Michael Kimball

Contact Information

Education

• PhD/MA, Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• BA, Human Ecology, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME

Professional/Academic Experience

• Professor, Graduate Faculty, Department of Anthropology, University of Northern Colorado, 2019-Present
• Director, UNC Center for Applied Contemplative Studies
• Visiting Professor, Huzhou University, Huzhou, Zhejiang, China, 2018-2021
  
• Associate Professor, Graduate Faculty, Department of Anthropology, University of Northern Colorado, 2008-2019
• Director, Honors program, University of Northern Colorado, 2008-2013
• Robert O. Schulze Chair in Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Northern Colorado, 2007-2008
• Associate Professor, Anthropology/Sociology, University of Maine at Machias, 2006
• Assistant Professor, Anthropology/Sociology, University of Maine at Machias, 2001-2005

Other Experience

• Executive Board member for the Society for Human Ecology
• Chair, 2023 XXV International Conference of the Society for Human Ecology
• Researcher-Trainee, NSF-funded 2022 HRAF Summer Institute for Cross-Cultural Anthropological Research, Yale University
• Member, Association of Critical Heritage Studies
• Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Heritage Management (Sage, India).
• Certified Mindfulness Teacher, Center for Koru Mindfulness (korumindfulness.org)

Research/Areas of Interest

Contemplative and engaged anthropology, archaeology, heritage place building research

Publications/Creative Works

2022 Kimball, M., K. Bates, M. Bermudez, L. E. S. Chourio, & A. Consol. The Heritage Conversation Partners Project: Virtual Cultural Heritage Exchange in an Anthropology Course. Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education 14(4), pp. 14-25.

2018 Kimball, M. Ethnowise: Embracing Culture Shock to Build Resilience, Responsiveness & Connection. Kendall-Hunt Publishing.

2017 Kimball, M. Heritage Place Building Theory, Heritage Impact Assessment and the Role of the Sacred Dimension. Journal of Heritage Management 2(1), pp. 1-18.

2017 Smell, A. & M. Kimball. “I Saw Many Things and it Reminded Me of Home”: Place Building with Refugees through Living History Museum Tours. The Applied Anthropologist 37(1), pp.18-24.

2016 Thomas, D., M. Kimball, and D. Suhr. The Organizational Place Building Inventory: An Instrument for Assessing and Facilitating Place-Based Corporate Social Responsibility. Journal of Corporate Citizenship 2016(63), pp. 17-41.

2016 Kimball, M. Our Heritage is Already Broken: Meditations on a Regenerative Conservation for Cultural and Natural Heritage. Human Ecology Review 22(2), pp. 47-76.

2014 Chapagain, N. and M. Kimball. Resolution Concerning the Relationship of Archaeology and Archaeologists with Extant Custodial and Affiliated Communities. World Archaeological Congress Executive Resolution, published March 14, 2014.

2013 Kimball, M., R. Brunswig, S. McBeth, and D. Thomas. Fostering Local Futures: Place Building Theory and the Living Heritage Paradigm. The Applied Anthropologist 33(2), pp. 4-15.

2012 Kimball, M. and D. Thomas. Place Building Theory: A Framework for Assessing and Advancing Community Engagement in Higher Education. Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, Spring 2012, pp. 19-28.

2011 Kimball, M. Saving Skwaasutek: Collaborations on the Investigation and Protection of Washington County’s Endangered Rock Art. Maine Archaeological Society Bulletin 51(1), pp. 13-28.

Honors and Awards

• 2020 Provost Award for Engaged Teaching
• 2017 UNC Faculty Engaged Scholar Award
• 2013 Honorable Mention. University of Northern Colorado Diversity in the Classroom Award.
• 2009 Advisor of the Year Award. University of Northern Colorado.

Courses Taught Courses Taught

• ANT 110 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
• ANT 270 Professional Development
• ANT 300 Applied Anthropology
• ANT/ENST 331 Anthropology & Contemporary Human Problems
• ANT 367 The End of the World
• HON 200 Culture & Consciousness
• HON 395 Confluence of Cultures
• Koru Mindfulness (Non-Credit Class)

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