Partner
- M.A. History (Public History), California State University, Sacramento.
- B.A. Women’s Studies and B.A. Italian, University of California, Davis
- 22 Years Experience
- Qualifies as historian/architectural historian under the United States Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards (as defined in 36 CFR Part 61)
Ms. Bunse’s experience at JRP encompasses many elements of cultural resources management and general historical research areas including: land use, toxics, water resource issues, and cultural resource management, as well as litigation and expert witness testimony. As a Partner with JRP she has served as a consulting historian, primary investigator, and staff manager, as well as continuing work in general research. Her twenty-one years experience includes cultural resources management projects, extensive field recordation of historic properties throughout the state of California, as well as a substantial amount of research at many public and private repositories, including the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Ms. Bunse has authored and contributed to numerous technical reports and compliance documents such as historic survey reports for both Section 106 of NHPA and for CEQA, findings of effect, mitigation agreements, and HABS/HAER documentation. Based on her level of education and experience, Ms. Bunse qualifies as an historian/architectural historian under the United States Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards (as defined in 36 CFR Part 61).
Ms. Bunse joined JRP after completing her BA in Women’s Studies and Italian at the University of California, Davis. While at JRP, she earned her MA in History with an emphasis in Public History from California State University, Sacramento. She served eight years on the board of the Woodland Historic Preservation Commission. She is currently President of the California Council for the Promotion of History (CCPH), as well as Chairperson for the CCPH Mini-Grants Committee, and is a registered professional historian (#566) with that organization. In addition, Ms. Bunse is a member of the Phi Alpha Theta, History Honor Society, Society of Architectural Historians, and the California Preservation Foundation.