CURRICULUM VITAE

Terrance M. Weik, Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology, 317 Hamilton College
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
(803) 777-6789 / weik@mailbox.sc.edu

EDUCATION:

2002	Ph.D. in Anthropology, The University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Dissertation: Archaeology of Black Seminole Maroons in Florida: Ethnogenesis and Culture Contact at Pilaklikaha
1995	M.A. in Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville. African Studies Certificate
1993	B.A. Anthropology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
2009               Associate Professor, University of South Carolina
2002-2008     Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina
2001              Consultant, Mapping & Graphics Specialist. Kingsley Plantation National Parks Service, Jacksonville, Florida
1999-2000    Graphics/GIS Technician & Field Archaeologist , Southeastern Archaeological Research, Gainesville, Florida

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Geographical: African Diaspora, Southeastern United States, Latin America
Thematic: Maroons, Antislavery Struggles, Post-emancipation Freedom, Spirituality
Theoretical: Representation, Sociocultural Transformation & Continuity, Interaction, Resistance

TEACHING EXPERIENCE (COURSES OFFERED)
Undergraduate Level
African American Cultures                   
African American Folklife & Archaeology 
Everyday Cultural Expression & Folklore in the United States
Historical Archaeology
Primates, People, & Prehistory
Principles of Archaeology        
The Development of World Civilizations           

Graduate Level
Anthropology of Peace & Violence                  
Archaeological Lab Methods      
Archaeology of the African Diaspora
Culture & Identity in the African Diaspora
Ethics & Anthropology            
Diasporas

Graduate Student Committees chaired:
2008     Jean Schwab, Edgefield Face Vessels in Historic and Modern Context: The Role of Reappropriation of Material Culture in Identity. M.A. Thesis. University of South Carolina (U.S.C.).
2008     Ben Johnson: Spatial Distribution and Social Order at Colonial Dorchester. M.A. Thesis. U.S.C.
2007     Nicole Isenbarger: Potters, Hucksters, and Consumers: Placing Colonoware within The Internal Slave Economy Framework. M.A. Thesis. U.S.C.
2007     Dan Sayers, Maroons in The Dismal Swamp. Ph.D. Committee Member. College of William and Mary.
2005     Joseph Samolis: Public Engagement at the Seibel's House: Applied Archaeological Methodologies and Techniques in Columbia, South Carolina. U.S.C.
2004     Grant Quertermous: Trash Pit or Root Cellar: The Excavation and Analysis of a Feature in the Seibels House Detached Kitchen. M.A. Thesis. U.S.C.

PUBLICATIONS
2009   Review of Voss, Barbara L., The Archaeology of Ethnogenesis: Race and Sexuality in Colonial San Francisco. H-Urban, H-Net Reviews. August, 2009.
           URL: http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=15625
2009   Review of Crossroads and Cosmologies: Diasporas and Ethnogenesis in the New World, by Christopher C. Fennell. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
           American Antiquity 74 (3):584-586.
2009   A First Look at the Archaeology of African Americans at Strawberry Plains.Mississippi Archaeology 41(1): 3-32.
2009   The Role of Ethnogenesis and Organization in the Development of African-Native American Settlements: An African Seminole Model.International Journal of Historical Archaeology 13:206-238.
2008   Presencing African Americans at the Seibels House. South Carolina Antiquities 40:108-129.
2007   Allies, Enemies and Kin in the African-Seminole Communities of Florida: Archaeology at Pilaklikaha, in Archaeology of Atlantic Africa and the Africa Diaspora, edited by Toyin Falola & Akin            Ogundiran. Indiana University Press
2005   Freedom Fighters on the Florida Frontier, in Unlocking the Past: Celebrating Historical Archaeology in North America, edited by Lu Ann DeCunzo and John Jameson, pp. 36-44. University            Press of Florida
2005   Not Just Black and White, in Indigenous Peoples and Archaeology, edited by Claire Smith and Martin Wobst, pp. 281-297. Routledge. Coauthored book chapter with Ruth Mathis
2004   Archaeology of the African Diaspora in Latin America. Historical Archaeology 38(1):32-49
1997   The Archaeology of Maroon Societies in the Americas: Resistance, Cultural Continuity and Transformation in the African Diaspora. Historical Archaeology31(2): 81-92.
 n.d.    Racialization &the Archaeology of African—Native American Interactions. Under review by Ethnohistory.
 n.d.    An Archeological Perspective on Africans in Florida: Marronage, Cultural Genesis, African-Native American Interaction, in Africa In Florida, edited by Robin Poyner. Under Review by University            of Pittsburgh Press.

AWARDS/GRANTS
2008        $500 Travel grant.  Institute for African American Research, U.S.C.
2004        $8370 Historic Columbia Foundation research grant: Seibels House II
2003        $4000 Historic Columbia Foundation research grant: Seibels House I                                                   
2003        $7540 Mississippi Humanities Council grant: Strawberry Plains Audubon Society         
2001        $18,880 Co-authored State of Florida, Division of Historic Resources Survey and Planning Grant: The Black Seminole Heritage Project
2000        $3,125  Nutter Dissertation Fellowship. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Florida
1997        $1,500 Tinker Grant. Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida
1996        $5,000 Auzenne Fellowship.  University of Florida

PAPERS/PRESENTATIONS
2008    “Looking for Angola” From Wider Perspective:  Engagement, Representation & Commemoration of Maroons & Antislavery Resistance in the African Diaspora. American Anthropological             Association Conference. San Francisco.
2008    The Archaeology of Maroon Societies. Presentation at the St. George Tucker Society meeting, Augusta, GA. August 9th
2008     Representations & Regional Interactions of Africans and Native Americans. The Institute of African American Research, University of South Carolina. 10th
2008    A First Look at the Archaeology of Strawberry Plains, Mississippi. Post-Emancipation Transitions in the African Diaspora. Symposium organized for the Society for Historical Archaeology             conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, January
2008    Symposium Discussant: Archaeologies of Resistance: The Underground Railroad, Marronage, Armed Struggle, and Beyond. Symposium organized for the Society for Historical Archaeology             conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, January
2007    The Maroon Heritage of Veracruz: Cimarrones in Amapa and Yanga. Paper presented at the 3rd Annual Southeast Conference On Meso-American Archaeology & Ethnohistory, at the University of             South Carolina, Columbia. October
2006    An Archaeological, GIS Perspective on African-Seminole Relationships in Florida. Presentation delivered to the University of South Carolina, Department of Anthropology Colloquium Series, March             16th
2006    Mapping African-Seminole Resistance in Southeastern North America, paper presented at the Society for Historical Archaeology symposium African Resistance and Collaboration on the Edges of             Slave Societies. Symposium organized by Terrance M. Weik, for the conference, held in Sacramento, California, January 13th
2004    From Africa to the Americas, From Slavery to Freedom, paper presented in the session Archeology & the interpretation of African American history. National Parks Service conference called             “Effective Interpretation of Archaeological Resources,” Charleston, SC, February 2
2003    Florida’s African-Indian Heritage: Black Seminole History, Toponymy, and the Power of Names. Paper Presented at the University of Florida’s Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations             conference entitled “Rhyme, Rhythm, Rhetoric and Race: Exploring the influence of literature, language, and lyrics on race relations.” March 27-28, 2003
2002    We Already know Our History: Dialogue, Relevance and Dissonance in Maroon Archaeology, paper presented at the Society for Historical Archaeology, Mobile, AL.
2001    Marooned in a Forgotten Past:Comparative Archaeological Perspectives on African Maroons in the New World and Africa. Co-authored paper with Jonathan Walz, presented at the 44th Annual             African Studies Association Meeting, Houston, Texas
1997    African Diaspora Archaeology in Latin America. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Atlanta, Georgia.
1994    Archaeology of Maroon Societies in the Americas. Paper presented at the African Studies Association Meetings, Orlando, Florida

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Anthropological Association
Association of Black Anthropologists
Mississippi Archaeological Association
Society for Historical Archaeology

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
National
2006       Reviewer for International Journal of Historical Archaeology
2005       Reviewed NSF Proposal
2005       Reviewed article for World Archaeology
2004       Reviewed article for Historical Archaeology

University of South Carolina
2003-2005      Faculty Senate, Anthropology Representative, University of South Carolina
2002-present   Faculty Affiliate, African American Studies Program, U.SC.

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