THEN welcomes Macie J. Clerkley as the new Student Affairs Committee Chair and Board Liaison!
Macie J. Clerkley is a PhD student in the Department of Anthropology at Brown University in Providence, RI. She is a historical archaeologist of the African Diaspora working in the Chesapeake region of the United States. Macie, a native of the DC metropolitan region, worked as an archaeologist with the Department of Parks and Recreation in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Here, Macie engaged with the broader public through educational public programming and public archaeology events.
Clerkley’s archaeological research focuses on the materiality of placemaking practices in Black domestic spaces on plantations in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Drawing on material culture and landscape studies, as well as Black feminist theory, she analyzes how everyday life manifests in the archaeological record and how Black communities maintained cultural practices within quotidian households shaped by landscapes of struggle, labor, and surveillance.
As the Student Affairs Committee Chair, Macie hopes to facilitate resources and spaces for students and early-career professionals to expand their knowledge of and potential for heritage education!