Kimberley Connor

Kimberley Connor serves as a Research Fellow in the Department of Anthropology within the School of Arts & Sciences at the College of William & Mary. She manages the department's ethnographic and archaeological collections and oversees the Historical Archaeology Lab.

Her educational background includes:

• PhD in Anthropology with Minor in History, Stanford University (2023)
• BA (Hons) in Archaeology, University of Sydney (2017)
• BA (Langs) in French and Archaeology, University of Sydney (2016)

Connor specializes in historical archaeology and food history, focusing on 19th-century immigrant communities. Her research combines archival analysis with material evidence to examine dietary practices, cooking methods, and dining customs as social constructs. Current projects include reanalysis of glass containers and tablewares from the Market Street Chinatown Archaeology Project, while her foundational work at Sydney's Hyde Park Barracks revealed previously undocumented dietary diversity among institutionalized women through condiment use, fresh produce, and shellfish consumption.

Her publication trends demonstrate interdisciplinary convergence of archaeology, food studies, and gender history, with emphasis on marginalized populations in colonial settings. Recent work analyzes manuscript receipt books to uncover women's historical authorship while examining institutional foodways as tools of social control.

Connor actively mentors students through collections-based research internships and supervises investigations of the department's archaeological holdings, though specific advisees aren't listed in available materials.