Crow Canyon People

Our people make us who we are.

Michelle Turner

2020–2021 Postdoctoral Scholar; 2013 Field Intern

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

Weston McCool

University of Utah

Dr. Weston McCool is a quantitative archaeologist and human ecologist interested in all the ways humans adapt to challenging circumstances.

Erick Robinson

Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology, Utah State University

Mark Varien

Independent Researcher

Mark is interested in Pueblo culture history, archaeology, public education, and American Indian involvement in archaeology.

Liz Schultz

Oberlin Heritage Center

Liz Schultz is the Executive Director of the Oberlin Heritage Center, a local historical society and preservation organization in Oberlin, Ohio.

Genevieve Woodhead

2017 Lab Intern

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

Kyle Bocinsky

Research Associate; 2012 Field Intern

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

Joe Tanner

Tanner's Indian Arts

Joe Tanner, and his wife Cindy, are among the best-known American Indian art traders in the Southwest.

Jeremy Grundvig

2021 Education Intern; Mission Associate

Jeremy studies Geographic Information Sciences at the University of Arizona and is interested in spatial correlations between agriculture, trade and architecture in the ancient Southwest.

Ronald H. Towner

1995 Lister Fellow

Ronald is interested in early historic period Navajo sites in the “Dinetah” homeland in northwestern New Mexico.

Kelly Swarts

Max F. Perutz Laboratories

Kelly is a group leader at the Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology and at the Max F. Perutz Laboratories.

Adam Kackstetter

Program Manager

Adam loves the natural world and enjoys learning, growing, breathing, and spending time with people.