Dickinson College
Archaeology Major Jobs and Graduate School Acceptances 2022
Student recording measurements in at an archaeology excavation.
Sammy Arnold
Hometown: Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania
Majors: earth sciences, archaeology
Employer: TekSystems
Job Title: GIS analyst
Graduate School: Penn State
Field of study: geospatial intelligence analyst
Field of study: geospatial intelligence analyst
Job Responsibilities
Creating a GIS database for 911 call centers to use to determine which station to call for emergency response.
How has Dickinson prepared you for life after graduation?
Taught me to be flexible and seek out new experiences.
What are you most anticipating about your career or post-graduate pursuits?
Continuing my education.
What are some of the defining moments of your Dickinson experience?
Meeting students from all different backgrounds.
Internship Experience
REU Fellowship Sea Grant, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Research (virtual): Conducting research with a doctoral candidate on machine learning and sea turtle image identification.
Henry DeGarmo
Hometown: Cortlandt Manor, New York
Majors: archaeology, history
Employer: Great Basin Institute
Job title: archaeology field technician
Job Responsibilities
Conduct field surveys out west near Lake Tahoe.
How has Dickinson prepared you for life after graduation?
My professors taught me all I needed to know for my career in archaeology and history.
What are you most anticipating about your career or post-graduate pursuits?
Continuing my understanding of the field of archaeology and doing what I can to contribute to it.
What are some of the defining moments of your Dickinson experience?
My unforgettable experiences with friends, working in the DEAL lab, and all the memorable curriculum.
Scott Durish
Hometown: Titusville, New Jersey
Majors: classical studies, archaeology
Employer: Princeton Battlefield State Park
Job title: site historian
Job title: site historian
Job Responsibilities
Cataloguing of historical items, educating public through guided tours, organizing presentations of historical artifacts and reproductions, house maintenance, organization of public events.
Published March 22, 2022