Dr. Jillian A. Swift
JPAR Co-editor
Dr. Jillian A. Swift is co-editor of the Journal of Polynesian Archaeology and Research (JPAR) and a Project Manager for Pacific Legacy, Inc. She holds research and teaching affiliations with the Department of Anthropology at the University of Hawai‘i, Manoa and Bishop Museum, and is the Publications Chair for the Society of Hawaiian Archaeology. She received a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley (2016), where she specialized in the archaeological history of Polynesia, zooarchaeology, and stable isotope analysis. She is particularly interested in applying community-engaged archaeological fieldwork and collections-based research towards questions of past human land use and current sustainability concerns. Her active projects include an NSF-funded archaeological investigation into long-term agricultural sustainability in Halawa Valley, Moloka'i, with collaborators Patrick Kirch and Noa Lincoln. Her work has been featured in various publications, including Smithsonian Magazine, The Scientist, and The New York Times.
