2020 PhD. in Anthropology, Arizona State University, School of Human Evolution and Social Change. Dissertation Title: The Archaeology of Social Ties and Community Formation in a WWII Japanese American Incarceration Center.
2010 M.A. Anthropology with concentrations in Archaeology and Museum Studies, University of Denver, Thesis Title: Through the Eyes of a Child: The Archaeology of WWII Japanese American Internment.
2005 B.A. Anthropology, Earlham College, Thesis Title: Behind the Costume: Concepts of Reality and Authenticity in Living History Museums. With Honors
Education:
Assistant Professor
California State University Chico
Department of Anthropology
Teaching Experience
California State University, Chico: Chico, California
University of New Mexico: Albuquerque, New Mexico
MSST 475/575 Museum Interpretation, 2021 - Instructor
ANTH 1211 Archaeological Methods and Theory, 2021 - Instructor
Arizona State University: Phoenix, Arizona
ASB 101 Human Diversity, 2019 - Instructor
Buried Cities and Lost Tribes, Teaching Assistant
Food and Culture, Teaching Assistant
Human Sexuality, Teaching Assistant
University of Denver: Denver, Colorado
Field School in Archaeology and Museum Studies, 2018 &2016 - Co-Field Director/Instructor
Field School in Archaeology and Museum Studies, 2008 & 2014- Teaching Assistant
Global Perspectives, 2009 – Teaching Assistant
Cultured Ape, 2008 – Teaching Assistant
University of Idaho: Moscow, Idaho
Field School in Archaeology, 2010 – Teaching Assistant
Research Experience:
Post-Doctoral Scholar, University of New Mexico, Department of Anthropology; Albuquerque, New Mexico (2020-Current )
Mimbres Pottery Digital Database Education Program Developer, Arizona State University; Tempe, Arizona (2018-19)
Graduate Research Assistant Center for Archaeology and Society Arizona State University: Tempe, Arizona (2015-17)
Graduate Research Assistant CNH: The Complexities of Ecological and Social Diversity: A Long-Term Perspective, Arizona State University: Tempe, Arizona (2014-15)
Graduate Research Assistant Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University: Tempe, Arizona (2013)
Archaeological Crew Chief, ERO Resources Corporation: Denver, CO (2010)
Archaeological Technician, ERO Resources Corporation: Denver, CO (2008-10)
Archaeological Analyst, GPR, Tophane Survey: Bursa, Turkey (2010)
Archaeological Analyst, GPR, Amache Survey: Granada, CO (2008)
Archaeological Analyst, GPR, Crawford Safe Project: Grand Junction CO (2008)
Survey Crew Chief, Grinnell College Archaeological Field School: Flagstaff, AZ (2006)
Lab Internship, Crow Canyon Archaeological Center: Cortez, CO (2005)
Publications
Peer Reviewed:
Kamp-Whittaker, April. 2020 Diaspora and social networks in a WWII Japanese American Incarceration Center. In Charting the Emerging Field of Japanese Diaspora Archaeology, International Journal of Historical Archaeology, pgs 1-23
Kamp-Whittaker, April 2020 Japanese Incarceration Sites of the American Southwest. Kiva, vol 86, Issue 2, pgs. 1-10
Kamp-Whittaker, April; Clark, Bonnie J. 2019 Social networks and the development of neighborhood identities in Amache, a WWII Japanese American Internment Camp. In Excavating Neighborhoods: A Cross-Cultural Exploration, edited by David Pacifico and Lise Truex. Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association
Kamp-Whittaker, April; Clark, Bonnie J. 2019 Creating Community in Confinement: The Development of Neighborhoods in Amache, a WWII Japanese American Internment Camp. In The Archeology of Removal, edited by Terrance Welk. University of Florida Press
Smith, Michael; Stark, Barbara; Wen-Ching Chuang; Dennehy, Timothy; Harlan, Sharon; Kamp-Whittaker, April; Stanley, Benjamin; York, Abigail 2016 Comparative Methods for Premodern Cities: Coding for Governance and Class Mobility Cross-Cultural Research, vol 5, Issue 50
Smith, Michael; Dennehy, Timothy; Stanley, Benjamin; Stark, Barbara; Kamp-Whittaker, April, York, Abigail. 2016 Conceptual Approaches to Service Provision in Cities Throughout History, Urban Studies, vol 53, Issue 8
Smith, Michael; Dennehy, Timothy; Kamp-Whittaker, April; Colon, Emily; Harkness, Rebecca. 2014 Quantitative Measures of Wealth Inequality in Ancient Central Mexican Communities. Advances in Archaeological Practice, vol 2, no. 4
Shew, Dana Ogo and April Kamp-Whittaker 2012 Perseverance and Prejudice: Maintaining Community in Amache: Colorado’s World War II Japanese Internment Camp. In Prisoners of War: Archaeology, Memory, and Heritage of 19th- and 20th- Century Mass Internment, edited by Harold Mytum and Gilly Carr. pp.303-317. Springer, New York
Other Publications:
Kamp-Whittaker, April. 2020 The Archaeology of Social Ties and Community Formation in a WWII Japanese American Incarceration Center. PhD. Thesis, Arizona State University
Kamp-Whittaker, April, 2010 Through the Eyes of a Child: The Archaeology of WWII Japanese American Internment at Amache, Digital Publication through ProQuest
Works in Progress:
Kamp-Whittaker, April; Suzanne Spencer-Wood; Jamie Devine, Editors. (Under Contract) Historical Archaeology of Childhood and Parenting. Springer, New York
Kamp-Whittaker, April; Suzanne Spencer-Wood; Jamie Devine, Editors. (Under Contract) Developing Personhood: The discourse, experience, and material culture of children’s play in a WWII Japanese American-Internment Camp. In Historical Archaeology of Childhood and Parenting. Edited by April Kamp-Whittaker, Suzanne Spencer-Wood, and Jamie Devine. Springer, New York
Kamp-Whittaker, April; Bonnie Clark; Dana Ogo Shew. Digging Democracy’s Tragedy: Archaeology and Conciliation at Sites of Japanese Incarceration. To be submitted to International Journal of Historical Archaeology
Kamp-Whittaker, April; Steven Sharpe. Shaded Gardens: GIS Analysis of Historic Trees at Amache a WWII Japanese American Internment Center. To be submitted to Advances in Archaeological Practice
Professional Reports:
Kamp-Whittaker, April: Dana Shew. 2020 Archaeological Survey of Block 42 at the Topaz Relocation Center, Utah. Conducted for the Topaz Museum
Haas, Jeremy, Bonnie J. Clark, April Kamp-Whittaker, and Zachary Stark
. 2014 Archaeological Investigations at the Granada Relocation Center (Amache), National Historic Landmark, Prowers County, Colorado: Report on the University of Denver 2014 Field Season Unpublished Prepared for the State Historical Fund. On file at the University of Denver, History Colorado.
Cagaptay-Arikan, Suna and Lawrence Conyers, April Kamp-Whittaker. 2009 Results of the Tophane Area GPR Surveys, Bursa Turkey: Dumbarton Oaks Grant Report. Electronic Document, URL: http://www.doaks.org/research/byzantine/byzantine-project-grant-reports/doaks-eid-2522
CRM Reports written for ERO Resources:
-Cultural Resource Inventory Grand Mesa Reservoir Survey Delta County, Colorado (2010)
-California Forest Highway 177 Beckwourth Project (2009-10)
-Cultural Resource Inventory Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge OK RRP WIMO 10(1) Comanche County, Ok (2009)
Grants, Awards, and Honors
Great Basin Heritage Area Large Grant, with Topaz Museum, 2021 (Submitted)
Franklin Research Grant, 2021 ($3,500)
CAST SPARC Publication Support Grant, 2020 ($14,659)
Colorado State Historical Fund, with PI Bonnie Clark, 2019 ($96,832)
Philanthropic Educational Organization Scholar Award, 2019 ($15,000)
Directorate Teaching Award, Arizona State University School of Human Evolution and Social Change, 2019 ($2,000)
Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists, Ward Weakly Scholarship, 2018 ($495)
Graduate and Professional Student Association Travel Grants – January, 2018 ($950)
Institute for Field Research Affiliate Field School Application, with PI Bonnie Clark, 2018
Graduate and Professional Student Association Travel Grants – January, 2017 ($950)
Graduate and Professional Student Association Travel Grants – January, April & October, 2016 ($950)
Arizona Social Studies Teacher Association Great Moments in Social Studies Curriculum Award, 2015
School of Human Evolution and Social Change Graduate Research Grant, 2015 ($2,590)
Graduate and Professional Student Association Travel Grants – January & April, 2015 ($950)
Bloomhall Family: Cedar Rapids Greater Community Foundation Grant, with Maura Pilcher, 2012
Iowa Corridor Cultural Alliance Collaboration Award, 2012
Silos and Smokestacks General Grant, with Maura Pilcher, 2011
Alliant Energy Community Grant, with Maura Pilcher, 2011
IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf Grant, with Brooke Rohde and Theresa Montoya, 2009
Exhibits
Invited Curator, Grinnell College; Grinnell, IA. Anthropology Department exhibits (2019)
Co-Curator, Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve; Deer Valley AZ. Fragments: Piecing Together Southwest Archaeology(2016)
Co-Curator, Sonoma State University; Sonoma AZ. Creativity Unconfined: Life in a WWII Japanese American Interment Camp (2016)
Curator, Brucemore National Trust for Historic Preservation Site; Cedar Rapids, IA. Unsinkable Stories: 100 Years Later (2012)
Curator, Brucemore National Trust for Historic Preservation Site; Cedar Rapids, IA. Iowa Manufacturing: A Family Portrait (2011)
Curator, Through the Eyes of a Child: Japanese American Internment. Digital Exhibit, URL https://portfolio.du.edu/pc/port?portfolio=amache (2009)
Student Curator, University of Denver Museum of Anthropology: Denver, CO. Through the Eyes of a Child: Japanese American Internment (2008)
Professional Papers and Presentations
Apr. 2021 April Kamp-Whittaker, “Social Networks and Community Features: Identifying neighborhoods in a WWII Japanese American Incarceration Center,” Paper presentation for the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting
Sept. 2020 April Kamp-Whittaker, “Networks at Play: Sports and the Archaeology of Community in a WWII Japanese American Incarceration Center,” Paper presentation for the University of New Mexico, Department of Anthropology Colloquium Series
Jan. 2020 April Kamp-Whittaker, “Conference 101 – or a beginners guide to participating in the SAA Annual Conference,” Live Seminar for the Society for American Archaeology Online Seminar Series (https://www.saa.org/career-practice/online-seminars/past-seminars/2020/01/22/seminars/conference-101-a-beginner-s-guide-to-participating-in-the-saa-annual-meeting)
Jan. 2020 April Kamp-Whittaker, “Material challenges to mothering during incarceration,” Paper presentation at the Society for Historical Archaeology Annual Conference
April 2019 April Kamp-Whittaker, “Communal spaces and ideas of belonging in a WWII Japanese Incarceration Center,” Paper presentation at the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting
Jan. 2018 April Kamp-Whittaker, “Diaspora and Social Networks in a WWII Japanese Incarceration Center,” Paper presentation at the Society for Historical Archaeology Annual Conference
April 2018 April Kamp-Whittaker, “Archaeology in Practice: Exploring Different Specializations Within the Field,” ASU OSHER course, Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve
Feb. 2017 April Kamp-Whittaker, “Children were There too – The Archaeology of Childhood in WWII Internment Camps,” ASU OSHER course, West Campus location
Nov. 2016 April Kamp-Whittaker, “Place Based Social Networks: A Case Study Using Newspaper Accounts from Amache a WWII Japanese Internment Camp,” Paper presentation at the American Anthropological Association Annual Conference
April 2016 April Kamp-Whittaker, Andrea Barker, Margaret Nelson, “Hohokam Communities: Taking Risks and Making Trade-offs” Poster presentation at the Society of American Archaeology Annual Meeting
Jan. 2016 April Kamp-Whittaker, “Developing Personhood: The Discourse, Experience, and Material Culture of Children’s Play in a WWII Japanese American Internment Camp” Paper presentation at the Society for Historical Archaeology Annual Conference
April 2015 April Kamp-Whittaker & Bonnie J. Clark, “Creating a Community in Confinement: The Development of Neighborhoods in Amache, a WWII Japanese American Internment Camp” paper presentation at the Society of American Archaeology Annual Meeting
Jan. 2015 April Kamp-Whittaker, “Friend or Foe: Constructing the National Identity of Japanese American Children in Amache, a WWII Internment Center” paper presentation at the Society for Historical Archaeology Annual Conference
April 2014 April Kamp-Whittaker, “Archaeology of Childhood and the Concept of Personhood” paper presentation at the Society of American Archaeology Annual Meeting
Feb. 2010 April Kamp-Whittaker, “Forging New Communities: Children in Japanese Internment Camps” paper presentation at the Society for Historic Archaeology Annual Conference,
Jan. 2010 April Kamp-Whittaker, “Through the Eyes of a Child: the Archaeology of Children in Japanese Internment Camps” paper presentation at the Society for the Study of Childhood in the Past annual Conference
April 2009 April Kamp-Whittaker, “Through the Eyes of a Child: Understanding Children’s Experiences in a Japanese American Internment Camp.” poster presentation at the Society of American Anthropology Annual Conference
Public Scholarship
June 2021 Co-organizer of the Amache Virtual Pilgrimage - https://www.jampilgrimages.com/2021-amache-virtual-pilgrimage
August 2020 “Amache Field School: Amache Kids Search for Their Past” Co-Moderator of a virtual presentation for Tadaima: the Digital Pilgrimage
July 2020 “The Heritage of Sport: An Overview of the University of Denver Amache Project” Virtual presentation for Tadaima: the Digital Pilgrimage
July 2020 “Ask and Archeologist” Panelist for a virtual presentation for Tadaima: the Digital Pilgrimage
2016 - Current Co-producer of The Archaeology Show Podcast on the Archaeology Podcast Network
Jan. 2020 “Confined Community: The Archaeology of a WWII Japanese American Incarceration Center” ASU OSHER course, West Campus location.
June 2019 Interviewed for ASU NOW article “Archaeologist studies experiences of interned Japanese Americans” by Mikala Kass https://asunow.asu.edu/20190621-archaeologist-studies-experiences-interned-japanese-americans
Sept. 2018 “Confined Community: The Archaeology of a WWII Japanese American Incarceration Center” ASU OSHER course, West Campus location.
Sept. 2018 “Historical Archaeology: In the Field at a WWII Japanese American Incarceration Center” Archaeology Day Presentation, Deer Valley Rock Art Center. Phoenix, AZ.
July 2018 Community at Amache, Paper presentation at the Amache Incarceration Center Community Open House, July 2018
April 2018 “Archaeology in Practice: Exploring Different Specializations Within the Field,” ASU OSHER course, Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve
2015 Present to Michelle Hegemon’s Archaeology Class on outreach development and demonstrated Risk and Trade-offs curriculum
2015 Partnered with School of Sustainability on workshop for Deer Valley Teachers on integrating archaeology and sustainability into curriculum
2015 Workshop presenter at the Arizona Geography Alliance Conference
Sept 2012 “Changing Domesticity at Brucemore: From Family Home to House Museum” at the Cedar Rapids Family Consumer Science Group.
April 2012 “Cedar Rapids and Iowa’s Titanic Connection” talk presented at the Hiawatha Public Library, Iowa.
April 2012 Promotion for “Unsinkable Stories: Iowans and the Titanic” Exhibit. Chanel 2 Morning Show.
April 2012 “Iowan’s and the Titanic” Talk of Iowa on NPR.
Dec. 2010 Teacher continuing education course on Japanese Internment, Cherry Creek School District, Presented with Dana Shew.
Nov. 2009 Guest Lecturer in North American Archaeology Class, Grinnell College,
May 2009 Colorado and Company. Live T.V. Promotion for Through the Eyes of a Child Exhibit and the Amache Project. Presented with Dana Shew
Winter 2008 and Spring 2009 2 day course on basic museum skills at the Amache Preservation Society,
Dec. 2008Past Perfect Featured User: Amache Preservation Society. Past Perfect Newsletter
Professional Service
2021 Amache Alliance, Director and Compliance Officer
2017 – 21 Amache Historical Society 2, Committee Member
2020/21 Co-organized session for SAA 2021 People and Space: Defining Communities and Neighbourhoods with Social Network Analysis (Session rescheduled from 2020 to 2021 due to COVID-19)
2019 Reviewed Article for Advances in Archaeological Practice
2018 Volunteered for the American Alliance of Museums Annual Conference in Phoenix
2015-18 Society of American Archaeology Committee on Museums, Collections, and Curation, Student Member
2016-17 Archaeology Student Representative, Association of All Graduate Students, Arizona State University School of Human Evolution and Social Change
2015-17 Society of American Archaeology Student Affairs Committee, Member
2016 Created and Co-hosted The Archaeology Show podcast on the Archaeology Podcast Network
2015 + 2016 ASU Undergraduate Anthropology Association Panel on “Making a Good Poster”
2016 Co-organized Lightening Round Discussion Section for the 2017 SAA conference on behalf of the Student Affair and Collections Committees
2016 Co-organized paper session for 2016 Society for Historical Archaeology Annual Conference
2016 Agua Fri National Monument Public Outreach Committee Chair
2015 Agua Fri National Monument Public Outreach Committee
2015 ASU Undergraduate Anthropology Association Presentation “Graduate School Information Panel”
2015 Society for Historical Archaeology Annual Conference Student Volunteer
2015 Reviewed Article for Advances in Archaeological Practice
2014 -15 GPSA Student Grant Reviewer
Outreach
2018 – Gave public talks and tours at Amache Field School Open House days
2017 - Volunteered to run Center for Archaeology and Society booth for Night of the Open Door
2016 – Volunteered to run Center for Archaeology and Society booth at ASU Homecoming
2016 – Gave public talks and tours at Amache Field School Open House days
2016 – Volunteered at Deer Valley Archaeology Festival
2016 – Helped coordinate and assisted with Teo in the Basement for Night of the Open Door
2016 – Assisted with Center for Archaeology and Society table at O’Connor Institute
2015 – Assisted with SHESC Homecoming table
2015 – Assisted with Deer Valley table at ASU West PowWow
2015 – Taught Archaeology curriculum in Mesa 4th grade classroom
2015 – Volunteered at Deer Valley Archaeology Festival
2014 – Volunteered at Deer Valley Archaeology Festival
2014 – Volunteered at Arizona Archaeology Month Archaeology Expo