Grants

2014 Center for Latin American Studies Faculty Research Grant. $4,000. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

2007 National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant. "Pre-Columbian Societies of Southern Manabí (Ecuador) and the Role of Shell Export." $12,000. National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA. (Award number: 0638456).

2007 University of Pittsburgh Center for Latin American Studies, School of Arts and Sciences, and Department of Anthropology Small Grants. $3,000. Grants to hold conference entitled "Comparative Perspectives on the Archaeology of Coastal South America" in Lima, Peru, August 3-5, 2007. (Awarded to Robyn E. Cutright, Enrique López-Hurtado, and Alexander Martín).

2006 K. Leroy Irvis Research Grant. May-August. $11,000. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

2005 Center for Latin American Studies Summer Research Grant. May-August. $1,800. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

2005 Department of Anthropology Small Grant. May-August. $1,800. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

2003-2009 Howard Heinz Endowment Graduate Fellowship. $62,400 plus tuition and fees. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

2001 Ann Adams Anthropology Fellowship. $2,000. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL.

Awards

2008 University of Pittsburgh School of Arts and Sciences featured graduate student profile, Pittsburgh, PA.

2000 The Ann Adams Maya Field Studies Award. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL.

Manteño figurine head
Manabí, Ecuador