Education in archaeology combines hands-on learning in field situations, with a deep understanding of archaeological theory. Studying archaeology and preparing for a career require, however, additional knowledge and skills, ranging from navigating university politics to interpersonal communication. These can be fostered in a supportive community of practice and we aim to provide such support through our support and advise program. Below you will find contact information and a brief introduction of a faculty mentor and graduate student mentor from each of the institutions that have joined the ACC.
The ACC support and advise program provides you with a trustworthy source of feed-back on questions you might have, or problems you are facing. Undergraduate students, graduate students, recent graduates, postdocs and junior faculty are all welcome to connect.
List of ACC advising contacts
Brown University Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology
- Laurel Bestock (Director of Graduate Studies)
- Peter van Dommelen (Director)
- contact them via joukowsky_institute@brown.edu
- faculty and students will be online on November 3 and 8 to answer questions about the Institute’s graduate program in Archaeology – see under ‘events’ at brown.edu/go/archaeology.
Columbia Center for Archaeology
- Zoë Crossland, Director of the Columbia Center for Archaeology (zoe.crossland@columbia.edu)
- Archaeology of Africa, Historical Archaeology, applying to graduate school, funding applications . Zoom office hours: book appointment at https://calendly.com/zoecrossland
- Hannah Chazin, Director of Undergraduate Studies in Archaeology (hc2986@columbia.edu)
Cornell Institute for Archaeology and Material Studies
- Adam T. Smith (ats73@cornell.edu)
- Archaeology of Eurasia and the Caucasus, Complexity, Heritage and Justice. Email for Zoom appointments.
George Washington University Capitol Archaeological Institute
- Eric Cline (ehcline@email.gwu.edu)
The Indigenous Archaeology Collective
- Ora Marek-Martinez (ovm@nau.edu)
- Sarah Gonzalez (gonzalsa@uw.edu)
Penn State University
- Kristina Douglass (kdouglass@psu.edu)
Phillips Academy Andover
- Ryan Wheeler (rwheeler@andover.edu)
Princeton University
- Tiffany C. Fryer (tiffany.cain@princeton.edu)
Society of Black Archaeologists
- Ayana Flewellen (aaflewellen@gmail.com)
- Justin Dunnavant (justindunnavant@gmail.com)
Stanford University Archaeology Center
- Andrew Bauer (ambauer@stanford.edu)
- Barbara Voss (bvoss@stanford.edu)
University of California, Berkeley Archaeological Research Facility
- Christine Hastorf (hastorf@berkeley.edu)
- Rita Lucarelli (rita.lucarelli@berkeley.edu)
University of California, Los Angeles Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
- Willeke Wendrich, Director Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA Research interests include the archaeology of Northeast Africa, perishable materials, ethnoarchaeology and indigenous-academic knowledge exchange. (wendrich@humnet.ucla.edu). Would love to talk to you, please send an email to find a good time.
- Sumiji Takahashi, Student Affairs Officer Interdepartmental Program of Archaeology (sutakahashi@ioa.ucla.edu)
University of California, San Diego Scripps Center for Marine Archaeology
- Isabel Rivera-Collazo (iriveracollazo@ucsd.edu)
- Tom Levy (tlevy@ucsd.edu)
- John Hildebrand (jahildebrand@ucsd.edu)
University of California, Santa Cruz Archaeological Research Center
- J. Cameron Monroe (jcmonroe@ucsc.edu)
University of Massachusetts, Boston Andrew Fiske Memorial Center for Archaeological Research
- Stephen Mrzowski (stephen.mrozowski@umb.edu)
The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research/Sapiens
- Danilyn Rutherford (drutherford@wennergren.org)
- Chip Colwell (chip@sapiens.org)
University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
- Michael Galaty (mgalaty@umich.edu)
- Robin Beck (rabeck@umich.edu)