Patrick O’Neill is an anthropology lecturer in the School of Social Sciences and Education. After dropping out of high school to pursue a music career, O’Neill earned his GED and, later, bachelor’s degrees in history and anthropology and his master’s in anthropology, both from CSUB.
About his research:
"My current research is focused on historical ethnography and archival ethnohistory and ethnoscience, with special consideration of ethnographic analogy, language revitalization, family histories and myth and legend as each pertains to ethnogeography and cultural revival among Native American groups of North, Central and South America.
"I am a practicing archaeologist and osteologist, and I frequently work with federal and state agencies as a consultant in cultural resource management. I also work with the Kern County Sherriff’s Search and Rescue Team as an instructor, in which context I teach the basics of field identification of human remains and field-related osteological techniques to identify and discern human remains versus faunal remains that bare no significance in forensic individuation and pose a costly avenue of misidentification for untrained members of the search and rescue team."
What the research looks like in practice:
"I am currently engaged in projects with students and/or former students for publication, including 'Sacred Mothers of Mazatán' and 'Spirit-Fishing in the Land of the Dead.' Currently, I am working on a digital repository and to open a non-profit Cultural Resource Center for Archival Research at CSUB, sponsored by the anthropology program and dean of SSE. It is scoped to be a non-profit advocacy, cultural revitalization and resource management center, designed to work with Native American and other indigenous and/or ethnic groups, students, archaeological firms, state agencies and interdisciplinary research teams on projects related to anthropology and associated disciplines."
Why O’Neill is passionate about his research:
"My research is of interest to Native American groups, the archaeological community and those interested in history, Native American cultures, human health, nutrition, ritual and language. Research is only worthwhile if it considers living people and science is only worthwhile when it is done with transparency and the results are shared with the world."
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