Degrees
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B.A., University of British Columbia, Anthropology, 1997
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M.A., University of Calgary, Archaeology, 1999
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Ph.D., University of Calgary, Archaeology, 2004
Academic Experience
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Associate Professor, 2019-
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Assistant Professor, Tulane University, 2011-2019
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Lecturer, Harvard University, 2005-2011
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Instructor, University of Calgary, 2002-2003
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Teaching Fellow, University of Calgary, 1999-2003
Distinctions
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Peabody Museum Research Grant, Peabody Museum, Harvard University, 2010-2011
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Certificate of Distinction for Excellence in Teaching, Harvard University, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
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Ralph Steinhauer Award of Distinction, Alberta Heritage Scholarship Fund, 2002
Languages
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Spanish
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German
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Ch’olan
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Yukatekan
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Tzeltalan
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Nahuatl
Overseas Experience
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Germany
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Spain
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Netherlands
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Sweden
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Poland
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Denmark
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Finland
Related Experience
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Associate Editor, The PARI Journal, 2009-2011
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Archaeological Field Director, Harvard Field School, 2006-2008
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Reviewer, Ancient Mesoamerica, Ethnohistory, Latin American Antiquity, Maya Archaeology, 2005-2011
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Project Epigrapher, Proyecto Arqueológico de Comalcalco, Tabasco, Méxic, 2003-2010
Selected Publications
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2017. “Theory and Method in Maya Decipherment.” PARI Journal 18(2):1-48.
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2013. “Reading in Context: The Interpretations of Personal Reference in Ancient Maya Hieroglyphic Texts.‘ With D. Law, S. Houston, N. Carter, and D. Stuart. Journal of Linguistic Anthropology 23(2): E23-E47.
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2011. Reading Maya Art: A Hieroglyphic Guide to Ancient Maya Painting and Scultpure (w/ Andrea Stone). Thames & Hudson, London.
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2008. One Hundred and Fifty Years of Nahuatl Decipherment. PARI Journal 8(4): 24-37. www.mesoweb.com/pari/journal/archive/PARI0804.pdf
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2006. Space and Spatial Analysis in Archaeology (w/ E. Robertson, J. Seibert and D. Fernandez). Second edition. University of New Mexico Press.
Recently-Taught Latin America-Related Courses:
Number of Dissertations or Theses Supervised in the Past 5 Years:
7
Stone Center Departments
The Stone Center
People Classification
Faculty
Tulane Affiliation
Core Faculty
Region
Mesoamerica