Brief Description of Education & Experience
Dr. Amy Gusick is Curator of Anthropology and Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Officer at the Natural History Museum Los Angeles County (NHMLA). She is an archaeologist studying human-environmental dynamics, the development of maritime societies, peopling of the Americas, and maritime cultural landscapes. Dr. Gusick uses both terrestrial and underwater archaeological methods in her research, which has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Geographic Society, the National Park Service, and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, among others. Since joining the museum in 2018, her field research has increasingly focused on maritime landscape studies and development of technologies and methods to increase efficiency in underwater archaeological study. Her collections research at NHMLA has focused on providing access to descendant populations and collaborative projects that uplift indigenous histories.
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