I am an anthropological archaeologist who works on three major related research topics in North American archaeology and anthropology: 1) understanding when and how the New World was first colonized by Indigenous peoples in the late Pleistocene and the lifeways of these first peoples; 2) the geoarchaeology of submerged landscapes, including site formation processes and discovery of submerged sites; and 3) foraging societies. I work both underwater and on land, and have more than 30 years of experience in the archaeology of North America. My research employs underwater archaeology, terrestrial archaeology, geoarchaeology, paleoenvironmental reconstruction, GIS, geophysics, and stone tool analysis. I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Florida State University and am interested in accepting Master's students who want to research topics related to geoarchaeology, GIS analysis, submerged landscapes, paleoenvironments, climate change and its impacts on foraging societies, foraging societies, and/or lithic analysis.