MURIEL BOWSER
MAYOR
March 28, 2024
The Honorable Phil Mendelson
Chairman
Council of the District of Columbia
John A. Wilson Building
1350Pennsylvania Avenue,NW, Suite 504
Washington, DC 20004
Dear Chairman Mendelson:
In accordance with section 2 of the Confirmation Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-
142; D.C. Official Code § 1-523.01), and pursuant to Mayor's Order 1983-119, dated May 6, 1983,
and section 4 of the Historic Landmark and Historic Protection Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979
(D.C. Law 2-144; D.C. Official Code§ 6-1103), I am pleased to nominate the following individual:
Ms. Gabrielle Miller
4th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20024
(Ward 6)
for appointment as an archaeologist member of the Historic Preservation Review Board, filling a vacant
seat formerly held by Dr. Alexandra Jones, for a term to end July 21, 2026.
Enclosed, you will find biographical information detailing the experience of the above-mentioned
nominee, together with a proposed resolution to assist the Council during the confirmation process.
I would appreciate the Council' s earliest consideration of this nomination for confirmation. Please
do not hesitate to contact me, or Steven Walker, Director, Mayor's Office of Talent and
Appointments, should the Council require additional information.
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Chairman Phil Mendelson
at the request of the Mayor
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6 A PROPOSED RESOLUTION
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10 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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15 To confirm the appointment of Ms. Gabrielle Miller to the Historic Preservation Review Board.
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17 RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, that this
18 resolution may be cited as the "Historic Preservation Review Board Gabrielle Miller
19 Confirmation Resolution of 2024".
20 Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia confirms the appointment of:
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27 as an archaeologist member of the Historic Preservation Review Board, established by Mayor's
28 Order 83-119, dated May 6, 1983, and pursuant to section 4 of the Historic Landmark and
29 Historic District Protection Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-144; D.C. Official
30 Code§ 6-1103), filling a vacant seat formerly held by Dr. Alexandra Jones, for a term to end
31 July 21, 2026.
32 Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia shall transmit a copy of this resolution,
33 upon its adoption, to the nominee and to the Office of the Mayor.
34 Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
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GABRIELLE C. MILLER
EDUCATION
The University of Tulsa -Tulsa, OK 2018- Present
Ph.D. -African Diaspora Archaeology, Department of Ant h ropology
DISS TOPIC: An ethno-archaeological study of the inter-generational legacies of resistance and freedom in the historic
free Black neighborhood 'Free Gut' (St. Croix, USVI) spanning occupation and use from the 18th to 20th centuries using
community based and decolonizing approaches. Approaches include community based archaeology, citizen science, and
partnerships with locally based heritage and art non-profits/programs.
The University of Arizona -Tucson, AZ 2014 - 2016
M .A. -Applied Archaeology, School of Anthr opology
THESIS: Assessing Collaboration: Archaeological Applications Abroad, a qualitative study of colla borat ive
archaeology in which two international projects serve as case studies in understanding how to develop
criteria for assessing collaboration, and how technology can be utilized to operationalize such assessments.
The University of Arizona - Tucson, AZ 2015 - 2016
Graduate Certificate Pr ogram - Heritage Conservation (College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture)
Concentration: Holistic, interdisciplinary preservation practices within an integrated environment of natural and cultural
resources including the disciplines of anthropology, archaeology, museum studies, architecture, art history, and planning.
The University of Arizona - Tucson, AZ 2010-2013
B.A. - Anthropology
M inor -Arabic
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Program Specialist/Archaeologist January 2022 - Present
Center for the Study of Global Slavery/Slave Wrecks Proj ect
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Conducts resear ch through the Smithsonian Scientific Diving Office
• Designs and produces programming, curriculum and training r elated to the history of global slavery, maritime
archaeology, and decolonizing approaches to research and community w ork
o Project Highlight: Slave Wrecks Project Academy: Senegal (Instructor and Coordinator}
• Develops exhibit ion content in collaboration with curator s and designers
• Manages global partner ships through the Slave Wrecks Project init iative and the Global Curator,ial Project
• Co-Pl and coordinator of collaborative partnership with Afr.icatown residents and descendants •o f the Clotilda
Doctoral Discipline Assistantship/Lab Manager August 2018 - May 2022 .
Historical Archaeology and Heritage Conservation Laboratory
University of Tulsa - Department of Anthropology, Tulsa OK
• Assisted in lecturing and grading for undergraduate anthropology courses
o Topics: African Diaspora Archaeology, New Methods in Historical Archaeology, Global Anthropology, Introduction to
Early Human History
• Assists in processing and cataloging artifacts and field specimen
• Assists in managing care of historical archaeology collections
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• Coordinates laboratory volunteer program
• Manages laboratory artifact and supply inventory
• Assists in facilitating laboratory research projects
Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery (DAACS) Analyst August 2021- May 2022
DAACS, Monticello Archaeology Program
Monticello, Charlottesville, VA
• Conducts topical research of Free Urban archaeological assemblage from the Free Gut community in Frederiksted, St. Croix
• Analyzes, catalogues, and perform statistical analyses of artifacts associated with Free Gut excavations for the expansion of
the database regarding sites of freedom in the Caribbean.
• Assists in designing and hosting educational training videos targeting both specialized researchers and the broader public.
Independent Contractor November 2020 - February 2021
Archaeological Services
Cox I McClain Environmental Consulting
• Archaeological Monitoring
• Archaeological Survey and Excavation
• Artifact Processing and Laboratory Analysis
Slave Wrecks Project: Youth Diving With A Purpose (VDWP)/NPS Intern June 2021 - August 2021
YDWP/National Park Service
Biscayne National Park, Homestead FL
• Assisted in various tasks associated with documenting and assessing underwater archaeological resources within the
boundary of the park.
• Used remote sensing and survey equipment to investigate magnetic anomalies to determine possible association to African
Diasporic shipwreck
• Performed condition assessments of known sites within the park boundaries of Biscayne and Dry Tortugas
• Instructed and coordinated a one-week intensive underwater archaeological training of YDWP participants
Graduate Student Intern June 2020 -August 2020
Digital Curation Department
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa OK
• Assisted in managing, creating and optimizing tags and search terms for ethnographic museum objects curated on line
o Platform: TMS
• Assisted in ordering photographs of digitally curated objects for viewing on line
o Platform: Piction
Project Manager October 2016 - August 2018
Cultural Resource Program
Nez Perce Tribe, Lapwai ID
• Managed program budgets and project administrations and t imelines for all sub-departments including ethnography,
archaeology and language
• Assisted in managing ethnography projects, traditional land use studies, determinations of National Register eligibility,
and evaluation of archaeological and traditional cultural properties.
• Participated in archaeological excavation, survey, and cultural resource inventories
• Researched and wrote traditional cultural property and traditional land use study reports.
• Generated maps for project reports using ESRI software (ArcGIS and ArcPro)
• Assisted in programming and supervising the internship program
• Wrote and managed programmatic grants from internal, external, and Federal funding sources
• Manages project budgets and timelines
• Coordinated public outreach events and communications
• Produced and managed program design and marketing (graphic design and web design)
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Graduate Research Assistant September 2015 - August 2016
Roy P. Drachman Institute
The University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
• Developed a methodology and implemented a condition assessment plan for the National Park Service at Casa Grande
National Monument {CAGR) by:
o Documenting historic stabilization efforts of the ruins through archival research
o Using developed condition assessment plan and photography to do a complete condition assessment of
Compound A at CAGR
o Utilizing ArcGIS and Autodesk software to develop geospatial and 3-dimensional visualizations of ruin conditions,
both in the present and the past
Accounting Assistant, Senior December 2013 - June 2015
Office of the Senior Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management
The University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
• Managed and reconciled the 12 state and 2 UA Foundation accounts for the department
• Processed and approved various financial transactions
• Provided financial and non-financial support to the department in areas of employee travel, fixed assets, and many other
fields
• Maintained the role of Procurement Card Liaison, Reconciler and Approver
• Provided administrative and financial support to the Student Services Fee and Freshmen Fee programs, as well their
individual projects.
Student Office/Accounting Assistant April 2011 - December 2013
Office of the Senior Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management
The University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
• Assisted the Director of Finance and Administration with various accounting and administrative duties
Archaeological Survey Crew Member May 2013
University of Oklahoma
Deming, NM
• Conducted and archaeological survey of various sites in conjunction with the Bureau of Land Management of sites ranging
from precontact to classical Mimbres on BLM owned land in surrounding areas.
PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS/SKILLS
• Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery (DAACS) Material Culture Analysis- Monticello, VA
• Glass (Gold Level)
• Ceramics (Silver Level)
• Archaeological Repository Intern
• Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ: Summer 2015
• Archaeological Field School
• University Indian Ruin, The University of Arizona, Tucson AZ: January - May 2013
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• AutoCAD drawing and design course
• Advance Microsoft Excel Training
• TICRAT 2016 - Earthen Architecture Preservation Workshop
• Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) Specialty Certification - Underwater Archaeological Survey
• National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI) Advanced Diver Certification
• Certification#: mill10292gabsd
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■ Certification Date: 12/6/2017
• PADI Rescue Diver/Oxygen Administration
• AAUS Scientific Diver
• Organization reciprocity through the National Association of Black Scuba Divers (NABS)
• Independent Studies:
■ Arizona State Museum Repository, The University of Arizona: June 2016
■ Parrhasian Heritage Park, The University of Arizona, Greece: June - July 2015
FELLOWSHIPS/AWARDS
DAACS NEH Fellow July 2022
Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery (DAACS), Monticello, VA
Slave Wrecks Project: Youth Diving with a Purpose/National Park Service Intern Summer2021
Biscayne National Park, Homestead, FL
Chapman Distinguished Ph. D. Fellowship Summers 2020 & 2021
Graduate School, University of Tulsa
Student Research Grant March 2020
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, University of Tulsa
SREB State Doctoral Scholar August 2019 - Present
University of Tulsa, Southern Regional Education Board
Chapman Distinguished Ph. D. Fellowship Summer2019
Graduate School, University of Tulsa
Student Research Grant March 2019
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, University of Tulsa
Conoco-Phillips/Office of Diversity and Engagement Grant December 2018
Chevron Multicultural Resource Center, University of Tulsa
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship Award March 2016
United States Department of Education; Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES),
University of Arizona
• FLAS Program/Location: Arizona in Jordan Program in Amman
• Language and Level: Intermediate/Advanced Levantine Arabic Dialect
PUBLICATIONS/REPORTS
Single and Co-Authored Works:
2022(Pending)
Article in edited volume on Urban Archaeology
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Ike, Nkem, Gabrielle Miller and Gabby Omoni Hartemann
2020 Anti-Racist Archaeology: Your Time is Now
Miller, Gabrielle
2017 Cultural Resource Inventory for the Hendrickson Ranch CREP Project for the Farm Service Agency and the Asotin
County Conservation District. Nez Perce Tribe Cultural Resource Program, Lapwai, ID.
2016 Assessing Collaboration: Archaeological Applications Abroad, 2016. Submitted to the Graduate College at
the University of Arizona to fulfill the requirements for a Master's in App lied Archaeology.
Erikson, Helen et al.
2016 Historic American Landscape Survey (HALS) Nomination - Empire Ranch Landscape. The University of Arizona
College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture, Tucson.
Nez Perce Tribe Cultural Resource Program Technical Report Contributions:
2019 Lochsa Corridor Traditional Cultural Property Nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. Nez Perce
Tribe Cultural Resource Program, Lapwai, ID.
2017 Ethnographic Traditional Use Study of the Heller Bar Landscape, Asotin County, Washington. Nez Perce Tribe
Cultural Resource Program. Report submitted to Washington Department of Fish and Wildl ife.
2017 Teakean Butte Traditional Use and Traditional Cultural Property Study, Clearwater County, Idaho. Nez Perce
Tribe Cultural Resource Program. Report submitted to Bonneville Power Administration.
2017 Traditional Use Study of the Snake River Road and Associated Ethnographic Landscape, Asotin County,
Washington. Nez Perce Tribe Cultural Resource Program . Report submitted to Asotin County, Washington.
2017 Traditional Cultural Property Inventory of the Federal Columbia River Power System, including the North Fork of
the Clearwater River and the Dworshak Reservoir Downriver to the Dworshak Dam, Clearwater County, Idaho.
Nez Perce Tribe Cultural Resource Program. Report submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla
District.
2016 Traditional Use Study and Traditional Cultural Properties Inventory of Access Routes and Journey Information to
Celilo Falls, Wasco County, Oregon . Nez Perce Tribe Cultural Resource Program. Submitted to the Army Corps of
Engineers, Portland District.
PRESENTATIONS/LECTURES
The Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery (DAACS) Conversations 2022
Title: Fragments of Freedom: Remnants of Emancipated Life in Free Gut
The Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery (DAACS) Conversations 2021
Title: Fragments of Freedom: An Introductory Glance at Excavations in a Crucian Free Black Neighborhood
Thomas Jefferson's Monticello
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DAACS and The Society of Black Archaeologists: Research on St. Croix 2021
Gue