Briana N.

Doering
Curriculum Vitae
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
University of Wyoming [email protected]
1000 E. University Ave Ph. 307-223-2229
Dept. 3431 www.breedigs.weebly.com
Laramie WY 82071

Education
Ph.D. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor – Anthropological Archaeology, 2020
Dissertation: “Evaluating the Social and Environmental Processes of the Athabascan
Migration”. Chair: Brian Stewart.

M.A. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor – Anthropological Archaeology, 2016

B.A. Barnard College, Columbia University, New York City – Anthropology, 2012

Research Interests
Environmental and landscape archaeology, Indigenous-centered archaeology, zooarchaeology,
isotopic and geochemical analyses, resilience and adaptation, migration, spatial organization, lithic
technologies, experimental archaeology, gender, subarctic North America, central Alaska, first
Americans.

Peer-Reviewed Publications
* = student collaboration
In Review *Doering, B., Litynski, M., Weatherbee, S., McKinney, H., Reuther, J., and Gelvin-
Reymiller, C. Tracing Past Biodiversity In Central Alaska Through Traditional Faunal
Identification and Compound Specific Isotopic Analysis. Archaeometry.

In Review *Litynski, M., Doering, B., McKinney, H., Reuther, J., and Gelvin-Reymiller, C.
Something Fishy: An Analysis of Fish Remains at the Klein Site (XBD-362) Quartz
Lake, Alaska. Alaska Journal of Anthropology.

Accepted Doering, B. Exploring early cooking traditions in Arctic North America via targeted
excavations and molecular methods. Mitteilungen Der Gesellschaft Für Urgeschichte.

Accepted Doering, B. Considering the Whole Environment in the Arctic Past. Current
Anthropology.

2023 *Doering, B., K. Hladek, M. Herron, J. Esdale, J. Reuther, C. Holmes, and G.

Smith. Evaluating Systematic Use of Ground Penetrating Radar and Auger Surveys to
Determine Activity Areas at Three Open Air Sites in Central Alaska. Journal of Field
Archaeology 48(7), 518-533.
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2021 Doering, B. Subarctic landscape adaptations and paleodemography: A 15,000-year

history of climate change and human settlement in central Alaska and Yukon.
Quaternary Science Reviews 268(2021), 107139.

2021 *Doering, B., J. Esdale, and S. Catenacci. Procurement, Reduction, and Use of
Lithic Technology from ca. 9,500–11,800 years ago at Niidhaayh Na’, Central Alaska.
PaleoAmerica 7(3), 211-22.

2020 *Doering, B., J. Esdale, and S. Catenacci. Lithic Production in the Late Holocene:
Results from the Clearview Site (XMH-1303), Delta Junction. Alaska Journal of
Anthropology 18(2), 1-19.

2020 *Doering, B., J. Esdale, J. Reuther, and S. Catenacci. A Multiscalar Consideration of

the Social and Environmental Processes Driving the Athabascan Migration. American
Antiquity 85(3), 470-491.

2019 Doering, B. Evaluating the Effects of Fermentation on the Carbon and Nitrogen
Isotopic Values in Chinook Salmon. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 23C, 626-
633.

2017 Doering, B. Measuring the Potential Influence of Cooking on the C and N Isotopic
Composition of Spawning Chinook Salmon. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 12,
491-498.
Grants, Fellowships, and Awards
* = external funding source
** = collaborative project
2024 Promoting Intellectual Excellence Award, Ellbogen Center for Teaching and
Learning, University of Wyoming (Cherry pie)

2024 Extraordinary Merit in Research Award, College of Arts and Sciences, University of
Wyoming ($ 1200)

2023 National Science Foundation CAREER, Office of Polar Programs and Social,
Behavioral, and Economic Sciences ($ 699,527)*

2023 Learning Actively Mentoring Program, University of Wyoming ($ 5,000)

2023 Prize for Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology, University of Tübingen,
Germany (€ 5,000)*

2022 June Frison Memorial Fund, Frison Institute, University of Wyoming ($ 2,350)**

2021 Research and Creative Activity Grant, University of Wyoming ($ 9,750)**

2021 June Frison Memorial Fund, Frison Institute, University of Wyoming ($ 2,165)**

2021 Wyoming Institute Humanities Fellowship, Spring 2022 ($ 3,000)

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2020 John Cook Travel Grant, Alaska Anthropology Association ($ 1,000)*

2019–2020 Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship ($ 32,640)

2019 Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Outstanding Mentor Award ($ 500)

2019 Rackham Candidate Research Grant ($ 3,000)

2018 Wenner-Gren Foundation: Dissertation Fieldwork Grant ($ 11,100)*

2018 National Science Foundation: Dissertation Research Improvement Grant, Office of

Polar Programs and Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences ($ 19,528)*

2018 Rackham Conference Travel Grant ($ 1,100)

2018 James B. Griffin Scholarship ($ 3,000)

2018 Richard A. Ford Award ($ 750)

2017 National Geographic Young Explorers Grant ($ 5,000)*

2017 Stefanie Ludwig Memorial Grant Scholarship ($ 1,500)*

2017 Rackham Conference Travel Grant ($ 1,100)

2017 Rackham Humanities Research Fellowship ($ 20,150)

2016 UMMAA Radiocarbon Years Before Present ($ 1,340)

2016 Rackham Conference Travel Grant ($ 1,100)

2015 Outstanding Anthropology Graduate Student Instructor Award ($ 100)

2015 Kenneth and Mary Sue Coleman Global Experience Grant ($ 1,000)

2015 Rackham Conference Travel Grant ($ 800)

2015 Rackham Pre-Candidate Research Grant ($ 1,500)

2014 Department of Anthropology Pre-Candidate Fieldwork Grant ($ 3,000)

2014 Rackham Conference Travel Grant ($ 900)

Fieldwork
2023 Director Excavations at XBD-155, Central Alaska

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2022 Director Excavations at XBD-155 and XBD-156, Central Alaska

2021 Director Excavations at XBD-155 and XBD-110, Central Alaska

2019 Director Excavations at XBD-362, Quartz Lake, Alaska

2018 Director Excavations at XBD-362, XMH-1303, and XBD-110, Central Alaska

2017 Director Excavations at XMH-1303, XMH-917, and XBD-110, Central Alaska

2017 Co-Director Excavations at Mosquito Lake, Brooks Range, Alaska

Directed by Crystal Glassburn, Bureau of Lange Management

2016 Director Excavations at XMH-1303 and XMH-917, Central Alaska

2016 Field Archaeologist Excavations at MacDonald Creek, Central Alaska

Directed by Kelly Graf, Texas A&M

2016 Co-Director Survey of Dinosaur Ridge, Central Alaska

2015 Field Archaeologist Excavations at Hurricane Bluff, Central Alaska

Directed by Ben Potter, University of Alaska Fairbanks

2015 Field Archaeologist Excavations at Kashevarof Site, Kodiak, Alaska

Directed by Patrick Saltonstall, Alutiiq Museum

2015 Field Archaeologist Survey of Northern Madagascar Rock Shelters

Directed by Henry T. Wright, University of Michigan

2014 Crew Chief Excavations at El Mogote, Oaxaca, Mexico

Directed by Lacey Carpenter, University of Michigan

2014 Field Archaeologist Excavations at Katjarra, Western Australia

Directed by Jo McDonald, University of Western Australia

2013 Field Archaeologist Survey of Blair Lakes, Central Alaska

Directed by Julie Esdale, Colorado State University

2012–2013 Field Archaeologist Excavations at Santa Catalina de Guale, St. Catherines, GA

Directed by David Hurst Thomas, American Museum of Natural History

Professional Reports

2023 Smith, G., F. Lanöe, J. Reuther, B. Doering, C. Holmes, and E. Bishop. Western
Shaw Creek Flats Archaeology and Geoarchaeology Project: 2022 Field Results.

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Prepared by the University of Alaska Museum of the North for the Alaska Office of
History and Archaeology, Alaska State Historic Preservation Office.

2022 Smith, G., J. Reuther, B. Doering, and E. Bishop. Western Shaw Creek Flats
Archaeology and Geoarchaeology Project: 2021 Field Results. Prepared by the
University of Alaska Museum of the North for the Alaska Office of History and
Archaeology, Alaska State Historic Preservation Office.

2019 Doering B., J. Esdale, and S. Catenacci. Caribou Knob (XMH-00917) Site Report:
Analysis of Lithic Remains Excavated between 2002-2017. Prepared by the Center
for Environmental Management of Military Lands for the Alaska State Historic
Preservation Office.

2019 Doering B., J. Esdale, and S. Catenacci. Report of 2017-2018 Excavations at Delta
Creek (XBD-0110) and Results of Lithic Analysis. Prepared by the University of
Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology for the Alaska State Historic
Preservation Office.

2019 Doering B., J. Esdale, and S. Catenacci. Clearview (XMH-01303): Report of 2016-
2018 Archaeological Investigations. Prepared by the Center for Environmental
Management of Military Lands for the Alaska State Historic Preservation Office.

Professional Positions
2020–Present Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Wyoming

2019 Instructor of Record, Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan

2019 Graduate Student Instructor, Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan

2018 Instructor, Alaska Summer Research Academy, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

2017-2018 Crew Chief, Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands Ft. Greely,
Colorado State University

2016–2018 Graduate Student Instructor, Honors Program, University of Michigan

2013-2016 Field Technician, Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands Ft.
Greely, Colorado State University

2015–2016 Graduate Student Research Assistant, Museum of Anthropological Archaeology,

University of Michigan

2014–2015 Graduate Student Instructor, Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan

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Conferences, Symposia, and Invited Presentations

* = student collaboration
2024 Considering the Role of Mammoth and other Megafauna in Food Systems Across
North America. Invited paper presented with M. Mackie at the 89th Annual Meeting
of the Society for American Archaeology.

2024 Cultivating Connections Across Academic, CRM, and Descendant Communities at

Niidhaayh Na’, central Alaska. Invited paper presented with J. Esdale at the 51st
Annual Meeting of the Alaska Anthropology Association.

2023 40 Years Late: New work on the Colby Mammoth Site. Invited research report
presented to the Frison Institute Board of Trustees Annual Meeting.

2023 What’s Cooking in Beringia? 14,000+ years of diet and food processing in Central
Alaska. Invited paper presented at the Yukon Beringia Heritage Center Webinar
Series.

2023 *What’s Hot in Beringia? Cooking during the Pleistocene-Holocene Transition in

central Alaska. Invited paper presented by G. Stanford, B. Doering, K. Dutro, and J.
Reuther at the 88th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

2023 *New Context from an Old Site: Collections Research on the Colby Mammoth
Clovis Site. Poster presented by M. Mackie, B. Doering, F. Nelson, M. Herron, C.
Shield Chief Glover at the 88th Annual Meeting of the Society for American
Archaeology.

2023 *Fish or Fowl? Exploring late Holocene diet breadth through traditional and isotopic
dietary reconstruction. Invited paper presented with M. Litynski, S. Wetherbee, J.
Reuther, and C. Gelvin-Reymiller at the 88th Annual Meeting of the Society for
American Archaeology.

2023 *The Curation Crisis and the Bones of the Colby Mammoth Site. Poster presented
by F. Nelson, B. Doering, M. Reel, and M. Mackie at the 88th Annual Meeting of the
Society for American Archaeology.

2023 *Mapping Thermal Features at Quartz Lake, Alaska. Poster presented by G. Stanford
and B. Doering at the 88th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

2022 *Colby Revisited: Reevaluating the Chronology and Context of a Clovis Mammoth
Kill Site Poster presented with M. Herron and M. E. Mackie at the 87th Annual
Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

2022 *Establishing Site Extents and Activity Areas at three sites in the Middle Tanana
Valley using Ground Penetrating Radar, Auger, and Test Excavations Invited paper
presented with Kenneth Hladek, Molly Herron, Sebastian Wetherbee, and Joshua
Reuther at the 49th Annual Meeting (virtual) of the Alaska Anthropological
Association.

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2021 Initial results from Niidhaayh Na': Evidence for mobility and hunting traditions
during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition. Invited paper presented at the Wyoming
Archaeological June Frison Chapter March Meeting.

2021 Career Development: Writing an Academic Article. Invited paper presented at the
48th Annual Meeting (virtual) of the Alaska Anthropological Association.

2020 Stinkhead through the Centuries: Evaluating Isotopic Traces of Salmon

Fermentation in Soils. Invited paper presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the
Alaska Anthropological Association.

2019 Evaluating the Environment’s Impact on the Athabascan Migration through

Isotopic, Geospatial, and Artifactual Evidence. Invited paper presented at the Byrd
Polar and Climate Research Center, Ohio State University.

2019 Knowledge for All: Shared Spaces, Technologies, and Traditions in Central Alaska.
Invited paper presented at the 84th Annual Meeting of the Society for American
Archaeology.

2019 Evaluating Terminal Pleistocene Stone Tool Production at Delta Creek, Alaska.
Catenacci, S. and Doering B. Poster Presented at the 84th Annual Meeting of the
Society for American Archaeology.

2018 Evaluating the Causes of the Athabaskan Migration through Isotopic and Geospatial
Data. Invited paper presented at the Human Journeys Session sponsored by the
National Geographic Society, 83rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American
Archaeology

2018 Novel Approaches in the Archaeology of the Far North. Session organized at the
83rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

2018 Cooking without Fire: Evaluating the Isotopic Effects of Fermentation in Salmon.
Invited paper presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Alaska Anthropological
Association.

2017 Investigating a Late Holocene Subsistence Transition North of the Alaska Range.
Poster presented at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American
Archaeology.

2017 Preserving Lessons for the Future: The Community-Based Research of Dr. Ann
Fienup-Riordan. Paper presented at the 44th Annual Meeting of the Alaska
Anthropological Association.

2016 Alaska, Binford, and Landscape Modeling: Approximating the shift to logistical
mobility during Alaskan prehistory. University of Michigan Museum of
Anthropological Archaeology Brown Bag Series.

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2016 Evaluating the impact of cooking on carbon and nitrogen isotopes in king salmon
from Central Alaska. Poster presented at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Alaska
Anthropological Association.

2016 Mobility in Central Alaska: Investigating the integration of migratory resources into
the subsistence round. Paper presented at the 2016 Collaborative Archaeology
Symposium.

2015 The Effects of Cooking on the Isotopic Composition of Alaskan Fauna: Preliminary
results. University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology Brown Bag
Series.

2015 The origins of salmon fishing in Alaska’s Interior. Poster presented at the 80th
Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

2014 Ritual and Rock Art in the Desert: Excavations at Katjarra, Australia. University of
Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology Brown Bag Series.

2014 Preliminary data on new site discoveries in the Blair Lakes Region, Tanana Flats.
Poster presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Alaska Anthropological
Association.

2012 Geospatial analysis of tombs in Madagascar. Paper presented at the 111th Annual
Meeting of the American Anthropological Association.

Teaching Experience
2023 Anthro 1300: Introduction to Archaeology

2023 Anthro 5015: Archaeological Method and Theory

2023 Anthro 4140: Archaeology Field School, central Alaska

2022 Anthro 1300: Introduction to Archaeology

2022 Anthro 5180: Advanced Archaeological Field School, central Alaska

2022 Anthro 4160/5160: GIS in Anthropology

2021 Anthro 5015: Archaeological Method and Theory

2021 Anthro 4120/5120: North American Archaeology

2021 Anthro 4110/5110: Zooarchaeology I

2021 Anthro 1300: Introduction to Archaeology

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2020 Anthro 4160/5160: GIS in Anthropology

2019 Instructor of Record – AnthrArc 296: How to Survive the Apocalypse

2019 Graduate Student Instructor – AnthrBio 364: Nutrition and Evolution

2018 Graduate Student Instructor – Honors 240: The Games We Play

2017 Graduate Student Instructor – Honors 240: The Games We Play

2016 Graduate Student Instructor – Honors 240: The Games We Play

2015 Graduate Student Instructor – AnthrBio 364: Nutrition and Evolution

2014 Graduate Student Instructor – AnthrArc 282: Introduction to Prehistoric

Archaeology

Course Syllabi Available Upon Request

GIS in Anthropology
Zooarchaeology
Archaeological Method and Theory (Graduate Seminar)
How to Survive the Apocalypse: Lessons from our Past
Nutrition and Evolution
Introduction to Archaeology

Advisees
McKenna Litynski, MA, 2023 (co-chair)
Sebastian Wetherbee, MA, 2022 (co-chair)

Service, Professional Development, and Public Outreach

2023-Present Reviewer, National Science Foundation

2023-Present Mentor, Wyoming Research Scholars Program, University of Wyoming

2022-Present Executive committee member, Department of Anthropology, University of

Wyoming

2022-Present Undergraduate Committee Member, Department of Anthropology, University of

Wyoming

2022-Present Scholarships committee member, Wyoming Archaeological Society

2022-Present Library Committee, University of Wyoming

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2021-Present Graduate Committee Member, Department of Anthropology, University of

Wyoming

2021-Present Faculty advisor, Wyoming Anthropology Club, University of Wyoming

2021-Present Faculty senator, University of Wyoming

2024 Cultural Competence Sub-committee member, Next-Gen University Studies

Program

2023 Invited workshop participant, Collaborative Archaeology in the Alaskan Arctic,

University of Washington

2023 Invited presenter, Archaeology Day Symposium, Washakie Museum, Worland, WY

2023 Assistant Professor Search Committee Chair, Department of Anthropology,

University of Wyoming

2022-2023 Mentor, McNair Scholars Program, University of Wyoming

2021-2023 Diverse Graduate Student Mentor, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion,
University of Wyoming

2022 Assistant Professor Search Committee Member, Department of Anthropology,

University of Wyoming

2022 Science Initiative Building Faculty Advisory Committee, University of Wyoming

2022 Skills Session Instructor, Saddle Up Orientation Program, University of Wyoming

2020 Guest speaker, 5th Grade Archaeology Day, Legacy Magnet School, Tustin, CA

2020 Presenter, Virtual Global Education Conference, Cal State Long Beach, CA

2020 Polar Literacy Program Scientist, Ohio State University/Rutgers University

2019-2020 Grant Reviewer, National Geographic Society

2019-2020 Graduate Member, Executive Committee, Department of Anthropology, University

of Michigan

2019 Presenter, SACNAS Science Expo with the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa
Indians, Petoskey, MI

2019 Explorer/Science Communicator, National Geographic EcoBlitz Pilot Program

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2018–2020 Graduate Representative, Counseling and Psychological Services Student Advisory

Board, University of Michigan

2018–2019 Science Communications Fellow, Museum of Natural History, University of

Michigan

2017–2019 Mentor, Undergraduate Research Opportunity Project, University of Michigan

2018 Graduate Teaching Certificate, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching,
University of Michigan

2018 Graduate Student Teaching Panelist, Department of Anthropology, University of

Michigan

2017–2018 Graduate Representative to Anthropology Faculty Meetings, University of Michigan

2017 Technology in the Classroom Workshop, Center for Research in Learning and
Teaching, University of Michigan

2017 Social Identity 101 Workshop, Program for Intergroup Relations, University of
Michigan

2016–2017 Student Member, Museum of Anthropological Archaeology Director Search

Committee, University of Michigan

2016–2017 Graduate Student Representative, Museum of Anthropological Archaeology,

University of Michigan

2016 Career Path Panelist, Undergraduate Honors Anthropology Seminar

2015 Hands-On Day, University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology

2015 Archaeology Day, Ruthven Museum of Natural History

2015 Career Path Panelist, Undergraduate Honors Archaeology Seminar

2014–2015 Chair, Collaborative Archaeology Workgroup

2014 Hands-On Day, University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology

2014 Graduate Student Instructor Training, Center for Research on Learning and
Teaching, University of Michigan

2014 Presenter, Archaeology Day, Ruthven Museum of Natural History

2013 Career Path Panelist, Undergraduate Honors Anthropology Seminar

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Languages
English
French
Gwitch’in (Elementary)

Professional Memberships
Society for American Archaeology
Alaskan Anthropological Association
Wyoming Archaeological Society – June Frison Chapter
Wyoming Association for Professional Archaeologists

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