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, Simon Fraser University
Associate Member, Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University
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Associate Editor, People and Nature
Editorial Board, Human Ecology
Education, Previous Appointments
SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia
Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian Institution
PhD Simon Fraser University
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Current Graduate Students
Tiana Dennis (MA)
Paleoethnobotany, Environmental archaeology
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Dana Johnson (MA)​
Ethnobotany, Historical Ecology
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Millie Kuyer (MSc)
Plant Propagation, Ethnobotany
Mara McCloughlin (MSc)1
Environmental Archaeology,
LiDAR
Elizabeth Ohuarmen (MSc)
Ethnobotany,
Land-Use History
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Kristen Pudnyk (MSc)2
Soil Science, Ethnopedology
Alyssa Robinson (PhD)2
Soil Science, Ethnopedology​
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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.
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Levi Cormier
2024. A Historical-Ecological Approach to Phytolith Analysis and Environmental Management in the Pacific Northwest. Link
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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
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Gary McQuaid
2022. Local Ecological Knowledge of Mountain Goats in the Skeena Region of British Columbia and its Importance to Wildlife Management. Link
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Sage Vanier
2022. Entangled Legacies: The Historical Ecology of a Sts'ailes Forest Garden, SW British Columbia. Link
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