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Jennifer M. Abplanalp

Interim Department Head

Specialization in historic preservation, landscape assessments, and NAGPRA.

Biography

Jenn has over twenty years of experience in historic preservation with areas of specialization in the analysis of the impacts of energy development on our nation’s resources, government to government consultation, landscape assessments, and implementing the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). She has experience managing high profile archaeological investigations in support of urban and industrial energy development in the American west. She is currently oversees the Human Landscape Systems Department and serves as the lead on the Air Force Civil Engineer Center enterprise-wide Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) inventory, which aims to protect and return all American Indian and Native Hawaiian ancestors currently held in the collections of Department of Air Force installations across the United States.

Education

  • 2008 Northern Illinois University :: Master of Arts in Anthropology, Minor Museum Studies
  • 2003 University of Illinois at Chicago :: Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, Minor in Biology