Stacey Lynn Camp, Ph.D.

Dr. Camp is an historical archaeologist who specializes in the archaeology of the late 19th and early 20th century Western United States. Her current research interests include the archaeology of race, racialization, and social inequality, heritage tourism and leisure studies, domestic reform movements and Americanization campaigns aimed at immigrant populations, and archaeological applications of GIS. She has excavated on archaeological projects in both the Western United States and Ireland.

Dr. Camp recently (April 2009) completed her dissertation research at Stanford University on the subject matter of Mexican immigrant railway laborers living in early 20th century Los Angeles, California. She is currently writing a book, The Archaeology of Americanization (University Press of Florida), that builds upon this research.

In her spare time, she enjoys hiking with her husband and two dogs, geocaching,and coaching figure skating at the local ice rink in Moscow. Though a Southern California native, Dr. Camp spent several summers and winters in Idaho (Sun Valley) training as a competitive figure skater. She and her husband also recently welcomed their first child into the world on August 10, 2009.

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