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	Robert C. Chidester <chidester.robert@gmail.com>

Primary Phone:	(734) 474-0296

List Affiliations:	Review Editor for H-Urban

Interests:	Anthropology Labor History / Studies State and Local History / Museums Teaching U.S. History and Culture Urban History / Studies

Bio: Degrees: B.A., Heidelberg College (OH), 2002 M.A.A. (Master of Applied Anthropology), University of Maryland, 2004 Ph.D. in Anthropology and History, University of Michigan, 2009 Selected Publications: 2010 “'Those People’s' History: Representing Working Class Interests through Hampden’s Archaeology." Historical Archaeology Volume 43. In prep. 2010 “'Movement Archaeology': Promoting the Labor Movement in Maryland." In _Changing the World with Archaeology: Archaeology Activism_, edited by M. Jay Stottman. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa. Forthcoming. 2009 "One Neighborhood, Two Communities: The Public Archaeology of Class in a Gentrifying Urban Neighborhood." International Labor and Working-Class History 76:1-19. In press. 2009 "Critical Landscape Analysis as a Tool for Public Interpretation: Reassessing Slavery at a Western Maryland Plantation." CRM: The Journal of Heritage Stewardship 6(1):34-54. 2007 "Heritage in Hampden: A Participatory Research Design for Public Archaeology in a Working-Class Neighborhood, Baltimore, Maryland." In _Archaeology as a Tool of Civic Engagement_, edited by Barbara J. Little and Paul A. Shackel, pp. 223-242. AltaMira Press, Lanham, MD (with David A. Gadsby). Book Reviews for the following Journals: IA: Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology Historical Archaeology Southern Historian Maryland Historical Magazine Pioneer America Society Transactions Courses Taught: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Introduction to Archaeology U.S. History, 1865-present Religion in America War and American Society in the 20th Century Frauds and Fantastic Claims in Archaeology Professional Experience: Co-Director, Hampden Community Archaeology Project, Baltimore, Maryland (2004-present) Cultural Resources Specialist, The Mannik & Smith Group, Maumee, OH, July 2009-present.