Cheyenne Reynolds-Kirkwood

Graduate Student - Archaeology

2023 Cohort

Email

creynoldskirkwood@smu.edu

Office Location

Heroy Hall 429

Phone

214-768-1739

Website

Education

BS Evolutionary, Ecology, and Organismal Biology (Honors), University of Kansas

Bio

Cheyenne Reynolds-Kirkwood is a second-year graduate student in the Archaeology PhD program. Their dissertation research examines  how the soil microbiome has changed throughout different fire regimes in the United States Southwest. They are interested in how Indigenous fire stewardship is different from colonial periods of fire control on the landscape and how that relates to modern day fire issues.

Research Interests

Pyrogeography  Soil Ecology  Fire Archaeology  Indigenous Fire Stewardship • United States Soutwest

Advisor

Christopher I. Roos

Cheyenne Reynolds-Kirkwood photo