Dr. Julie H. Ernstein
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Ph.D., Archaeology, Boston University
M.A., Archaeology, Boston University
B.A., Anthropology, University of Maryland (College Park)
Fields of Interest:
My research, teaching, publication, and advocacy integrate above- and below-ground archaeology, historical, and oral historical investigation of landscapes, communities, and the complex relationships between past and present. Recent work includes the nomination of an early 20th-century Virginia Indian School to the National Register of Historic Places, an overview and assessment of materials documenting traditional associations between Civil War reenactors in a NPS park unit, and a survey of several mid-century suburban communities to explore how knowledge, spaces and objects from the past are strategically deployed to negotiate personal, family, community, and national identity.
Publications: Recent publications include (1) with Lu Ann DeCunzo. Historical Landscapes, Ideology, and Experience. In Dan Hicks and Mary C. Beaudry, eds. Cambridge Companion to Historical Archaeology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (2006), pp. 255-279; (2) with Anthea M. Hartig and Luis G. Hoyos. Setting the Bar: The Pros and Cons of Holding the Recent Past to a Higher Standard. Preservation Forum (September 2005), pp. 23-29; (3) Landscape Archaeology and the Recent Past: A View from Bowie, Maryland. In Deborah Slaton and William G. Foulks, eds. Preserving the Recent Past II. Washington, DC: Preservation Education Foundation, National Park Service, and Association for Preservation International (2000), pp. 2-97 to 2-103; (4) Shifting Land Use, Shifting Values, and the Reinvention of Annapolis. In Paul A. Shackel, Paul R. Mullins, and Mark S. Warner, eds. Annapolis Pasts: Historical Archaeology in Annapolis, Maryland. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press (1998), pp. 147-168.
Professional Service: I serve on the state of Maryland’s State Review Board for the National Register of Historic Places; am a member of the Governmental Affairs Committee of the Society for American Archaeology; am a member of the Landscape Advisory Panel at Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest; am an officer and board member of the Recent Past Preservation Network (check them out at http://www.recentpast.org/); and recently served as grant reviewer for the Louisiana SHPO office in administering its Historic Building Recovery Grant Program—part of a Congressional allocation to the Gulf States for post-Katrina/Rita recovery efforts for historic properties.
Professional Memberships: I am currently a member of several local, state, regional, national and international organizations, including: the Association for the Preservation of Historic Natchitoches; the Louisiana Archaeological Society, the Natchitoches Historic Foundation, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Recent Past Preservation Network, the Society for American Archaeology, the Society for Historical Archaeology, the Society for Industrial Archeology, the Southeastern Archaeological Conference, U.S./ICOMOS, and the World Archaeological Congress.
