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Alexandra C. Kelly is an Associate Professor at the University of Wyoming with a dual appointment in the Department of Anthropology and Department of History. She serves as the director of the UW Anthropology Museum and contributes to the Museum Studies minor. Her research focuses on historical anthropology and archaeology, emphasizing 19th-century capitalist expansion, settler colonialism, material culture, and heritage studies.
Her work includes the Carbon City Archaeology Project (co-directed with Jason Toohey), which investigates Wyoming's first coal mining town (est. 1868), alongside community-engaged heritage initiatives statewide. She teaches interdisciplinary courses spanning anthropology, history, museum studies, and African civilizations.
Kelly's research analyzes colonial legacies through material artifacts, exemplified by her 2021 book examining ivory trade networks. She seeks graduate students in History (M.A.) and Anthropology (M.A./Ph.D.) specializing in American West archaeology, colonialism, or museum/heritage studies.
