Kaeleen Stauffer recently graduated from Western Colorado University with a B.A. in both Anthropology and English. She is interested in pursuing a lifelong career in archaeology.

Jeremy supports the Center’s education and research initiatives and is interested in bridging Indigenous knowledge with spatial relationships between agriculture, trade, and architecture in the ancient Southwest.

Katie is interested in water management, community organization, and how contemporary people interact with the past.

Scott works on the initial formation of Ancestral Pueblo society, its transformation into the Rio Grande pueblos, and the practical value of archaeological findings for society today.

Wes’s research focuses on how inferences of human behavior are based on estimates of the scale of that behavior, including specifying the number of people and the amount of labor involved in particular activities.

Chelsea studies anthropology at the University of Connecticut with a focus on zooarchaeology. Her research interests include the relationship between feasting and spirituality, and the use of faunal materials to create clothing.

Addy is interested in Heritage Resource Management, Collaborative Archaeology, and community engagement and outreach.

Christy is interested in ceramics, population movement, and Puebloan archaeology.

Lilly graduated from the University of New Mexico with a major in archaeology and minor in earth and planetary sciences. She is pursing a master’s in public archaeology at the University of New Mexico, with a focus on items of personal adornment within the southwest.

William (he/him/his) recently graduated from Beloit College with a B.A. in anthropology and classical civilization, with areas of study including public archaeology, bioarchaeology, and the archaeology of ritual and religion.

Ivan studies at Hampshire College with a focus on Bioarcheology and Indigenous Studies.

Rebecca (she/her) is a Ph.D. student in Arid Lands Resource Sciences at the University of Arizona with a focus on archaeology, K–12 culturally relevant curriculum development, school gardens, and community health.

Autumn is a Ph.D. student at the University of Florida with interests in zooarchaeology, biocultural conservation, public outreach, and community-engaged archaeology.

Genevieve is an archaeology graduate student studying art, symbolic imagery, and representation in the Southwest.

Connor studies anthropology at the University of Colorado-Boulder with a focus on Southwest archaeology, lithic analysis, and community archaeology.

Becky is an experienced educator, founding member of the Native American Advisory Group, and a talented beader.

Meadow is interested in textile processing, communication, and illustrated representations of material culture.

Ahna Lee Feldstein (she/her/they/theirs) is pursuing a Master’s degree in Archaeology at Boston University with a focus on Zooarchaeology and paleoethnobotany.

Mariana studies indigenous cultural continuity and change in former Spanish colonies.

Esry recently graduated from the University of Arizona with a focus in Anthropology, Library Information Sciences, and Dendrochronology.

Andres received his B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Arizona with a focus on the archaeology of the prehispanic Southwest.

Thea is an archaeology student at Boston University interested in the history of Puebloan ceramic artistry.

Annie studies anthropology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and is passionate about Southwestern Archaeology, Museum Education, and Community Anthropology. She hopes to make anthropology accessible to all through science communication and interdisciplinary learning.

Laura is interested in the material evidence of intercultural interaction and integration, as well as material and social inequality.

Janelle studied anthropology at San Francisco State University and is collecting experience to apply towards a graduate degree and career in archaeology.

Summer studied Anthropology and Coastal Environmental Science at Flagler College. Rooted in a multidisciplinary approach, her research interests include ceramic technologies, Southwestern archaeology, human-environment interactions, landscape and identity, African diaspora, and cultural heritage at risk.

Zion was conferred baccalaureates in Anthropology and History with minor degrees in Archaeology, Forensic Science, and German from New Mexico State University. His interests are in museum anthropology and ritual prehistory in the American Southwest and Peruvian Andes.

Kelsey is currently a Postdoctoral Teaching Scholar in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame and a Research Associate at the Santa Fe Institute.

Reuven’s (he/him) research explores the sophisticated foodways and rich culinary histories of farmers Indigenous to what is now the southwestern United States.

Bethany is a graduate student at Utah State University interested in lithic tool organization, and lab and curatorial research.

Anna is interested in Ancestral Puebloan archaeology, cultural resource management on public lands, and groundstone technologies.

Jonah graduated from the University of Tennessee in 2023 and is interested in studying foodways and human-environment interactions using paleoethnobotanical methods alongside theoretical paradigms such as political ecology and the multi-species turn.

Carly is pursuing a M.A. in Culture Resource Management through Adams State University. She is interested in experimental archaeology, public archaeology/outreach as well as ceramic and lithic analysis. She hopes to research power relations through analyzing artifact assemblages.

Sarah is a paleoethnobotanist interested in the relationships between foodways and processes of social transformation.

Kyle is a computational archaeologist interested in human-environment interactions in the past, present, and future.

Allison is interested in lithic technologies, rock art, and prehistoric trade connections throughout the Southwest.

Steve Wolverton is an ethnobiologist who specializes in environmental archaeology and animal ecology.

Jon is a zooarchaeologist broadly interested in human-environment interactions from the past to the present.

Sam studies Southwest archaeology, museum studies, and prehistoric interactions between Paquimé and the American Southwest.

Delancey is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and an undergraduate studying archaeology at Columbia University with a focus on Indigenous archaeology, repatriation, and community-based approaches.

Tyrien is interested in drawing comparisons between modern and ancient Pueblo peoples to develop meaningful insight for contemporary communities.

Catt is pursuing her Masters in Applied Anthropology at the University of Maryland College Park, with a focus on Historical Archaeology specifically researching Chamber Pots in the late 18th – mid 19th centuries.

Jessica studies the prehistory of the Four Corners Region with an emphasis in lithic analysis.

Sandra is interested in understanding human-environmental interactions within the American Southwest using geographical and geoarchaeological perspectives.

Emerson (they/them/theirs) graduated from the University of New Mexico in 2021, and since then has been focusing on building a career at the intersection of archaeology, linguistics, and uplifting Indigenous voices.

Liz is the President and CEO of Crow Canyon. She joined the Board in 2016 and was hired as CEO in January 2018. Liz works closely with the Board to oversee finances, programming, and long-term strategic planning.

Sarah studies the preceramic and early agricultural periods of the northern Southwest region of the U.S.

Michelle is an archaeologist who studies the relationships between Chaco Canyon and its outliers through architecture, ceramics, and other material culture.

Rebecca studies the interplay between community conformity and individuality through household archaeology and ceramic analysis.

Alexandria is pursuing an associate’s degree in art history at Pueblo Community College with plans to transfer with a focus on curation, collection management, and museum studies.

Stephen is a graduate student at the University of Arizona with a focus on applied archaeology and dendroarchaeology in the U.S. Southwest.

Kelsey studies prehistoric uses of both natural and constructed landscapes and the multiscalar nature of social and ritual practice.

Ella studies archaeology at the University of Oklahoma with a focus on public archaeology, outreach, and museum anthropology.

Eric is a graduate student at the University of North Texas with focuses in zooarchaeological research.

Liv is an archaeology graduate student at Binghamton University focusing her research at Chaco Canyon.

Nick (He/Him, They/Them) is a grad student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham obtaining a Master’s degree in Cultural Heritage Studies. Some research interests include Historic Archaeology, Collections Management, NAGPRA, and Community Archaeology.

Laine studies anthropology and history at the University of Rhode Island with a focus on underwater archaeology and languages.

Kelsey is a Ph.D. graduate student from the University of Colorado at Boulder pursuing collaborative archaeology, hybridizations of material culture, ceramic technologies, resettlement patterns, and trade networks on the Great Plains..

Esmeralda is an archaeologist interested in the archaeology of death, ritual, and religion within the Southwest.

Radoslaw (Radek) examines settlement structure and the socio-cultural changes around Sand Canyon Pueblo during the 13th Century.

Kate is interested lithic and textile technologies, Southwestern and Great Basin archaeology, and public archaeology.

Roy is a graduate student in public history, focusing on Southeastern indigenous populations, and public archaeology pedagogy.

Tara is a Technical Specialist at UNM’s Office of Contract Archaeology interested in perishable material culture and provenience analysis.

Katie is a graduate student at the University of Montana, Missoula in the Cultural Heritage master’s program. Her thesis research focuses on ground stone food processing activities of Pueblo II sites in Southwestern Colorado.

Amanda is interested in household archaeology, ceramic analysis, artifact digitization, and community-based archaeology.

Ritchie is an undergraduate studying Anthropology at Pima Community College and is interested in studying Ethnoarchaeology focusing in the Southwest Region.

Clarice studies archaeology at the University of Rochester, with a focus on the emergence of complex political structures, and the impact they have on cross-cultural contact.

Johnna recently graduated from the University of Arizona with a Bachelor’s in Sciences in Archaeology with a double minor. She is working on expanding her knowledge to apply to her future career in Cultural Resource Management.

Logan studies chemistry at the University of California, Irvine with a focus in nuclear and radiochemistry.

Sarah is a recently graduated anthropology student, interested in traditional ecological knowledge and human-environment interactions over time.

Julia studies Anthropology and Art Engineering at Ohio State University and is interested in public education, experimental archaeology, and paleoethnobotany.

Emily is interested in archaeological collections management, museum anthropology, and repatriation.

Catherine is interested in digital archaeology, online archiving, and data curation.

Julia (they/them/theirs) is an undergraduate studying Anthropology and History at Kansas State University. They are interested in corrugated pottery and its connection to identity, as well as queer archaeology in the Southwest.