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Lisa A. Nagaoka

Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Geography and the Environment

(940) 565-2510

Email: Lisa.Nagaoka@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, University of Washington, 2000
    Major: Anthropology
  • MA, University of Washington, 1992
    Major: Anthropology
  • BA, University of Hawaii, Manoa, 1985
    Major: Anthropology

Professional Memberships

  • Center for Environmental Archaeology, UNT. (Present).
  • Dept of Anthropology, Auckland University. (Present).
  • Institute of Applied Sciences, UNT. (Present).
  • New Zealand Archaeological Association. (Present).
  • Society for American Archaeology. (Present).
  • Society for Archaeological Sciences. (Present).
  • Society for Ethnobiology. (Present).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • ANTH 2500 - Introduction to Archaeology, 11 courses.
  • ANTH 3650 - Origins of Civilization, 1 course.
  • ANTH 4620 - Topics in Archaeology, 7 courses.
  • ANTH 4850 - Topics in Archaeology, 3 courses.
  • ARCH 2500 - Introduction to Archaeology, 11 courses.
  • ARCH 2800 - Archaeological Science, 1 course.
  • ARCH 3650 - Origins of Civilization, 1 course.
  • ARCH 4620 - Topics in Archaeology, 10 courses.
  • ARCH 5620 - Topics in Archaeology, 4 courses.
  • BIOL 4900 - Special Problems, 1 course.
  • GEOG 1000 - National Parks: America's Best Idea, 1 course.
  • GEOG 2110 - Foundations of Geographic Research, 22 courses.
  • GEOG 2900 - Special Problems, 3 courses.
  • GEOG 3200 - Sustainability, 1 course.
  • GEOG 3420 - Applied Biogeography, 10 courses.
  • GEOG 4195 - Geospatial Data Analytics and Visualization, 5 courses.
  • GEOG 4800 - Applied Geography, 4 courses.
  • GEOG 4885 - Human Geography Topics, 2 courses.
  • GEOG 4900 - Special Problems, 10 courses.
  • GEOG 4960 - Geography Institute, 2 courses.
  • GEOG 4980 - Experimental Course, 3 courses.
  • GEOG 5195 - Advanced Geospatial Data Analytics, 5 courses.
  • GEOG 5800 - Research Design and Geographic Applications, 2 courses.
  • GEOG 5900 - Special Problems, 18 courses.
  • GEOG 5920 - Research Problems in Lieu of Thesis, 1 course.
  • GEOG 5950 - Master's Thesis, 16 courses.
  • GEOG 5960 - Geography Institute, 11 courses.

Directed Student Learning

  • Other, "honors," (2013).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Geography and the Environment. (April 2024 - 2025).
  • Supervised Research, Geography and the Environment. (September 2020 - May 2020).
  • Supervised Research, Geography and the Environment. (January 2020 - May 2020).
  • Supervised Research, Geography and the Environment. (January 2019 - May 2020).
  • Supervised Research, Geography and the Environment. (January 2019 - May 2020).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Geography and the Environment. (August 2018 - May 2020).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Geography and the Environment. (January 2017 - December 2019).
  • Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Geography and the Environment. (2018).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Geography and the Environment. (September 1, 2016 - August 2018).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Geography and the Environment. (June 2017).
  • Other, "Garden biodiversity," Geography and the Environment. (2015 - 2016).
  • Other, "Soil moisture," Geography and the Environment. (2015 - 2016).
  • Other, "Solar adoption," Biological Sciences. (2014 - 2016).
  • Other, "Reusable bags," Geography and the Environment. (2014 - 2015).
  • Other, "Ft. Hood deer," Geography and the Environment. (2014 - 2015).
  • Other, "N Rio Grande fauna," (2013 - 2015).
  • Other, "Leon River mussels," (2013 - 2015).
  • Other, "Hickory Ck litter," (2012 - 2014).
  • Other, "Goodman Pt fauna," (2012 - 2014).
  • Other, "non-thesis," (2011 - 2014).
  • Other, (2010 - 2012).
  • Other, (2011 - 2011).
  • Other, (2008 - 2011).
  • Other, (2008 - 2011).
  • Other, (2010 - 2010).
  • Other, (2009 - 2009).
  • Other, (2009 - 2009).
  • Other, (2008 - 2008).
  • Other, (2007 - 2007).
  • Other, (2007 - 2007).
  • Other, (2005 - 2005).
  • Other, (2005 - 2005).
  • Other, (2005 - 2005).
  • Other, (2004 - 2004).

Awards and Honors

  • Most Appreciated Professor, Department of Geography and the Environment. (2018).
  • Honorary Associate, Department of Archaeology, University of Sydney. (August 2016).
  • Most Appreciated Professor, Department of Geography and the Environment. (2014).
  • Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Anthropology, University of Auckland. (2003).
  • Nominee, Shelton Excellence in Teaching Award, University of North Texas. (2005).
  • Faculty Summer Research Fellowship, "Resource Depletion and Subsistence Change in Northern New Zealand", University of North Texas. (2002).
  • Nominee, 'Fessor Graham and Honors Professor awards, University of North Texas. (2002).
  • Faculty Summer Research Fellowship, "Resource Depletion, Agricultural Intensification, and Subsistence Change in the North Island, New Zealand", University of North Texas. (2000).
  • Dissertation Fellowship, The Graduate School, University of Washington. (1998).
  • Huckabay Teaching Fellowship, The Graduate School, University of Washington. (1998).
  • Student Poster Award, Society for American Archaeology. (1998).
  • Fulbright Scholarship, Dissertation research at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. (1997).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Wolverton, S.J., Nagaoka, L.A., Rick, T. (2016). Applied Zooarchaeology: Four Case Studies.
  • Ann Wolverton, Lisa Nagaoka, Mimi Wolverton. (2015). Breaking In: Women’s Accounts of How Choices Shape STEM Careers.. Stylus Press.

    • Book Chapter

  • Neme, G., Abbona, C., Gil, A., Otaola, C., Johnson, J., Nagaoka, L.A., Wolverton, S.J. (2023). Late Holocene Environmental Rebound in Northwest Patagonia: Zooarchaeological, Stable Isotope, Radiocarbon, and Ancient DNA Evidence. Questioning Rebound: People and Environmental Change in the Protohistoric and Early Historic Americas, edited by E. L. Jones and J. L. Fisher. 43-53. Salt Lake City, University of Utah Press.
  • Nagaoka, L., Neme, G. (2023). Late Holocene Environmental Rebound in Northwest Patagonia: Zooarchaeological, Stable Isotope, Radiocarbon, and Ancient DNA Evidence. Questioning Rebound: People and Environmental Change in the Protohistoric and Early Historic Americas. University of Utah.
  • Nagaoka, L.A. (2021). Using the management of urban species to teach conservation biogeography. Effective Approaches to Human Ecology Education. Society of Ethnobiology.
  • Nagaoka, L.A. (2019). Human behavioral ecology and zooarchaeology. Springer-Verlag.
  • Wolverton, S.J., Nagaoka, L.A. (2018). Zooarchaeology: Investigating Past Interactions Between Humans and Other Animals. Ethnozoology: Animals in Our Lives. 25-43. London, Academic Press.
  • Nagaoka, L.A. (2012). The Overkill Hypothesis and conservation biology. In, Zooarchaeological Perspectives on Issues in Conservation Biology , edited by S. Wolverton and R. L. Lyman..
  • Nagaoka, L.A. (2010). Declining Foraging Efficiency and Moa Carcass Exploitation in Southern New Zealand. In, Evolutionary Ecology and Archaeology: Applications to Problems in Human Evolution and Prehistory, edited by J. Broughton and M. Cannon.
  • Nagaoka, L., S. Wolverton, and B. Fullerton. (2008). Taphonomy of Twilight Beach seals Related Links: http://www.geog.unt.edu/~lnagaoka/TBtaphonomy2008.pdf.
  • Nagaoka, L.A. (1993). Faunal assemblages from the To'aga site. In, The To'aga Site: Three Millennia of Polynesian Occupation in the Manu'a Islands, American Samoa, edited by Patrick V. Kirch and Terry L. Hunt, pp. 189-216. Contributions of the University of California Archaeological Research Facility No. 51..
  • Nagaoka, L.A. (1988). Lapita subsistence: The evidence of non-fish archaeofaunal remains. In, Archaeology of the Lapita Cultural Complex: A Critical Review, edited by Patrick V. Kirch and Terry L. Hunt, pp. 117-133. Thomas Burke Washington State Memorial Museum Research Report No. 5.,.

    • Book Review

  • Nagaoka, L.A. (2002). Review of The Archaeologist's Laboratory: The Analysis of Archaeological Data.
  • Nagaoka, L.A. (2001). Review of Waihou Journeys: The Archaeology of 400 Years of Maori Settlement by Caroline Phillips.

    • Conference presentation

  • Wolverton, S.J., Nagaoka, L.A., Rice, M.D. (2022). Career thinking among geography majors in a sophomore class at UNT. Applied Geography Conference.

    • Instructor's Manual

  • Ponette, A.G., Nagaoka, L.A., Williams, H.F., McGregor, K.M., Maxey, G. (2018). Earth Science Laboratory Manual. Stipes Publishing, L.L.C..

    • Journal Article

  • Pan, F., Nagaoka, L., Wolverton, S.J., Atkinson, S.F., Kohler, T.A., O'Neill II, M. (2021). A Constrained Stochastic Weather Generator for Daily Mean Air Temperature and Precipitation. Atmosphere. 12 (2) 22 pgs..
  • Andrew, G., Nagaoka, L.A., Wolverton, S.J. (2019). A geospatial method for estimating soil moisture variability in prehistoric agricultural landscapes. PloS ONE. 14 (8) e0220457.
  • Laura, E., Nagaoka, L.A., Wolverton, S.J. (2019). Animal resource use among Mesa Verde farmers related to socio-environmental change. Journal of Anthropological Research. 73 (3) 361-392.
  • Traci, P., Charles, R., Wolverton, S.J., Nagaoka, L.A. (2018). Conservation Implications of Late Holocene Freshwater Mussel Remains of the Leon River in Central Texas. Hydrobiologia: The Journal of Aquatic Sciences. 810 477-487.
  • Nagaoka, L.A., Rick, T., Wolverton, S.J. (2018). The overkill model and its impact on environmental research. 8 9863-9696.
  • Popejoy, T., Wolverton, S.J., Randklev, C., Nagaoka, L.A. (2017). An interpretive framework for assessing freshwater mussel taxonomic abundances in zooarchaeological faunas. Quaternary International. 427 34-46.
  • Dombrosky, J., Wolverton, S.J., Nagaoka, L.A. (2016). Archaeological data suggest broader earlier historic distribution of Blue sucker (Cycleptus longatus, Actinopterygii, Catostomidae) in New Mexico. Hydrobiologia: The Journal of Aquatic Sciences. 77 (1) 255-263. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10750-015-2639-9
  • Wolverton, S.J., Nagaoka, L.A. (2016). Introduction. Journal of Ethnobiology. Archaeology as Ethnobiology. 46 (3) 473-475.
  • Nagaoka, L.A. (2015). Differential carnivore damage as a potential indicator of resource availability and foraging efficiency.. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. 22 822-856.
  • Wolverton, S., P. Dong, and J. Kennedy. (2012). On behavioral depression in white-tailed deer..
  • Nagaoka, L. and M. S. Allen. (2009). Antipodean perspectives on zooarchaeology: Behavioral ecology, taphonomy, and applied research ..
  • Wolverton, S., L. Nagaoka, B. Fullerton, and J. Densmore. (2008). White-tailed deer harvest pressure & within-bone nutrient exploitation during the mid- to late Holocene in southeast Texas. Before Farming. 2008 (2)
  • Nagaoka, L.A. (2006). Declining foraging efficiency and seal carcass exploitation in southern New Zealand.
  • Nagaoka, L.A. (2006). Ranking the top archaeological journals.
  • Nagaoka, L.A. (2005). Declining foraging efficiency and moa carcass exploitation in southern New Zealand.
  • Nagaoka, L.A. (2005). Screening experiments and differential recovery of Pacific Island fish.
  • Nagaoka, L.A. (2002). Explaining subsistence change in southern New Zealand using foraging theory models.
  • Nagaoka, L.A. (2002). Explaining subsistence change in southern New Zealand using foraging theory models.
  • Nagaoka, L.A. (2002). The effects of resource depression on foraging efficiency, diet breadth, and patch use in southern New Zealand.
  • Nagaoka, L.A. (2001). Using diversity measures to understand changes in prey exploitation in southern New Zealand.
  • Nagaoka, L.A. (1994). Differential recovery of Pacific Island fish remains: Evidence from the Moturakau Rockshelter, Aitutaki, Cook Islands.
  • Kirch, P.V., T.L. Hunt, J. Tyler. (1990). An Ancestral Polynesian occupation at To'aga, Ofu Island, American Samoa.

    • Journal Special Issue

  • Nagaoka, L.A., Wolverton, S.J. (2016). Archaeology as Ethnobiology. Journal of Ethnobiology. 46 (3)

    • Monograph

  • Allen, M. S.. (2004). "In the footsteps of von Haast…the discoveries something grand": The emergence of zooarchaeology in New Zealand. In, Change Through Time, 50 Years of New Zealand Archaeology, edited by L. Furey and S. Holdaway, pp. 193-214..

Presentations Given

  • The Pleistocene Extinction Debate and Cross-disciplinary Communication, (2013 - 2013).
  • Archaeologists' perceptions of Pleistocene overkill, (2012 - 2012).
  • The ungulate prey depression model: Distinguishing predation and climate effects on prey, (2012 - 2012).
  • C. Brule, C. Thomas, and L. Nagaoka. Bike rack occupancy at the University of North Texas., (2011 - 2011).
  • C. Thomas, C. Brule, and L. Nagaoka. Bike survey at the University of North Texas., (2011 - 2011).
  • L. Nagaoka and M. Fry. Undergraduate choice of majors: Why not Geography?, (2011 - 2011).
  • L. Nagaoka. "The challenges with communicating paleozoological data: Lessons from the overkill debate"., (2011 - 2011).
  • S. Wolverton, L. Nagaoka, G. Neme, and A. Gil. "The ungulate prey depression model: Distinguishing predation and climate effects on prey.", (2011 - 2011).
  • A. Hoffman, K. Kuckleman, L. Nagaoka, S. Wolverton. "Dietary Use of Animal Resources Prior to the Pueblo III Depopulation of the Mesa Verde Region, (2010 - 2010).
  • L. Nagaoka. "Evaluating the assumptions behind Pleistocene rewilding, (2010 - 2010).
  • S. Wolverton S. Ortman, L. Nagaoka. "Assessing VEP Productivity Predictions with Zooarchaeological Relative Abundance Data in the Mesa Verde Region, (2010 - 2010).
  • L. Nagaoka, B. Fullerton, S. Wolverton and J. Densmore. Subsistence context of pottery evolution., (2009 - 2009).
  • Differential carnivore damage by domesticated dogs in New Zealand: A potential indicator of resource availability and foraging efficiency, (2008 - 2008).
  • S. Wolverton, L. Nagaoka, B. Fullerton, and J. Densmore. "Mid- to Late Holocene foragers at Eagle's Ridge (41CH252) SE Texas". Paper presented in the invited symposium, " Middle Holocene Adaptations". Society for American Archaeology Meetings, Vancouver,, (2008 - 2008).
  • Nagaoka, L.A. (Other), "Applied Zooarchaeology: Using Paleozoological Data in the Service of Conservation Efforts.", (2007 - 2007).
  • Nagaoka, L.A. (Other), "Extinction and Subsistence Change in New Zealand", (2007 - 2007).
  • "Gender Differences in Time-to-Completion at a Research I University"., (2007 - 2007).
  • "Zooarchaeological Research in New Zealand: Studying the Effects of Anthropogenic Environmental Change", (2007 - 2007).
  • 2007 B. Fullerton, L. Nagaoka, S. Wolverton. "White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) marrow and grease exploitation among mobile, pottery-using foragers in southeast Texas". Poster presented at the Society for Ethnobiology Meetings, Berkeley, CA, (2007 - 2007).
  • 2007 B. Fullerton, L. Nagaoka, S. Wolverton. "White-tailed deer carcass exploitation across the pre-pottery/pottery transition at Eagle's Ridge". Poster presented at the Society for American Archaeology Meetings, Austin, TX., (2007 - 2007).
  • 2007 J. Densmore, L. Nagaoka, and S. Wolverton. "Evaluating Measures of Bone Fragmentation". Poster presented at the Society for American Archaeology Meetings, Austin, TX., (2007 - 2007).
  • Conservation implications of New Zealand fur seal pup remains, (2006 - 2006).
  • Taphonomic Analysis of the Twilight Beach Seals: North Island, New Zealand, (2006 - 2006).
  • 2005 Seal butchery and element fragmentation patterns at the Shag Mouth Site, New Zealand. Poster presented at the Society for American Archaeology Meetings, Salt Lake City, UT., (2005 - 2005).
  • Nagaoka, L.A. (Other), Conservation biology in New Zealand, (2005 - 2005).
  • 2004 Carnivore attrition of Pacific Island fish remains. Poster presented at the Society for American Archaeology Meetings, Montreal, Canada., (2004 - 2004).
  • Nagaoka, L.A. (Other), Prehistoric human predation in New Zealand: The impact of humans on moas and other vertebrates, (2004 - 2004).
  • Transitions Conference to Prepare Women with LD for Post-Secondary Education, (2004 - 2004).
  • 2003 Differential recovery of Pacific Island fish. Poster presented at the Society for American Archaeology Meetings, Milwaukee, WI., (2003 - 2003).
  • Nagaoka, L.A. (Other), Butchery and transport patterns in southern New Zealand, (2002 - 2002).
  • 2001 Changes in prey utilization at the Shag River Mouth site, Southern New Zealand. Poster presented at the Society for American Archaeology Meetings, New Orleans, LA., (2001 - 2001).
  • Nagaoka, L.A. (Other), Issues for women in archaeology, (2001 - 2001).
  • 2000 Teaching archaeology: Kennewick Man case study. Poster presented in the general poster symposium, "Method and Theory", Society for American Archaeology Meetings, Philadelphia, PA., (2000 - 2000).
  • 1999 Changing prey and patch use in southern New Zealand. Paper presented in the symposium 'Contributions of Foraging Theory to Archaeology', Society for American Archaeology Meetings, Chicago, Illinois., (1999 - 1999).
  • Nagaoka, L.A. (Other), "Issues in Recovery, Identification, Quantification, and Interpretation of Vertebrate Faunal Remains", (1998 - 1998).
  • 1998 Resource depletion, extinction, and subsistence change in southern New Zealand. Poster presented in the general poster symposium, "Method and Theory", Society for American Archaeology Meetings, Seattle, WA. (SAA Student Poster Award), (1998 - 1998).
  • 1997 The dynamic relationship between resource depletion and subsistence change in Otago, New Zealand. Paper presented at the 4th New Zealand Post-graduate Conference, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand., (1997 - 1997).
  • Nagaoka, L.A. (Other), Faunal analysis and subsistence research in southern New Zealand, (1997 - 1997).
  • Nagaoka, L.A. (Other), The loss of native fauna and their effect on prehistoric Maori diet, (1997 - 1997).
  • 1992 Screen size effects on fish remains from Moturakau Rockshelter, Aitutaki, southern Cook Islands. Paper presented in the symposium 'Subsistence and Environmental Change in Oceania', Society for American Archaeology Meetings, Pittsburgh, PA., (1992 - 1992).

    • Invited Talk

  • Gilmore, E. (Author & Presenter), Dombrosky, J. (Author), Nagaoka, L.A. (Author), Wolverton, S.J. (Author), Society for American Archaeology, Welcome to the Machine: New Techniques in Predictive Modeling for Improving Data Quality in Zooarchaeology, Portland, OR, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).

    • Lecture

  • Wolverton, S.J. (Author & Presenter), Nagaoka, L.A. (Author & Presenter), Viewing Mesa Verde Landscapes Through the Lenses of Historical Ecology and Environmental Justice, Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, United States of America. (2021).

    • Oral Presentation

  • Nagaoka, L.A. (Author & Presenter), Applied Geography Conference, Designing Student Research Projects for Professional Development, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Popejoy, T. (Author & Presenter), Wolverton, S.J. (Author), Randklev, C. (Author), Nagaoka, L.A. (Author), Society for Freshwater Science, Sacramento, Using Zooarchaeological Data for Unionid Conservation: A Case Study of a Central Texas River, United States of America. (2016 - 2016).
  • Nagaoka, L.A. (Author & Presenter), Moa extinction and the overkill hypothesis. Poster presented at the Southwest and Rocky Mountain Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Denton, TX., United States of America. (1999).

    • Paper

  • Nagaoka, L. (Author & Presenter), Society of Ethnobiology Meetings, Using the management of urban species to teach conservation biogeography, University of North Texas, Madison, WI, United States of America. (2018).

    • Poster

  • Nagaoka, L.A. (Author & Presenter), Dombrosky, J. (Author), Wolverton, S.J. (Author), Jones, E. (Author), Ryan, S. (Author), Society for American Archaeology Conference, A differential recovery checklist for zooarchaeology in the U.S. Southwest., Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, LA, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Nagaoka, L.A. (Author & Presenter), Wolverton, S.J. (Author), Elliot, P. (Author), Society for American Archaeology Conference, Landscape ecology, GIS and faunal abundances in Ancestral Puebloan sites in the San Juan River basin., Albuquerque, NM, United States of America. (2019).
  • Brown, A. (Author & Presenter), Nagaoka, L.A. (Author), Pan, F. (Author), Wolverton, S.J. (Author), Society for American Archaeology, Exploring Agricultural Field Locations and Proximity to Puebloan Habitation Sites by Modeling Soil Moisture in the Central Mesa Verde Region, Southwestern Colorado, United States of America. (2016 - 2016).
  • Popejoy, T. (Author & Presenter), Wolverton, S.J. (Author), Randklev, C. (Author), Nagaoka, L.A. (Author), Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, The Contemporary and late Holocene Freshwater Mussel Community of the Leon River, Central Texas, United States of America. (2015 - 2015).
  • Brown, A. (Author & Presenter), Nagaoka, L.A. (Author), Pan, F. (Author), Wolverton, S.J. (Author), Society for American Archaeology, Modeling Soil Moisture of Farmland near Mesa Verde Villages at Goodman Point, United States of America. (2015 - 2015).
  • Brown, A. (Author & Presenter), Nagaoka, L.A. (Author), Wolverton, S.J. (Author), Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Modeling Soil Moisture of Farmland Near Mississippian Period Sites in Davidson County, Tennessee, United States of America. (2015 - 2015).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Nagaoka, L.A. (Principal), Wolverton, S.J., Pan, F., Atkinson, S.F., "Modeling Crop Failure Potential in Late Pueblo Mesa Verde Villages," sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $116206 Funded. (2015 - 2020).
  • Wolverton, S.J., Johnson, J., Nagaoka, L.A., "The Use of “Ancient” DNA for Interpreting Predation and Mammalian Population Dynamics.," sponsored by NSF Archaeology, Federal, $55069 Funded. (2016 - 2019).
  • Nagaoka, L. (Principal), "GiS and Archaeological Research in Western Argentina," sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $7500 Funded. (2012 - 2012).
  • Pan, F. (Co-Principal), Nagaoka, L.A. (Principal), Atkinson, S.F. (Co-Principal), Wolverton, S.J. (Co-Principal), "Collaborative Research: Modeling Crop Failure Potential in Late Pueblo III Mesa Verde Villages," sponsored by National Science Foundation, FED, Funded. (2015 - 2020).
  • Johnson, J.A. (Co-Principal), Nagaoka, L.A. (Co-Principal), Wolverton, S.J. (Principal), "The Use of "Ancient" DNA for Interpreting Predation and Mammalian Population Dynamics," sponsored by National Science Foundation, FED, Funded. (2016 - 2019).

    • Grant - Service

  • Nagaoka, L., "Updating Data Analytics Capacity in Geography Curriculum," sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2021 - 2022).

Service

University Service

  • Member, Integrative Studies Faculty Advisory Committee. (November 2019 - Present).
  • Other (Coordinator), GEOG 1710 Lab Coordinator. (June 2018 - Present).
  • Other (Contributor), GEOG 1710 Core Assessment Contributor. (2017 - Present).
  • Member, Campus Bike Committee. (2016 - Present).
  • Chairperson, Core Curriculum Assessment. (2009 - Present).
  • Chairperson, SACS Assessment. (2009 - Present).
  • Committee Member, ENGL Creative Writing Non-Fiction Asst Professor Search Committee. (October 2024 - March 2025).
  • Committee Member, Human-Environment Geographer Search Committee. (August 2023 - March 2024).
  • Committee Member, Technical Communication Promotion and Tenure Committee. (September 2023 - November 2023).
  • Committee Member, Quantitative Human Geographer Search Committee. (September 2022 - March 2023).
  • Committee Member, English Job Search Committee. (November 2022 - February 2023).
  • Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee. (September 2019 - January 2023).
  • Committee Member, Promotion and Tenure. (September 2022 - October 2022).
  • Member, Anthropology Lecturer Search Committee. (January 17, 2022 - May 1, 2022).
  • Chairperson, Undergraduate Committee. (August 2019 - 2021).
  • Member, Strategic Planning Committee. (September 2020 - May 2021).
  • Member, Promotion Committee. (September 2020 - November 2020).
  • Committee Member, Promotion and Tenure. (September 2020 - October 2020).
  • Chairperson, Undergraduate Enrollment and Marketing. (2015 - 2019).
  • Committee Member, Personnel Affairs Committee. (2017 - August 2019).
  • Committee Member, Anthropology Search Committee. (January 2019 - May 2019).
  • Committee Member, GIS Search Committee. (August 2017 - March 2018).
  • Member, Religion and Ecology Search Committee , Philosphy & Religion. (2016 - 2017).
  • Committee Member, Graduate Program Committee. (2013 - 2013).
  • Committee Member, Graduate Program Committee. (2012 - 2012).
  • Committee Member, Environmental Anthropologist Search Committee, Anthropology. (2010 - 2010).
  • Committee Member, Evolutionary Ecologist Search Committee, Biology. (2010 - 2010).
  • Committee Member, Faculty Senate, SETE ad hoc committee. (2010 - 2010).
  • Other (Senator), Group IV, Faculty Senate. (2010 - 2010).
  • Committee Member, Search Committee, Biology. (2010 - 2010).
  • Committee Member, Search Committee, Economics. (2010 - 2010).
  • New Faculty Mentoring Program. (2009 - 2009).
  • Committee Member, PAC Points Committee. (2009 - 2009).
  • Other (Lab coordinator), Archaeological Science (ARCH 2800). (2008 - 2008).
  • Other (Mentor), Assistant Professor in Communications. (2008 - 2008).
  • Committee Member, Faculty Senate Charter and Bylaws Committee. (2008 - 2008).
  • Committee Member, Faculty Senate Committee on Committees. (2008 - 2008).
  • Committee Chair, GIS Search Committee. (2008 - 2008).
  • Committee Chair, Greenhouse Gas Inventory Subcommittee, Sustainability Council. (2008 - 2008).
  • Other (Senator), Group IV, Faculty Senate. (2008 - 2008).
  • New Faculty Mentoring Program. (2008 - 2008).
  • Committee Member, PAC Points Committee. (2008 - 2008).
  • Committee Member, Population Geneticist Search Committee, Biology. (2008 - 2008).
  • Other (Archaeology Representative), Science Core Curriculum Assessment. (2008 - 2008).
  • Other (Member), Sustainability Council. (2008 - 2008).
  • Committee Member, Ad hoc mediation committee. (2007 - 2007).
  • Other (Lab coordinator), Archaeological Science (ARCH 2800). (2007 - 2007).
  • Other (Mentor), Assistant Professor in Communications. (2007 - 2007).
  • Committee Member, Faculty Senate Charter and Bylaws Committee. (2007 - 2007).
  • Committee Member, Faculty Senate Committee on Committees. (2007 - 2007).
  • Committee Chair, GIS Curriculum Development Committee. (2007 - 2007).
  • Committee Chair, GIS Search Committee. (2007 - 2007).
  • Other (Senator), Group IV, Faculty Senate. (2007 - 2007).
  • New Faculty Mentoring Program. (2007 - 2007).
  • Committee Member, PAC Points Committee. (2007 - 2007).
  • Committee Member, Population Geneticist Search Committee, Biology. (2007 - 2007).
  • Other (Archaeology Representative), Science Core Curriculum Assessment. (2007 - 2007).
  • Other (Lab coordinator), Archaeological Science (ARCH 2800). (2006 - 2006).
  • Other (Senator), Group IV, Faculty Senate. (2006 - 2006).
  • New faculty mentoring program orientation. (2006 - 2006).
  • Other (Archaeology Representative), Science Core Curriculum Assessment. (2006 - 2006).
  • Other (Co-instructor), Archaeological method and theory seminar. (2005 - 2005).
  • Other (Lab coordinator), Archaeological Science (ARCH 2800). (2005 - 2005).
  • Other (Senator), Group IV, Faculty Senate. (2005 - 2005).
  • New faculty mentoring program orientation. (2005 - 2005).
  • Report and presentation on the effectiveness of the College's new faculty mentoring program. (2005 - 2005).
  • Other (Archaeology Representative), Science Core Curriculum Assessment. (2005 - 2005).
  • Other (Lab coordinator), Archaeological Science (ARCH 2800). (2004 - 2004).
  • Other (TAMS Mentor), Bringing Girls Up In Science (BUGS). (2004 - 2004).
  • Other (Presenter), Panel on graduate school preparation. (2004 - 2004).
  • Other (Archaeology Representative), Science Core Curriculum Assessment. (2004 - 2004).
  • Study on the effectiveness of the College's new faculty mentoring program. (2004 - 2004).
  • Other (Lab coordinator), Archaeological Science (ARCH 2800). (2003 - 2003).
  • Faculty Advisor, Archaeology Club. (2003 - 2003).
  • Other (Presenter), Panel on graduate school preparation. (2003 - 2003).
  • Other (Lab coordinator), Archaeological Science (ARCH 2800). (2002 - 2002).
  • Faculty Advisor, Archaeology Club. (2002 - 2002).
  • Other (Coordinator), Departmental web page development. (2002 - 2002).
  • Other (Archaeology Representative), Science Core Curriculum Assessment. (2002 - 2002).
  • Other (Lab coordinator), Archaeological Science (ARCH 2800). (2001 - 2001).
  • Faculty Advisor, Archaeology Club. (2001 - 2001).
  • Other (Archaeology Representative), Science Core Curriculum Assessment. (2001 - 2001).
  • Other (Student representative), College Council. (1998 - 1999).
  • Other (Huckabay Fellow), developed a comprehensive teaching assistant training program for Anthropology. (1998 - 1999).
  • Other (Panelist), forum of Experienced TAs, Campus-Wide New TA Orientation, The Graduate School. (1998 - 1998).
  • Other (Facilitator), Panel of Experienced TAs, Department of Anthropology, TA Orientation. (1998 - 1998).
  • Other (Student representative), Archaeology Faculty Search Committee, Department of Anthropology. (1995 - 1995).
  • Other (Research Assistant), (1993 - 1994).
  • Other (Student representative), Departmental Review, Department of Anthropology. (1989 - 1989).

Public Service

  • Other (Guest Speaker), 5th Grade gifted children, Forest Vista Elementary School. Flower Mound, Texas. (2001 - 2001).
  • Other (Judge), Denton Independent School District Elementary School Science Fair. (2001 - 2001).
  • Other (Co-Organizer), Archaeology Day, Assumption St. Brigette School 2nd Grade. Seattle, Washington. (1998 - 1998).
  • Other (Volunteer), Career Day Mentor, Redmond High School. Washington. (1998 - 1998).

Professional Service

  • Other (Panelist), Fulbright Scholarship. (2012 - 2012).
  • Other (Panelist), Fulbright Scholarship. (2011 - 2011).
  • Other (Coordinator), SACS Assessment. (2011 - 2011).
  • Workshop Organizer, "Archaeology: Puzzles of the Past", Expanding Your Horizons: Careers in Science for Girls Conference, TWU; organized one-hour activities on archaeology as a science. Denton, Texas. (2010 - 2010).
  • Other (Panelist), Fulbright. (2010 - 2010).
  • Workshop Organizer, "Archaeology: Puzzles of the Past", Expanding Your Horizons: Careers in Science for Girls Conference, TWU. Denton, Texas. (2009 - 2009).
  • Other (Webmaster), Expanding Your Horizons conference web site. (2009 - 2009).
  • Chairperson, SACS Graduate Assessment. (2009 - 2009).
  • Chairperson, SACS Undergraduate Assessment. (2009 - 2009).
  • Workshop Organizer, "Archaeology: Puzzles of the Past", Expanding Your Horizons: Careers in Science for Girls Conference, TWU. Denton, Texas. (2008 - 2008).
  • Other (Webmaster), American Association of University Women (AAUW)-Denton web site. (2008 - 2008).
  • Other (Webmaster), Expanding Your Horizons conference web site. (2008 - 2008).
  • Committee Member, SACS Review - Graduate Committee. (2008 - 2008).
  • Other (Webmaster), Expanding Your Horizons conference web site. (2007 - 2007).
  • Other (Communications Officer), American Association of University Women (AAUW)-Denton.. (2006 - 2006).
  • Other (Communications Officer), American Association of University Women (AAUW)-Denton.. (2006 - 2006).
  • Workshop Organizer, Archaeology: Puzzles of the Past", Expanding Your Horizons: Careers in Science for Girls Conference, TWU. Denton, Texas. (2006 - 2006).
  • Other (Communications Officer), American Association of University Women (AAUW) - Denton. (2005 - 2005).
  • Workshop Organizer, "Archaeology: Puzzles of the Past", Expanding Your Horizons: Careers in Science for Girls Conference, TWU. Denton, Texas. (2004 - 2004).
  • Other (Editor), AAUW, Denton Branch newsletter. (2004 - 2004).
  • Other (Webmaster), Expanding Your Horizons conference web site. (2004 - 2004).
  • Other (Invited lecturer), Northern Kentucky University. (2004 - 2004).
  • Other (Invited lecturer), Northern Kentucky University. (2004 - 2004).
  • Other (Editor), AAUW, Denton Branch newsletter. (2003 - 2003).
  • Other (Organizing Committee), American Association of University Women (AAUW), Denton Branch, Transitions Conference (for women returning to college). (2003 - 2003).
  • Other (Organizing Committee), AAUW Transitions Conference. (2002 - 2002).
  • Other (UNT Faculty Liaison), American Association of University Women, Denton Branch. (2002 - 2002).
  • Workshop Organizer, "Archaeology: Puzzles of the Past", Expanding Your Horizons: Careers in Science for Girls Conference, TWU. Denton, Texas. (2001 - 2001).
  • Other (Facilitator), "Helping Faculty Design Archaeology Courses". Society for American Archaeology Meetings,. New Orleans, LA. (2001 - 2001).
  • Other (UNT Faculty Liaison), American Association of University Women, Denton Branch. (2001 - 2001).
  • Other (Facilitator), "Preparing Future Archaeology Faculty: the TA-to-Instructor Transition", Society for American Archaeology Meetings. Philadelphia, PA. (2000 - 2000).
  • Workshop Organizer, "Archaeology: Puzzles of the Past", Expanding Your Horizons: Careers in Science for Girls Conference, TWU. Denton, Texas. (1999 - 1999).
  • Other (Volunteer), Artifact Identification Day, Burke Museum. Seattle, Washington. (1999 - 1999).
  • Other (Participant), Graduate School 620 course: Teaching Mentorship Seminar. (1999 - 1999).
  • Other (Volunteer), Artifact Identification Day, Burke Museum. Seattle, Washington. (1998 - 1998).
  • Other (Advising Scientist), Dragonfly Project, National Science Teachers Association. (1998 - 1998).
  • Other (Participant), Graduate School 630 course: Becoming Effective College/University Teachers. (1998 - 1998).
  • Other (Volunteer), Artifact Identification Day, Burke Museum. Seattle, Washington. (1996 - 1996).
  • Other (Volunteer), Burton Acres Shell Midden, Vashon Island Public Archaeology Project, Burke Museum. Seattle, Washington. (1996 - 1996).
  • Other (Symposia organizer), Society for American Archaeology Meetings. Pittsburgh, PA. (1992 - 1992).