David McIntosh

David McIntosh began his career as an information technology professional before turning his attention toward academic study. After earning master’s degrees in anthropology and history, he arrived at UCSB in 2015 to research the inherent colonial and imperial foundations of U.S. archaeology. In particular, he examines how archaeology contributes to museums’ adoption of misleading portrayals of the Indigenous Americans of the Southwest. These critiques are not merely aimed at the twentieth-century past. Rather, David sees past racialized depictions of the indigenous as reflections of problematic racial narratives that linger to the present day. As of August 2022, he is Assistant Professor of History and Anthropology at Southeast New Mexico College.

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Read about David’s Public Humanities Graduate Fellow internship with the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor here.

Watch David’s Winter 2021 Public Humanities Graduate Fellows Program Capstone Presentation: