The Next Academic Generation in Archaeological Scholarship
As high school progressed and people asked what I wanted to study in college, I looked to my class schedule for some guidance. I knew I didn’t want to spend my life doing a job I hated and waiting for retirement, so I asked myself: "What school subject do I wake up excited for?" Apart from early morning choir practices, the answer was history. My next question was, “Can I make history into a job?” Through research I found archaeology, a field that did not just study the past but made it come into being, a field that actively sought to answer questions and set the record straight. It involves reading, research, debating and the chance to travel - I was sold. I started my freshman year of college with confidence and have never altered my course. It's made me stressed and sometimes discouraged but it still gives me the happiness it always has. Along this path, I’ve made a few observations about this field and one of these is about gender. ...