VITA MICHAEL R. WATERS Professor of Anthropology Holder, Chair in First Americans Studies Director, Center for the Study of the First Americans Executive Director, North Star Archaeological Research Program CONTACT INFORMATION Department of Anthropology Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-4352 Office phone: (979) 845-5246 Fax: (979) 845-4070 Email:
[email protected] DEGREES RECEIVED Ph.D. 1983 Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson Dissertation: The Late Quaternary Geology and Archaeology of Whitewater Draw, Southeastern Arizona M.S. 1980 Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson Thesis: Lake Cahuilla: Late Quaternary Lacustrine History of the Salton Trough, California B.S. 1977 Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson (with Distinction and Honors) Thesis: The Lowland Patayan Ceramic Tradition: The Diagnostics and Distribution of Lower Colorado Buff Ware ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2016–Present Professor, Department of Anthropology, TAMU Holder, Chair in First Americans Studies Director, Center for the Study of the First Americans Executive Director, North Star Archaeological Research Program 1 2005–2015 Professor, Departments of Anthropology and Geography, TAMU Holder, Chair in First Americans Studies Director, Center for the Study of the First Americans Executive Director, North Star Archaeological Research Program 2002–2004 Professor, Departments of Anthropology and Geography, TAMU Holder, Professorship in First Americans Studies Associate Director, Center for the Study of the First Americans Executive Director, North