Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
Museum Founder

Research Interests

Cultural anthropology; archaeology; museums; Latin America; Japan; urbanization; religion; secular cults; theory; Mesoamerican archaeology.

Academic Degrees

• Ph.D. University of Kansas
• M.Phil. University of Kansas
• M.A. University of Missouri, Columbia
• B.A. University of Missouri, Columbia

Accolades

• 2004 Strongest Influence Award 2003, Northern Kentucky University Alumni Council
• 1996-7 President, Central States Anthropological Society
• 1996 Sasakawa Fellow, Japan Studies Institute, San Diego State University, Summer
• 1991, 1993, 1994 Professional Associate/Participant Field Study, Asian Studies Development Program, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawai'i, Peoples Republic of China, Japan, Summers

Selected Publications

• 2005 (Editor and contributor) The Making of Saints: Contesting Sacred Ground. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press.
• 1979 Settlers of Bajavista: Social and Economic Adaptation in a Mexican Squatter Settlement. Latin American Series. Athens: Ohio University.
• 1969 An Archaeological Reconnaissance of Portage Open Bay in Southeast Missouri. Memoir 7, Missouri Archaeological Society, Columbia.

Associated Websites

• Central States Anthropological Society