Resource Management
Graduate Students
2022
Porter Burns
Degree: BA Geography, Texas Christian University, 2021
Research interests: airline fleet inventory, route networks
Hobbies: watching sports and movies, plane spotting photography
Advisor: Dr. John Bowen
Victoria Capell
BS Anthropology and BA Religious Studies, Central Washington University, 2021
Research interests: zooarchaeology, identification protocols, paleoanthropology
Hobbies: reading, crocheting, painting, organizing, bullet journaling
Advisor: Dr. Patrick Lubinski
Ryan Espedal
Degree: BS Economics, Central Washington University, 2021
Research interests: spatiotemporal Statistics
Hobbies: exercising, golf, film
Advisor: Dr. Toni Sipic
Grace McKenney
Degree: BS Environmental Science, University of Washington-Tacoma, 2019
Research interests: paleoecology, fire history records of the Olympic Peninsula
Hobbies: hiking, painting, photography, Dungeons & Dragons
Advisor: Dr. Megan Walsh
Isaac Mitchell
Degree: BS Environmental Studies-Geology, Central Washington University, 2020
Research interests: effects of human recreation on dry land ecosystems, drone remote sensing
Hobbies: photography, PC gaming, hiking, Dungeons & Dragons, audio books
Advisor: Dr. Karl Lillquist
Landon Shaffer
Degree: BA Biology, Pacific Lutheran University, 2013
Research interests: ecological impact of invasive species on riparian areas in Kittitas County
Hobbies: ultimate frisbee, golf, vermicomposting, gardening, and baking
Advisor: Dr. Clay Arango
Nik Simurdak
Degree: BS Anthropology, Central Washington University, 2021
Research interests: queer theory in archaeology
Hobbies: fibre arts, casual gaming, escape board games
Advisor: Dr. Patrick McCutcheon
Tiernan VanSuetendael
Degree: BA Anthropology and BA Theater, University of Florida, 2021
Research interests: experimental archaeology, cultural anthropology and ethnography, LGBTQ+ studies
Hobbies: indoor plants/gardening; music (lever harp), pottery/ceramics
Advisor: Dr. Hope Amason and Dr. Patrick McCutcheon
CWU News
CWU selects new executive director of Institutional Effectiveness
September 21, 2023
by University Relations
State of the University address scheduled for September 29
September 20, 2023
by University Relations