Chelsea Rose
Host & Producer | Underground HistoryChelsea Rose is the director of the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology (SOULA) and an historical archaeologist that focuses on the settlement and development of the American West.
Chelsea regularly works with the media, students, and community volunteers in an effort to promote archaeological awareness and encourage historical stewardship. She has been featured in books and magazines promoting STEM education, has served on the board of the Oregon Historical Quarterly, was a member of the Oregon Heritage Commission, and is currently on the board of trustees for the Southern Oregon Historical Society. Chelsea is a Principal Investigator and co-founder of the award-winning Oregon Chinese Diaspora Project, was a guest co-editor of the Oregon Historical Quarterly issue dedicated to the Chinese diaspora, and co-edited Chinese Diaspora Archaeology in North America, available from the University Press at Florida. She is the host of the Underground History podcast, which airs during the Jefferson Exchange on JPR's News and Information Service and can be found on all major podcast platforms.
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Learn how BLM archaeologists restored Zane Gray's historic Rogue River cabin as it marks its 100th anniversary and why preserving it matters. -
Archaeologists and citizen scientists teamed up to investigate the remains of the Baker White Pine Mill, revealing evidence of the families that supported Oregon’s timber industry more than a century ago. -
Researchers analyzing artifacts from Oregon’s Great Basin say they may have identified the world’s oldest sewn material, dating back about 12,000 years, offering new insight into early human technology. -
Underground History host Chelsea Rose talks with Marc James Carpenter, author of "The War on Illahee: Genocide, Complicity, and Cover-Ups in the Pioneer Northwest." -
OPB's Jenn Chavez joins with Chelsea Rose, host of JPR's Underground History and director of the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology, to dig into the little-known stories of eastern Oregon's Chinese cowboys. -
Chelsea Rose digs into the recent past in this episode of Underground History. -
Underground History digs deep into the colonial past of the Pacific Northwest. -
Klamath Tribal Cultural and Heritage director Perry Chocktoot and archaeologist Richie Rosencrance join Chelsea Rose to discuss their article, "Collaborative Understanding: Using Archaeology, History, and Indigenous Knowledge to Support Elk Conservation in Oregon’s Great Basin." -
Historian Megan Kate Nelson discusses her book The Westerners and how mythmaking shaped the American West. -
Researchers analyzing artifacts from Oregon’s Great Basin say they may have identified the world’s oldest sewn material, dating back about 12,000 years, offering new insight into early human technology.
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Underground History host Chelsea Rose talks with Beth Lew-Williams about her book and the research behind it. -
Chelsea Rose, host of Underground History, looks at the impact of a railroad that once linked southern Oregon and northern California over the Siskiyou mountains.
