Website(s)
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Catholic University Faculty Profile: https://anthropology.catholic.edu/faculty-and-research/faculty-profiles/masur-laura/index.html
Research Project Website: http://stillwespeak.org/ |
| Current CV |
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| Areas of Interest |
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Historical Archaeology, Public and community archaeology, African diaspora, Jesuit missions, Environmental archaeology, Chesapeake and Middle Atlantic |
| Excavation and Fieldwork |
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Geophysical survey and ongoing field research at St. Inigoes (18ST233, 18ST330, 18ST87), Newtown (18ST16), and Bohemia (18CE413) plantations in Maryland
Fall 2022: Survey of Sidney/St. Thomas Hill (51NE031) on Catholic University’s campus |
| Representative Publications |
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Laura E. Masur, “Plantation as Mission: American Indians, Enslaved Africans, and Jesuit Missionaries in Maryland,” Journal of Jesuit Studies 8, no. 3 (2021): 385-407. doi:10.1163/22141332-0803P003
Stephan T. Lenik and Laura E. Masur, “Introduction: The Archaeology of Jesuit Sites in the Americas,” Journal of Jesuit Studies 8, no. 3 (2021): 341-354. doi:10.1163/22141332-0803P001
Laura E. Masur, “A Spiritual Inheritance: Black Catholics in Southern Maryland.” In Engaging Sources: The Tradition and Future of Collecting History in the Society of Jesus (Chestnut Hill: Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies, 2021). doi:10.51238/ISJS.2019.10
Laura E. Masur, “Symbol or Presence? Archaeology and the Materiality of Catholic Devotions,” U.S. Catholic Historian 38, no. 2 (2020): 1-21, doi:10.1353/cht.2020.0009.
Laura E. Masur and Aaron F. Miller, “Tempering Our Expectations: Drinking, Smoking, and the Economy of a Western Massachusetts ‘Farmstead-Tavern,’” Northeast Historical Archaeology 49 (2019), 148-170. |
| What have you been doing since you’ve graduated? |
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I have been working as an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Catholic University in Washington, D.C. |
| How did your experience in the program shape your professional and personal life? |
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My training at BU provided great exposure to archeological methods across the globe. |
| What interactions with members of the Archaeology faculty did you value most during your time in the program? |
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Dr. Catherine West and Dr. Mac Marston were really incredible mentors, and helped me to refine and shape my research. |
