S.P.A. (Sean) Desjardins, Dr

Current courses:

• Introduction to Arctic Archaeology (Archaeology BA)
• Inhabiting Cultural Worlds: Introduction to Anthropology (co-taught wtih Aditya Kakati) (Anthropology Minor)
• Introduction to Cultural Anthropology / What We Leave Behind: Anthropological Archaeology (combined course) (Archaeology BA; Anthropology Minor)
• Towards Humanity: Physical Anthropology and Human Evolution (Anthropology Minor)

Previous courses:

• Archaeological Theory (co-taught with L. de Jong) (Archaeology ReMA)
• Inhabitants of Polar Areas (co-taught with M. Loonen and others) (Arctic and Antarctic Studies Minor)
• Exploitation of Polar Areas (co-taught with M. Loonen and others) (Arctic and Antarctic Studies Minor)
• The Anthropology of Domestic Spaces (Archaeology ReMA individual tutorial)
• Classic Arctic Ethnography and Ethnohistory (Archaeology ReMA group tutorial)
• Our connection with a Fast-Changing Arctic (co-taught with M. Loonen and others) (Rudolf Agricola winter school)
• Zooarchaeology with labs (McGill U., Anthropology BA)
• Human Evolution with labs (McGill U., Anthropology BA)

Certification:

• Dutch University Teaching Qualification (UTQ) (Ducth: Basiskwalificatie Onderwijs [BKO]), 2020

Current PhD supervision:

• J. (Jonathan) Spellerberg: PhD supervision (daily supervisor) with J.D. Schnepf
• O. (Olga) Ievleva: PhD supervision (daily supervisor) with C.J. Bastmeijer
• Zhaxi (Tashi) Luobu: PhD supervision (daily supervisor) with F. Steenhuisen
• L.R. (Linde) Draissma: PhD supervision (2nd supervisor) with E.K. Wilson and S. Heron (James Cook U.)
• F. (Fanny) Sikström: PhD supervision (2nd supervisor) with M.W. Dee and M. Kuitems

Previous PhD supervision:

• M.I. (Matilda) Siebrecht: PhD supervision (daily supervisor) with P.D. Jordan (Lund U.) and A. van Gijn (Leiden U.); Successfully defended in October 2023
• E.J. (Emily) Ruiz Puerta: PhD supervision (daily supervisor) with P.D. Jordan (Lund U.) and M.T. Olsen (U. Copenhagen). Part of the EU Horizon 2020 innovative training network (ITN) SeaChanges (Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 813383); Successfully defended in September 2024