November 10, 2025
At the Southeastern Archaeological Conference (SEAC) on November 7, 2025 the great work of current and former University of Oklahoma graduate students was recognized.
Bobi Deere (PhD student) was awarded the SEAC Cultural Resource Management and Preservation Stewardship Award which is given in recognition of outstanding contributions to cultural resource management and historic preservation in the Southeastern United States. Bobi does both independent contracting work and runs a Native owned CRM firm and has done amazing work for and on behalf of tribes, including the Shawnee, the Sac and Fox, and more.
JT Lewis (PhD student) was awarded runner up in the student paper prize for his paper “Middens, Memory, and Identity: Localized Practices in Southeastern Oklahoma.” The paper looked at how the Late Archaic and Woodland people of southeastern Oklahoma utilized their local histories and traditions in shaping and defining their communities.
And Shawn Lambert (2017 PhD graduate) was awarded the SEAC Rising Scholar award which is given to a distinguished younger scholar for excellence in Southeastern Archaeology or associated studies. Shawn has authored an amazing body of books, chapters, and articles on the archaeology of ancestral Caddo, iconography, the African diaspora in the southeast, inclusive practices in the field, sourcing, and more.
