Summary
Chelsea Wilson of Hey Ms Traveler hosts this video interview as part of her career-spotlight series for readers curious about unusual professional paths. The conversation traces how Stevens came to archaeology: an undergraduate excavation at a Roman port in Italy, where a mosaic worked from North African stones made African creative contribution visible in a way that reframed the whole discipline for him.
The interview moves through the pivot to Liberia and graduate work on Afro-Barbadian and Black American settlement, then into the question that animates much of Stevens’ current practice — how technology, from 3D documentation to virtual reconstruction, can carry archaeological interpretation out of the academy and into the communities whose histories are being told. Wilson closes with resources for aspiring archaeologists, including the Society of Black Archaeologists.
The written Video Notes companion on heymstraveler.com summarizes the conversation with additional photographs.