Historical and Ethnoecological Research Lab
HIER LAB
Scholarly and action-oriented team research
HIER LAB
Historical and Ethnoecological Research Lab
HIER LAB

Chelsey Geralda Armstrong
Assistant Professor, Indigenous Studies
Associate Member, School of Resource and Environmental Management
Associate Member, Department of Archaeology
Simon Fraser University
Associate Editor, People and Nature
Editorial Board, Human Ecology
Current Graduate Students

Tiana Dennis (MA)
Paleoethnobotany, Environmental archaeology

Dana Johnson (MA)
Ethnobotany, Historical Ecology

Millie Kuyer (MSc)
Plant Propagation, Ethnobotany

Mara McCloughlin (MSc)1
Environmental Archaeology,
LiDAR

Elizabeth Ohuarmen (MSc)
Ethnobotany,
Land-Use History

Kristen Pudnyk (MSc)2
Soil Science, Ethnopedology

Alyssa Robinson (PhD)2
Soil Science, Ethnopedology

Daphnee Tuzlak (PhD) Environmental Archaeology,
Fluvial geomorphology

Alyssa Zandvliet (MA)
Historical Ecology, Land-Use History
1 Co-supervised with JT Cornelis (Soil Res3 Lab, University of British Columbia)
2 Co-supervised with NIcholas Coops (Integrated Remote Sensing Studio, University of British Columbia)
Past Graduate Students
Chenqiuizi Zhao
2024. Structural Conservation and Sustainable Rehabilitation: Exploring the Balance between Cultural Heritage and Sustainability.
Levi Cormier
2024. A Historical-Ecological Approach to Phytolith Analysis and Environmental Management in the Pacific Northwest. Link
Adrian Smith
2023. A Historical-Ecological Approach to Understanding the Effects of Timber Harvest on Wa’uumst (Devil’s Club, Oplopanax horridus) in Lax’yip Madii Lii. Link
Gary McQuaid
2022. Local Ecological Knowledge of Mountain Goats in the Skeena Region of British Columbia and its Importance to Wildlife Management. Link
Sage Vanier
2022. Entangled Legacies: The Historical Ecology of a Sts'ailes Forest Garden, SW British Columbia. Link