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  • Univeristy of IL Logo
    Erin (MA Archaeology 2016) recently accepted a position as a Scientific Specialist with the Illinois State Archaeological Survey Prairie Research Institute, U I with Tim Pauketat.  Ms. Hughes was previously employed with the Archaeology
  • Marinus Smith Award Certificate
    Congratulations to Alison Cool for being selected as a recipient of the Marinus Smith Award!
  • Dr. Brenda Todd Headshot for NPS
    BRENDA TODD SELECTED AS GRAND CANYON-PARASHANT NATIONAL MONUMENT SUPERINTENDENT SAN FRANCISCO - The National Park Service has selected Dr. Brenda Todd as the superintendent of Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument. Todd is currently the
  • Georgia Bucher Headshot
    Congratulations to  Georgia Butcher, who has received an AES grant to fund preliminary fieldwork on her project, "Eye of the Reaper: The implications of drone warfare for pilots and U.S. communities," and then to travel to the next AES meeting
  • Hannah with her colleagues at S.A.V.E
    Congratulations to Hannah van Eendenburg for her successful defense today of her MA paper, “Colorado Seed Savers: Resistance and Resilience in the Face of Global Seed Commodification.” Hannah’s research was based on 13 months of multi-sited research
  • Headshot of Pascale Meehan
    Pascale Meehan today completed a successful defense of her doctoral dissertation!  A huge congratulations to Pascale and her advisor Art Joyce. Title: Collapse as Constrained Possibility: Rural Action at Early Postclassic Monte El Santo
  • Steve Leigh Headshot
    Steve Leigh has been elected President of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists with his term starting April 1st  Congratulations Steve!
  • Dr. Marnie Thompson Headshot
    Dr. Marnie Thomson has accepted a tenure-track assistant professor position at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado.
  • Jessica defending her dissertation via Skype call
    Jessica Balkin completed a successful defense of her doctoral dissertation!  Human-Environment Interactions in the Lower Río Verde Valley, Oaxaca, Mexico: The Impacts of Ecological Change on Settlement Patterning (1800 BCE-CE 1522).  A
  • Scott Ortman was just awarded a Weatherhead Fellowship from the School for American Research. This is a residential fellowship that will allow Scott to take a year long sabbatical and work on his book project. Well done Scott!
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