Education

Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, 2009
M.A., Anthropology, Florida Atlantic University, 2001
B.A., Anthropology and Sociology, Florida International University, 1999

Positions

2010—
University of Pittsburgh, Center for Comparative Archaeology (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania): Research Associate (2010-2021), Associate Director (2022—).

2018—2023 
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology (Indiana, Pennsylvania): Temporary Assistant Professor.

2011, 2016
Institute for Shipboard Education, Semester at Sea study abroad program: Faculty.

2006—2007
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Escuela de Ciencias Humanas (Quito, Ecuador): Visiting Professor.

Professional Service

2016 Symposium Organizer and Chair: "The Rise, Spread, and Dominion of Human Institutions." Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings, April 6-10. Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.

2007 Congress Organizer and Director: "Comparative Perspectives on the Archaeology of Coastal South America." August 3-5th. Lima, Peru.

2006 Congress Organizer and Director, (Archaeology branch): "II Congress of Ecuadorian Anthropology and Archaeology." November 6-10th. Quito, Ecuador.

Fieldwork and Research

2014 Systematic full-coverage survey of Puerto Cabuyal, Manabí, Ecuador. Principal Investigator. University of Pittsburgh.

2007 Systematic full-coverage survey of the Machalilla National Park, Manabí, Ecuador. Co-Principal Investigator. University of Pittsburgh.

2006 Systematic full-coverage survey of San Juan de Alajuela, Costa Rica. Collaborator. Project Director: Mauricio Murillo, Universidad de Costa Rica, University of Pittsburgh.

2005 Excavation of a domestic structure at the Río Blanco site, Salango, Ecuador. Crewmember. Project Director: Valentina Martínez, Florida Atlantic University.

2005 Excavations of ceremonial structure 1-05, Agua Blanca Archaeological Complex, Manabí, Ecuador. Crewmember. Project Director: Florencio Delgado, Universidad de San Francisco de Quito.

2001 Archaeological survey and soil sampling of Paleo-Indian aboriginal canals, Everglades National Park, Fl, U.S.A. Crewmember. Project Director: William Jerald Kennedy, Florida Atlantic University.

2000 Excavation of a Spondylus workshop at the Río Chico site (OMJ PLP 170-A), Salango, Ecuador. Crewmember. Project Director: Valentina Martínez, Florida Atlantic University.

Playa Escondida,
Machalilla National Park,
Manabí, Ecuador