Meet the Faculty

Many faculty members at Grand Valley have expertise in Archaeology and related fields. Grand Valley faculty are active in field research projects in the United States and around the globe.  We have a wide variety of different methodological and regional specialties.

Below you will find an alphabetical directory of Grand Valley faculty with interests and expertise in archaeology.

If you have questions about the Archaeology Minor, please contact the current Program Coordinator

Elizabeth Arnold : Zooarchaeology

Dale Borders : Frontier archaeology of Euro-American settlement

Janet Brashler : Ceramic analysis

Jeremiah Cataldo : Ancient religions and ethnicities

Matthew Daley : Historic preservation/Industrial archaeology

Jim Goode : Archaeology and Politics

Angela Lockard Reed: Public archaeology

Gwyn Madden : Bioarchaeology

Melissa Morison : Ceramic analysis

Alexei Nikitin : Archeogenetics

Mark Schwartz : Complex societies/Trade

Heather VanWormer : Social memory/Intentional communities