MVAC’s Directors
Left to Right: MVAC Founder James Gallagher (1982-2002), MVAC Current Director Timothy McAndrews (2013-present), MVAC Former Director Joseph Tiffany (2002-2013)
MVAC Staff |
Research Associates |
MVAC Staff
Erik C. Anderson
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- E-Mail: Erik
- Phone: 608-792-9739
- MVAC Research Archaeologist
- M.Sc. (2015) Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology, University College London
- Bioarchaeology, GIS, Cultural Resource Management, Midwestern Archaeology
Michael A. Bednarchuk
- E-Mail: Michael
- Phone: 608-785-8463
- MVAC Laboratory Manager
- M.A. (2012) Museum Studies, University of Leicester
- Collections management, Midwestern archaeology, historical archaeology, artifact and cartographic illustration
Jean M. Dowiasch
- E-Mail: Jean
- Phone: 608-785-8454
- MVAC Research Archaeologist, Educational Coordinator, Graphics and GIS Specialist
- B.S. (1991) Education, University of Wisconsin – La Crosse
- Cultural Resource Management, public and precollegiate education, graphics, GIS and spatial analysis
Wendy K. Holtz-Leith
- E-Mail: Wendy
- Phone: 608-785-8455
- MVAC Research Archaeologist
- B.S. (1993) Archaeological Studies and History, University of Wisconsin – La Crosse
- Cultural Resource Management, Midwestern archaeology, Oneota archaeology
Bonnie L. Jancik
- E-Mail: Bonnie
- Phone: 608-785-6473
- MVAC Director of Public Outreach
- M.E.P.D. (1991) Education, University of Wisconsin – La Crosse
- Public, teacher and precollegiate education, digital presence management
Cynthia A. Kocik
- E-Mail: Cynthia
- MVAC Research Intern
- M.A. (2014) Archaeology, Cornell University
- Cultural Resource Management, dendrochronology, Midwestern archaeology, historical archaeology
Lindsay Lentz
- E-Mail: Lindsay
- Phone: 608-792-9064
- MVAC Research Archaeologist
- M.A. (2015) Biological Anthropology, University of Oklahoma
- Bioarchaeology, Zooarchaeology, Paleopathology, Cultural Resource Management
Timothy L. McAndrews
- E-Mail: Tim
- Phone: 608-785-6774
- MVAC Director; Professor, UWL, Dept. of Archaeology & Anthropology
- Ph.D. (1998) Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh
- Rise of complex societies, Latin American archaeology, historical archaeology, archaeological theory
Katherine P. Stevenson
- E-Mail: Kathy
- Phone: 608-785-8451
- MVAC Operations Manager
- Ph.D. (1985) Anthropology, University of Wisconsin – Madison
- Cultural Resource Management, Midwestern archaeology, subsistence/settlement systems, mortuary information, archival research
Vicki L. Twinde-Javner
- E-Mail: Vicki
- Phone: 608-785-6475
- MVAC Senior Research Archaeologist
- M.S. (1997) Anthropology, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
- Cultural Resource Management, Midwestern archaeology, historic archaeology
Research Associates
David Anderson
- E-Mail: David
- Phone: 608-785-6778
- MVAC Research Associate; Associate Professor, UWL, Dept, of Archaeology & Anthropology
- Ph.D. (2006) University of Pittsburgh
- Cultural Resource Management, North American archaeology, rise of cultural complexity, Egyptology, computer applications in archaeology
Constance M. Arzigian
- E-Mail: Connie
- Phone: 608-785-8452
- MVAC Senior Research Associate; Lecturer, UWL, Dept. of Archaeology & Anthropology
- Ph.D. (1993) Anthropology, University of Wisconsin – Madison
- Prehistoric economic systems and human ecology, Midwestern archaeology, prehistoric agriculture, settlement systems, paleoethnobotany
Suzanne M. Harris
- Phone: 608-785-8463
- MVAC Research Associate
- M.S. (1991) Biological Anthropology, University of Wisconsin – Madison
- Human osteology, skeletal analysis, Midwestern archaeology
Amy Nicodemus
- E-Mail: Amy
- Phone: 608-785-6773
- MVAC Research Associate; Assistant Professor, UWL, Dept. of Archaeology & Anthropology
- Ph.D. (2014) University of Michigan
- Zooarchaeology, human osteology, complex societies, European archaeology, North American archaeology
James L. Theler
- E-Mail: Jim
- Phone: 608-785-8463
- MVAC Senior Research Associate; Professor Emeritus, UWL, Dept. of Archaeology & Anthropology
- Ph.D. (1983) Anthropology, University of Wisconsin – Madison
- Zooarchaeology, environmental archaeology, North American archaeology, Midwestern archaeology