S.P.A. Desjardins, Dr PhD

Courses taught:

• Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (GIA, BA)
• Introduction to Arctic Archaeology (GIA, BA)
• Archaeological Theory (co-taught) (GIA, ReMa)
• Classic Arctic Ethnography and Ethnohistory (GIA, ReMa tutorial)
• Inhabitants of Polar Areas (co-taught) (Arctic and Antarctic Studies Minor, BA)
• Exploitation of Polar Areas (co-taught) (Arctic and Antarctic Studies Minor, BA)
• Zooarchaeology with labs (McGill U., BA)
• Human Evolution with labs (McGill U., BA)

Certification:

• Dutch University Teaching Qualification (UTQ) (Ducth: Basiskwalificatie Onderwijs [BKO]), 2020

Current graduate supervision:

• M.I. (Matilda) Siebrecht: PhD supervision (daily supervisor) with P.D. Jordan and A. van Gijn (Leiden U.). Matilda carries out use- and micro-wear analyses of Tuniit (Dorset Paleo-Inuit) organic artifacts.
• E.J. (Emily) Ruiz Puerta: PhD supervision (daily supervisor) with P.D. Jordan and M.T. Olsen (U. Copenhagen). Emily studies ancient genomics of Atlantic walruses (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) in the context of premodern human-walrus relationships.
• L.R. (Linde) Draissma: PhD supervision (2nd supervisor) with E.K. Wilson and S. Heron (James Cook U.).  Linde studies Indigenous Australian understandings of how climate change is affecting the Great Barrier Reef.