Professor Catherine West awarded a 3-year NSF Grant
Catherine West, Boston University Department of Archaeology Research Assistant Professor of Archaeology, has been awarded a 3-year National Science Foundation grant entitled “Collaborative Research: Archaeological and Paleoenvironmental Perspectives of Climate Change in the Aleutian Islands.” This project is in collaboration with the University of Alabama and Portland State University and the goal is to address how long-term changes in North Pacific climate have influenced cultural change.
Catherine West co-directed the Alutiiq Museum’s Community Archaeology Project in Kodiak, Alaska this summer, accompanied by Boston University students. Details of their adventure can be found on their blog “Live from the Rock!” (http://blogs.bu.edu/cfwest/). See picture below.
Catherine West was invited to attend the New Generation of Polar Researchers Leadership Symposium in Catalina, California in May 2015, sponsored by the National Science Foundation’s Division of Polar Programs.