Professional Service

• Great Basin Anthropological Association. Program Co-chair. 09/04/2017 - 11/12/2018

Honors & Awards

• Junior Faculty Research Leave Award. College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 03/06/2019

In the Media

• In Search of Prehistoric Potatoes: Native peoples of the American Southwest dined on a little-known spud at least 10,000 years ago. 03/04/2020. https://www.archaeology.org/issues/374-2003/letter...
• How a Potato Is Fueling the Fight to Protect a National Monument. 03/02/2020. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/four-corners...
• On the trail of tiny tubers: Four Corners potato a staple of Native American diets. 01/11/2020. https://durangoherald.com/articles/309899-on-the-t...
• KNAU NPR Earth Notes: Four Corners Potato. 11/27/2019. https://www.knau.org/post/earth-notes-four-corners...
• One of the Oldest Spuds In the World Is Poised For a Comeback in Heated Magazine. 11/2019. https://heated.medium.com/one-of-the-oldest-spuds-...
• Ancient Four Corners Potato in Archaeology Southwest Magazine. 10/2019. https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/product/asw33...
• Scholars of Sustenance in Devour Utah Magazine. 03/2019. http://devourutah.com/index.php/2019/03/15/scholar...
• "The Archaeology of Potatoes: Understanding the transition from wild to domesticate to market" in Potato Grower Magazine. 01/01/2019. https://www.potatogrower.com/2019/01/the-archaeolo...
• Utah Division of Indian Affairs: Roasted grasshoppers, native potatoes: Salt Lake menus tell new, old Native story. 11/20/2018. https://indian.utah.gov/roasted-grasshoppers-nativ...
• John Wesley Powell artifacts travel home to Utah from Illinois State University. 10/24/2018. https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2018/10/john-wesley...
• Salt Lake Tribune: "Ancient potato that has survived in the wilds of southern Utah for nearly 11,000 years makes its dinner debut". 10/07/2018. https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/10/06/ancient-pot...
• Channel 4 News Utah: Artifacts discovered by explorer John Wesley Powell return to Utah. 09/20/2018. https://www.good4utah.com/news/local-news/artifact...
• Deseret News: "Newly found artifacts tell story of a historic Utah figure John Wesley Powell". 09/14/2018. https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900031811/newl...
• Salt Lake Tribune: "The fragile artifacts of John Wesley Powell’s famed expedition to Utah will be on display, but just for one day". 09/14/2018. https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2018/09/14/fragi...
• KSL “Money Making Sense” with Heather Kelly. 12/13/2017. https://www.ksl.com/?nid=1387&showid=2032
• University of Utah Press, "Harvesting North America's Oldest Potato". 11/22/2017. https://www.facebook.com/universityofutah/videos/1...
• KSL Doug Wright Show, "Tasting the Four Corners Potato". 11/22/2017. https://player.fm/series/the-doug-wright-show-1828...
• Fox 13 News, "Utah researchers re-harvest ancient potato" . 11/22/2017. http://fox13now.com/2017/11/22/utah-researchers-re...
• The Cortez Journal, "The Climate Beater" . 11/03/2017. https://the-journal.com/articles/72510-how-a-potat...
• The Atlantic, "The Persistence of North America's Oldest Potato". 10/31/2017. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/1...
• High Country News, "How an ancient potato helped people survive climate shifts". 10/30/2017. http://www.hcn.org/articles/scientific-research-es...
• Utah Daily Chronicle, "Researchers Discover Ancient Potato". 08/07/2017. http://dailyutahchronicle.com/2017/07/25/researche...
• Salt Lake Tribune, "Did potato cultivation begin in Utah's Escalante Valley 11,000 years ago?" . 07/04/2017. http://www.sltrib.com/home/5454302-155/did-potato-...
• KUER NPR Utah, "Petite Potatoes Offer New Insights Into Ancient Life" . 07/04/2017. http://kuer.org/post/utah-researchers-petite-potat...
• KSL News Radio, "Wild potatoes have long history in Utah". 07/04/2017. https://audioboom.com/posts/6074094-wild-potatoes-...
• Deseret News, "Utah home to earliest use of wild potato in North America". 07/04/2017. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865684157/Utah-...
• The Four Corners Potato Project Press Coverage. 07/03/2017. https://storify.com/Lisa_M_Potter/utah-home-to-ear...
• The Four Corners Potato Project Community engagement . 07/03/2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMCIutu4d68&featur...
• The Four Corners Potato Project Exhibits: https://nhmu.utah.edu/museum/exhibits/news-our-scientists . 07/03/2017.
• In the Tiny World of Starch Grains, Bigger is Better. 08/30/2016. https://nhmu.utah.edu/blog/2016/08/08/tiny-world-s...
• Good News About Carbs, Told by Archaeobotanists. 08/29/2016. https://nhmu.utah.edu/blog/2016/08/25/good-news-ab...
• Fox 13 News - Ancient Artifacts Recovered from Restricted Military Testing Range. 08/29/2016. http://fox13now.com/2016/08/28/uniquely-utah-ancie...
• Fox 13 News - Interview about Danger Cave. 05/19/2015. http://fox13now.com/2015/05/19/mysterious-wendover...