STAFF
The CAI has 4 permanent staff members and the Visiting Scholar position, which is occupied by a new person each year. In addition, there are 12 Research Associates and Emeriti who participate in CAI-sponsored projects or CAI-assisted research and teaching. There are also several Graduate Student Assistants who work on CAI projects.
Current Staff / Research Associates and Emeriti / Grant-Funded Staff, Students, and Volunteers / Anthropology
Current Staff
MARK WAGNER
(PhD SIUC 2010; Interim Director and Adjunct Associate Professor of Anthropology)
Cultural resource management, historical archaeology, prehistory
of the Midwest; Midwest North America. Tel: (618) 453-5035; (618) 453-5031;
E-mail:
mjwagner@siu.edu.
HEATHER
A. LAPHAM
(PhD University of Virginia 2002, Curator/Adjunct Associate Professor of Anthropology) Archaeology, zooarchaeology,
prehistoric and historic periods, culture contact, regional systems,
exchange; Eastern North America. Tel: (618) 453-5033; E-mail:
hlapham@siu.edu.
RONALD "SONNY" FAULSEIT
(PhD Tulane University 2012, Visiting Scholar 2012-2013) Collapse and aftermath of complex societies; Resilience Theory; Mesoamerican archaeology; environmental studies; residential archaeology; craft production; and political economy.
Tel: (618)453-5032; E-mail: rfaulsei@siu.edu.
MARY LOU WILSHAW-WATTS
Part-time Publications Editor (mornings only). Tel: (618) 453-4280; E-mail: wilwatt2@siu.edu.
ROBIN ADAMS
Part-time Business Manager (mornings only). Tel: (618) 453-5024; E-mail: robin.cai@siu.edu
Retired Staff
BRIAN
M. BUTLER
(PhD SIUC 1977; Past Director/Emeritus Adjunct Professor of Anthropology) Archaeology, cultural resource management,
prehistoric subsistence and settlement systems; southeastern and
midwestern North America, Micronesia. Tel: (618) 453-0273;
E-mail:
bbutler@siu.edu.
DON S. RICE
(PhD Pennsylvania State University 1976; Past Director/Emeritus Professor of Anthropology)
Archaeology, ethnohistory, tropical ecology, development of complex societies;
Middle America, Andes. E-mail: drice@siu.edu.
GEORGE J. GUMERMAN
(PhD Arizona 1968; Past Director/Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Anthropology) Archaeology, archaeological cooperatives, paleoenvironmental reconstructions, conservation archaeology; southwestern North America, Micronesia. (No longer in residence)
Research Associates and Emeriti
R. BERLE CLAY
(PhD SIUC 1968; Research Associate/Principal Investigator, Cultural Resource
Analysts Inc., Lexington, Kentucky) Ohio Valley Early-Middle Woodland periods,
eastern North America late prehistoric period, near-surface geophysical survey
of archaeological sites; Eastern North America. E-mail: rbclay@crai-ky.com.
CHARLES COBB
(PhD SIUC 1988; Research Associate/Associate Professor of Anthropology,University of South Carolina) Archaeology, political economy, colonialism, lithic analysis; southeastern North America.
E-mail: cobbcr@mailbox.sc.edu.
MICHAEL HARGRAVE
(PhD SIU 1991; Archaeologist, Project Manager, Engineer Research and Development Center, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory) Archaeology, prehistory of the eastern United States, cultural resource management on military installations, remote sensing, site monitoring, site formation processes and military impacts. Tel: (217) 373-5858; E-mail: Michael.l.hargrave@us.army.mil.
LUCRETIA S. KELLY
(PhD Washington University, St. Louis 2000; Instructor and Research Associate, Washington University; Research Associate, Missouri State University) Archaeology, zooarchaeology, prehistoric and historic periods; Midwest and Southeastern North America, complex societies, ritual, feasting. Tel: (618) 281-5369; E-mail: lkelly@wustl.edu.
RICHARD A. KUENNEKE
Media Producer specializing in historic content development through video, still photography, graphics and 3D animation. Tel: (618)967-6428; E-mail: richard@oakviewroadmedia.com.
JON D. MULLER
(PhD Harvard 1967; Research Associate/Emeritus Professor of Anthropology) Archaeology, political economy, art analysis and culture theory; eastern North America. E-mail: jmullervw@frontier.com.
KATHRYN PARKER
PRUDENCE M. RICE
(PhD Pennsylvania State University 1976; Research Associate/Emeritus Distinguished Professor)
Archaeology, ceramics; Mesoamerica, Andes. E-mail: price@siu.edu.
IZUMI SHIMADA
(PhD Arizona 1976; Research Associate/Distinguished Professor of Anthropology SIU) Archaeology, complex societies, technology and craft production,
urban and ceremonial centers, experimental archaeology; Andes. Tel: (618)
453-5023. E-mail: ishimada@siu.edu.
ROBERT H. SWENSON
(MArch Yale University School of Architecture 1969, BA Design SIU Carbondale 1965; Licensed Architect Illinois #008140; Associate Professor Emeritus) Architecture & urban design, historic preservation, southernmost Illinois regional history & heritage, Ohio River steamboat history, design, and construction, YouthBuild-Cairo. Tel: (618) 967-3016. E-mail: robert.swenson41@gmail.com.
PAUL D. WELCH
(PhD University of Michigan 1986; Research Associate / Associate
Professor of Anthropology, SIUC) Middle range societies, evolution
of political complexity, political economy, quantitative methods;
Eastern North America. Tel: (618) 453-4740; E-mail: pwelch@siu.edu.
Grant-Funded Staff, Students, and Volunteers
KAITLIN ADAMS
(BA Anthropology, SIU Carbondale, 2010; Graduate Assistant) E-mail: adamsk@siu.edu.
JESSICA BERTOLOZZI
(MA History, SIU Carbondale, 2012; Curation Technician) E-mail: jcrspty@siu.edu.
DAVID BIRNBAUM
(BA Anthropology, University of Central Florida, 2011; Graduate Assistant) E-mail: dbirnbaum@siu.edu.
ROSEMARY BOLIN
(SIU Carbondale Undergraduate; Laboratory Technician) E-mail: rbolin@siu.edu.
BRYAN CARLO
(MA Anthropology, SIU Carbondale, 2006; Field Technician) E-mail: bcarlo@siu.edu.
ROSANNA CROW
(BA Anthropology, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, 2011; Graduate Assistant) E-mail: rycrow@siu.edu.
REBECCA GAURINO
(SIU Carbondale Undergraduate; Curation Technician) E-mail: kluts101@siu.edu.
PAIGE HAWTHORNE
(BA Anthropology, University of South Florida, 2012; Field Technician) E-mail: phawthorne@mail.usf.edu.
WESLEY JACKSON
(BS Anthropology, Grand Valley State University, 2010; Graduate Assistant) E-mail: jacksonw@siu.edu.
MELISSA LITSCHI
(BA Anthropology, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, 2011; Graduate Assistant) E-mail: mlitschi@siu.edu.
EVAN MUZZALL
(MA Anthropology, Wichita State University, 2008; Graduate Assistant) E-mail: muzzall@siu.edu.
HILLARY PIETRICOLA
(MA Archaeology, University of California Los Angeles, 2011; Curation Technician) E-mail: hpietric@gmail.com.
GAURI PITALE
(MA Anthropology, SIU Carbondale, 2009; Graduate Assistant) E-mail: gaup@siu.edu.
RACHEL TATE
(SIU Carbondale Undergraduate; Laboratory Technician) E-mail: rmtate48@siu.edu.
KELSEY WHEELER
(SIU Carbondale Undergraduate; Curation and Laboratory Technician) E-mail: kwheele1@siu.edu.