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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – SANTA CRUZ

  1. Institution Name:
    University of California, Santa Cruz
  2. Department Title:
    Department of Anthropology
  3. Faculty in Historical Archaeology:
    1. Daehnke, Jon (Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Assoc. Prof.): Community-based Research, heritage studies, cultural resource policy and law, Indigenous studies, and the history and archaeology of the Pacific Northwest Coast.
    2. Habicht-Mauche, Judith (Ph.D., Harvard, Prof.): Material culture and technology, culture contact, social networks, identity and gender, indigenous responses to colonialism, practice theory in archaeology, ceramic materials analysis.
    3. Monroe, J. Cameron (Ph.D., UCLA, Assoc. Prof.): Archaeology of West Africa and the African Diaspora; historical anthropology; social complexity and the state; urbanism; space, landscape and monumentality; culture contact and change; spatial analysis and GIS; West Africa (Bénin) and the Caribbean (Haiti).
  4. General Statement:
    UC Santa Cruz is an emerging leader in archaeological research locally and around the world. Our PhD program adopts a rigorous and innovative approach to the archaeology of colonial encounters. We emphasize the combination of advanced laboratory and field methods to answer exciting anthropological questions about the past. UCSC boasts regional specializations in Western Africa and the African Diaspora, California and the Pacific Northwest, and South America. Additionally, the UCSC Archaeological Research Center facilitates interdisciplinary dialogue and public outreach among students and faculty. Graduate students at UCSC receive world-class mentorship in a wide range of theories and methods. These include ceramic materials analysis, spatial analysis, household and landscape archaeology, chemical and isotopic characterization studies, bioarchaeology, Ancient DNA analysis, and cultural heritage stewardship. Students work closely with faculty within the department and across campus in state-of-the-art research laboratories.
  5. For More Information Contact:
    J. Cameron Monroe, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 USA; phone: (831) 459-3614; fax: (831) 459-5900; email: jcmonroe@ucsc.edu. For applications and general information contact: Fred Deakin, Graduate Program Coordinator, Department of Anthropology, Social Sciences 1, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA; phone: (831) 459-3588; fax: (831) 459-5900; email: fdeakin@ucsc.edu. Please visit our website at http://anthro.ucsc.edu for further information.