EDUCATION

M.A., Anthropology, University of Texas at San Antonio, 2004
Thesis title:  Merging Cultures: a comparison of native and colonial ceramics from Mission San Juan de Capistrano, San Antonio, Texas.
B.A., Anthropology, University of San Diego, 1998

WORK EXPERIENCE

Ms. Ulrich joined the CAR staff in June of 1998.  She has experience working on many types of archaeological projects, though her expertise is the archaeology of Spanish Colonial and Historic sites, with special emphasis on Spanish Colonial ceramics.  Ms. Ulrich serves CAR as a project archaeologist, principal investigator, and assistant to the Laboratory Director. During the summer of 2007, Ms. Ulrich served as the Project Archaeologist and Instructor of the UTSA Archaeological Field School hosted at the Alamo.  Recently, Ms. Ulrich, in collaboration with Anne A. Fox, produced a manual outlining the Spanish Colonial Ceramics commonly encountered at Texas sites.

SPECIALIZED TRAINING/QUALIFICATIONS

Trained by the National Park Service in the Automated National Catalog System (ANCS+)
Microsoft Word, Access, and Excel proficient
Texas Department of Transportation qualified as Senior Lab Technician and Historic Archaeologist

REGULATORY EXPERIENCE

Texas Antiquities Code
Curation of Federally Associated Collections (36CFR Part 79)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

2009    A Guide to Ceramics from Spanish Colonial Sites in Texas.  A collaboration with Anne Fox. Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio, Special Report No. 33. 

2008    Archaeological Services Associated with Improvements to Miraflores at Brackenridge Park, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.  Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio, Archaeological Report, No. 387.

2008    Intensive Pedestrian Archeological Survey of Loop 1604 North Improvements Project, City of San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.  Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio, Archaeological Report, No. 384.

2008    Archaeological Reconnaissance and Survey of the Northeast Lakeview College Campus, Live Oak, Bexar County, Texas.  Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio, Archaeological Report, No. 383.

2007    The Walnut Branch Hike and Bike Trail - Cultural Resources Background Review (San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas).  Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio, Technical Report, No. 7.

2007    The Briscoe Western Art Museum Project, A Historical and Archival Research of the Future Location.  Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio, Technical Report, No. 5.

PRESENTATIONS

2009    Archaeology at the Alamo.  Presented to the Alamo Heroes Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.  January.

2007    The Hispanic Leadership Program in Agriculture and Natural Resources (HLPANR):  Mission San Jose: History, Archaeology, and Tour.  May. 

2007    The Sons of the Republic of Texas Annual Meeting:  Results of the 2006 UTSA Field School at the Alamo (41BX6). March.

2007    Society for American Archaeology Annual Conference: Results of the 2006 UTSA Field School at the Alamo (41BX6). 

2005    Texas Archaeological Society Annual Conference: Documenting Variation in Goliad Wares from Three Colonial Period Texas Sites.  October.

2005    Texas Archaeological Society Annual Conference:  Merging Cultures:  A Comparison of Native and Colonial Ceramics from Mission San Juan de Capistrano, San Antonio, Texas.  October.

2002    American Anthropological Association; Poster Presentation on Legacy 2002 Summer Field School.  November.

PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Department of Anthropology Graduate Student Thesis Scholarship, University of Texas at San Antonio, 2002 and 2003

Trustee's Scholarship, 1994, University of San Diego.