Summary
Specializations and research interests
- Historical archaeology of the American West and Southeast
- Social theory, power relations, structure and agency, identity, landscapes,
- Archaeology of working communities
- Industrial archaeology
- Indigenous historical archaeology
- Cultural heritage
- Cultural resource management (CRM)
- Decolonizing methods and collaborative archaeology
Ongoing Research
- Collaborative archaeology and archaeology of institutional life at Stewart Indian School, Βι¶ΉΣ³»
- Developing recommendations for improved tribal-federal relations regarding heritage consultation
- Definitions of cultural heritage; tangible and intangible heritage
- Culture contact, persistence, communities of practice; Creek farmsteads in Georgia
- Archaeology of St. Mary's Hospital, Βι¶ΉΣ³»: Bodily Discipline and the Politics of Health.
- Archaeology of environmental injustice
Teaching
- ANTH 202 Archaeology
- ANTH 442a/642a Historical Archaeology
- ANTH 442b/642b Industrial Archaeology
- ANTH 448/646 Archaeology Field School
- ANTH 705 Graduate Seminar in Archaeology and Prehistory
- ANTH 706 Seminar in Anthropological Problems: Archaeology of Power
- ANTH 706 Seminar in Anthropological Problems: Historical Archaeology
Selected external grants and awards
- 2019 Mark E. Mack Community Engagement Award from the Society for Historical Archaeology. Awarded to the Collaborative Archaeology at Stewart Indian School project. The team includes participants from the Βι¶ΉΣ³» Department of Anthropology; Βι¶ΉΣ³» Indian Commission; Washoe Tribal Historic Preservation Office; and several Native tribes and communities in the Great Basin.
- 2016 Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow, National Academy of Sciences.
- 2016 Inductee, Academy of Sciences and Arts, Michigan Technological University.
- 2016 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). Conferred at ceremonies in Washington D.C., May 2016. An associated grant from DoD Army Research Office: Governmentality and Social Capital in Tribal/Federal Relations Regarding Heritage Consultation.
- 2013 Society for Historical Archaeology's John L. Cotter Award, an early career award presented "for her research on power dynamics in a broad range of historical contexts, which has expanded the interdisciplinary reach and influence of historical archaeology." Conferred at the SHA's annual meeting (Leicester, England, January 11, 2013).1
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Books:
- Cowie, Sarah E., Diane L.Teeman, and Christopher C. LeBlanc, Editors.
(In Press) Collaborative Archaeology at the Stewart Indian School. University of Βι¶ΉΣ³» Press. - Cowie, Sarah E.
2011 The Plurality of Power: An Archaeology of Industrial Capitalism. New York: Springer.
Articles:
- Cowie, Sarah E. (In preparation). Archaeology of Environmental Injustice.
- Cowie, Sarah E., and Lisa Machado (Revising to resubmit to Historical Archaeology). Bodily Discipline and Healthcare in a Mining Boomtown: Archaeology of St. Mary's Hospital in Virginia City, Βι¶ΉΣ³».
- Springer, Ian, and Sarah E. Cowie (In preparation). Geochemical Analysis of Landscapes in Historical Archaeology.
- Cowie, Sarah E. (2015). Bridging Social Anthropology and Industrial Archaeology at a Georgia Grist Mill. North American Archaeologist 36(1):33-57.
- Cowie, Sarah E. (2015). Farmstead and Universe: Early Nineteenth-Century Built Environment at the Ochillee Creek Site on Fort Benning, Georgia. Journal of Alabama Archaeology, [2012] 59(1&2):21-38.
- Cowie, Sarah E. and Lisa Machado (2013). History, Technological Innovation, and Potential for Industrial Archaeology at the Old Savage Mine Site, Virginia City, Βι¶ΉΣ³». Βι¶ΉΣ³» Archaeologist 26:1-15.
Professional Memberships
- American Anthropological Association (AAA)
- Society for American Archaeology (SAA)
- Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA)
- Society for Industrial Archeology (SIA)
- Βι¶ΉΣ³» State Board of Museums and History
- Editorial Board Member for the International Journal of Historical Archaeology (IJHA)
Education
- Hunt Postdoctoral Fellow, Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, 2008-2009
- Ph.D., Anthropology (archaeology and sociocultural anthropology), University of Arizona, 2008
- M.S., Industrial Archaeology, Michigan Technological University, 1996
- B.A., Archaeology, Mount Holyoke College, 1994