Dr. Ramie A Gougeon

Dr. Ramie Gougeon, department chair and professor, teaches courses in archaeological and anthropological theory; historic preservation, policies and practice in archaeology; and area courses in North American archaeology.

Gougeon cultivated an interest in household anthropology as a graduate student. His dissertation research on household activities and gender provided a jumping-off point for him to explore power and authority in middle-range societies in the Southeast, and architectural pattern languages in prehistory.

He has published on various aspects of household archaeology, power, gender, and pattern language. His publication, “Considering Gender Analogies in Southeastern Prehistoric Archaeology,” is an examination of how archaeologists’ approaches to gender analogies are influenced by underlying and unresolved epistemological issues. A recently published chapter on "Where Women Work" takes a taskscape approach to better understanding household activities in the precolumbian Southeast.

Gougeon is beginning a collaborative projectthat considers the short and long-term impacts of 19th-20th century northwest Florida land uses on our present-day ability to adapt to the effects of global climate change. He is also a contributor to a task force that seeks to understand impacts of global climate change on the profession and practice of archaeology today.

Before coming to UWF in 2010, he worked in academe and contract archaeology. He held teaching positions at the University of Georgia, Kennesaw State University, and Brenau University, and was a visiting assistant professor at Western Carolina University. His decades of experiences as an archaeologist and manager with several cultural resource management companies and academic institutions gave him the opportunity to learn the business of archaeology through a wide variety of applied archaeological projects in the Southeast.

Gougeon is a long-serving officer of the Florida Archaeological Council and is a lifetime member of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference.