KATHRYN ANN SORENSEN Email: Kathryn.Sorensen@ashford.edu EDUCATION PhD., Anthropology, 2010. M.A., Anthropology, 2002. B.S., Anthropology, Cum Laude, 2000. RESEARCH INTERESTS Settlement patterns and landscape archaeology; Prehistoric agriculture; Geographic Information Systems applications in Archaeology; Online education. MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: Society for American Archaeology American Anthropological Association TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2012-present Assistant Professor Ashford University, San Diego, California 2011-2012 Associate Faculty Ashford University, San Diego, California 2005-2012 Adjunct Professor Mt. San Jacinto College, Menifee, California 2003-2009 Adjunct Professor Crafton Hills College, Yucaipa, California 2004-2007 Mentor Teaching Assistant 2003 Associate Professor COURSES TAUGHT Introduction to Archaeology Introduction to Physical Anthropology Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Magic, Witchcraft and Religion World Prehistory Archaeological Survey Native North Americans Language, Culture & Communication Anthropological Theory Applied Anthropology Family, Kin & Groups Anthropology of Religion, Magic and Ritual Anthropology of Gender Anthropological Research Methods Ethnographic Study Capstone
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE 2004 Research Assistant Prepared site maps for Dr. Wendy Ashmore for book publication, using ArcView Geographic Information Systems Software 2002-2003 Research Assistant Prepared site maps for Dr. Wendy Ashmore for book publication using ArcView Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Software. 1999-2000 GIS Analyst Statistical Research, Inc., Redlands, CA (cultural resource management) Prepared site maps for technical reports using ArcView Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software. 2002 Teacher s Assistant Cultural Anthropology, for Dr. CarlosVélez-Ibáñez 2002 Teacher s Assistant World Prehistory, for Dr. Wendy Ashmore 2001 Teacher s Assistant Introduction to Archaeology, for Dr. Scott Fedick 1994-1996 Tutor Crafton Hills College, Yucaipa, CA Tutored students in a variety of subjects including geology, geography, physics and astronomy. LANGUAGES Intermediate Spanish - Reading, Writing and Conversational OTHER QUALIFICATIONS President of the Graduate Association of Student Anthropologists,, 2002-2003. Academic Affairs Officer for the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Graduate Student Association, 2002-2003. Organizer for the 22 nd Annual James Young Colloquium entitled The Local and the Global. March 2001. Completed Basic and Intermediate ArcView GIS Software Training as well as Landscape Archaeology GIS classes at University of California Extensions. ACADEMIC AND OTHER HONORS 2002 Graduate Student Distinguished Service Award,. 1997 C.H.A.N.G.E.S. Scholarship for Outstanding Student, Crafton Hills College, Yucaipa, California. 1997 Alpha Gamma Sigma Scholarship for Scholastic Ability, Crafton Hills College, Yucaipa, California.
1996 Alpha Gamma Sigma Honor Society, Crafton Hills College, Yucaipa, California. 1996 Los Angeles County Geographical Society Scholarship, Pasadena, California 1995 Outstanding Physical Science Student of the Year, Crafton Hills College, Yucaipa, California. 1995 Alpha Gamma Sigma Honor Society, Crafton Hills College, Yucaipa, California. PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS Has anyone heard from Scott Fedick? Jennifer Mathews and Kathryn Sorensen. Paper presented at the Society for American Archaeology Conference, San Franscisco, California, April 2015. The utility of low impact archaeology at the ancient Maya site of T isil on the spatial anlaysis of patio groups. Kathryn Sorensen, Jennifer P. Mathews and Kurt Heidelberg. Paper presented at the South Central Mesoamerican Conference, Houston, Texas, November 2, 2013. Cenotes as conceptual boundary markers at the ancient Maya site of T isil, Quintana Roo, México, pp.5-22. Scott L. Fedick, Jennifer P. Mathews, and Kathryn A. Sorensen. Mexicon, Volume XXXIV, No. 5, October, 2012. Online Learning: A student/professor perspective. Kathryn Sorensen and Joann O Neill. Paper presented at the 2012 California Community College Anthropology Teachers Conference, Paso Robles, California, January 17, 2012. Los Cenotes Como Macadores Naturales y Artificales de los Limites des Sitio de T'isil, In El Proyecto Regional Yalahau de Ecología Humana: Investigaciones de Campo del 2007 y el Informe Final del Mapeo en el Antiguo Sitio Maya de T'isil, Quintana Roo, México, pp. 7-320. Scott L. Fedick and Kathryn Sorensen. Technical report prepared for the Consejo de Arqueología del Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, México, D.F., 2009. El Mapa Digital de T'isil. In El Proyecto Regional Yalahau de Ecología Humana: Investigaciones de Campo del 2007 y el Informe Final del Mapeo en el Antiguo Sitio Maya de T'isil, Quintana Roo, México, pp. 345-364. Kathryn Sorensen and Scott L. Fedick. Technical report prepared for the Consejo de Arqueología del Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, México, D.F., 2009. Informe de al Temoporada del 2007 y el Resumen del Mapeo del Antiguo Sitio Maya de T'isil. In El Proyecto Regional Yalahau de Ecología Humana: Investigaciones de Campo del 2007 y el Informe Final del Mapeo en el Antiguo Sitio Maya de T'isil, Quintana Roo, México, pp. 321-332. Scott L. Fedick and Kathryn Sorensen. Technical report prepared for the Consejo de Arqueología del Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, México, D.F., 2009. The Possible Conceptual Basis for Settlement Boundary Definition at the Ancient Maya Site of T isil, Kathryn Sorensen and Scott L. Fedick. Paper presented at the 72 nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, British Columbia. March 2008. Cosmological Basis of Community Boundary at the Ancient Maya Site of T'isil, Quintana Roo. Scott L. Fedick and Kathryn Sorensen. Paper presented at the Mesoamerican Network Meeting, University of California, Riverside. November 2007. Regional and Community Investigations in the Yalahau Region, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Scott L. Fedick, Jennifer P. Mathews, Jeffrey B. Glover, and Kathryn Sorensen. Paper presented at the 71 st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Juan, Puerto Rico. April, 2006. La Densidad de Estructuras y Una Estimación Inicial de la Población del Sitio Maya Antiguo de T'isil. In El Proyecto Regional Yalahau de Ecología Humana:Informe Técnico de las Investigaciones Arqueológicas
2005, Quintana Roo, México. Scott L. Fedick and Kathryn Sorensen. Report prepared for the Consejo de Arqueología del Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, México, D.F., 2006. El Mapeo del Sitio Antiguo de T'isil, 2005. In El Proyecto Regional Yalahau de Ecología Humana:Informe Técnico de las Investigaciones Arqueológicas 2005, Quintana Roo, México. Scott L. Fedick and Kathryn Sorensen, pp. 9-83. Report prepared for the Consejo de Arqueología del Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, México, D.F., 2006. From the Region to the test pit: Integrating multi-scalar data in a GIS environment. Jeffrey B. Glover, Kathryn Sorensen, and Scott L. Fedick. Paper presented at the 70 th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Salt Lake City, UT, April 2005. Hacia la formacíon de un Nuevo mapa arqueológico del area Maya: técnicas y resultados en los reconocimientos y registro. Jeffrey Glover, Kathryn Sorensen, and Scott L. Fedick. In the proceedings of the XVII Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueologicas en Guatemala, pp. 17-23. Museo Nacional de Arqueologia y Etnologia, Guatemala City, Guatemala, 2004. Applied Archaeology: Contributions to Rural Agricultural Development. Kathryn Sorensen. Paper presented at the 24 th Annual James C. Young Colloquium,, February, 2004. Mapas de Sección en T'isil. In El Proyecto Regional Yalahau de Ecología Humana: Informe Técnico de las Investigaciones Arqueológicas 2002-2003, Quintana Roo, México. Kathryn Sorensen and Scott L. Fedick, pp. 180-225. Report prepared for the Consejo de Arqueología del Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, México, D.F., 2004. The Cenote Project: A GIS Oriented Approach to an Interdisciplinary Project. Paper presented at the Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology Conference, Prato, Italy, 2004. A Volumetric Assessment of Ancient Maya Architecture: A GIS Approach to Settlement Patterns, April 2003. Kathryn Sorensen, Jeffrey B. Glover, Scott L. Fedick. CAA 2003. Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology. Proceedings of the 31 st Conference, Vienna, Austria, edited by Magistrat der Stadt Wien Referat Kulturelles Erbe Stadttarchaologie Wien, 308-311. BAR International Series 1227, Oxford, UK. Varying Scales of GIS Applications for the Yalahau Regional Human Ecology Project, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Jeffrey B Glover, Kathryn Sorensen, Kurt Heidelberg, Scott L. Fedick, Jorge Sifuentes. Poster presented at Computer Applications in Archaeology Conference, The Digital Heritage of Archaeology. Crete, Greece, April 2002. Mao Zedong and the Role of the Intellectual in Chinese Revolution, March 2002. Kathryn Sorensen. Paper presented at the 22 nd Annual James Young Colloquium, The Local and the Global. Riverside, California. The Yalahau Regional Human Ecology Project: Using GIS as a Project Management Tool at a Late Preclassic Maya Site, April 2001. Kathryn Sorensen, Jeffrey Glover and Kurt Heidelberg. Poster Presented at the Computer Applications in Archaeology Conference, Archaeological Informatics - Pushing the Envelope Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology. Gotland University College, Visby, Gotland, Sweden. Building a GIS: Investigations at the Maya Site of T isil, April 2001. Kathryn Sorensen, Jeffrey Glover and Kurt Heidelberg. Paper presented at the 66th Society for American Archaeology Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana.
GIS Applications at the Ancient Maya Site of T isil, January, 2001. Kathryn Sorensen, Jeffrey Glover and Kurt Heidelberg. Poster presented at 21st Symposium in Plant Biology, Lowland Maya Area: Three Millennia at the Human-Wildland Interface.. El uso de sistemas de información geográficas en un sitio maya, March 2001. Kathryn Sorensen, Jeffrey Glover and Kurt Heidelberg. Paper presented at the Congreso Internacional de Cultura Maya, Mérida, Yucatan, México. ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELDWORK Yalahau Human Regional Ecology Project, Yalahau, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Director Dr. Scott L. Fedick. 2007 Field Director, Yalahau Regional Human Ecology Project, Quintana Roo, Mexico Responsibilities included organization and management of all aspects of an archaeological field school, including supervision and direction of field work, conducting seminars, teaching survey methods, and overall project maintenance, as well as managing the data collection and map compilation using Geographic Information Systems software. 2005 Field Director, Yalahau Regional Human Ecology Project, Quintana Roo, Mexico Responsibilities included organization and management of all aspects of an archaeological field school, including supervision and direction of field work, conducting seminars, teaching survey methods, and overall project maintenance, as well as managing the data collection and map compilation using Geographic Information Systems software. 2004 Director of Survey and Mapping and GIS Manager, Yalahau Regional Human Ecology Project, Quintana Roo, Mexico Activities included organization and supervision of field crew for survey and mapping, as well as data collection and preparation of maps using Geographic Information Systems software. 2002 Director of Field Excavations and GIS Manager Activities included organization and supervision of field crew excavations and surveying, as well as data collection and preparation of maps using Geographic Information Systems software. 2001 GIS Manager, Yalahau Regional Human Ecology Project, Quintana Roo, Mexico Activities included surveying, data collection, data entry, organization of forms, and preparation of maps using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software. 2000 Crew Chief, GIS Manager, Yalahau Regional Human Ecology Project, Mexico Activities included surveying, excavation, data collection, data entry, organization of forms, and preparation of maps using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software. 1999 Field School Participant, GIS Manager, Yalahau Regional Human Ecology Project, Quintana Roo, Mexico RESEARCH GRANTS 2015 Ashford UFP Research Grant: $10,000 2005 UCMEXUS Research Grant: $12,000.