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Thomas C. Pleger, Ph.D., RPA

Campus Executive Officer and Dean

University of Wisconsin-Baraboo/Sauk County

Associate Professor of Anthropology

University of Wisconsin Colleges

Work Address:

Office of the Dean

University of Wisconsin-Baraboo/Sauk County

1006 Connie Road

Baraboo, Wisconsin 53913

Telephone (work): 608-***-****

E-mail: aboz9b@r.postjobfree.com

Current Position:

Campus Executive Officer and DeanUniversity of Wisconsin-Baraboo/Sauk County

Interim: 7/2006 - 4/2007

Permanent:

4/2007 - present

The Campus Executive Officer is the Dean of the Campus, and bears responsibility for all

aspects of the campus operation. This includes the academic program and curriculum,

physical facilities, student life and interest, budget preparation and management,

governmental relations, community relations, foundation management and fund-raising.

The CEO and Dean reports to the UW Colleges/UW-Extension Chancellor and is appointed by

the UW System Board of Regents.

Education:

Ph.D. (Anthropology/Archaeology) 1998, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Dissertation: Social Complexity, Trade, and Subsistence During the Archaic/Woodland

Transition in the Western Great Lakes (4000-400 B.C.): A Diachronic Case Study of Copper

Using Cultures at the Oconto and Riverside Cemeteries.

Minor: Geography

M.A. (Anthropology/Archaeology) 1993, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

B.S. (Political Science) 1991, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

Minor: Anthropology/Archaeology.

Graduated with honors.

Semester abroad, 1989, University of Wisconsin at Dalkeith, Scotland program.

Past Professional Experience:

Associate Campus Dean, University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley (2001-2006)

Responsible for providing assistance with staffing and planning for the Campus Dean. The

Associate Dean oversees the campus curriculum, course timetable, staffing budget, and the

hiring and retention of instructional academic staff.

UW-Fox Valley has an enrollment of over seventeen hundred students and a teaching staff

comprised of over ninety faculty and instructional academic staff.

Registered Professional Archaeologist (RPA) 1999-present

Associate Professor of Anthropology (tenured 6/2005), Department of Anthropology and

Sociology, University of Wisconsin Colleges, UW-Fox Valley

(

2005-2006).

Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Wisconsin

-

Fox Valley (2000-2005

).

Senior Lecturer, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Fox

Valley (1998-2000). Undergraduate courses taught (syllabi available upon request):

LEC 100: First Year Experience Seminar

Anthropology 100: General Anthropology (introduction to the three sub-fields of

anthropology, 3 credits)

Anthropology 102: Archaeology and the Prehistoric World (introduction to archaeology from

the origins of culture to beginnings of the historic record, 3 credits)

Anthropology 105: Introduction to Physical Anthropology (introduction to primatology,

paleoanthropology, and human biological anthropology, 3 credits)

Anthropology 105 Lab: Introduction to Physical Anthropology Laboratory Methods

(introduction to primatology, paleoanthropology, and human biological anthropology, 1

credit, must be taken in conjunction with Anthropology 105 lecture)

Anthropology 104: Cultural Anthropology (survey of cultural anthropology with emphasis on

ethnographic description, methodology, and contemporary theory, 3 credits)

Anthropology 299: Independent Study, (1-3 credits variable)

Anthropology 302: Wisconsin Archaeology (survey of Wisconsin's prehistoric and historic

Native American cultures, 3 credits, also offered via compressed-video distance learning

format to multiple UW campuses)

Anthropology 303: The Human Skeleton/Human Osteology

Anthropology 308: North American Archaeology (survey of the prehistoric archaeology of

North America, 3 credits)

Anthropology 314: North American Indians (ethnographic survey of Native American

cultures, 3 credits)

Anthropology 353: Indians of the Western Great Lakes (ethnographic survey course of

Native American cultures of the Western Great Lakes, 3 credits)

Anthropology 370: Archaeology Field School (Field Methods Course, 1-6 credits)

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Lawrence University, Appleton,

Wisconsin (1999-2000).

Anthropology 11: Introduction to Biological Anthropology

Anthropology 80: Senior Seminar in Wisconsin Archaeology

Adjunct Research Archaeologist, Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center, University of

Wisconsin-La Crosse (1998-present).

Research/contractarchaeology consultant

Wisconsin Humanities Council Speakers Bureau Lecturer, Wisconsin Humanities Council,

Madison, WI (1999-present).

Lecturer/speaker for the WHC Speakers Bureau

Present lectures on Wisconsin Archaeology for the public throughout Wisconsin

President of the Wisconsin Archaeological Survey, (WAS), State of Wisconsin's

organization/membership of professional archaeologists (2000-2001).

Instructor, Department of Sociology/Archaeology, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (1994-

1998). Courses taught (syllabi available upon request):

Archaeology 100: Discover Our Past (introduction to archaeological method and theory, 3

credits)

Archaeology 200: World Archaeology (survey course on world prehistory, 3 credits)

Archaeology 399/599: Archaeology of the Western Great Lakes (regional prehistory course,

3 credits)

Archaeology 499: Senior Thesis (senior thesis advisor)

Research Assistant, Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center, University of Wisconsin-La

Crosse (1994-1998). Contract archaeology consultant. Directed and supervised student and

staff for numerous cultural resource management (CRM) and research projects; wrote

contract proposals and grant applications; supervised data retrieval, processing, and

analysis; wrote and produced reports.

Instructor, Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison (summer 1994).

Taught Anthropology 310: Topics in Archaeology, Wisconsin Archaeology

(undergraduate/graduate course, 3 credits).

Instructor/lecturer, University of Wisconsin-Marinette (fall 1993-summer 1994). Taught

Anthropology 353: Indians/Archaeology of the Western Great Lakes (undergraduate/graduate

course, 3 credits). Summer 1994, taught Anthropology 299: Archaeology Field School.

Additional Teaching Development and Advising Experience:

Attended University of Wisconsin System Faculty College, Undergraduate Teaching

Improvement Council, May 28-June 1, 1997, University of Wisconsin Center-Marinette.

Numerous public presentations, tours, and lectures on archaeology-related topics (1991-

present).

Faculty advisor, Archaeology Club, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (1996-1997).

Associate Member, Graduate Faculty, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Graduate Council

(1996-1998).

Faculty co-advisor, Earth Science Club, University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley (1998-1999).

Faculty advisor, Anthropology/Archaeology Majors, University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley

(1998-2006).

Attended University of Wisconsin System Teaching Technology Conference, Undergraduate

Teaching Improvement Council, January 12, 1999, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

Attended University of Wisconsin System Faculty College, Undergraduate Teaching

Improvement Council, 1999, University of Wisconsin-Marinette.

Attended the 1999 Undergraduate Teaching Improvement Council Teaching Fellows Summer

Institute, July 26th-August 5th, UW-Madison.

Panel member for: On the Road to Tenure: Tips from Veteran Travelers, UW-Teaching

Fellows; 6th Annual Preparing Future Faculty Conference: "The Scholarship of Teaching",

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee & Marquette University, November 5th, 1999, Milwaukee,

Wisconsin.

Co-taught a course on Belize archaeology and ecology with UW-Fox Valley Campus Dean James

Perry. Course was offered through UW-Fox Valley Continuing Education and was offered at

Chan Chich Lodge, Belize, Central America, 1/7-13/2001.

Represented UW-Fox Valley and the UW Colleges at the Association of American Colleges and

Universities Learning Communities: Strategies for Strengthening Connections, Competence,

and Commitment, March 1 3, 2001, Providence, Rhode Island.

Awards:

University of Wisconsin System, Undergraduate Teaching Improvement Council/OPID Teaching

Fellow, (teaching excellence award and development program to conduct a scholarly teaching

project), 1999-2000.

UW-Fox Valley 1999 Teacher of the Year Award, Presented by the UW-Fox Valley Student

Association.

2000 Cutting Edge Award In Higher Education, presented by the Appleton Area Rotary Clubs.

2001 Lapham Research Medal awarded by the Wisconsin Archaeological Society for

Distinguished Service in Anthropology Research.

Faculty Committee/Service Appointments:

Internet/web-site committee, Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center, University of

Wisconsin- La Crosse, 1996-1998.

University of Wisconsin Colleges (State-wide) Professional Development Committee of the

UW-Colleges Senate, 1998-2000.

UW-Fox Valley Appointments Committee, 1999-2001.

UW-Fox Valley Instructional Technologies Committee, 2000-2001.

UW-Fox Valley Staffing Prioritization Committee, 2001

UW-Fox Valley/UW-Colleges Faculty Senator, 2001.

UW-Fox Steering Committee, 2003-2004

UW-Fox Lecture Fine Arts Committee, 2004

Ph.D. Dissertation Committee for Mr. Nathan S. Lowrey, American University, Washington

D.C. Thesis defended in April of 2004.

M.A. Dissertation Committee for Ms. Lanna Crucefix s Master s thesis committee,

Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Thesis defended on November 8, 2001.

Community Service:

Completed the Fox Valley Chamber of Commerce Leadership Fox Cities Program, 2004

Baraboo Rotary Club (2007-present)

Baraboo Economic Development Commission, City of Baraboo, Wisconsin (2007-present)

Active Research & Specialization:

Archaeology of the Western Great Lakes/Midwest Region.

Archaic subsistence strategies in the Upper Midwest.

Copper tool technology and its relationship to subsistence and mortuary practices in the

Upper Great Lakes.

Social complexity of hunter-gatherers during the Archaic/Woodland transition in the

Western Great Lakes.

Old Copper Complex

Red Ocher Complex

Historic archaeological research at the Green Island Light Station, Green Island

Wisconsin.

History of Midwest and North American Archaeology.

Archaeological applications of black & white and color photography.

Wisconsin Historical Society Qualified Burial Excavation Archaeologist, 2005-present

Professional Memberships:

Wisconsin Archaeological Society

Wisconsin Archaeological Survey

Society for American Archaeology

Register of Professional Archaeologists

Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters

Scholarship and Professional Development:

PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Pleger, Thomas,

C.

2002 A Phase I Archaeological Survey of a Proposed Railroad Spur, New London Industrial

Park, New London, Outagamie County, Wisconsin. Reports of Investigations No. 474 of the

Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

2003 Archaeological Monitoring of the Pavilion Project at Stephenson Island, City of

Marinette, Marinette County, Wisconsin. Reports of Investigation Number 497 of the

Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, WI

54601.

Moffat, Charles, Barbara Bielefeldt, Robert Boszhardt, Thomas Pleger, and Patrick Stewart

1997 Archaeological Site Evaluations Within the Biron Flowage Hydroelectric Project,

Portage and Wood Counties, Wisconsin. Reports of Investigations No. 285. Mississippi

Valley Archaeology Center, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

Moffat, Charles, Thomas Pleger, Lisa Ching, Barbara Bielefeldt, Chris Mikulla, and

Constance Arzigian

1997 Archaeological Site Evaluations Within The Steven's Point Hydroelectric Project,

Portage County, Wisconsin. Reports of Investigations No. 283. Mississippi Valley

Archaeology Center, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

Moffat, Charles R., R. Patrick Stewart, Thomas C. Pleger, Constance Arzigian, and Dean G.

Wilder

1996 Archaeological Data Recovery at the Chally/Turbenson Site (21-FL-71) and the

Mundform/Till Site (21-Fl-73), Fillmore County, Minnesota. Reports of Investigations No.

220. Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

Pleger, Thomas, and Wendy K. Holtz

1998 Phase III Archaeological Data Recovery at the River Resort Site (47-Gt-601), Village

of Bagley, Grant County, Wisconsin. Reports of Investigations No. 297. Mississippi Valley

Archaeology Center, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

Pleger, Thomas C. and Nathan Lowrey

1999a A Phase I Archaeological Investigation for Proposed Restorations Along Bellaire

Creek, Peabody Park, City of Appleton, Outagamie County, Wisconsin. Reports of

Investigations No. 344 of the Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center, University of

Wisconsin-La Crosse.

1999b A Phase I Archaeological Investigation for Proposed Improvements at the UW-

Marinette Campus, Marinette County, Wisconsin. Reports of Investigations No. 345 of the

Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL PAPER PRESENTATIONS

Pleger, Thomas, C.

1991 Seasonal Occupation and Grouping at the Chautauqua Grounds Site (47-Mt-71), A Multi-

component Site Situated near the Junction of the Menominee River and the Bay of Green Bay.

Paper presented at 36th annual Midwest Archaeological Conference, La Crosse, WI.

1993 A Functional and Temporal Analysis of Copper Implements from the Chautauqua Grounds

Site (47-Mt-71), a Multi-component Site near the Mouth of the Menominee River. Paper

presented at 38th annual Midwest Archaeological Conference, Milwaukee, WI.

1995 Archaic/Woodland Mortuary Use of Native Copper as an Indicator of Social Complexity

and Subsistence Specialization in the Western Great Lakes. Paper presented at 60th annual

meeting, Society for American Archaeology, Minneapolis, MN.

1996 New AMS Radiocarbon Dates from the Oconto Old Copper Culture Cemetery (47-Oc-45).

Presented at 41st annual Midwest Archaeological Conference, Beloit, WI.

1997 Blue-Gray Chert, Black Glass, Red Metal, and the Red Ocher Mortuary Ceremonial

Complex: New Radiocarbon Dates for the Red Ocher Associations and Trade in the Great Lakes

Region. Paper presented at 62nd annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology,

Nashville, TN.

1999 Old Copper and Red Ocher Social Complexity. Presented at a symposium in honor of

James B. Stoltman, The Society for American Archaeology, 64th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL,

March 27th

2000 New Dates for Red Ocher Complex Mortuary Associations from the Riverside Cemetery,

Menominee County, Michigan. Paper presented at the Joint Midwest Archaeological/Plains

Anthropological Conference, St. Paul, MN, November 9th-12th, 2000.

Grant Awards:

Academic Staff Improvement Grant, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, to continue and

complete Ph.D. research (1997).

Grant awarded by Department of Physics Radiocarbon Laboratory at the University of

Arizona to run 12 accelerator mass spectrometry dates for dissertation research (1995).

Numerous accepted contract archaeology proposals, Principal Investigator for numerous

research projects and contracts, Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center, University of

Wisconsin-La Crosse (1994-1998).

1999 UW Colleges Technology Grant to develop and deliver Wisconsin Archaeology

(Anthropology 302) via compressed-video distance education.

Numerous UW-Fox Valley Professional Development Grants (1998-2006).

References available upon request.

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