Curriculum Vitae
Research Interests
Feminist theory in anthropology and archaeology, nonlinear systems theory, archaeological theory and method, feminist historical archaeology, historical archaeology of class, ethnicity, market access and settlement, industrial archaeology and cultural resource management
Selected Publications
Spencer-Wood, Suzanne. 2011. Introduction: Feminist Theories in Archaeology. Archaeologies 7(1): 1-33. (In Special Issue: The Impact of Feminist Theories on Archaeology, guest co-edited by Suzanne M. Spencer-Wood and Laurajane Smith.)
Spencer-Wood, Suzanne. 2011. Commentary: How Feminist Theory Increases Our Understanding of the Archaeology of Poverty. Historical Archaeology, 45(3):183-93.
Spencer-Wood, Suzanne. 2010. Gendered Power Dynamics Between Religious Sects, Ethnic Groups and Classes in Jewish Communities on Boston’s Landscape, 1840-1936. In S.B. Baugher and S. Spencer-Wood (Eds.), The Archaeology and Preservation of Gendered Landscapes (pp. 198-2320), Springer.
Spencer-Wood, Suzanne. 2009. Feminist Theory and the Historical Archaeology of Institutions. In A.M. Biesaw and J.G. Gibb (Eds.), The Archaeology of Institutional Life (pp. 33-49), University of Alabama Press.
Spencer-Wood, Suzanne. 2007. Feminist Theory and Gender Research in Historical Archaeology. In S. Nelson (Ed.), Women in Antiquity: Theoretical Approaches to Gender and Archaeology,(pp. 29-74), Altamira Press.
Spencer-Wood, Suzanne. 2005. “Feminist Boundary Crossings: Challenging Androcentric Assumptions and Stereotypes about Hideworking," in L. Frank and K. Weedman (Eds.), Gender and Hide Production (pp. 197-215), Altamira Press.
Spencer-Wood, Suzanne. 2004. “A Historic Pay-for-Housework Community Household: The Cambridge Cooperative Housekeeping Society," in K. Barrile and J. Brandon (Eds.), Household Chores and Household Choices: Theorizing the Domestic Sphere in Historical Archaeology (pp. 138-158), University of Alabama Press.
Spencer-Wood, Suzanne. 2004. "What Difference Does Feminist Theory Make in Researching Household Chores? A Commentary," in K. Barrile and J. Brandon (Eds.), Household Chores and Household Choices: Theorizing the Domestic Sphere in Historical Archaeology (pp. 235-253), University of Alabama Press.
Spencer-Wood, Suzanne M. 2002. "The Historical Archaeology of 19th Century American Cultural Landscapes: A Review," Landscape Journal 21(1):173-183.
Courses Taught
AN 101 Human and Cultural Evolution
AN 282 Prehistoric Origins of Civilization
AN 385 Historical Archaeology
AN 300 Culture, Society, and Technology