Dr. Laura Heath-Stout
@lheathstout.bsky.social
Archaeologist, teacher, feminist, mom, writing about systemic oppression in archaeology
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New article! "Changing the Landscape of Archaeological Publishing" in Current Anthropology, by a giant collaborative group of coauthors fearlessly led by Jess Beck and including @bridgetalex.bsky.social @benmarwick.bsky.social @christinawarinner.bsky.social www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
So, is membership in Sigma Xi worth paying dues for? I've been nominated and am curious what folks think. #academicsky
February 26, 2026 at 6:12 PM
So, is membership in Sigma Xi worth paying dues for? I've been nominated and am curious what folks think. #academicsky
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“From Leaky Pipelines to Watering Cans” 🌱 This article advances #feminist recommendations for structural change to better support and sustain participation in #archaeology.
Check out the latest FirstView article from Samantha Fladd et al. here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Check out the latest FirstView article from Samantha Fladd et al. here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
From Leaky Pipelines to Watering Cans: Feminist Recommendations for Change | Advances in Archaeological Practice | Cambridge Core
From Leaky Pipelines to Watering Cans: Feminist Recommendations for Change
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February 17, 2026 at 10:40 PM
“From Leaky Pipelines to Watering Cans” 🌱 This article advances #feminist recommendations for structural change to better support and sustain participation in #archaeology.
Check out the latest FirstView article from Samantha Fladd et al. here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Check out the latest FirstView article from Samantha Fladd et al. here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Another new article! "From Leaky Pipelines to Watering Cans: Feminist Recommendations for Change" in @saa-aap.bsky.social by Samantha Fladd, Sarah Kurnick, and a bunch of other awesome feminist archaeologists! 🏺 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
From Leaky Pipelines to Watering Cans: Feminist Recommendations for Change | Advances in Archaeological Practice | Cambridge Core
From Leaky Pipelines to Watering Cans: Feminist Recommendations for Change
www.cambridge.org
February 16, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Another new article! "From Leaky Pipelines to Watering Cans: Feminist Recommendations for Change" in @saa-aap.bsky.social by Samantha Fladd, Sarah Kurnick, and a bunch of other awesome feminist archaeologists! 🏺 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
February 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
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New article! "Changing the Landscape of Archaeological Publishing" in Current Anthropology, by a giant collaborative group of coauthors fearlessly led by Jess Beck and including @bridgetalex.bsky.social @benmarwick.bsky.social @christinawarinner.bsky.social www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
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February 4, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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I coauthored the part on media coverage! Check out Table 2, a framework for weighing risks/rewards of different levels of media engagement by scholars: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Changing the Landscape of Archaeological Publishing | Current Anthropology
Disseminating research is a key component of scholarly labor, but the costs and benefits of the current structure of academic publishing are underexamined within anthropology. This paper brings togeth...
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February 4, 2026 at 2:48 PM
I coauthored the part on media coverage! Check out Table 2, a framework for weighing risks/rewards of different levels of media engagement by scholars: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
New article! "Changing the Landscape of Archaeological Publishing" in Current Anthropology, by a giant collaborative group of coauthors fearlessly led by Jess Beck and including @bridgetalex.bsky.social @benmarwick.bsky.social @christinawarinner.bsky.social www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
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February 4, 2026 at 7:21 PM
New article! "Changing the Landscape of Archaeological Publishing" in Current Anthropology, by a giant collaborative group of coauthors fearlessly led by Jess Beck and including @bridgetalex.bsky.social @benmarwick.bsky.social @christinawarinner.bsky.social www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
My review of "Mothering and Archaeology" edited by @savarchaeoalliance.bsky.social and Suzanne Spencer-Wood is out in Historical Archaeology! rdcu.be/eZpdj #academicsky 🏺
Mothering and Archaeology: Past and Present Perspectives
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January 16, 2026 at 7:20 PM
My review of "Mothering and Archaeology" edited by @savarchaeoalliance.bsky.social and Suzanne Spencer-Wood is out in Historical Archaeology! rdcu.be/eZpdj #academicsky 🏺
Monday was my first day of Archaeology and Disability class! 🏺♿ Besides getting to know one another and going over the syllabus, we collaboratively created a timeline of disability history from our own existing knowledge.
January 7, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Monday was my first day of Archaeology and Disability class! 🏺♿ Besides getting to know one another and going over the syllabus, we collaboratively created a timeline of disability history from our own existing knowledge.
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✈️Attending #SHA2026? ☕ Meet the #SAA's @saa-aap.bsky.social editorial team!
📅 Fri Jan 9, 10–12
📍 Illy Cafe, Detroit Marriott
Let’s talk #publishing and celebrate your #archaeological research!
📅 Fri Jan 9, 10–12
📍 Illy Cafe, Detroit Marriott
Let’s talk #publishing and celebrate your #archaeological research!
December 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
✈️Attending #SHA2026? ☕ Meet the #SAA's @saa-aap.bsky.social editorial team!
📅 Fri Jan 9, 10–12
📍 Illy Cafe, Detroit Marriott
Let’s talk #publishing and celebrate your #archaeological research!
📅 Fri Jan 9, 10–12
📍 Illy Cafe, Detroit Marriott
Let’s talk #publishing and celebrate your #archaeological research!
Hey fellow archaeologists! Are you going to the Society for Historical Archaeology 🏺 #sha2026 meeting this week? Come chat with me and Maureen Meyers about publishing in Advances in Archaeological Practice @saa-aap.bsky.social on Friday morning!
January 5, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Hey fellow archaeologists! Are you going to the Society for Historical Archaeology 🏺 #sha2026 meeting this week? Come chat with me and Maureen Meyers about publishing in Advances in Archaeological Practice @saa-aap.bsky.social on Friday morning!
My Archaeology and Disability 🏺♿ course starts on 1/5, but I'm traveling with my family 12/17–1/2, so I am getting everything ready now! I'm really excited about the grading (or, really, #ungrading) structure of the course, which gives students a lot of freedom, choice, and room for risk-taking! 🧵
December 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
My Archaeology and Disability 🏺♿ course starts on 1/5, but I'm traveling with my family 12/17–1/2, so I am getting everything ready now! I'm really excited about the grading (or, really, #ungrading) structure of the course, which gives students a lot of freedom, choice, and room for risk-taking! 🧵
Super excited to be preparing for my Archaeology 🏺 and Disability ♿ course for winter quarter! Registration starts this week, and I hope lots of awesome @stanford.edu students sign up! I'll be posting about the class here on BlueSky too, and would love to have some good pedagogy conversations!
December 2, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Super excited to be preparing for my Archaeology 🏺 and Disability ♿ course for winter quarter! Registration starts this week, and I hope lots of awesome @stanford.edu students sign up! I'll be posting about the class here on BlueSky too, and would love to have some good pedagogy conversations!
I'm giving a talk at my work this week that is being broadcast online via Zoom! Maybe you're interested in watching?
"Archaeology of Ableism and Ableism in Archaeology: Building a More Rigorous Archaeology through Disability Studies"
Wednesday, November 19, 12-1pm Pacific
#academicsky 🏺♿
"Archaeology of Ableism and Ableism in Archaeology: Building a More Rigorous Archaeology through Disability Studies"
Wednesday, November 19, 12-1pm Pacific
#academicsky 🏺♿
November 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I'm giving a talk at my work this week that is being broadcast online via Zoom! Maybe you're interested in watching?
"Archaeology of Ableism and Ableism in Archaeology: Building a More Rigorous Archaeology through Disability Studies"
Wednesday, November 19, 12-1pm Pacific
#academicsky 🏺♿
"Archaeology of Ableism and Ableism in Archaeology: Building a More Rigorous Archaeology through Disability Studies"
Wednesday, November 19, 12-1pm Pacific
#academicsky 🏺♿
A song for the academic job market: www.youtube.com/shorts/b-pnz...
"I am just fine, just as I am. I don't have to try to be better than anybody else 'cause I love myself just the way that I am."
@mamanous.bsky.social 's intended audience might be my kids, but I sing her songs to myself daily.
"I am just fine, just as I am. I don't have to try to be better than anybody else 'cause I love myself just the way that I am."
@mamanous.bsky.social 's intended audience might be my kids, but I sing her songs to myself daily.
i am just fine (positive affirmation song)
YouTube video by mama nous
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October 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
A song for the academic job market: www.youtube.com/shorts/b-pnz...
"I am just fine, just as I am. I don't have to try to be better than anybody else 'cause I love myself just the way that I am."
@mamanous.bsky.social 's intended audience might be my kids, but I sing her songs to myself daily.
"I am just fine, just as I am. I don't have to try to be better than anybody else 'cause I love myself just the way that I am."
@mamanous.bsky.social 's intended audience might be my kids, but I sing her songs to myself daily.
I'm starting to work on designing my "Archaeology and the Public" course for next spring. Does anyone have syllabi, assignments, or lesson plans they'd be willing to share on the subjects of public arch, collaborative arch, pseudoarch, or journalistic & pop culture depictions of arch?🏺 #academicsky
October 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I'm starting to work on designing my "Archaeology and the Public" course for next spring. Does anyone have syllabi, assignments, or lesson plans they'd be willing to share on the subjects of public arch, collaborative arch, pseudoarch, or journalistic & pop culture depictions of arch?🏺 #academicsky
This, AND even if they were only the rights of a tiny minority, they'd be worth fighting for.
Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth
You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people
You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people
September 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This, AND even if they were only the rights of a tiny minority, they'd be worth fighting for.
Reposted by Dr. Laura Heath-Stout
Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth
You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people
You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people
September 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth
You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people
You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people
UGH. People! Let's be clear about who our enemies are! The university admin staff is a potential ally who you should befriend, not an enemy you should be rude to. Strategy!
September 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
UGH. People! Let's be clear about who our enemies are! The university admin staff is a potential ally who you should befriend, not an enemy you should be rude to. Strategy!
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BTC Call for Action - EAA
EAA reversed its decision to exclude Israeli institutions complicit in the genocide of Palestinians after intimidation campaigns.
Read & share the full statement: blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...
EAA reversed its decision to exclude Israeli institutions complicit in the genocide of Palestinians after intimidation campaigns.
Read & share the full statement: blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...
September 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
BTC Call for Action - EAA
EAA reversed its decision to exclude Israeli institutions complicit in the genocide of Palestinians after intimidation campaigns.
Read & share the full statement: blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...
EAA reversed its decision to exclude Israeli institutions complicit in the genocide of Palestinians after intimidation campaigns.
Read & share the full statement: blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...
DID YOU KNOW that the biggest danger to the children of this world is moms who text?!
This morning, I was walking my child to school, holding their hand, and with my other hand, I pulled out my phone and sent my partner a quick text. A complete stranger said to me "Don't ignore your child's safety, looking at your phone!"
PSA: it is rude to comment on strangers' parenting.
PSA: it is rude to comment on strangers' parenting.
August 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
DID YOU KNOW that the biggest danger to the children of this world is moms who text?!
This morning, I was walking my child to school, holding their hand, and with my other hand, I pulled out my phone and sent my partner a quick text. A complete stranger said to me "Don't ignore your child's safety, looking at your phone!"
PSA: it is rude to comment on strangers' parenting.
PSA: it is rude to comment on strangers' parenting.
August 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This morning, I was walking my child to school, holding their hand, and with my other hand, I pulled out my phone and sent my partner a quick text. A complete stranger said to me "Don't ignore your child's safety, looking at your phone!"
PSA: it is rude to comment on strangers' parenting.
PSA: it is rude to comment on strangers' parenting.
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WE HAVE PASSED 1000 SIGNATURES! We are extending the deadline, to give all who want to join this movement the chance to add their signature. Please do sign and share, archaeologists can and should take a stand and make a difference! #🏺 #eaa2025 #archaeology
August 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
WE HAVE PASSED 1000 SIGNATURES! We are extending the deadline, to give all who want to join this movement the chance to add their signature. Please do sign and share, archaeologists can and should take a stand and make a difference! #🏺 #eaa2025 #archaeology
Deadline extended to 8/20! Join us? 🏺♿
CALL FOR PRESENTERS 🏺♿🧵
Overcoming Access Barriers in Archaeology
A Lightning Round session at the 2026 Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology #saa2026
April 29–May 3, 2026
San Francisco, CA
Overcoming Access Barriers in Archaeology
A Lightning Round session at the 2026 Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology #saa2026
April 29–May 3, 2026
San Francisco, CA
Call for Presenters: "Overcoming Access Barriers in Archaeology" Lightning Round, SAA 2026, San Francisco
Title: Overcoming Access Barriers in Archaeology
Participants:
Moderators: Joshua Vallejos & Sarah Surface-Evans
Chairs: Tara Larson, Jaimie Adams, Laura Heath-Stout (pending space)
Up to 15 Panelist...
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August 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Deadline extended to 8/20! Join us? 🏺♿