Robin S. Meyer-Lorey
Research Interests
Environmental Social Sciences; American Empire; Industrial Archaeology; Historical Ecology; Bayesian Modeling; Remote Sensing
Publications
“Bayesian Modeling Validates Paleoenvironmental Evidence for Pleistocene-Holocene Water Levels, Pa’ashi/Tulare Lake, California.” Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. Under review: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.7021128
“Participatory Mapping at Pa’ashi: Assessing Community Archaeology Methods Applied to California’s Tulare Lake Basin.” Ethnoarchaeology. Online, 1–26.
“Manifest Destiny in Southeast Asia: Archaeology of American Colonial Industry in the Philippines, 1898–1987.” American Antiquity 89(3): 417–439.
“Uplifting Community and Incorporating Reuse in Conservation Planning for the Noah Purifoy Outdoor Desert Art Museum of Assemblage Sculpture.” Studies in Conservation, online: 1–11.
Awards & Grants
Digital Justice Development Grant, ACLS / Andrew W. Mellon Foundation – 2026
For established projects that improve equity and justice through digital methodologies.
Digital Justice Seed Grant, ACLS / Andrew W. Mellon Foundation – 2025
Seed funding for research that improves equity and justice through digital methodologies.
Institute of American Cultures Research Grant, UCLA American Indian Studies Center – 2025
Supports ethnic studies of American and Indigenous cultures.
Graduate Research Mentorship Fellowship, UCLA Graduate Division – 2022
Supports doctoral students in developing research skills under faculty mentorship.
Conference Presentations
“Manifest Destiny on the Moon: Continuities between 19th Century U.S. Frontier Expeditions and the Apollo Program.” ICOMOS ISCoAH, Macao, 2026.
“Pa’ashi Archaeological Collaboration: Oral Histories and Paleoclimate in California’s Central Valley.” Society for American Archaeology (SAA) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 2026
“California’s Irrigation Empire: Tulare Lake, Industrial Farming, American Empire, and Landscape Modification.” Society for American Archaeology (SAA) Annual Meeting, Denver, 2025
“Manifest Destiny in Southeast Asia.” Indigenous Landscapes and Resource Management in Taiwan and Southeast Asia Workshop, National Chengchi University, Taipei, 2023.
