Allee Jaagumagi
I am a student at the University of Toronto, studying biological anthropology and archaeological science. The Johnson’s Island Civil War Prison field school is providing me with the opportunity to expand my field experience and to learn more about historical archaeology in North America, an area of archaeology in which I would like to continue. Through the excavation on the island and associated research I hope to gain a greater understanding of the prison experience during the Civil War of both the prisoners and guards at Johnson’s Island as well as improve my archaeological skills.

J. Robert Lucey
I currently live on the north shore of Chicago and go to school in southern Virginia, but I have never settled for staying in one place. I have lived in six different houses, visited four foreign countries, and attended seven different schools. What intrigues me most about Archaeology is the fieldwork and lab work. I enjoy working with my hands and being more than just in the same room all the time. Archaeology caught my eye and I went looking for field experience, and I found Heidelberg College’s summer program through the AIA website. I have really looked forward to doing fieldwork for a while and so going to Johnson Island will be the most enriching thing I have done in my life for a long time.

Katharine Ward
I am from Traverse City, Michigan, and am a sophomore here at Heidelberg College where I am double majoring in history and anthropology and playing soccer for the ‘Berg. While I think I may want to focus on cultural anthropology in the future, I feel that this archaeological field experience will be a good background to have, and I have always had an interest for Civil War history. I also hope to become fluent in Spanish and study abroad during the next few years.

Allison Young
I'm from Kansas City, where I'm currently a junior at the College of Wooster. I am an archaeology/history double major, and I came to the Johnson’s Island field school to gain archaeological experience and to learn about excavation techniques. I'm especially excited to be working here because I'm interested in military history and archaeology.

Christina May
I am an undergraduate student at the University of Evansville studying archaeology. I hope to gain a broader understanding of what all is involved in an archaeological dig though this program. I would like to eventually get into creating architectural reconstructions of buildings and hope to use the knowledge and skills gained during this field school to assist me in this goal.

Katy Nuhfer
I am from Williamstown, West Virginia, and am currently a senior at West Virginia University, majoring in sociology and anthropology, but with an emphasis in anthropology. I am attending the Johnson’s Island field school in order to gain archaeological experience because I plan to attend graduate school for cultural resource management archaeology once I finish my undergraduate work. I chose Johnson’s Island because I am very interested in the civil war and historical archaeology.

Robert M. Buchsbaum III
I hail from Houston, and I’m taking Anthropology 250/251 at Heidelberg College as a transient student in order to gain a real “hands-on” experience of what the profession of historical archaeology is like. I’m in the pre-law program at the University of Dallas, and I’m double majoring in history and education with a minor in anthropology.