Haeden E. Stewart

I am an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. My research focuses on the long-term social and ecological effects of industrialization and industrial waste. In particular, I am interested in using archaeological methods to explore the histories of landscapes and people who are formed and deformed by industrial processes, with a focus on western North America. More broadly, I am committed to using the methods of archaeology to study contemporary social issues—from environmental degradation, to migration, to settler colonialism.

I earned my PhD (2019) and MA (2011) in Anthropology at the University of Chicago and a BA in Archaeology at the University of Toronto (2009). My dissertation research focused on the legacies of coal mining and meatpacking in Edmonton, Alberta. My current research project is the Ruby Archaeological Project which explores the history of industrial mining in Southern Arizona. I have done archaeological fieldwork in British Columbia, Alberta, Arizona, Mexico, Senegal, Peru, and Israel/Palestine.

I am currently accepting graduate students and would be particularly interested in working with students interested in archaeology of the contemporary, the Anthropocene, and political ecology.