I am an archaeologist and heritage specialist who studies rock art, graffiti, heritage, Indigenous knowledge, intellectual property, cross-cultural contact, and understandings of time. I studied for my BA and Honours at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa (1988-1992). I was Head of the Rock Art Department at National Museum in Bloemfontein (1994-2002) before reading for an MA and PhD at UC Berkeley (2002-2006). I taught Ancient African History at San Quentin Prison (2004-2005). I returned to South Africa as Senior Lecturer at the University of Pretoria’s Department of Anthropology & Archaeology (2006-2011) before becoming Curator of Archaeology at Iziko South African Museum (2011-2013).

In 2013 I joined UWA’s Centre for Rock Art Research + Management as a Kimberley Rock Art Research Fellow (2013-2015) where I have been Archaeology Discipline Chair (2016-2018), Major Co-ordinator (2015-2021), Honours Co-ordinator (2015-2019 & Mentor) and Seminar Co-ordinator (2017-2020). I was School of Social Sciences Director of Learning, Teaching + Student Matters (2020-2022) and am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

I have directed research in Australia, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and South Africa, documenting >4000 rock art sites, conducting >20 excavations and producing >200 site reports. I have written >70 academic >80 other publications; established 6 rock art site museums; and curated 10 exhibitions.

2011-2013: Curator: Archaeology, Iziko South African Museum

2006-2011: Senior Lecturer, Anthropology & Archaeology, University of Pretoria

2004-2006: Townsend Centre for the Humanities Fellow

2004-2005: Associate Professor, Patten University, USA (Prison Programme)

2002-2004: Fulbright Scholar (with Amy Biehl Prize)

1994-2002: Head: Rock Art Department, National Museum, South Africa

I work on collaborative projects where archaeology, rock art, heritage, identity and indigeneity intersect - especially in the Global South. These projects have mandated activist and outreach components such as measuring the carbon footprint of fieldwork and considering Indigenous as well as western laws that govern heritage. I also contribute to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning through considering equity, diversity and cultural safety,

* Dating the Aboriginal Rock art Sequence of the Kimberley in North West Australia. ARC Linkage Project 170100155

* Mapping, Managing and Making Known Heritage Values Along the Martuwarra (Fitzroy) River, West Kimberley, Australia. National Heritage Council and co-designed with Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council

* Establishing Equity for First Nations People in Energy Transitions: Cultural heritage protection in the extractive mining industries of Australia, Canada and the USA.  National Industry PhD Program (Australian Department of Education)

* An Archaeology of Boorloo/Perth

I have taught >40 undergraduate and 5 postgraduate Units/Courses in Australia (see ‘Units’), South Africa and the United States of America with primary curriculum development in 32 of these, usually in multi-cultural contexts. I initiated - the UWA Archaeology, Forensic Anthropology and Rock Art Experimental Facility infrastructure project. I designed and delivered UWA’s first Archaeology Summer School and integrated the Australian Archaeological Association’s Skills Passport into the Archaeology curriculum. I have won teaching awards at Discipline, School and/or University level each year since 2015.

* Senior Educator: CSIRO’s STEM Professionals in Schools Programme

* National Science Week partnership with Clontarf Aboriginal College

* Australian Archaeological Association Skills Passport deployment

* Outreach at local, state, national and international levels

Current:

* Acting Vice Chair: UNESCO ICOMOS CAR International Scientific Committee on Rock Art 

* Committee Member (national): Australian Archaeological Association Committee for Teaching and Learning.

* Committee member (UWA): Ethics Committee, Special Consideration Committee and Teaching Prizes Committees (current; former include Research and Education Committees and Board of Studies)

* Research Associate:  Anthropology & Archaeology, University of South Africa, Archaeology, Iziko Museums of South Africa, Rock Art Research Institute, University of the Wiwatersrand

* Member: UWA First Year Experience Network

* Mentor: Higher Education Academy

* Provide expert opinion on impacts of development onultural heritage

* Provide expert opinion on management of cultural heritage

* Provide expert opinion on heritage legislation

* Train heritage practitioners

* Provide accurate information to media on archaeology, rock art and heritage