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BINGHAMPTON UNIVERSITY

 

  1. Institution Name:
    Binghamton University
  2. Department Title:
    Department of Anthropology
  3. Faculty in Historical Archaeology:
    1. Randall H. McGuire (Ph.D., University of Arizona 1982; SUNY Distinguished Prof.) Political Economy, Ideology, Southwest and Northeast U.S., Northern México, 19th-20th Century, Materiality of U.S. – México Border, Labor History.
    2. Maria O’Donovan (Ph.D., Binghamton University 1997; Adjunct Prof.) Urban Archaeology, Upstate New York, 19th Century.
    3. Matthew Sanger (Ph.D., Columbia University 2015; Assistant Professor) Geophysical Surveys, Aerial Imaging, Public Engagement, Collaboration with Descendent Communities, Southeast U.S., Gullah Geechee, Director MAPA Program.
    4. Ruth Van Dyke (Ph.D, University of Arizona 1998; Prof.) Landscapes, Identity, Texas, Memory, Migration. General Statement:
  4. General Statement:
    The department awards M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in anthropology with a specialization in historical archaeology. We also offer an MA in Public Archaeology which also can have a specialization in historical archaeology. Faculty and students have ongoing research projects with historical foci in upstate New York, South Carolina, Colorado, Texas, and northwest Mexico. No faculty in the department do underwater archaeology and we presently have no facilities for such study. The department maintains seven archaeology laboratories for instruction and for faculty and student research. We have a special laboratory for geophysical surveys with drones, magnetometers, ground penetrating radar and other equipment. The Public Archaeology Facility is the non-profit contract archaeology arm of the university directed by Laurie Miroff (Ph.D., SUNY-Binghamton 2002). It provides employment and field experience, as well as thesis and dissertation projects for students in historical archaeology. The Archaeological Analytical Research Facility provides infrastructure and analytical support for faculty and student research. The department provides a computer pod for graduate student use with MAC- and IBM-compatible computers and a laser printer. For the 2013-2014 year, the department awarded a total of 22 assistantships, three to six of which were awarded to incoming students. Assistantships constitute a tuition waver and a stipend. University resources include the Fernand Braudel Center directed by Richard Lee, the Environmental Studies program directed by archaeologist Carl Lipo, and the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program directed by Benita Roth.
  5. For More Information Contact:
    Randall McGuire, Department of Anthropology, State University of New York, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000 USA; phone: 607-777-2100; fax: 607-777-2477; email: rmcguire@binghamton.edu; Web pages: http://gradschool.binghamton.edu, and http://anthro.binghamton.edu/.