Isabelle Holland-Lulewicz

Isabelle Holland-Lulewicz is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Pennsylvania State University, specializing in environmental archaeology and socio-ecological systems. She directs the Socio-ecological Histories of Estuarine Landscapes (SHEL) Lab, focusing on human-environment interactions in the U.S. Southeast and Midwest through zooarchaeology, stable isotopes, and chronological modeling. Her research addresses Indigenous resource management, climate change impacts, and estuarine ecosystems.

• Education: PhD (2020), BA/BS (2015) in Anthropology/Geology from University of Georgia.
• Research: Investigates prehistoric and colonial-era societies via paleoenvironmental proxies, including shellfish analysis and geochemistry.
• Key projects: Global climate events' local impacts, Indigenous socio-ecological adaptations, and colonial resource exploitation in Florida, Georgia, and Illinois.

Her work integrates field and lab methods across eastern North America, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to understanding long-term human-environment relationships. Courses taught include Zooarchaeology and Archaeological Ethics.