Doctor of Philosophy: University of Haifa, School of Archaeology and Maritime Cultures, Supervisor: Prof. Nimrod Marom. Degree granted: August 2023.
 
Master of Arts: University of Haifa, Department of Maritime Civilizations, Supervisors: Prof. Deborah Cvikel., Assoc. Prof. Nimrod Marom. Degree granted: May 2021, summa cum laude.
 
Bachelor of Arts: The Evergreen State College, Faculty of Humanities, Liberal Arts, Degree granted: September 2018.
 
Associate of Arts: Seattle Central College, Faculty of Humanities, Liberal Arts. Degree granted: September 2016. 

Coastal & Submerged Archaeological Faunal Remains: A Proxy for Maritime Connectivity in the Premodern Eastern Mediterranean. (2023). University of Haifa. PhD Dissertation.
 
Analysis of the Faunal Remains from the Ma‘agan Mikhael B Shipwreck. (2020). University of Haifa. MA Thesis.
 
Mission Creek Beach Survey Project: A Tale of Two Piers at Priest Point Park, Olympia, Washington. (2018). The Evergreen State College. BA Thesis.

Paleozoology & Climate Change: Biotic community responses and human adaptation to post-glacial Holocene climate fluctuations in the Pacific Northwest.
 
Human-Animal-Environment Interactions: Biogeography, animal mobility, human connectivity and subsistence, and material culture exchange.
 
Marine & Coastal Civilizations: Resource exploitation, human mobility, submerged Pleistocene and Holocene settlement sites.
 
Methods in Archaeological Science: Hyperspectral imaging analysis, faunal analysis, biometrics, 2D/3D geometric morphometrics, geographic information systems (GIS) applications, coastal and underwater survey and excavation.
 
Regional Specialization: Northwest Coast, Puget Lowlands, Columbia Plateau, North American Pacific Northwest; Southern Levant, Eastern Mediterranean. 

2022                Sir Maurice and Lady Irene Hatter Doctoral Research Grant, University of Haifa.
 
2021–2022      PhD Scholarship, Israel Science Foundation, University of Haifa.
 
2021–2022      PhD Excellence Scholarship, Graduate Studies Authority, University of Haifa.
 
2018                International School Merit-Based MA Tuition Award, University of Haifa.

2023    Graduate Studies Authority Publication Award, University of Haifa.
 
2022    Graduate Studies Authority Conference Travel Grant, University of Haifa.
 
2022    Haifa Center for Mediterranean History Conference Travel Grant, University of  Haifa.
 
2021    Dean’s Prize for Best MA Thesis, Faculty of Humanities, University of Haifa.
 
2019    Sir Maurice and Lady Irene Hatter Master’s Research Grant, University of Haifa.
 
2019    MA Research Grant, Graduate Studies Authority, University of Haifa.
 
2018    Pell Grant, US Department of Education.
 
2017    Benjamin A. Gilman Study Abroad Scholarship, US Department of State.
 
2017    Pell Grant, US Department of Education.

Harding, S., Hadjikoumis, A., Vermeersch, S., Marom, N. (2024). Exploring eastern Mediterranean Iron Age coastal connections through sheep astragali using geometric morphometrics. Peer Community in Archaeology, 100457. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.12.24.521859.

Harding, S., Tapson, M., Cvikel, D., Marom, N. (2023). Stowaways: Maritime ecology of the oldest commensal ship rats (Rattus rattus) found on a Mediterranean shipwreck. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 49, 103947. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.103947.

Harding, S., Vermeersch, S., Ujma, C., Deonarain, G., Susnow, M., Shaffir, R., Lehmann, G., Gilboa, A., Marom, N. (2023). Hoofprints in the sand: A study on domestic sheep (Ovis aries) from Iron Age southern Phoenicia using traditional biometric methods. Quaternary International, 662–663, 82–93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2023.02.014.

Harding, S., Lernau, O., Vouters, W., Marom, N., Cvikel, D. (2022). First Evidence of Trade in Galilean Salted Fish on the Carmel Coast in the Early Islamic Period. European Journal of Archaeology 26(3), 320–340. https://doi.org/doi:10.1017/eaa.2022.50.

Marom, N., Tamar, K., Harding, S. (2022). Animal remains from Tel Rehov: Economy and culture in the Iron Age settlement. Near Eastern Archaeology, 85(2), 164–169. https://doi.org/10.1086/719590.

Harding, S., Lin, A., Tapson, M., Poinar, H., Bar-Oz, G., Cvikel, D., Marom, N. The biogeography of Mediterranean ship rats (Rattus rattus) explored with 2D geometric morphometric and aDNA analyses. To be submitted to Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Harding, S., Cvikel, D., & Marom, N. (2024, August 28–31). Biogeography of late antique Mediterranean ship rats (Rattus rattus) explored with 2D geometric morphometric analysis  [Conference presentation]. 30th European Association of Archaeologists Annual Meeting, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy. https://www.e-a-a.org/EAA2024/EAA2024/Home.aspx   

Harding, S. (2024, May 9). Environmental History of Lakes and Wetlands in the Columbia Basin [Invited Guest Lecture]. Time Past: Earth Processes and Human History, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington.
 
Harding, S., Hadjikoumis, A., & Marom, N. (2023, October 10–13). Statistical Shape Analysis of Iron Age Sheep (Ovis aries) Astragali from Cyprus and the Southern Levant [Conference Presentation]. 10th Annual International Council for Archaeozoology – Archaeology, Genetics, Proteomics & Morphometrics Working Group Meeting, Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung, Munich, Germany. https://agpm2023.sciencesconf.org/

Harding, S. (2023, August 16). Finding Your Niche: Nontraditional Pathways to Research and Careers in the Discipline of Archaeology [Invited Guest Lecture]. Adventures in Archaeology: Science, Methods, and Theories, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington. 

Harding, S. (2023, January 9–12). Archaeozoology and Wildlife Management: How understanding the interactions of humans, animals, and the environment in the past can inform a better future [Guest Lecture]. Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife Program School, Wenatchee, Washington.
 
Harding, S., Marom, N., Cvikel, D. (2022, April 20–22). ‘Shipwreck’ Scene Investigation and Bones: Subaquatic diagenetic taphonomy and spatial analysis of the faunal remains from the Ma‘agan Mikhael B Shipwreck, Israel [Poster Presentation]. United Kingdom Archaeological Science Conference, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland. https://www.facebook.com/events/university-of-aberdeen-kings-college/united-kingdom-archaeology-sciences-conference-2022/1173141563427999/

Harding, S., Hulme-Beaman, A., Cvikel, D., & Marom, N. (2022, March 14–18). Stowaway: A Ship Rat’s Journey [Conference Presentation]. 3rd International Congress on Archaeological Sciences in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East, The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus. https://www.cyi.ac.cy/index.php/otm-r/3rd-international-congress-on-archaeological-sciences-in-the-eastern-mediterranean-and-the-middle-east-icas-emme-3.html 

Harding, S., Bar-Oz, G., Erickson-Gini, T., Marom, N., Cvikel, D. (2021, December 9–12). Trust in Allah, but Tie Up Your Writing Tablet: Literacy at sea in the early Islamic period [Virtual Conference Presentation]. American Society of Overseas Research Annual Meeting; Chicago. https://www.asor.org/am/2021/schedule-2021

Harding, S. (2021). Methods in Maritime Zooarchaeology [Invited Guest Lecture]. Ecology & Archaeology: A Survey of Methods Course, The Evergreen State College; Olympia.
 
Harding, S. (2020). Stowaway Ship Rats and Sheep Stew: Clues from animal bones about life at sea on the early-Islamic period Ma‘agan Mikhael B shipwreck [Seminar lecture]. Department of Maritime Civilizations, University of Haifa; Haifa.
 

Tel Dor Coastal & Underwater Archaeology Field School, University of Haifa. Director: Prof. Assaf Yasur-Landau. (2021, 2022 Field Seasons). Lead Dive Supervisor: Supervised student divers during underwater survey and documentation of submerged Bronze Age site in the bay at Tantura, Israel.
 
Nahal Rahaf Project, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Director: Dr. Mayaan Shemer. (2020 Field Season). Field Archaeologist: Rock shelter excavation at the early upper epipaleolithic site Nahal Rahaf 2, Judean Desert, Israel.
 
Ma‘agan Michael B Shipwreck Excavation Project, Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies, University of Haifa. Director: Prof. Deborah Cvikel. (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 Field Seasons). Zooarchaeologist On-Staff, Dive Supervisor: Led collection of faunal remains and supervised student divers during several excavation seasons of the early Islamic period shipwreck at Kibbutz Ma‘agan Michael, Israel.
 
Mission Creek Beach Survey, The Evergreen State College. Advisor: Prof. Ulrike Krotscheck. (Fall 2017, Spring 2018). Student Principal Investigator: Survey and documentation of historic period features at Mission Creek Beach in Olympia, Washington for senior thesis capstone project.

Maritime Archaeology Survey Techniques Field School, Marine Option Program, University of Hawaii—Manoa. Directors: Dr. Hans Kondrad Van Tilburg & Don Froning, MA. (2018). Student: Two-week field school for underwater survey and documentation of a submerged historic period site in Honolulu, Hawaii.
 
Landscape, Encounters, and Identity Project Field School, University of Washington. Director: Prof. Marcos Llobera. (2017). Student: Four-week field school for pedestrian survey and excavation of Iron Age Talayotic rock structures, ceramic collection and analysis in Mallorca, Spain. 

2020–2022     Laboratory of Archaeozoology: Research Assistant Supervisor and Practicum Tutor; Leon Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies: Field School and Excavation Dive Supervisor. University of Haifa, Israel.
 

2021                Introduction to Statistical Analysis in Palaeontology and Archaeology – 4th edition, Dr. Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, Transmitting Science, Barcelona, Spain.
 
2020               Geometric Morphometrics in R, Dr. Julien Claude, Transmitting Science, Barcelona, Spain.
 
2019                Shape Analysis with Geometric Morphometrics, Dr. Ardern Hulme-Beaman, University of Haifa, Israel.
 
2016                American Academy of Underwater Scientists: Scientific Diving Course, Pema Kitaeff, Friday Harbor Labs, University of Washington, San Juan Island, Washington.
 

2024–present            Project Archaeologist, Dudek, Seattle, Washington: Field director of cultural resources surveys, field technician supervisor/trainer, technical report author/contributor, project phase manager, proposal champion, scientific diving control board member, archaeology operations manager for the Seattle office.
 
2022–2024                 Cultural Resources Specialist, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Olympia, Washington: Cultural resources manager for the Columbia Basin Wildlife Area, project coordinator, Tribal consultation and outreach, archaeological survey and monitoring.
 

 
Harding, S., Borth, H. (2026). Cultural Resources Inventory Report for the Snohomish Gardens Apartments Project, Snohomish County, Washington (NADB: Pending). Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Olympia, Washington. https://wisaard.dahp.wa.gov/

Harding, S., Berger, B., Olander, J., Borth, H. (2026). Cultural Resources Inventory Report for the Schafer Creek Headwaters Restoration Project, Grays Harbor County, Washington (NADB: Pending). Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Olympia, Washington. https://wisaard.dahp.wa.gov/

Harding, S., Olander, J., Windler, Z., Borth, H., Donovan-Boyd, A. (2025). Cultural Resources Inventory Report for the Nemah Tidelands Development Project, Johns River Wildlife Area, Pacific County, Washington (NADB: 1700412). Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Olympia, Washington. https://wisaard.dahp.wa.gov/

Harding, S., Comeau, B., Brisentine, E., Olander, J., Windler, Z., Donovan-Boyd, A. (2025). Cultural Resources Survey Report for the Lakewood Biosecurity Facility, South Puget Sound Wildlife Area, Pierce County, Washington (NADB: 1700416). Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Olympia, Washington. https://wisaard.dahp.wa.gov/

Harding, S., Olander, J., Brisentine, E., Windler, Z. (2025). Cultural Resources Survey Report for the Sagebrush Flats Fence Lines Project, Wells and Sagebrush Flats Wildlife Areas, Douglas County, Washington (NADB: Pending). Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Olympia, Washington. https://wisaard.dahp.wa.gov/

Harding, S., Brisentine, E., Windler, Z., Donovan-Boyd, A. (2025). Cultural Resources Survey for the Nolte State Park Bridge and Culvert Replacement Project, King County, Washington (NADB: 1699320). Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Olympia, Washington. https://wisaard.dahp.wa.gov/

Harding, S., Brisentine, E., Windler, Z., Donovan-Boyd, A. (2024). Cultural Resources Inventory Report for the Region 1 HQ Spokane Office Perimeter Fence Project, Spokane County, Washington (NADB: Pending). Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Olympia, Washington. https://wisaard.dahp.wa.gov/
 

 
Cultural Resources Inventory for the Snohomish Gardens Apartment Project, Snohomish County, Washington. (2026). Field Director: cultural resources survey for the proposed development of a residential community on 17.9 acres of privately owned land.
 
Cultural Resources Inventory for the Schafer Creek Headwaters Restoration Project, Grays Harbor County, Washington. (2025). Field Director: cultural resources survey for a publicly funded river restoration project on 260 acres of privately owned timber lands. 

Cultural Resources Inventory for Confidential Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Project, King County, Washington. (2025). Field Director: cultural resources survey for a proposed 49-acre BESS project site on privately owned land. 

Cultural Resources Inventory for the Bonneville Power Authority (BPA) Priority Pole Replacement Project, Kalispell District, Montana and Idaho. (2025). Field Archaeologist: cultural resources survey 73.1 acres of BPA right-of-way, including 35 power structures in need of replacement along multiple transmission lines and improvements to 5.1 miles of access roads.
 
Cultural Resources Inventory for the Lakewood Biosecurity Facility Project, South Puget Sound Wildlife Area, Pierce County, Washington. (2025). Field Director: cultural resources survey for the proposed construction of a new biosecurity facility on 2.8 acres of Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) property in the South Puget Sound Wildlife Area.
 
Cultural Resources Inventory for the Sagebrush Flats Fence Line Project, Sagebrush Flats & Wells Wildlife Areas, Douglas County, Washington. (2025). Field Director: cultural resources survey for the repair of 27 miles of fire-damaged fencing on 102.7 acres of WDFW property in the Sagebrush Flat and Wells Wildlife Areas.
 
Cultural Resources Inventory for the Arlington Gardens Apartment Project, Snohomish County, Washington. (2025). Field Director: cultural resources survey for the proposed development of a residential community on 8.86 acres of privately owned land.
 
Cultural Resources Inventory for Confidential BESS Project, Marion County, Oregon. (2025). Field Archaeologist: cultural resources survey for a proposed 13.5-acre BESS project site in the City of Salem.
 
Cultural Resources Inventory for the Nolte State Park Bridge Replacement Project, Pierce County, Washington. (2024). Field Director: cultural resources survey for a bridge and culvert replacement project on 10 acres of Washington State Parks land.
 
Cultural Resources Inventory for the WDFW Spokane Region 1 HQ Office Perimeter Fence Project, Spokane County, Washington. (2024). Field Director: cultural resources survey for the proposed construction of a new 1300-foot fence line.
 
Cultural Resources Inventory for the Columbia Basin Conservation District Irrigation Project, Adams & Franklin Counties, Washington. (2024). Field Archaeologist: cultural resources survey for the Regional Conservation Partnership Program EL 86.4 Project, an irrigation infrastructure installation initiative sponsored by the Odessa Groundwater Replacement Program and funded by the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
 
Cultural Resources Inventory for Confidential BESS Project, Grant County, Washington. (2024). Field Director: cultural resources survey for a proposed 20-acre BESS project site in central Columbia Basin.
 
Columbia Basin Palaeoecology Project, WDFW and Central Washington University. Principal Investigator: Prof. Megan Walsh. (2023). Field Archaeologist: Archaeological monitoring of lacustrine sediment core extraction from lakes and wetlands in the Columbia Basin Wildlife Area.
 

Association for Washington Archaeology. (2025–2027). Vice President [2-Year Term]: Coordinate membership administration, manage annual elections, conduct member outreach including via social media, coordinator for the Greater Seattle Area Group, support and assist with AWA committees, programs, and initiatives, review excavation permits from the Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation.

Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. (2023–2025). Scientific Diver: Aquarium husbandry, conduct young-of-year fish counts and other data collection in Puget Sound, collect specimens for cold water aquarium exhibits.
 

United States Secretary of the Interior Qualified Archaeologist (36 CFR Part 61)
 
Registered Professional Archaeologist (RPA) #5530
 
The Society for American Archaeology (SAA) #67618501
 
European Association of Archaeologists (EAA) #74083
 
The Association for Washington Archaeology (AWA)
 
Scientific Diver, American Academy of Underwater Scientists (AAUS) #747705
 
Master Scuba Diver Trainer, Professional Association of Dive Instructors (PADI) #170889
 

 
2023                Washington State Government-to-Government Training (State/Tribal Relations), Governor’s Office of Indian Affairs, Olympia, Washington.
 
2023                Section 106 & You: National Historic Preservation Act Workshop, Society for American Archaeology Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon.
 
2022                Instructor Development Course Refresher, Professional Association of Dive Instructors, Scuba Seekers, Dahab, South Sinai, Egypt.
 

Archaeological Field Work (Terrestrial/Underwater), Zooarchaeological Faunal Analysis, Hyperspectral Imaging Analysis, Biometric Analysis, Quantitative/Statistical Analysis, Geometric Morphometric Analysis, Geographic Information Systems/Geospatial Analysis, Historical/Archival Research, Scientific Graphic Design, Lacustrine Sediment Core Extraction, Scientific Diving.
 
R Statistical Language, RStudio Environment, Paleontological Statistics (PAST), ESRI ArcGIS Pro, ESRI Field Maps, ESRI Survey 123, Dinolite/DinoCapture 2.0, SB Morphometrics Applications (tpsDig et al.), MS Office, Google Workspace.
 

English: Native speaker
 
Spanish: CEFR B1 Upper Intermediate Level