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. 1
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A PROPOSED RESOLUTION
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Chairman Phil Mendelson
at the request
of the Mayor
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".
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2. The Council of the District of Columbia confirms the appointment of:
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22 Ms. Gabrielle Miller
23 4th Street, SW
24 Washington,
DC 20024
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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. G. Miller ~ Page 1 of 6
GABRIELLE C. MILLER
EDUCATION
The Uni versity of Tulsa -Tulsa, OK 2018-Present
Ph.D. -African Diaspora Archaeol ogy, Department of Anthropology
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) spanni ng occupation and use from the 18
th
to 20
th
centuries using
community based and decolonizing approaches. Approaches
include community based archaeology, citizen science, and
p
artnerships with locally based he ritage and art non-profits/programs.
The University of Arizona -Tucson, AZ 2014 -2016
M.A. -Applied Archaeology, School of Anthropology
THESIS: Assessing Collaboration: Archa eological Applications Ab road, a qualitative stu dy of collaborative
archaeolo
gy in which two international projects serve as case st udies in understanding how to develop
cri
teria for assessing co llaboration, and how technology can be utilized to operationalize such assessments.
The University of Arizona - Tucson, AZ 2015 -2016
Graduate Certificate Program -
Heritage Conse rvation (College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Ar chitecture)
Concentration: Holistic, interdisciplinary preservation practices within an integrated environment of natural and cultural
resources including
the disciplines of anthropology, archaeology, museum studie s, architecture, art histo ry, and planning.
The Universi ty of Arizona - Tucson, AZ
B.A. -Anthropol ogy
Minor
-Arabic
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Program Specialist/ Archaeologist
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
2010-2013
January 2022 -Present
• Designs and produces programming, curricul
um and training related to the history of global slavery, mari time
archaeology, and decol onizing approaches to research and community work
o Project High
light: Slave Wrecks Project Academy: Senegal (Instructor and Coordi nator}
• Develops exhibition
content in collaboration with curators and designers
• Manages global partner
ships through the Slave Wrecks Pr oject initiative and the Global Curator,ial Project
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Co-Pl and coordinator of collaborative partnership with Afr.icatown residents and descendants • of the Clotilda
Doctoral Discipline
Assistantship/Lab Manager
Historical Archaeol ogy and Heritage Conservation Labor atory
Universi ty of Tulsa -Department of Anthropology, Tul sa OK
• Assisted in lecturing and grading for undergraduate anthropology courses
August 2018 - May 2022 .
o Topics: African Diaspora Archaeology, New Methods in Historical Archaeology, Global Anthropology, Introduction to
Early Human History
• Assists
in processing and catalogi ng artifacts and field specimen
• Assists in managing care
of historical archaeology collections
Date Revised: 4/16/2021 • Coordinates laboratory volunteer program
• Manages laboratory artifact and supply inventory
• Assists
in facilitating laboratory research projects
Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery (DAACS) Analyst
DAACS, Monticello Archaeology Program
Monticello, Charlottesville,
VA
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August 2021-May 2022
• 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
Archaeological Services
November 2020 -February 2021
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
YDWP/National Park Service
Biscayne National Park, Homestead
FL
June 2021 -August 2021
• Assisted in various tasks associated with documenting and assessing underwater archaeological resources within the
boundary of the park.
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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
Digital Curation Department
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa
OK
June 2020 -August 2020
• Assisted in managi ng, 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
Cultural Resource Program
Nez Perce Tribe, Lapwai ID
October 2016 -August 2018
• Managed program budgets and project administrations and timelines 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)
Date Revised: 4/16/2021 Graduate Research Assistant
Roy P. Drachman Institute
The University
of Arizona, Tucson AZ
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September 2015 -August 2016
• 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 conditi ons,
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
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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
Office of the Senior Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management
The University
of Arizona, Tucson AZ
April 2011 -December 2013
• Assisted the Director of Finance and Administration with various accounting and administrative duties
Archaeological Survey Crew Member
University of Oklahoma
Deming, NM
May 2013
• 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
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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
Date Revised: 4/16/2021 ■ Certification Date: 12/6/2017
• PADI Rescue Diver/Oxygen Administration
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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
Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery (DAACS), Monticello, VA
Slave Wrecks Project: Youth Diving with a Purpose/National Park Service Intern
Biscayne National Park, Homestead, FL
Chapman Distinguished Ph. D. Fellowship
Graduate School, University of Tulsa
Student Research Grant
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, Universi ty of Tulsa
SREB State Doctoral Scholar
University of Tulsa, Southern Regional Education Board
Chapman Distinguished Ph. D. Fellowship
Graduate School, University of Tulsa
Student Research Grant
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, University of Tulsa
Conoco-Phillips/Office of Diversity and Engagement Grant
Chevron Multicultural Resource Center, University of Tulsa
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship Award
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
Date Revised: 4/16/2021
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July 2022
Summer2021
Summers 2020 & 2021
March 2020
August 2019 -Present
Summer2019
March 2019
December 2018
March 2016 Ike, Nkem, Gabrielle Miller and Gabby Omoni Hartemann
2020 Anti-Racist Archaeology: Your Time
is Now
Miller, Gabrielle
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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 Applied 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 Wildlife.
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
Title: Fragments of Freedom: Remnants of Emancipated Life in Free Gut
The Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery (DAACS) Conversations
Title: Fragments of Freedom: An Introductory Glance at Excavations in a Crucian Free Black Neighborhood
Thomas Jefferson's Monticello
Date Revised: 4/16/2021
2022
2021 DAACS and The Society of Black Archaeologists: Research on St. Croix
Guest Presenter -The Digital Archaeological Archive
of Comparative Slavery (DAACS}
https://www .youtube.com/watch ?v=AI p38Rc-M DE4
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2021
Archaeology
in the Community (AITC) 2020
Guest Lecturer -Youth Archaeology Online Summer Camp
Society for Historical Archaeology Annual Meeting 2020
Title: Transformative Placemaking: The Intersection of Art, Archaeology, and the Community in Freedom City •
Session: Community Archaeology in 2020: Conventional
or Revolutionary?
Author(s): Miller, Gabrielle; Gerard, Frandelle
Arizona Historic Preservation Conference 2016
Title: Preservation in an Age of Sustainability Planning Toward Environmental, Economic, and Social Sustainability
Authors(s): Nicole Lavely, Gabrielle Miller, Maureen McDonald
Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting 2016
Assessing Collaboration: Archaeological Applications Abroad -Poster Session
VOLUNTEER WORK
Archaeology in the Community, Inc.
Archaeology Youth Camp Instructor
DWP Instructor Candidate
Diving with a Purpose (DWP), Maritime Archaeology Program
YDWP Diver Mentor
Youth Diving with a Purpose (YDWP), Maritime Archaeology Program
President/Co-Founder -Graduate Diversity & Inclusion Coalition
University of Tulsa
Spring 2022
June 2020
June 2020 -Present
January 2019 -Present
Archaeological
Survey Diver June 2018
Diving with a Purpose
• Volunteer underwater archaeologists
for Diving with a Purpose, a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to studying
Black maritime history and training Black underwater scientific researchers.
Fundraising Manager March 2014
Tucson Roller Derby
• Managed
the finances and programs created for raising funds for the development of Tucson Roller Derby, a
skater owned and run 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in Tucson,
AZ.
Community Development Volunteer
Amman, Jordan
July -August 2012
• Traveled abroad to provide volunteer services to Holy Land Designs, an olive wood artisan workshop, dedicated to
providing employment and education services to under-privileged Jordanians and Palestinians.
o Assisted in the manufacturi
ng and packaging of goods
Date Revised: 4/16/2021 o Taught an informal foundational English course aimed at developing basic conversation skills
Project Leader/Community Development Volunteer
Amman, Jordan
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June -July 2014
• Co-lead a trip abroad to Amman, JO for the purpose of bringing additional volunteers to Holy Land Designs as well as
facilitating an exposure tour aimed at immersing college undergraduates in a new cultural environment.
o A total of 8 undergraduate student from various universities attended this trip
MEDIA
SAPIENS Podcast/SAPIENS:Talk Back
Season 4: Redrawing the Boundaries
https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/black-indigenous-archaeology-viol ence/
National Geographic
These Divers Search for Slave Shipwrecks and Discover Their Ancestors
https://www .youtube. com/watch ?v=u2I EugvRw8
Ocean Science Radio
Diving with a Purpose and the Hunt for Sunken Slave Ships
https://oceanscienceradio.simplecast.com/episodes/diving-with-a-purpose-and-
the-hunt-for-sunken-slave-ships
FestivalCHAT (Contemporary and Historical Archaeology in Theory)
Participant -Black in Archaeology Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSJU9eb7c2o
MEMBERSHIPS
American Anthropological Association
Archaeology Division -Student Member at Large 2022-2023
Society of Black Archaeologists
Member since 2018
Society for Historical Archaeology
Student Member since 2019
Society for American Archaeology
Student Member since 2015
Date Revised: 4/16/2021 * * *
WEARE
WASHINGTON
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Executive Office of the Mayor -Mayor's Office of Talent and Appointments
John A. Wilson Building I 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 600 I Washington, DC 20004
Dr. Gabrielle Miller
Dr. Miller has worked in academia for nearly a decade, including as a
Program Specialist / Archaeologist with the Center for the Study
of
Global Slavery/Slave Wrecks Project at the Smithsonian National
Museum
of African American History and Culture, a Lab Manager with
the Historical Archaeology and Heritage Conservation Laboratory, a
Digital Archaeological Archive
of Comparative Slavery (DAACS)
Analyst with the DAACS Monticello Archaeology Program, and an
Independent Contractor with Cox
I McClain Environmental Consulting.
Dr. Miller earned her B.
A. in anthropology from the University of Arizona, her M. A. in applied
archaeology at the University
of Arizona, and her Ph.D. in African Diaspora Archaeology at the
University
of Tulsa.
* * * GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Executive Office of Mayor Muriel Bowser
* * * W~AR~
WASI-HNGTON
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Office of the General Co unsel to the Mayor
To:
From:
Date:
Subject:
Tomas Talamante, Steve Walker
Betsy Cavendish
February 7, 2024
Legal sufficiency review
of Resolutions nominating Bill Marzella, Gabrielle
Miller, Georgeanne Matthews, Patrick Williams, Andrew Aurbach, and Gretchen
Pfaehler
as members of the Historic Preservation Review Board
This is to Certify that this office has reviewed the above-referenced resolutions and.
found them to be legally unobjectionable.
If you have any questions in this regard, please do not
hesitate to call Erika Satterlee, Deputy General Counsel, Executive Office
of the Mayor, at 202-
724-1303, or me at 202-724-7681.
Elizabeth
A. (Betsy) Cavendish
The John A. Wilson Building • 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW • Suite 300 • Washington, D.C. 20004 • Office (202) 724-7681