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

Michelle Turner
2020–2021 Postdoctoral Scholar; 2013 Field Intern

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.