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
Associate Professor, Indigenous Studies
Associate Faculty, School of Resource and Environmental Management
Associate Faculty, Department of Archaeology
Simon Fraser University
Editorial Board, Human Ecology
Current Graduate Students
Briana Burke (MA)
Historical Ecology, Landscape Archaeology, Land-Use History
Tiana Dennis (MA)
Paleoethnobotany, Environmental archaeology
Millie Kuyer (MSc)
Plant Propagation, Ethnobotany
Mara McLaughlin (MSc)1
Environmental Archaeology,
LiDAR
Kelsey Miller (PhD)
Conservation, Biodiversity
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
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
Alyssa Zandvliet
2026. Historical ecology and land-use legacies: Quw'utsun and settler histories in the Cowichan Estuary. Link
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