Biographical Profile
Interest Background
Professional Preparation
Positions & Appointments
Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
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Wagner, Gail E.
Research Affiliate
My field of interest is the interrelationships between people and plants, both past and present (and, one could argue, the future).
Biographical Profile
- College
- College of Arts and Sciences
- Department
- Anthropology
- Tenure Status
- Tenured
Interest Background
- Do you include students in your research?
- Undergraduates and Graduates
- Interest Keywords
- Archaeology, Southeast, Ethnobotany, Paleoethnobotany, Foodways, Anthropogenesis, Ethnoecology, Biocultural Diversity, Chiefdoms, Homegardens, Botanical knowledge, Vegetables
- Institutional Focus Areas
- Environmental Sciences, Social Sciences
- Personal Focus Areas
- Ethnobotany; Paleoethnobotany of the eastern United States, Archaeology of the Chiefdom of Cofitachequi in central South Carolina, Biocultural diversity, including botanical knowledge
Professional Preparation(Education & Training)
Dates | Institution | Location | Degree | Field of Study |
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1975 | Miami University | Oxford, Ohio | B.A. | Anthropology |
1978 | Washington Univ. | St. Louis, MO | M.A. | Anthropology/archaeololgy |
1987 | Washington University | St. Louis, MO | Ph.D. | Anthropology/archaeology |
Positions & Appointments
Dates | Description | Institution/Entity |
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1986 - 1989 | Principal Investigator (archaeology), Center for American Archaeology | Kampsville, IL |
1989 - 1995 | Assistant Professor, tenure track, Archaeology, Dept. of Anthropology | University of South Carolina |
1995 | Associate Professor, tenured, Archaeology, Dept. of Anthropology | University of South Carolina |
Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
Dates | Type | Description | Foundation/Entity |
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1995 | Award | Outstanding Service Award, Archaeological Society of South Carolina | University of South Carolina |
2000 | Award | Michael J. Mungo Undergraduate Awards | University of South Carolina |
2018 | Award | Garnet Apple Award | University of South Carolina |
2018 | Award | Distinguished Ethnobiologist (lifetime acheivement award) | Society of Ethnobiology |
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