Lisa Kraus, Ph.D.

Lisa Kraus, Co-founder and Project Director of the Herring Run Archaeology Project, holds a Ph.D. in anthropology and historical archaeology from the University of Texas at Austin and completed her undergraduate degree in anthropology at the College of William and Mary. She has a particular interest in community and public archaeology, archaeologies of the African Diaspora, and archaeology of the Chesapeake region. In addition to her volunteer work with the Herring Run Archaeology Project, she has a day job as an archaeologist with Maryland Environmental Service & the Maryland State Highway Administration.

Jason P. Shellenhamer, M.A.A.

Jason P. Shellenhamer, Co-founder and Project Director of the Herring Run Archaeology Project, completed his Master’s of Applied Anthropology at the University of Maryland in 2004. He obtained his Bachelors of Arts degree from Franklin and Marshall College. Jason is currently the Cultural Resources Program Manager at Stell. He has also conducted fieldwork and research at the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Historic Park, Antietam National Battlefield, the Peterson House at Ford’s Theatre National Historical Site, and led excavations of the Baltimore defenses in Patterson Park during the War of 1812.