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Since joining SMU, I have sought external funds to support projects in three areas of interest. These include the organization prehistoric Hohokam ceramic production in central Arizona, interethnic interractions in the Spanish borderlands of New Mexico, and strategies of resistence and diplomacy among the mounted horse nomads of the American Southwest. These projects integrate scientific methodologies (such as geochemical analyses, dendrochronology, and remote sensing) with community-based research, field survey, and excavation. They utilize existing museum collections and archives while promoting the responsible stewardship of heritage resources on tribal and parish lands through active engagement with local stakeholders.

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2010. National Science Foundation ($134,636)
The Organization of Middle Sedentary Period Hohokam Ceramic Production in the Gila River Valley, Arizona.

2008. American Museum of Natural History Collections Study Grant ($1,500)
A Metric and Visual Examination of Metal-tipped Arrows Attributed to Apache, Comanche, Ute, Navajo, and Pueblo Makers.

2007. Missouri Research Reactor, Archaeometry Laboratory ($4,320)
Hohokam Procurement and Use of Hematite in the Production of Red-on-Buff and Redware Pottery: An INAA Study from the Middle Gila River Valley, Arizona.

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2011. Downey Family Award for Faculty Excellence. SMU Institute for the Study of Earth and Man ($5,000).

2011. University Research Council Grant ($10,000)
Unraveling the Mystery of Hohokam Ceramics Using Portable X-Ray Fluorescence

2008. University Research Council Grant ($5,700)
Childhood Depictions: Creating an Historical Archaeology of Children and Childhood on the Ranchos de Taos Plaza, New Mexico

2008. Hamilton Award ($1,600)
Childhood Depictions: A Retrospective Rephotography of Hispano Childhood in the Northern Rio Grande of New Mexico