Emma Gilheany is a white settler PhD Candidate in Anthropology at the University of Chicago who has been working in and with the community of Hopedale since 2017. She has taught and mentored students at the University of Chicago, Montclair State University, Raritan Valley Community College, and Amos Comenius Memorial School in Hopedale, Nunatsiavut. 

Her research has been funded by the Nunatsiavut Government Education Department, the Social Science Research Council (SSRC-IDRF), the National Institute of Social Sciences, and the National Science Foundation (NSF-GRFP and NSF-GRIP).

She is interested in using archaeological epistemologies to serve Nunatsiavummiut sovereignty and is committed to public and community-engaged scholarship.

Her role with Inotsiavik will be to assist with grant and proposal writing and funding sources. She also plans to help with in-person planning and organizing at Inotsiavik when she is in Hopedale each summer. 

Emma enjoys spending time on the land with good friends, having quality time with her growing family and dog.