Rebecca
Nelson Jacobs
SUNY Potsdam
2429 Barrington
Drive
Potsdam, NY 13676
Email: nelson49@potsdam.edu
EDUCATION
In Progress Ph.D., University of Connecticut, Storrs
Department of Anthropology
Spring 2007 B.A., SUNY Potsdam, Potsdam, NY
Majors: Anthropology, Archaeology
Minors: Museum Studies, Art History
GPA: 4.0
HONORS AND AWARDS
Spring 2007 Academic Honoree (Valedictorian)
Spring 2007 Faculty Award
Spring 2007 Potsdam Distinguished Scholar
Spring 2007 Archaeological Studies Award
Spring 2007 Lambda Alpha Award
Spring 2007 PACES Award
Spring 2007 Anthropology Department Scholar
Spring 2007 Kappa Pi, Art Honor Society
Spring 2006 Birgit Weaver Award for Museum Studies
Spring 2006 Canfield Scholarship
Spring 2006 Anthropology Department Scholar
Spring 2006 Museum Studies Certificate, Lambda Alpha
Spring 2006 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Spring 2006 Omicron Delta Kappa, Leadership Honor Society
Spring 2005 Canfield Scholarship
Spring 2005 Lambda Alpha, Anthropology Honor Society
Spring 2004 Phi Eta Sigma, Freshman Honor Society
2003- present Adirondack Summit Scholarship
2003- present SUNY Potsdam Honors Program
2003- present President's List
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Summer 2007 Historic Deerfield Summer Fellowship Program
Spring 2007 Internship at Potsdam Public Museum: Curated railroad display
Fall 2006 Curated exhibit “Hmong Journeys: Flower Cloths and Story Cloths” at the Weaver Museum of Anthropology
Fall 2006 Presented “Re-creating a Nasca Cross-Knit-Looped Edging” at the Textile Society of America Biennial Symposium
Summer 2006 Internship at the Asian Cultural History Program, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Spring 2006 Article "Alternate Narratives at the Canadian Museum of Civilization: Incorporating Aborigines into Canada's History” published in Collegiate Anthropologist
Fall 2005 Internship at SUNY Potsdam Charles T. Weaver Museum of Anthropology
Fall 2005 Article “Aesthetics: Universal or Enculturated?” published in Collegiate Anthropologist
Summer 2005 CITI Certification for research in human subjects
Summer 2005 Archaeological Field School at James Madison's estate Montpelier in VA: Learned and applied archaeological methods
Spring 2005 Co-authored “Faunal Analysis at Fort La Presentation,” paper presented at the 45th Annual Northeastern Anthropological Association Meetings, April 2005
Fall 2004 Presidential Scholars Project: “Archaeological Experiment: Re-creation of a Nasca Textile," a funded independent research project
Summer 2004 Research Assistant, SUNY Potsdam Geology Department:
Mounted and examined samples of rock on Scanning Electron Microscope
Co-authored paper entitled “The Role of Biofilm in Enhancing the Quality of Fossil Insect Preservation in a Miocene Formation (Stewart Valley, Nevada)- A Preliminary Study,” submitted to The Compass
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Fall 2007 Teaching Assistant for ANTH 101, Other People's Worlds
Spring 2006 Undergraduate Teaching Assistant for ANTA 362, Historical Archaeology: Developed final project on cemetery analysis
Spring 2005 Peer Tutor at Student Support Services: Worked individually with a student in ANTH 111, Intro to Anthropology
Fall 2004-2006 Instructor, Non-Credit Beginning and Intermediate Knitting Class
Fall 2004-Spring 2007 Trained Peer Tutor at SUNY Potsdam College Writing Center: Attended Tutoring Practicum, assisted students with writing and revising papers
Summer 2004 “Wool Gathering” Workshop Leader at national conference
Fall 2004 Undergraduate Teaching Assistant for ANTA 204, Intro to Archaeology: Graded quizzes, prepared class materials, and assisted students in lab work
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2004-2006 Textile Society of America
2004-2006 Society for American Archaeology
2004-2005 Northeastern Anthropological Association
EXHIBITIONS
2005 "The Peaceable Kingdom" Knitted Tapestry at the Creative Spirit Art Center
2004 County Fair Appliqué Quilt, Viewer's Choice at the Creative Spirit Art Center
2003 County Fair Appliqué Quilt, Viewer's Choice at Borderline Quilters Biennial Quilt Show
2003 Two pieces featured in “Repeat from Here: Knitting in the North Country” at Traditional Arts in Upstate New York
2002 Hand spun, knit doily featured in Akiko Kotani's exhibit "Stitches that Heal" at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
ACTIVITIES
2006 Dr. Millard Harmon Student Leader Conference
2006 History Association Vice President
2006 History Association Treasurer
2005 Founded campus knitting club
2005 Created website about leukemia in ANTP 347: "Humans, Disease, and Death"
2005 Contributing Editor, Collegiate Anthropologist
2005-Present Anthropology Club Member
2005- 2006 Presidential Scholars Steering Committee Student Representative
2004-2005 Bregman Book Discussion Panelist
References Available Upon Request