Awards, Grants, and Professional Service

2014    URGC International Development Grant Curation of Archaeological Skeletal Remains at the Nicaraguan Bioarchaeology Lab. University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. ($12,5000)

2013-15 URGC Seed grant Ancient DNA Evidence for Prehispanic Migration between Mexico and Central America (with Brian Kooyman) to fund travel and laboratory analysis. University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. ($14,850)

2013    National Geographic/Waitt Foundation grant Archaeological Investigations on Zapatera Island, Nicaragua to fund excavation and analysis of Sonzapote, Nicaragua. University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. ($12,000)

2013-continuing   Editorial Board of Ancient Mesoamerica (Cambridge University Press).

2012    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences Grant to fund travel and expenses related to the 45th  Chacmool Conference The Archaeology of War and Peace ($25,000)

2012    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Partnership Grant Letter of Intent for preparation of formal application for The Cultural Mosaic of the Greater Nicoya Region project ($20,000)

2012    Faculty sponsor for Jessica Manion’s research in Granada, Nicaragua under the Program for Undergraduate Research Experience (PURE), University of Calgary, Calgary, AB

2011-13   Selection Committee for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Insight Development Grant competition

2011    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences Grant to fund travel and expenses related to the 44th Chacmool Conference Climates of Change in Archaeological Method and Theory ($25,000)

2009    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences Grant to fund travel and expenses related to the 42nd Chacmool Conference Identity Crisis: The Archaeology of Social Identity, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB ($14,000)

2009    Faculty sponsor for Sacha Wilke’s research in Granada, Nicaragua and Bailey Hudacin’s research in Belize under the Program for Undergraduate Research Experience (PURE), University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

2008    Faculty sponsor for Kari Griffith’s and Nicole Jessup’s research in Granada, Nicaragua under the Program for Undergraduate Research Experience (PURE), University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

2007 Appointed to the Editorial Board of Brill Publications series Early America: History and Culture

2007 Special Projects Grant to support the 40^th Annual Chacmool conference Eat, Drink, and be Merry: The Archaeology of Foodways, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. ($7000)

2007-2012  Editor of Ancient Mesoamerica, journal of Cambridge University Press.

2007 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Standard Research Grant to fund archaeological investigations for three-year project Ethnic Identities of Postclassic Nicaragua: The Tepetate Archaeological Project. University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. ($178,000)

2007-8 Resident Fellowship, Calgary Institute for the Humanities, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB

2007 Faculty sponsor for Tanya Chiykowski’s research in Cholula, Mexico under the Program for Undergraduate Research Experience (PURE), University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

2007 Nominated for Student Union Teaching Excellence Award, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

2006 SSHRC Conference Grant to fund travel and expenses related to the 39^th Chacmool Conference De-Colonizing Archaeology: Archaeology and the Post-Colonial Critique, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. ($20,000)

2006 URGC Short Term Project Grant: Preliminary Excavations at the Edificio Rojo, Cholula, Mexico. University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. ($5983)

2006 Faculty sponsor for Rebecca Dawn (Timmy) Stuparyk’s research in Cholula, Mexico under the Program for Undergraduate Research Experience (PURE), University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

2006 URGC Faculty Travel Grant to support attendance of International Congress of Americanists, Seville, Spain, July 17-21, 2006. University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. ($1500)

2006 Resident Fellowship, Latin American Research Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB

2006 Faculty of Social Sciences Research Support (for radiocarbon dating), University of Calgary, Calgary, AB ($1840)

2005 Nominated for Internationalization Achievement Award, International Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB

2005-present Fellow, Latin American Research Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB

2004-5 Selection Committee for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Anthropology/ Archaeology Research Grants competition

2004 Nominated for Student Union Teaching Excellence Award, University of Calgary

2003 Received Faculty of Social Sciences Distinguished Research Award, University of Calgary.

2003 Identified as representative of "Pillars of Prominence and Promise" of the University of Calgary’s Academic Plan in Research office’s Community of Discovery.

2002 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Conference Grant to fund travel and expenses for the 35^th Chacmool Conference Apocalypse Then and Now: A Conference about Archaeology and World’s End. University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. ($10,000)

2002 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Standard Research Grant to fund archaeological investigations for three-year project Exploring Nahua Ethnicity in Pre-Columbian Rivas, Nicaragua. University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. ($160,000)

2002 University Research Grant to fund archaeological investigations in Oaxaca, Mexico: Macuilxochitl Salvage Archaeology Project. University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

2002 URGC Faculty Travel Grant to fund attendance of the annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Denver, Colorado, March 20-24, 2002. University of Calgary, Calgary, CA. ($1500)

2002-present Secretary of the Canadian Society for Mesoamerican Studies for a three year term.

2001-present Editorial Board of Ancient Mesoamerica (Cambridge University Press) for a seven year term.

2001 Innovation and Science Grant (Research Infrastructure stream) for the project Creation of a Multidisciplinary 3 Dimensional Morphometrics Centre (with Benedikt Halmgrisson and Kathryn Reese-Taylor). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

2000 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Conference Grant to fund travel and expenses for the 33^rd Chacmool Conference Art for Archaeology’s Sake: Material Culture and Style across the Disciplines. University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. ($10,000)

2000 University Research Grant (Social Sciences and Humanities) to support the 33^rd Chacmool Conference Art for Archaeology’s Sake: Material Culture and Style Across the Disciplines. University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. ($2000)

2000 Co-Team Leader for History discipline for MERLOT Multi-media Educational Review Board. California State University, Long Beach, CA.

2000 URGS Starter Grant to support archaeological investigations at Rivas, Nicaragua; University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

1999 Special Projects Grant to fund travel expenses for keynote speaker, Dr. Sarah Nelson (U. of Denver), for the Gender Research Symposium 2000; University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

1999 Research Excellence Endowment to purchase computer equipment and fund travel to Nicaragua in preparation of field investigations; University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

1997 Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc. (FAMSI) grant to support excavations at the Patio of the Carved Skulls, Cholula, Mexico; Salve Regina University, Newport, RI..

1995 Undergraduate Teaching and Research Assistantship grant to fund a student assistant for the Origins of Writing module of the PROLARTI Program for the Language and Art Interface CD-ROM project; Brown University, Providence, RI.

1994 Undergraduate Teaching and Research Assistantship grant to fund students participating in summer excavations in Cholula, Puebla; Brown University, Providence, RI.

1993 Undergraduate Teaching and Research Assistantship grant to fund students participating in summer excavations in Cholula, Puebla; Brown University, Providence, RI.

1993 Odyssey Grant to support collaborative research (with Marcia Qui ones) on historical representations of La Malinche; Brown University, Providence, RI.

1992-4 Mellon Fellowship in Latin American Art History and Archaeology, Department of History of Art and Architecture, Brown University, Providence, RI.

1987-92 Numerous grants for Cultural Resource Management studies through the Public Archaeology Facility, SUNY Binghamton, including funding from the New York Department of Transportation, City of Binghamton, and Town of Owego.

1990 Graduate Assistantship, Department of Anthropology, SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, NY.

1987 Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid for travel and lodging during laboratory analysis in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico.

1987 SUNY Binghamton Foundation Special Projects Fund grant for travel and laboratory analysis of materials from Cholula, Puebla, Mexico.

1985 Graduate Assistantship, Department of Anthropology, SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, NY.

1982 Universidad de las Américas Graduate Research Grant (with Dr. David Peterson) for archaeological survey of the urban zone of Cholula, Puebla, Mexico.