Meet the Women of the 2022 Season of Menokin’s Elements Webinar Series
Julia A. King
Julia A. King is a professor of anthropology at St. Mary's College of Maryland where she researches and teaches Chesapeake history and archaeology. Since 2015, King has collaborated with the Rappahannock Tribe on the archaeology of their homeland. King is a past president of the Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA). In 2003, she was appointed by President George W. Bush to the U.S. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. In 2018 she received the SHA's J.C. Harrington Award for scholarly achievement in the field of historical archaeology.
Ms. King will be Julia will be appearing in the Menokin Element’s Webinar Indigenous Cultural Landscapes - Using Archaeology to Map the Rappahannock Indigenous Cultural Landscape on July 14, 2022. Look for registration to open soon!
Dr. Lauren McMillan
Dr. Lauren McMillan is an assistant professor in the Department of Historic Preservation at the University of Mary Washington, where she teaches North American archaeology, material culture theory, general historic preservation courses, and introduction to architectural history. Many of her classes focus on public interpretations and perceptions of history, aimed at broadening and diversifying the field of preservation. Lauren’s main research interest is the time period right before, during, and after European contact and colonization in Virginia, focusing on Native-Anglo-African interactions in the early 17th century.
Dr, Lauren McMillan will be appearing in the Menokin Elements Webinar American Indian Heritage Trail on November 16, 2022. Look for registration to open soon!
Megan Postemski
Megan Postemski is a Project Archaeologist at St. Mary's College of Maryland. She received her B.A. in Anthropology and History from Muhlenberg College and recently completed her Ph.D. in Anthropology with a focus in Historical Archaeology at the University of Pennsylvania. She has researched archaeological sites across the Northeast US, Maryland, New Mexico, Peru, and French Guiana. Her broader research interests include historical archaeology of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, landscape archaeology, settlement patterns, and GIS.
Megan Postemski will be appearing with Julia King in the Menokin Elements Webinar Indigenous Cultural Landscapes - Using Archaeology to Map the Rappahannock Indigenous Cultural Landscape on July 14, 2022. Look for registration to open soon!
Sophie Haas
Sophie’s roots are in "Siolygasse" (Sioly Street) where she grew up in a small apartment in Vienna, Austria. She believes the strong roots that her family has given her with much love are what has defined her success so far and she is passionate about giving others access to such strong roots by creating healthy living environments.
She started her real estate career over ten years ago at Jones Lang LaSalle (a global real estate advisory firm) where she consulted major corporations such as P&G on their real estate strategies. After completing her MBA , she joined CIM Group where she focused on acquisitions and investments. After taking a course on regenerative development at the Regenesis Institute, she is now focusing on real estate projects with regenerative aspects for the mind, body, and nature.
Sophie Haas will be appearing in the Menokin Elements Webinar Regenerative Agriculture Community on May 18th, 2022. Look for registration to open soon!
Elizabeth Judd
Elizabeth Judd is going into her fourth year as the Executive Director at the Rosewell Foundation and will be overseeing the much anticipated conservation project of the ruins beginning later this spring. Receiving her masters at Hofstra University with a focus on architectural history, she was a curator in Manhattan, Brooklyn and East Hampton before moving back to her native Virginia.
Elizabeth Judd will be appearing in the Menokin Elements Webinar Interpreting Architectural Ruins on September 14, 2022. Look for registration to open soon!