Tulane University

Degrees

• A.B., Harvard College, Anthropology, 1964
• Ph.D., Tulane University, Anthropology, 1971

Academic Experience

• Professor Emeritus, Tulane University, 2009-
• Professor, Tulane University, 1980-2009
• Director, Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University, 1975-2009
• Associate Professor, Tulane University, 1975-1980
• Director, Program of Research on the Yucatán Peninsula, Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University, 1972-1974

Research & Teaching Specializations: Central America; Archaeology of Central America; Eastern Mesoamerica; Yucatan Peninsula; Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras

Related Experience

• Director, Tulane University, Middle American Research Institute, Copan Group 10L-2 Project, 1990-1994
• Director, Excavations, Settlement Pattern Studies, and Ceramic Analysis, Komchén Yucatán, Mexico, 1980-1993
• Director, Program of Research on the Yucatán Peninsula, Tulane University Middle American Research Institute, Dzibilchaltún Yucatán Mexico, 1972-1975
• Director of Excavations, Quelepa Department of San Miguel, El Salvador, 1967-1969
• Archaeologist, Museum of Northern Arizona-Flagstaff, Canyon Diablo, Arizona, 1965

Distinctions

• Booth-Bricker Fund grant, Middle American Research Institute, 2003-2007
• Tulane University Presidential Recognition Award, Excellence in Graduate Teaching, Dissertation Director Award, 2002
• National Geographic Society Grant, 1992, 1975-1978
• National Science Foundation Grant, 1979
• National Endowment for the Arts Catalogue Program Grant, 1978

Languages: Spanish, German

Selected Publications

• 2005. Copán: The History of An Ancient Maya Kingdom. Editor, with William L. Fash. Santa Fe, NM: School of American Research Press.
• 2005. “A Late Classic Royal Residence at Copan.” With Cassandra R. Ball. In Copan: The History of an Ancient Maya Kingdom. E. Wyllys Andrews and William L. Fash, eds. Santa Fe, NM: School of American Research Press. 239-314.
• 2003. “The Northern Maya Collapse and its Aftermath.” With Anthony P. Andrews and Fernando Robles Castellanos. Ancient Mesoamerica. 14: 151-156.
• 1980. Excavations at Dzibilchaltun, Yucatan, Mexico. Middle American Research Institute, Publication 48. New Orleans: Tulane University.
• 1976. The Archaeology of Quelepa, El Salvador. Middle American Research Institute, Publication 42. New Orleans: Tulane University.

Recently-Taught Latin American-Related Courses: Prehistory of Eastern Mesoamerica; Olmec and Maya Civilizations, Research Design and Grant Proposal Writing in Archaeology

Number of Dissertations or Theses Supervised in the Past 5 Years: 23