Biography
Education:
Harvard, University of Arizona
Employment:
Stanford, University at Buffalo,
Affiliations:
Cambridge University (St. John’s, Magdalene, Wolfson, McDonald Institute); University of Toronto, York University,
Visitor:
Universities of Bergen, Helsinki, Pisa, Oulu, and La Trobe
Unions:
President, Vice President, Executive Board UUP (NYSUT AFL-CIO)
Music:
- Cello sixth chair in the Amherst Symphony Orchestra,
- cello in the Annex Trio,
- banjo
Research
Research Interests:
Archaeological and Anthropological Theory and Methodology; Geography of Social Policy; Climate Change; Heritage; Disability; Geographic Information Systems; Demography; Quantitative and Statistical Analysis; Environmental Extremes: Cold, Dry and Wetlands; Human Ecology and Cultural Ecology; Archaeoacoustics and Origin of Music
Geographic Interests and Field Work:
Circumpolar, Europe, Middle East, North and South America
Key Publications
Recent Publications:
Books:
- The Handbook of Disability (Springer), b) The Big Thaw (Suny Press);
- Articles and Chapters: a) A Prolegomenon on Archaeological Complexity
and Disorganization, Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, b) Processual Archaeology. In: Encyclopedia of Archaeology c) Finding the First Finnish Family Monographs of the Archaeological Society of Finland
Large Grants:
a) Exploratory Research into Arctic Climate Change and Ancient Maya Response: Paleoclimate Reconstruction and Archaeological Investigation at the Puuc Region of Yucatan Region of Yucatan, Mexico: Exploratory Research into Arctic Climate Change and Maya Culture Process, $300,000); c) International Collaborative Circumpolar Archaeological Project (ICCAP): Joint Russian-American research in Kamchatka ($845,769) d) Social Change and Environment in the Nordic Prehistory: Evidence from Finland and Northern Canada (SCENOP) ($186,808), e) Integrative Geographic Information Science Traineeship Project ($3,859,676)
