Background
Cowan-Ricks, Carrel was born on December 1, 1945 in Lansing, Michigan, United States. Daughter of William Joseph and Ella Louvisa (Jones) Cowan.
Cowan-Ricks, Carrel was born on December 1, 1945 in Lansing, Michigan, United States. Daughter of William Joseph and Ella Louvisa (Jones) Cowan.
Bachelor in Anthropology, Wayne State University, 1984; Master of Arts in Anthropology, Wayne State University, 1989; certified in archival administration, Wayne State University, 1990; postgraduate, Wayne State University, 1990-1997.
Teaching assistant, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1988-1990;
anthropology instructor, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1988-1991;
visiting assistant professor history archaeology, Clemson U., 1991-1993;
with office preservation, Michigan History Center. Visiting lecturer U. Toledo, 1989, 91. Member of advisory board National Park System, 1992-1995.
Historian Michigan History Center, Lansing, 1994-1997. Peer review panelistCtr. for Field Research, Watertown, Massachusetts, 1992, Foley Square African Burial Ground, New York City, 1993-1997. Reviewer History Archaeology, 1993.
Black history sites committee member Detroit History Museum, 1983-1991. Interpreter HenryFord Museum and Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan, 1989-1991, project coordinator African American family life, history and culture, 1989. Contract archaeologist Cowan and Company, Albuquerque, 1985-1987.
Contract complianceofficer unites states department Department of Health and Human Services, Chicago, 1985, public information officer, 1976-1979. Member field crew archaeological survey Oshara Tradition Eastern New Mexico State University, 1982, Springstead Farm site Wayne State University, 1982-1985, field assistant, 1988. Laboratory technical Anthropology Museum, Detroit, 1982-1983, Cowan and Company, 1987.
Principal investigator department history houses Clemson U., South Carolina., 1991-1993. New Mexico/Ariz History cemetery project La Villa Elena project Cowan and Company, 1987. Crew chief history Fort Wayne Cemetery excavation Wayne State University, 1990.
Contract archaeologist, archival researcher, oral historian Elmwood Logging Camp Gilbert/Commonwealth Inc., Iron County, Michigan, 1986. Consultant Hunnicutt Cemetery Restoration and Indexing Project, Keowee Key Garden Club, Salem, South Carolina., 1991-1992, Old Bethel Restoration Project, African American Cemetery Research, Indexing and Restoration Project, McClellanville, South Carolina., 1992-1992, Keese Barn Project African American History Site Restoration Project, Pendleton, South Carolina., 1991-1992. Lecturer, reviewer, presenter in field.
Member advisory board Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters, Detroit, 1990-1991. Faculty friend volunteer Wayne State Friends program, Detroit, 1990-1991. Member Conference Michigan Professional Archaeologists, Council South Carolina Professional Archaeologists, Michigan Archeological Society (executive board directors 1988-1997, president-elect 1989-1990, president 1990-1991, past president 1991-1992, trustee Southeast chapter 1982, 90-92, secretary 1984-1985, president 1988-1990), American Anthropol.
Association, Association Black Anthropologists, Archeological Society South Carolina, Inc., Society for History Archaeology, Southern Anthropol.
Married Norville Ricks, November 22, 1984 (divorced July 1986).