EDUCATION
Ph.D.  2010 (expected June 2012) University of California, Santa Barbara    Anthropology
M.A.   2007 University of California, Santa Barbara    Anthropology
B.A.   1997 Seton Hall University, South Orange        Communications

PRIMARY RESEARCH INTERESTS
Pacific Rim Archaeology                        Human Migration and Mobility
Environmental Archaeology                   Peopling of the Americas
California Archaeology                          Paleogeography
Archaeology of Maritime Societies          Cultural Ecology
Zooarchaeology                                    Human Behavioral Ecology
Submerged Prehistoric Archaeology       Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

AWARDS, HONORS, AND FELLOWSHIPS
2011   Albert Spaulding/Elman Service Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara
2010   Fletcher Jones Fellowship - UC President's Dissertation Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara
2010   Albert Spaulding/Elman Service Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara
2006, 2007, & 2010   Graduate Fee Fellowships, University of California, Santa Barbara

GRANTS
2011   Academic Senate Travel Grant, University of California ($1,030)
2011   Peter F. Paige Memorial Fund Grant ($500)
2009   National Science Foundation (NSF) Dissertation Improvement Grant ($14,680)
2009   National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association Ocean Exploration Program ($100,000)
2009   American Philosophical Society Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Research ($1,000)
2009   Humanities and Social Science Research Grant Program ($1,756)
2008   National Geographic Society/Waitt Institute for Discovery Grant ($11,143)
2008   Peter F. Paige Memorial Fund Grant ($2,264)
2007   Mildred E. Mathias Grant ($2,500)
2007   Peter F. Paige Memorial Fund Grant ($2,250)
2007   University of California, Santa Barbara - Pre-Dissertation Research Grant ($1,700)

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Gusick, A.E.
In Review     Early Maritime Hunter-Gatherer Occupation, Santa Cruz Island. In, Small Islands, Big Implications: The California Channel Islands and their                    Archaeological Contribution, edited by J. Perry and C. Jazwa. University of Utah Press.

Faught, M.K. and A.E. Gusick
2011    Submerged Prehistory in the Americas. In, Submerged Prehistory: the Underwater Archaeology of Ancient Sites and Landscapes, edited by J.                Benjamin, C. Bonsall, and C. Pickard, pp. 145-157. Oxbow Books, Oxford.

Gusick, A.E. and M.K. Faught
2011   Prehistoric Underwater Archaeology: A Nascent Subdiscipline Critical to Understanding Early Coastal Occupations and Migration Routes. In,           Trekking the Shore: Changing Coastlines and the Antiquity of Coastal Settlement, edited by N. Bicho, J. Haws, L.G. Davis, pp. 27-50. Springer,           New York.

Gusick, A.E.
2010    Baja California in Context. Journal of California and Great Basin Archaeology. 30(1):1-4.

EDITORIAL SERVICE
Gusick, A.E. (Guest Editor)
2010    Journal of California and Great Basin Archaeology: Special Baja California Issue. 30 (1).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2012-    TEACHING ASSOCIATE: Anthropology Department, University of California, Santa Barbara
2011     Courses: Introduction to Archaeology, Seacoast in Prehistory

2012    TEACHING ASSISTANT: Anthropology Department, University of California, Santa Barbara
           Course: Field Methods in Archaeology

2011    SUPERVISOR: University of California, Santa Barbara Field School
           Living with War Archaeological Field School - Eveland & CW Cooper Sites, Illinois

2011-   INSTRUCTOR: California Archaeology Lab, University of California, Santa Barbara
2009    Taught: Faunal analysis, lithic analysis

2010-   INSTRUCTOR: Central Coast Information Center, University of California, Santa Barbara
2007    Taught: GIS, Section 106, archaeological site and survey database management

2006   TEACHING ASSISTANT: Anthropology Department, University of California, Santa Barbara
          Course: Cultural Anthropology

2006   TEACHING ASSISTANT: Film and Media Studies Department, University of California, Santa Barbara
          Course: Introduction to Film

REPORTS
Gusick, A.E.
2011   Mal de Mer No Mas: Searching for Early Underwater Sites in the Sea of Cortez. Final report submitted to National Oceanic and Atmospheric           Association.

2010   Exploring Mexico's Submerged Landscapes: Semi-Annual Report. Report submitted to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association.

2010   Early Maritime Hunter-Gatherers, Santa Cruz Island: Evaluative Excavations at CA-SCRI-691. Report submitted to the National Park Service,           Channel Islands Division.

2009   Grants W2-08 & W14-08: Research Report, Mal de Mer no Mas: Searching for Early Underwater Sites in the Sea of Cortez. Report submitted to           National Geographic Society and the Waitt Institute for Discovery.

2009   Behavioral Adaptations and Mobility of Early Holocene Hunter-Gatherers, Santa Cruz Island. Report submitted to American Philosophical Society.

2008   Early Maritime Hunter-Gatherer Occupation and the Initial Human Migration into the New World, Santa Cruz Island, California. Report Submitted to           the Mildred E. Mathias Foundation.

2008   Informe de Avance para Aprobación nº 909: PROSPECCIÓN Y MUESTREO DE PAISAJES SUMERGIDOS EN BAHIA LA BALLENA, ISLA ESPÍRITU           SANTO, B.C.S. Report on file with Consejo de Arqueología, Mexico City. Permit number 909.

PROFESSIONAL SYMPOSIA ORGANIZED OR CHAIRED
2012   Site-Specific Perspectives on the Trans-Holocene Record in California. Society for American Archaeology 77th Annual Meeting - organizer and           chair.

2011   Dynamics. 1st Annual Graduate Symposium, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara - co-organizer and co-chair.

2009   The Emerging Archaeology of Baja California: Challenging Paradigms of Isolation and Marginality. Society for American Archaeology 74th Annual           Meeting (with Loren Davis and Matthew des Lauriers).

2008   New Directions in California Archaeology. Society for American Archaeology 73rd Annual Meeting (with Elizabeth Sutton).

INVITED LECTURES AND RECENT PAPERS PRESENTED
Gusick, A.E., M.A. Glassow, and P. Paige
2012   Let Them Eat Fish!: Fishing Intensification During the Middle and Late Periods on Santa Cruz Island. Paper will be presented at the 46th Annual           Society for California Archaeology Meeting, San Diego.

Gusick, A.E.
2012   A 10,000-year-old Site on Santa Cruz Island. Paper will be presented at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Saint
          Louis.

Gusick, A.E.
2012   The Seacoast in Prehistory: Archaeological Paradigms and Aversions to Seascapes. Paper will be presented at the 5th annual conference of the           Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG), Buffalo.

Gusick, A.E., K. Hoppa, G.W. Wilson and A.M. VanDerwarker
2011   The Form and Function of Early Mississippian Earth Ovens in the Central Illinois River Valley. Paper presented at the 68th Southeastern           Archaeological Conference, Jacksonville.

Gusick, A.E. and M. K. Faught
2011   The State of Underwater Archaeology for CRMs and Industry in Northern America: A View from the Pacific Coast. Paper presented at IKUWA 4,           Zadar, Croatia.

2011   Behavioral Adaptations and Mobility of Early Holocene Hunter-Gatherers, Santa Cruz Island, California. Part of dissertation presented at the           76th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Sacramento.

2010   Exploring Mexico's Submerged Coast. Invited speaking event, Fourth Annual Explorers Symposium at National Geographic Society, Washington DC           (06/10/2010).

Gusick, A.E
2010   Punta Arena: The Early Years. Paper presented at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, St. Louis.

Gusick, A.E. and L.G. Davis
2010   Mal de Mer no Mas: Discovery of an Underwater Site in the Sea of Cortez. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Underwater           and Historic Archaeology, Amelia Island.

Gusick, A.E. and L.G. Davis
2009   Mal de Mer no Mas: Discovery of an Underwater Site in the Sea of Cortez. Paper presented at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Society for American           Archaeology, Atlanta.

Gusick, A.E.
2008   Early Maritime Hunter-Gatherer Occupation, Santa Cruz Island, California. Paper presented at Southern Data Sharing Meeting, Society for           California Archaeology, Camarillo.

Gusick, A.E.
2008   Prehistoric Fishing Practices on Santa Cruz Island. Paper presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology,           Vancouver, British Columbia.

Voorhies, B., A.E. Gusick, T.A. Wake and D.J. Kennett
2007   Subsistence Practices at Puerto Marqués Guerrero, Mexico During the Late Archaic Period. Paper presented at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the           Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Gusick, A.E.
2007   Early Maritime Hunter-Gatherer Occupation and the Initial Human Migration into the New World, Santa Cruz Island, California. Paper presented at           the 4th Annual Mathias Symposium, Bodega Bay.

Gusick, A.E. and L.G. Davis
2007   Mal De Mar No Mas: Searching for Early Underwater Sites in the Sea of Cortez. Paper presented at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Society for           American Archaeology, Austin.

Gusick, A.E., S. Delane and A. Jensen
2004   Correlation Between Beach Ridges and Sea Level Changes, St. Vincent Island. GIS project presented at poster section of Geological Society of           America Southeastern Section Annual Conference, Biloxi.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT AND FIELD EXPERIENCE
2012-   PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Behavioral Adaptations and Mobility of Early Holocene Hunter-Gatherers on Santa Cruz Island, California.
2006    Dissertation project concerned with identifying local ecological variation and adaptive behavior and how these affect mobility, settlement, and            foraging organization.

2012-   PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Mal de Mer no Mas: Exploring Baja California's Submerged Landscapes. Isla Espíritu Santo, Baja California Sur,
2006    Mexico. Researching eustatic sea level rise, ecological changes, and the inundation of late Pleistocene habitation sites using GIS modeling,
           underwater archaeological methods, and remote sensing equipment.

2011    PROJECT ARCHAEOLOGIST: Living with War Archaeological Field School. Supervised excavations at the Early Mississippian sites of CW Cooper
           and Eveland in the Illinois River Valley (Dr. Gregory Wilson and Dr. Amber VanDerwarker, P.I.s).

2009    TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Arlington Springs Canyon Project, Channel Islands National Park, California. Advance understanding of geomorphological
           context off of Arlington Springs Canyon using side scan sonar and ROV survey of submerged landscape (Dr. John Johnson, P.I.).

2008    TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Northern Channel Islands, California. Identification of submerged tool stone resources off of San Miguel Island using side
            scan survey (Dr. Jack Watts, P.I.).

2008    FIELD/TECHNICAL ASSISTANT: The First Snowbirds: The Archaeology of Inundated Late Pleistocene Landscapes in the Northeastern Gulf of
            Mexico. Mapped and explored submerged paleoshorelines in the area of the Florida Middle Grounds utilizing side scan sonar, sub-bottom
            profiling, ROV, and underwater camera (Dr. James Adavasio, P.I.).

CRM EXPERIENCE
2012-   ARCHAEOLOGICAL TECHNICIAN: National Park Service, Channel Islands National Park, California. Conduct archaeological site condition
2009    assessments in compliance with federal regulations for inventory management on the Northern Channel Islands. Use of Trimble unit with ArcPad
           and GIS to record resources in the field and import into CHIS GIS and resource database.

2010-   ASSISSTANT COORDINATOR: Central Coast Information Center, University of California, Santa Barbara. Managed archaeological site and
2007    survey information for Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties and provided archaeological sensitivity and recommendations to governments            and individuals with responsibilities under NEPA, NHPA, and CEQA.

2005-   ARCHAEOLOGICAL AIDE: National Parks Service, Southeast Archaeological Center, Tallahassee, Florida. Zooarchaeological and ceramic
2004    materials analysis and upkeep of NPS resource database system to remain in compliance with federal standards.

LABORATORY EXPERIENCE
2011-   Faunal and Lithic Analyses: California Archaeology Lab, University of California, Santa Barbara. Shell, bone, and chipped stone material from five
2009    early Holocene sites on Santa Cruz Island.

2011   Isotopic Analysis: California Archaeology Lab, University of California, Santa. Prepared samples for Gas Bench analysis.

2007-   Fish Bone Analysis: California Archaeology Lab, University of California, Santa Barbara. Bone from a Middle to Late Period site on Santa Cruz
2006    Island.

2006   Marine Shell Analysis: California Archaeology Lab, University of California, Santa. Shell material from a Late Archaic Period site in Puerto Marqués
          Guerrero, Mexico.

2005-   Ceramic and Faunal Analyses: Southeast Archaeological Center, National Parks Service, Tallahassee, Florida. Material from historic
2004    and prehistoric sites throughout the Southeastern United States.

PUBLIC SERVICE
2012-   Tutor to Special Education students in Science and Social Science at La Colina Junior High School, part of the Partners in Education program.
2001

2011   Careers in Archaeology. Presentation as part of "Jumpstart to Pathways" at Isla Vista Elementary School (03/03/2011).

2011   The Early Holocene on Santa Cruz Island: A Site Visit to CA-SCRI-691. Student visit from the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash to excavation site
         (01/29/2011).

2010   Understanding Early Maritime Hunter-Gatherer Land and Resource Use: First Steps in Developing a Conservation Strategy. Project Presentation,           Santa Ynez Chumash Tribal Elder's Council, Santa Ynez (07/19/2010).

2010   Careers in Archaeology. Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) Lecture, La Colina Junior High School, Santa Barbara (05/28/2010).

2010   Careers in Archaeology. Special Education Lecture, La Colina Junior High School, Santa Barbara (03/19/2010).

2009   The Science of Archaeology. Student Lecture, La Colina Junior High School, Santa Barbara (10/16/2009).

2008   Archaeology and the Scientific Method. Student Lecture, La Colina Junior High School, Santa Barbara (10/03/2008).

2007   From Then to Now: The History of California - The Early Years. Public lecture, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara
         (10/16/2007).

2007   Mal De Mar No Mas: Searching for Early Underwater Sites in the Sea of Cortez. Public lecture, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History,
          Santa Barbara (05/31/2007).

POPULAR MEDIA RECOGNITION
2011   Voice America Internet Radio - Indiana Jones: Myth, Reality, and 21st Century Archaeology Guest on show concerning early peopling of the west
          coast of the New World
          http://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/58312/indiana-jones-myths-realities-and-21st-century-archaeology

2010   National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association
          Feature on my project "Exploring Baja California's Submerged Landscapes"
          http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/10cortez/welcome.html

2010   National Geographic Society
          Feature on my project "Exploring Baja California's Submerged Landscapes"
          http://www.nationalgeographic.com/field/projects/cortez-waitt-project

2010   Earth Magazine (February 2010, pp. 28-33)
          Archaeologists Head Out to Sea: new technologies aid in the offshore search for the first Americans.

ELECTED AND APPOINTED POSTS
2012-   Research Fellow: Pacific Slope Archaeological Laboratory, Oregon State University
2010    http://www.blogs.oregonstate.edu/psal

2012-   Member: Diving Control Board, University of California, Santa Barbara
2009

2007-   Co-Chair: Anthropological Graduate Student Association, University of California, Santa Barbara
2006

2006-   Graduate Student Association Representative: Anthropology Department, University ofCalifornia, Santa Barbara
2005

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2010-   Graduate Research Assistant: Anthropology Department, University of California, Santa Barbara
2006

2005   GIS Technician: Central Coast Information Center, University of California, Santa Barbara

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Society for American Archaeology (SAA)
Society for California Archaeology (SCA)
The Society for Anthropological Sciences (SASci)