Laura Clifford - Ph.D. student

Laura Dee Clifford, M.A., M.Ed.

667 West Main Street •Gray Court, South Carolina 29645• (803) 270-2408•lwclifford@gmail.com

 

CAREER PROFILE

 

Archaeologist, Historical Preservation and Educational Professional, extensive experience teaching, working with regulatory agencies, conducting private sector consulting, and implementing all phases of archaeological research.

 

EDUCATION

 

Ph.D. Student, University of South Carolina

Special Education Licensure, University of Cincinnati, 2009, 3.9 g.p.a.

M.A., University of Kentucky, 2005, Social Studies Education, 4.0 g.p.a.

M.A., University of South Florida, 1990, Public Anthropology, 3.9 g.p.a.

B.S.,   Oregon State University, 1986, Anthropology, with high scholarship

Certifications and Academic Honors

            Highly Qualified Teacher (HQT) in social studies and reading

            National Praxis Award

            Registry of Professional Archaeologists

            Phi Kappa Phi (Graduating Class Honorary)

            Pi Gamma Mu (International Social Science Honorary)

            Phi Alpha Theta (History Honorary)

 

GRADUATE EXPERIENCE

 

Graduate teaching assistant for introduction to cultural anthropology course (Anthropology 102) and introduction to biological anthropology course labs (Anthropology 161).  Research assistant at McKissick Museum and consultant to the South Carolina Arts Commission.

 

ARCHAEOLOGICAL WORK EXPERIENCE

 

President of Environment and Archaeology, LLC.  Duties included oversight of all cultural resources management projects conducted by Environment and Archaeology, LLC.  This included all phases of archaeological work, architectural survey, HABS documentation, Section 106 coordination, and Cultural Resources Management Plans.

 

Specialized Program Manager KEMRON Environmental Services, Inc.:  Principal Investigator on all hazardous duty archaeological projects including underwater surveys, OSHA 1910.120 sites, and confined space entry.  Specializes in conducting archaeology projects under extreme conditions requiring special training and equipment.  Trained for levels D, C, B, and A, PPE, APR and SCBA, air monitoring equipment, and rescue retrieval systems. Experience with Loran C navigation, side scan sonar interpretation, marine magnetometer, and a PADI certified SCUBA diver.  CPR certified/Professional Level Rescuer/Paramedic.

 

Approved Principal Investigator in the following states:  Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Wisconsin, Texas, New York, Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Tennessee, Georgia, and North Carolina.  Meets Federal criteria for conducting Principal Investigator level work as defined under 36 CFR 61.  Meets criteria for conducting Principal Investigator level work as defined by the Registry of Professional Archaeologists.

 

 

 

 

Selected Project Experience

 

McKissick Museum, University of South Carolina

 

2016    Research Assistant, The Folklife Center. Curriculum development, ceramics and textile documentation.

 

South Carolina Institute of Anthropology and Archaeology

 

2015    The Eastern Woodlands Household Archaeology Data Project.

 

Environment & Archaeology, LLC, 1997 to 2003

 

2002    Principal Investigator: Phase II study of site 44WY245 in Wythe County, Virginia as part of East Tennessee Natural Gas Company’s Patriot Project.

 

2002    Principal Investigator: Phase II study of site 44WG468 in Washington County, Virginia as part of East Tennessee Natural Gas Company’s Mainline Expansion.

 

2001    Principal Investigator:  Phase I survey of approximately 151 miles of natural gas loop line and 175 miles of natural gas pipeline MAOP uprate in Tennessee and Virginia.

 

1. Principal Investigator: Phase I survey of approximately 25 miles of pipeline in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, two miles in Tioga County, New York, four miles in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania and approximately 45 miles of MAOP uprate in northern New Jersey.

 

 

2000    Principal Investigator: Phase I Survey of approximately 1,450 acres in Boone County, Kentucky for expansion of the international airport.

 

2000    Principal Investigator: Four miles of natural gas pipeline near Rosholt, Wisconsin and nine miles of pipeline near Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

 

2000    Principal Investigator: Seven miles of pipeline in southwest Michigan.

 

1. Principal Investigator: Phase I survey of approximately 106.8 miles of natural gas pipeline ROW for the EEP 2000 Project in seven sections in New York State.

 

 

1999    Principal Investigator: Phase II Eligibility Testing of two prehistoric sites in Smyth and Wythe Counties, Virginia for the Virginia Expansion Project.

 

1999    Principal Investigator: Phase I Survey of approximately 850 acres as part of an on-going Environmental Impact Statement at the Cleveland/Hopkins International Airport.

 

1. Principal Investigator: Phase I Survey for the JP-302 Relocation in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

 

1998    Principal Investigator: Phase I Survey for the Washington County, Wisconsin 0.55-mile Pipeline Replacement Project.

 

 

1998    Principal Investigator: Phase I Survey for the new observation well, TW-605, in Tioga County, Pennsylvania.

 

1998    Principal Investigator: Phase I Survey for eight pipeline relocations in various locales in West Virginia.

 

1998    Principal Investigator: Phase I survey of approximately 350 acres for the expansion of the existing Toledo Express Airport in Lucas County, Ohio.

 

1998    Principal Investigator: Phase II survey for the V-6 Hanger Facility at Patuxent Naval Air Station, St. Mary’s County, Maryland.

 

1998    Principal Investigator: Phase I survey for the EMTTEF Facility at Patuxent Naval Air Station, St. Mary’s County, Maryland.

 

1. Principal Investigator: Phase I survey for the West Basin Campground at Patuxent Naval Air Station, St. Mary’s County, Maryland.

 

1997    Principal Investigator: Phase II underwater excavations of magnetic anomalies in the Gulf of Mexico.

 

1997    Principal Investigator: Phase I survey of approximately 14.4 miles of natural gas pipeline ROW in Washington, Smyth and Wythe Counties, Virginia.

 

1997    Principal Investigator: Phase I survey of approximately 17,000 feet of new underground pipeline and one new natural gas well in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

 

1997    Principal Investigator: Phase I survey of a new observation well and access road in Tioga County, Pennsylvania.

 

1997    Principal Investigator: Phase I survey of approximately 14.4 miles of natural gas pipeline ROW in Washington, Smyth and Wythe Counties, Virginia.

 

 

1997    Principal Investigator: Phase I survey of five hydrostatic test manifold construction sites in Smith and Overton Counties, Tennessee.

 

1997    Principal Investigator: Completion of Phase I survey of approximately 500 acres at Ft. Indiantown Gap Military Reservation in Annville, Pennsylvania.

 

1997    Principal Investigator: Completion of a Phase I survey of approximately 1,900 acres at the Charlotte/Douglas International Airport, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.

 

1997    Project Manager: Section 106 consultation for the Part 150 Sound Insulation Program at the Carpenter house, Florence, Boone County, Kentucky.

 

1997    Archaeological resources for the Charlotte/Douglas International Airport located in Charlotte, North Carolina.  Work conducted through Landrum and Brown, Inc. for the FAA and Charlotte International Airport.

 

 

1997    Project Manager: Section 106 consultation and adaptive re-use analysis of two historic structures at the Indianapolis International Airport, Indiana.

 

KEMRON Environmental Services, 1991 to 1997

 

1997    Principal Investigator:  Phase I Cultural Resources Report East Tennessee Natural Gas 1997 Open Season Expansion Project Bedford, Franklin, and Sullivan Counties, Tennessee.  Six miles of pipeline survey.

 

1997    Principal Investigator:  Phase I Cultural Resources Report for Proposed 25 Acre Development in Belpre, Washington County, Ohio.

 

1997    Principal Investigator:  Phase I Cultural Resources Report TL-275, Extension 3 Wyoming County, West Virginia.  Conducted for CNG Transmission Corporation, Clarksburg, West Virginia.

 

1997    Principal Investigator:  Phase I cultural Resources Report for Natural Gas well Drilling Sites and Access Roads in Pocahontas County, West Virginia.  Conducted for Thornwood Gas, Bradford, Pennsylvania.

 

1997    Principal Investigator:  Phase I Cultural Resources Survey for approximately 49 miles of new pipeline right-of-way in Niagara, New York.  Conducted for El Paso Energy, Houston, Texas.

 

1996    Principal Investigator:  Phase I Cultural Resources Report for two-acre Parcel Located in Pike County, Ohio.  Conducted for Oberer Development.

 

1996    Principal Investigator:  HABS documentation for Be-466 and Be-769, following survey and evaluation determining structure eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places.  Work conducted through Landrum and Brown, Inc. for the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport 9/27 expansion, Boone County, Kentucky.

 

1996    Principal Investigator:  Historical documentation and mitigation of archaeological resources at Be-497.  The Aylor House is a circa 1850s hall and parlor log structure.  Work conducted through Landrum and Brown, Inc. for the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport 9/27 expansion, Boone County, Kentucky.  On-going.

 

1996    Principal Investigator:  Architectural survey and archaeological resources Phase I/II studies for the Charlotte/Douglas International Airport located in Charlotte, North Carolina.  Work conducted through Landrum and Brown, Inc. for the FAA and Charlotte International Airport.

 

 

1995    Principal Investigator:  Phase II Testing 33Wn339-341 and 33Wn343 Village of Waterford, Washington County, Ohio.  Conducted for the Washington County Engineers Office and the Ohio Department of Transportation.

 

1995    Principal Investigator:  Section 106 coordination for the replacement of the Putnam Street Bridge in Marietta, Ohio.  Work conducted through Washington County Engineers and ODOT.  This complex project involved two National Register Historic Districts and 4(f) impacts.  On-going.

 

 

1995    Principal Investigator:  Revision of Phase II archaeological investigations for the National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, Maryland.  Two sites potentially impacted by construction on a new warehouse.  On-going.

 

1995    Principal Investigator:  Cultural Resources Management Plan for the National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, Maryland.  Conducted for the Federal Emergency Management Administration.

 

1995    Principal Investigator:  Phase I cultural resources report for Left Fork No. 1 Prospecting survey.  Conducted for Battle Ridge Companies, Inc., Belle, West Virginia.  Access roads, core hole locations, and prospect opening locations were surveyed.

 

1995    Principal Investigator:  Phase I cultural resources report for the Campbell Station Road Extension, Farragut, Knox County, Tennessee.  Work conducted for City Engineers Office, Farragut, Tennessee.

 

1995    Principal Investigator:  Phase I cultural resources report for Lick Knob Prospecting survey.  Conducted for Battle Ridge Companies, Inc., Belle, West Virginia.  Access roads, core hole locations, and prospect opening locations were surveyed.

 

1995    Principal Investigator:  Phase I cultural resources report for Skitter Creek III Prospecting survey.  Conducted for Battle Ridge Companies, Inc., Belle, West Virginia.  Access roads, core hole locations, and prospect opening locations were surveyed.

 

1995    Principal Investigator:  Phase I cultural resources survey for the P&G 1995 projects.  Work conducted for CNG Transmission Corporation, Clarksburg, West Virginia.

 

1995    Principal Investigator:  Phase I cultural resources survey for Four Mile Creek Prospecting Survey located in Kanawha County, West Virginia. Work conducted for Battle Ridge Companies, Inc., Belle, West Virginia.

 

1995    Principal Investigator:  Phase I cultural resources survey for the Kingston Haul Road located in Fayette and Raleigh Counties, West Virginia. Work conducted for Battle Ridge Companies, Inc., Belle, West Virginia.

 

1995    Principal Investigator:  Phase I underwater cultural resources survey (side scan sonar and marine magnetometer) for one proposed project area located off shore of the Little Creek Wildlife Area on the west side of Delaware Bay.  Conducted in conjunction with Marine Search & Survey of Wilmington, Delaware.  Conducted for the Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife.

 

1995    Principal Investigator:  Architectural survey for a new bridge located over the Great Miami River in New Baltimore, Ohio.  Work conducted for Lockwood, Jones, and Beals, Inc. in Dayton, Ohio.

 

1994    Principal Investigator:  Phase I survey of M-2307 line 10 in Harrison County, West Virginia.  Work conducted for CNG Transmission Corporation, Clarksburg, West Virginia.

 

 

 

 

1994    Principal Investigator:  Phase I survey of TL-342 natural gas transmission line located in Greene County, Pennsylvania.  Work conducted for CNG Transmission Corporation, Clarksburg, West Virginia.

 

1994    Principal Investigator:  Phase I survey of L-257-S gas transmission line located in Potter County, Pennsylvania.  Work conducted for CNG Transmission Corporation, Clarksburg, West Virginia.

 

1994    Principal Investigator:  Archaeological sensitivity survey for Skitter II located in Fayette, Raleigh, and Kanawha Counties, West Virginia.  Work was conducted for Battle Ridge Companies, Inc., Belle, West Virginia.

 

1994    Principal Investigator:  Phase I survey for Skitter Creek II Prospecting Survey located in Fayette, Raleigh, and Kanawha Counties, West Virginia.  Work conducted for Battle Ridge Companies, Inc., Belle, West Virginia.

 

1994    Principal Investigator:  Phase I survey for TL-263 gas transmission pipeline located in Boone and Kanawha Counties, West Virginia.  Work conducted for CNG Transmission Corporation, Clarksburg, West Virginia.

 

1994    Principal Investigator:  Phase I archaeological survey for the expansion of 18R at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.  Work conducted for Landrum and Brown, the FAA and CVG.

 

1994    Principal Investigator:  Architectural survey and eligibility determinations on 155 structures potentially noise impacted by the expansion of 18R at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.  Work conducted for Landrum and Brown, the FAA and CVG.

 

1994    Principal Investigator:  Phase I survey for the P&G pipeline relocation in McDowell, Harrison, Gilmore, Wetzel Counties, West Virginia.  Work conducted for CNG Transmission Corporation, Clarksburg, West Virginia.

 

1994    Principal Investigator:  Phase I underwater survey of 13 locations in Delaware Bay and the Delaware Atlantic.  Side scan sonar, marine magnetometer, Loran C, plotter.  Work conducted in conjunction with Marine Search & Survey for the Delaware Department of Fish and Wildlife.

 

1993    Principal Investigator:  Phase I at the Rossburg Launcher/Receiver site located in Rossburg, New York. Work conducted for CNG Transmission Corporation Clarksburg, West Virginia.

 

 

 

1993    Principal Investigator:  Phase II eligibility testing at the Rossburg Launcher/Receiver site located in Rossburg, New York.  Work conducted for CNG Transmission Corporation Clarksburg, West Virginia.

 

1993    Principal Investigator:  Phase I for TL-263 in Boone and Wyoming Counties, West Virginia.  Work conducted for CNG Transmission Corporation.

 

 

1993    Principal Investigator:  Phase I for S-23 located in Lewis County, West Virginia.  Work conducted for CNG Transmission Corporation.

 

1993:   Principal Investigator:  Phase II archaeological survey of Fourmile Creek Watershed approximately 180 acres in Preble County, Ohio.  Work conducted for the Soil Conservation Service in Columbus, Ohio.

 

1992    Principal Investigator:  Phase I-II archaeological survey of the Big Hollow Dam.  Work conducted for the Soil Conservation Service in Columbus, Ohio.

 

 

1992    Principal Investigator:  Phase I archaeological survey of the Lightburn Compressor Station located in Lewis County, West Virginia.  Work conducted for CNG Transmission Corporation.

 

1992    Principal Investigator:  Phase I archaeological survey of the TL-469, Extension I gas transmission line, Butler County, Pennsylvania.  Work conducted for CNG Transmission Corporation.

 

1992    Principal Investigator:  Phase I-II underwater archaeological studies conducted in Lake Erie, Ohio.  Work conducted for the Army Corp of Engineers, Buffalo District.

 

1992    Principal Investigator:  Phase II Eligibility Testing of Six Sites in Beaver, Butler, Cameron, and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania, for a proposed gas pipeline corridor. 

 

1991    Principal Investigator: Combined Phase I and II Archaeological Survey and Eligibility Testing for site 31BW559, Brunswick County, North Carolina. 

 

1991    Principal Investigator:  Eligibility testing at sites 36Cm46, 36Cm51, and 36Cm52, Cameron County, Pennsylvania, for a proposed gas pipeline corridor. 

 

1991    Principal Investigator:  Eligibility testing at sites 36Cn199 and 36Cn165 Clinton County Pennsylvania, for a proposed gas pipeline corridor. 

 

1991    Principal Investigator:  Archaeological investigations for road construction at Jessup Road Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.  City of Cincinnati.

 

1991    Principal Investigator: Eligibility testing at site 33Wa503, a nineteenth century blacksmith shop, and deep testing on the Little Miami River for a bridge replacement project, Warren County, Ohio.  Warren County Engineers Office and Corps of Engineers.

 

1991    Principal Investigator:  Phase I and Phase II Testing in Hamilton County, Ohio, for Metropolitan Sewer District. 

 

1991    Principal Investigator:  Phase IV Mitigation of site in Hamilton County, Ohio, for Metropolitan Sewer District. 

 

1991    Principal Investigator:  Archaeological Site Monitoring Program for the Honey Creek Archaeological District in Rockport Indiana. 

 

 

HDR Engineering, 1991

 

1. Historical Archaeologist:  Duties included historical background research, field direction, lab analysis, and report writing.  Conducted study of Ybor City, Florida.

 

Thunderbird Archaeological Associates, 1990

 

1990    Staff Archaeologist:  Duties included background research, field supervisor, map preparation, and reporting.  Involved in Phase I, II, and III excavations in Virginia and West Virginia.

 

1990    Staff Archaeologist/Field Director:  A Cultural Resources Assessment of Warm Springs Run, Berkeley Springs, West Virginia.  Work conducted for the Soil Conservation Service.  Included an historic structure inventory and Phase I archaeological survey.  Co-Authored report with Joan Walker and Sue Anderson.

 

Archaeological Consultants, Inc., 1990

 

1990    Historic Structures Documenter:  Historic structures surveyor for Florida Department of Transportation.  Conducted survey of structures greater than 50 years of age in several cities including Parish and Bradenton, Florida that were to be impacted by ROW widening.

 

Formerly Piper Archaeological Research, Inc, (JANUS Research, Inc.) 1989-1990

 

1990    Research Assistant:  Piper Archaeological Research, Inc. (now Janus Research).  Responsibilities included researching many of the existing Historic Preservation Ordinances in the State of Florida and making recommendations to the City of St. Petersburg, Florida regarding their development of a similar ordinance.

 

1990    Field Archaeologist:  Phase I archaeological survey for Jeff Cloar, Developer in Ormond Beach, Florida.

 

1990    Field Archaeologist:  Phase I archaeological survey for Heathrow Development Project in Heathrow, Florida.

 

1989    Field Archaeologist:  Phase I archaeological survey in cooperation with the Department of Transportation, Jacksonville, Florida.

 

1989    Field Archaeologist:  Phase I archaeological survey in cooperation with the Oak Hill Development Project in Kissimmee, Florida.

 

1989    Field Archaeologist:  Phase I archaeological survey for the Magnetic Levitation Development Project in Orlando, Florida.  The Disney Corporation.

 

1989    Field Archaeologist:  Phase I archaeological survey for Davis and Associates, Inc.  Lake Hart Development Project in Kissimmee, Florida.

 

 

 

 

Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council, 1989

 

1. Project Co-Director:  The Tampa Bay Region Coastal Archaeological Project.  Conducted for the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council for the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation, Office of Coastal Management using funds from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.  The project focused on the location and assessment of previously recorded archaeological sites located in Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, and Manatee Counties.  Data was collected to assist in the quantification of impacts of development on archaeological sites.  All data was entered into the regional Geographic Information System (GIS) data files.  Of the 1,275 sites in the region, 704 were visited.  Of these 306 were determined to have been destroyed, 82 had undergone major disturbance, 139 had undergone moderate disturbance, and 177 had experienced only minor disturbance.  Department of Environmental Regulation document, The Tampa Bay Coastal Archaeological Survey Project, was co-authored with Ms. Lee Hutchinson-Neff.

 

University of South Florida, 1988

 

1998    Staff Archaeologist:  Phase I and II archaeological studies for the Pasco County Division of Parks and Recreations.  Conducted field work, analysis, and report preparation.

 

1988    Field Archaeologist:  Phase I archaeological survey in Tampa, Florida through New South Associates.  In cooperation with the Army Corp of Engineers, Florida.

 

 

1988    Graduate Research Assistant:  Responsible for analysis of Archaic period human skeletal remains from the Yellow Houseboat site.  Also conducted human skeletal forensic analysis on modern individuals.  Supervised Social Sciences Computer Laboratory.

 

College of William and Mary, 1988

 

1988    Field Archaeologist:  Phase III excavations, artifact analysis, and mapping for various historic sites located on the island of St. Eustatius, West Indies.  Solely responsible for complete mapping of 97 headstones, crypts, and tombs on the property of the Dutch Reformed Church. Generated report titled "Map and Description of the Dutch Reformed Church, St. Eustatius."

 

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

Orion Charter Academy, Cincinnati, Ohio

Middle School Intervention Specialist at inner-city, Title I school.  Leadership roles include School Committee for Response to Intervention and Committee for Direct Instruction. In addition to regular specialist duties one hour a day is spent teaching Corrective Reading to 22 students grades 4-8 with IEPs and one hour is spent implementing Auto-Skills program for middle school students with IEPs.

 

Milford Exempted Village School District, Milford, Ohio

Intervention Specialist at suburban school. Experience in resource room teaching, co-teaching, and collaborative teaching.  Knowledgeable about RTI, data collection, data interpretation, lesson design with attention to multiple intelligences and a variety of disabilities.  Excellent relationships with students, parents, and colleagues.  Thorough understanding of the writing and implementation of ETRs, IEPs, and progress monitoring plans.  Adept at using Progress Book, Microsoft Office Word and Excel.  Demonstrated leadership with the daily production of student closed circuit news program.

 

 

COMMUNITY SERVICE EXPERIENCE

 

1. Fire Fighter/Paramedic.  K-9 Search and Rescue Handler for Grand Paws Search Dog Association.  K-9s: Elwood and Burley.

    

   2007-2009       Dog Trainer.  Circle Tail Community Trainer for Service K-9’s.  K-9s: Multiple.

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

   References provided upon request