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

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.

Alexa is a graduate student at Eastern New Mexico University. Her research interests include food pathways and lithic technology.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

Stefania is a Ph.D. student at the University of Utah, where she studies what people ate and how they adapted to changes in the environment by looking at plant remains found at archaeological sites.

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..

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Laney is interested in the intersections of chemistry and cultural heritage, focusing on how scientific analyses of ancient materials can help uncover the stories behind artifacts.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Riff is a student in Anthropology & Geologic Sciences at the University of Colorado-Boulder interested in the evolution of Indigenous agricultural cultures in the Southwest & on the Great Plains.

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

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

Kelsey is an anthropological archaeologist whose collaborative research and applied CRM leadership focus on sociopolitical organization, technology, and human–environment interactions across the U.S. Southwest, Great Lakes, Texas, and Mexico.

Katherine is a Southwestern archaeologist who has worked for the National Park Service and private CRM; she currently works for the U.S. Forest Service.

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

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

Izzy is a recent graduate from Colorado College’s Anthropology program. Her specific research interests include rock imagery studies, lithic analysis, and human adaptation and resilience during periods of climate change in the U.S. Southwest region.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Lydia is a Ph.D. student in Anthropology at the University of Illinois, focusing on social zooarchaeology, human-canid relationships, and anti-colonial methods.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Clancy is an archaeology master’s student at Utah State University whose research interests include lithics and subsistence strategies in the U.S. Southwest and Great Basin.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Kelsey is a computational social scientist with extensive experience utilizing large-scale geospatial analyses with archaeological datasets.

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

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

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

Ritchie is Tobacco Clan from the village of Tewa on Hopi land.

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

Madison is a Ph.D. student in archaeology at the University of New Mexico with a focus on prehistoric Southwest ornamentation, ritual practice, and ritual paraphernalia.

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

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.

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.

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.

Emily is a recent graduate of the University of Texas at Austin with a focus on human-environment interaction, archaeobotany, and climate resilience strategies through time.

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.

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

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

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.

Kalitta (Diné) is currently studying anthropology and preparing to transfer to Northern Arizona University (NAU) in Fall 2025. At NAU, she plans to complete her degree with a focus on cultural anthropology, biological anthropology, archaeology, and Indigenous studies.

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.

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