Mentorship, Professionalism, and the MSU Campus Archaeology Program

Summary

In 2008, Lynne Goldstein founded the Michigan State University Campus Archaeology Program. I had the opportunity to serve as the first Campus Archaeologist, a position that I thought would give me much needed experience in conducting and leading archaeological excavations. In addition to this, I ended up learning more about becoming a complete professional and public archaeologist, the intangible skills that are so difficult to teach, but that Dr. Goldstein has bestowed upon many of her students and staff through this program. This paper will talk about the importance of the Campus Archaeology Program, the early years of its development, and how Dr. Goldstein's mentorship allowed me to learn about the elements of being a professional archaeologist that are so often ignored, go untaught, or viewed as being in the way of pure academic scholarship.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 83rd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (2018)

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Abstract Id(s): 20844