Lisa Marie Anselmi, Ph.D.

Ph.D., University of Toronto

Lisa Marie Anselmi has been teaching at SUNY Buffalo State since fall 2004. She is an archaeologist who has done fieldwork in New York, Ontario, and Connecticut, and has utilized archaeological collections curated at museums and institutions throughout Northeastern North America. She has collaborated with Indigenous communities in the United States and Canada.

Her primary research interests include the use of metals, the adoption of technological practices by Indigenous peoples and Europeans, and trade in Northeastern North America during the Early and Middle Contact periods. Secondary interests include the use of the Great Lakes region and subsistence technology.

Anselmi is also a Research Fellow at the Buffalo Museum of Science and serves on the boards of Native American Community Services and the Buffalo History Museum. She is a Registered Professional Archaeologist. 

Courses Taught

ANT 300 Indigenous Peoples of Western North America

ANT 301 Indigenous Peoples of Eastern North America

ANT 308 Archaeological Methods

ANT 312 Archaeology of North America

ANT 329 World Archaeology

ANT 330 Indigenous Hawaiians/Kanaka Maoli

ANT 341 Indigenous Art of North America

ANT 389 Bioarchaeological Methods