropological Conference, Department of Anthropology, Central Washington University. 2006-2007 Archaeology Faculty Search Committee, Department of Anthropology, Washington State University. 2003-2004 Tier I Writing Portfolio Reader, Campus Writing Programs, Washington University. 2002-2003 Co-Vice President, Anthropology Graduate Organization (AGO), Department of Anthropology, Washington State University. 2003 William D. Lipe Visiting Scholar Committee, Department of Anthropology, Washington State University. 2001-2002 Graduate and Professional Student Registration Grants Committee, Graduate and Professional Student Association, Washington University. 2001-2002 Senator, Graduate and Professional Student Association, Washington State University. Archaeological Research Experience 2010-present Co-Principle Investigator (with Masami Izuho). Lithic Technological Organization of the Earliest Microblade in Hokkaido, Japan. Tokyo Metropolitan University and Central Washington University. 2010-present Co-Principle Investigator (with Ian Buvit and Masami Izuho). Excavations at the Shimaki Paleolithic Site, Hokkaido, Central Washington University and Tokyo Metropolitan University joint archaeological field school.