Dr. Vicki Cassman Department of Art Conservation [email protected]

EDUCATION Ph.D. 1997 Arizona State University, M.S. 1985 University of Delaware, Art Conservation M.S. 1984 University of California, Davis, Textile Science B.A. 1981 University of California, Davis, Art History Diploma 1978 Textil Institutet, Borås, Sweden, Weaving

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2006-present Director of Undergraduate Studies (2006-2012), Assistant Professor (2006-2012), Associate Professor (2012-present), Dept. of Art Conservation, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware. 1999–2006 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Anthropology and Ethnic Studies, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. 1996–1998 Textile Conservator, Asian Art , San Francisco, California. 1987–1998 Private Textile Conservator – Part and Full time 1985-1987 Assistant Conservator, Arizona Historical Society, Tucson, Arizona.

Other Languages: Spanish and Swedish (fluent in both)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES • Study Abroad Program Organizer. Centro di Conservazione Archeologica in Italy 2013, 2015 & 2017 • Iraq Project partner working to establish a Conservation and Preservation Institute in Northern Iraq, train Iraqi museum professionals, and renovate the Iraq National Museum. • Photograph Preservation Summit for Historically Black Colleges and Universities 2007-2009. Co- author of Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant for $1.23 million. • University of Delaware Arts and Humanities Summer Institute for Rising Minority Seniors to Explore graduate school. Summer 2009. Co-instructor of the Preservation Courses. History, English and the Conservation Departments. • Study Abroad Program for Univ. of Delaware Conservation Undergraduates to Chile and Peru. January 2008. Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Chile. And in 2010 coordinated trip to Peru.

HONORS & AWARDS • 2014 Sheldon and Carolyn Keck Award from the American Institute for Conservation • 2012 College of Arts and Science Service Award • 2012 University of Delaware Mentor Award • 2010 Recognition for Exemplary Contribution for E-Portfolios. University of Delaware • 2009 Recognition of Exemplary Contribution as an Assessment Fellow. University of Delaware • 2000 and 2005 Commendation for work on the Kennewick Project Secretary of the Interior and Army CORPS of Engineers • 1986 and 1990 Summer Work Projects at the Universidad de Tarapacá, Chile, sponsored by the Fulbright Commission in Chile.

BOOKS Cassman, Vicki, Nancy Odegaard and Joseph Powell (2007) Human Remains: Guide for and Academic Institutions. AltaMira Press, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Lanham, Maryland.

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 1. Odegaard, Nancy and Vicki Cassman (Submitted for new edition July 2017) Authentication and Conservation in . For Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Invited update. Springer Nature References. 2. Odegaard, Nancy and Vicki Cassman (December 2016) The Conservation of Human Remains: Ethical Questions and Experiences in America. In Deontology of the Conservation of Human Remains. Human remains as patrimonial of mankind. Techne, The Journal of the Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France (C2RMF), n° 44. 3. Odegaard, Nancy and Vicki Cassman (In Press) Chapter: Storage of Human Remains. Storage: Preventive Conservation Approach. American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works (AIC). 4. Bernardo Arriaza, Vivien Standen, Jorg Heukelbach, Vicki Cassman, and Felix Olivares (2014) Head Combs For Delousing In Ancient Arican Populations: Scratching For The Evidence. Chungara, Revista de Antropología Chilena Volume 46, Nº 4, 2014. 1-11 5. Odegaard, Nancy and Vicki Cassman (2014) Authentication and Conservation in Archaeological Science. C. Smith (ed.), Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014. 10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_336. 6. Blatt, Samantha, Brian Redmond, Vicki Cassman, and Paul Sciulli (2010) "Dirty Teeth and Ancient Trade: Evidence of Cotton Fibers in Human Dental Calculus from Late Woodland, Ohio." International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 21. 669 - 678. 10.1002/oa.1173. 7. Arriaza, Bernardo, Vivien Standen, Vicki Cassman and Calogero Santoro (2008) Chinchorro, the Pioneers of the Atacama Coast. Handbook of South American Archaeology, edited by Helaine Silverman and William H. Isbell. 8. Cassman, Vicki and Nancy Odegaard (2004) The Conservator’s Role. Studies in Conservation. London. 49 pp. 1-12. 9. Arriaza, Bernardo, Vicki Cassman (2004) La Cultura Chinchorro. Museo Arqueológico San Miguel de Azapa website. http://www.uta.cl/masma/patri_edu/chinchorro.htm 10. Cassman, Vicki (2004) Review for American Antiquity, Vol 69 # 1, p.162-163. Destruction and Conservation of Cultural Heritage edited by Robert Layton, Peter G. Stone and Julian Thomas (2001) One World Archaeology #41, Routledge. 11. Cassman, Vicki, Jennifer Riddle and Lai Yip (2004) Initial Concept and Overall design for Bones. Computer software for Collection Management of Human Skeletal Remains. Software. 12. Cassman, Vicki, Jennifer Riddle, and many other students (2003) Design and production of a Human Remains Curation Box. Now produced and marketed by Hollinger Corporation. Until this box there was no such thing as an archival box designed specifically for human remains on the market. 13. Cassman, Vicki, Larry Cartmell, and Eliana Belmonte (2003) Coca as Symbol and Labor Enhancer in the Andes: A Historical Overview. In Stimulating Trade: Drugs, Labor and European Expansion. Editors William Jankowiak and Daniel Bradburd. University of Arizona Press. Pp. 149-158. 14. Cassman, Vicki (2001) Prehistoric Ethnicity and Status Based on Textile Evidence from Arica, Chile. Chungará 32(2) 253-257. 15. Cassman, Vicki; Kristen Martine; Jennifer Riddle; and Sali Underwood (2001) Neglect of an Obvious Issue: The Storage of Human Remains. Cultural Resource Management Magazine. Invited contribution. http://www.cr.nps.gov/crm/index.htm. 16. Cassman, Vicki and Bernardo Arriaza (2001) Chinchorro Studies: A Historical Perspective. In Studies on Ancient Mummies and Burial Archaeology, proceedings of the II World Congress on Mummy Studies, Colombia, edited by F. Cárdenas-Arroyo and C. Rodríguez-Martín. Fundacion Erigaie and Universidad deLos Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. Pp. 37-41. 17. Belmonte, Eliana; Marietta Ortega, Patricia Arévalo, Vicki Cassman, and Larry Cartmell (2001) Presencia de la Hoja de Coca en el Ajuar Funerario de Tres Cementerios del Periodo Tiwanaku: AZ- 140, AZ-6 y PLM-3. Presence of Coca Leaf in Funerary Bundles from three Tiwanaku Cemeteries. Chungará 31(1) 125-136. 18. Cassman, Vicki (2001) Introduction to articles related to the Conservation and Exhibition of Mummies from the III World Congress of Mummy Studies. Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Chile Chungará 33(1) 3-4. 19. Trimble, Michael, Odegaard, Nancy, Cassman, Vicki, Militelo, Teresa. (2001) Curation of the Kennewick Remains. In Human Remains: Conservation, Retrieval, Analysis. Edited by E.Williams. BAR International Series, 934. 237-248. Oxford: Archaeopress. 20. Cassman, Vicki (2001) Artifacts Associated With Human Remains In Human Remains: Conservation, Retrieval, Analysis. Edited by E. Williams. BAR International Series, 934 Pp. 57-59 21. Cassman, Vicki (2000) Prehistoric Andean Ethnicity and Status: The Textile Evidence. Chapter in Beyond Cloth and Cordage, edited by Penny Drooker and Laurie Webster. University of Utah Press. Pp. 253-266. Won best academic title. 22. Cassman, Vicki (1998) Archaeological Textiles and the Case for Collection Management. Textile Specialty Group Postprints. American Institute for Conservation. Washington, D.C. 23. Arriaza, Bernardo and Vicki Cassman (1997) South American Mummies. In Encyclopedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. Edited by H. Selaine. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Pp. 750-752. 24. Oakland, Amy and Vicki Cassman (1995) Andean Tapestry: Structure Informs the Surface. Art Journal 54(2):33-39. 25. Cassman, Vicki (1992) Organización del Trabajo de Conservación. Organizing the Work of Conservation. In Encuentro Regional de Expertos Sobre Conservación de Textiles Precolombinos. Informe Final. PNUD-UNESCO/Getty Conservation Institute Conference Proceedings Publication. Pp. 197-201 26. Cassman, Vicki (1992) El Catastro: Primer Paso en la Conservación Preventiva. The Survey: First Step in Preventive Conservation. In Encuentro Regional de Expertos Sobre Conservación de Textiles Precolombinos. Informe Final. PNUD-UNESCO/Getty Conservation Institute Conference Proceedings Publication. Pp. 189-196. 27. Cassman, Vicki (1989) Simbiosis entre el Museo y la Arqueología. Simbiosis Between the Museum and Archaeology. Chungará 23:93-109. 28. Arriaza, Bernardo and Vicki Cassman (1988) Se Esta Produciendo un Arqueocidio? Are We Producing an Archaeocide? Chungará 20:69-73. 29. Needles, H.L, Vicki Cassman, and Martha Collins (1986) Mordanted Natural-Dyed Wool and Silk Fabrics: Light and Burial-Induced Changes in the Color and Tensile Properties of Mordanted Natural Dyed Silk and Wool Textiles*. In Historic Textiles and Paper Materials: Conservation and Characterization. Edited by H.L. Needles and H. Zeronian. Washington, D.C. American Chemical Society. Pp. 199-210. 30. Cassman, Vicki (1983) Contributing writer to Saints and Sinners in Master Drawings. Edited by Seymour Howard. Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California.

EXHIBITIONS 2017 Contributor Fashion On All Fronts: Stories from the Wardrobe. University Museums, U.D. 2016 Contributor Beyond Borders: Ese’Eja People of the Amazon. University Museums, U.D. 2013 Co-: Common Threads Exhibition. University Museums University of Delaware 2006 Cassman, Vicki & UNLV Graduate Students Exhibit aid and staff training for the exhibit Pack Your Bags. Lied Discovery Children’s Museum. 2005 Cassman, Vicki & UNLV Museum Studies Students Exhibit training aid for the exhibit My House, Your House. Lied Discovery Children’s Museum. 2002 Cassman, Vicki Staff training for exhibit Material World. Lied Discovery Children’s Museum. 2000 Cassman, Vicki and Museum Studies Students. Creation of the exhibit Maya Textile Traditions. Barrick Museum, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Exhibition and Education Package. 2001 Barrick Museum, UNLV American Art Show. Participated in a 2-day docent training session with my museum studies students and we subsequently led many school tours for the exhibit. 2000 Exhibition Advisory Board, Lied Children’s Discovery Museum Table Talk 1997-1998 Asian Art Museum of San Francisco – Kimono Exhibition and Indian Sari Exhibition. Participant in design and installation. 1988 Textile Museum, Washington – Exhibitions: 1) Safaved Textiles and 2) Navajo Textiles Participant in design and installation. 1987-1988 Arizona Historical Society, Tucson – Curator for the 1920s Costume Exhibit

NEWSLETTERS AND BLOGS Yan Ling Choi, Marcos Miranda, Bamdad Bahar, Kelli Kearns, Cary Zachary, Jacob Zerby, Matthew Baker, Kevin Clark, Dennis Palica, and Vicki Cassman. Developing Technology to Control Oxygen and Relative Humidity. (Submitted Fall 2017) Invited Article for WAAC Western Association of

Art Conservators Newsletter. 100th Anniversary of the Women's College blog on landing page of the UD website fall 2014 http://sites.udel.edu/women100yrs/ Common Threads Website to accompany the exhibition in 2013. http://www.artcons.udel.edu/public-outreach/common-threads Walking Tour of Newark’s Historic African American Community 2013 Vicki Cassman, Elizabeth

Keenan, Keith Rich, Dr. Crystal Hayman Simms, and numerous community members. Cassman, Vicki and Jennifer Riddle (2003) Department of Anthropology Collection Website. Cassman, Vicki; Kristen Martine; Jennifer Riddle; and Sali Underwood (2002) An update and reprint of Neglect of an Obvious Issue: The Storage of Human Remains. Texas Collection

Managers Archaeological Newsletter Cassman, Vicki, Nancy Odegaard and Joseph Powell (2004) Preservation of Human Remains. WAAC

Western Association of Art Conservators Newsletter. January. Cassman, Vicki (2001) Conference review: Museos Construyendo Communidades: Seminario Textiles E Identidades. Museums Constructing Communities: Textiles and Identities Seminar. May 16-18,

2001 La Paz, Bolivia. Ethnographic Conservation Newsletter. International Council on Museums. Cassman, Vicki, Jennifer Riddle, Kristen Martine and Katherine Demsky (October 2000) UNLV NAGPRA News. Volume 1, Issue 1. Department of Anthropology NAGPRA News for Distribution

to Native American Tribes.

Cassman, Vicki and Nancy Odegaard (1992) Hot Tip. WAAC Newsletter 14(2):24. Cassman, Vicki (1990) Natural Dye Research in the South Central Andes. WAAC Newsletter 12(2):2-3. Western Association of Art Conservation. RESEARCH REPORTS Cassman, Vicki, Valeska Mancilla, and Mariana Rietti (2006) Conservation Assessment Survey of the University of Arkansas Collections. Fayetteville, Arkansas. Cassman, Vicki and Nancy Odegaard (1998-2012) Reports on the Transfer of the Kennewick Remains, Acclimatization, Rehousing, Analysis, and Biannual Condition Reports. For the Army Corps of Engineers as part of their collection management efforts and documentation. Lawrence, Pamela Vicki Cassman, and Stephanie Fox (1994-1995) NAGPRA Collections’ and Summary for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Anthropology. Belmonte, Eliana; Mazuela, Carolina; Romero, Juan Carlos; Focacci, Guillermo; Cassman, Vicki; Ortega, Marietta; Arevalo, Patricia and Galdames, Luis (1995) Uso De Coca En Poblaciones Tiwanaku Del Valle De Azapa. Informe Final De Investigacion. Universidad de Tarapaca, Arcia- Chile. Use of Coca among Tiwanaku populations in the Azapa Valley. Final Report. Cassman, Vicki (1994) Coca Evidence and Usage among the AZ 140 Individuals. Report on file at the Museum of Archaeology, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Chile. Cassman, Vicki (1991) General Survey of Collection Needs of the Museum of Archaeology. Report on file at the Museum of Archaeology, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Chile. Cassman, Vicki (1991) Analyses of the Ventana Cave (Hohokam) Textile Collection. Report on file at the Arizona State Museum, Tucson, Arizona. Cassman, Vicki (1983-1984) Collection Management Strategies for the Museum of Archaeology. Report on file at the Museum of Archaeology, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Chile.

SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS 2016 Lois Stoehr, Vicki Cassman and Susan Serra. Using Art Conservation for STEAM Outreach Workshop. Museums Exposed. Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums Annual Meeting. October 21st 2016. Wilmington. 2014 Ronald Harvey, Odegaard, Nancy, Vicki Cassman and Sofi Barron. A Lesson Learned from Lucy: An Alternate Format for Loan Condition Reporting. AIC Poster. Annual Meeting. 2013 Odegaard, Nancy , Laura Phillips, Jennifer Richman, Megon Noble, Peter Lape, Vicki Cassman, Chris Pulliam, Michael Trimble. Preserving Our Human Heritage: How Curating and Conserving Kennewick Man has Influenced the Care of Human Remains in Cultural Institutions.WAAC Keynote Presentation. September 2013. University of Washington. 2009 Discussant for the session Production Technology and Iconography: Recent Artifact Analysis in

South America – April 23, 2009 - Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting, Atlanta. 2009 Cassman, Vicki; Bernardo Arriaza, Vivien Standen and Nancy Odegaard. Chinchorro Twined Shrouds. Presented by Vicki Cassman in the session Production Technology and Iconography: Recent Artifact Analysis in South America. Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting, Atlanta. April 23rd 2009. 2006 AIC General Session Presentation: Use of Human Remains The teetering balance and Kennewick Man. Coauthor with Nancy Odegaard. June Annual Meeting. 2005 Co-coordinator with Michael Dalton, Cultural Resource Manager for the Ely Shoshone Tribe of a NAGPRA Conference and Workshop on Poisons in Collections and a general NAGPRA update for tribal cultural resource managers and museum personnel from the Western States. UNLV Barrick Museum. 2004 Vicki Cassman, Jennifer Riddle, Sali Underwood, and Rebecca Lockwood. Collaboration, NAGPRA, and Institutionalized Human Remains. Nevada Museum Association Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, Nevada. 2002 Vicki Cassman, Ran Boytner, Marissa Schleicher and Liliana Ulloa. The Evolution of Dye Technology Northern Chile. Presented by Vicki Cassman. Color Congress 2002, Iowa State University, Ames. 2002 Vicki Cassman, Ran Boytner. Prehistoric Dyes in Northern Chile: Preliminary Results. Annual

Meeting of the Institute of Andean Studies. U.C. Berkeley. 2002 Ran Boytner, Vicki Cassman, and Marissa Schleicher. Dyes and Dyeing in the Azapa Valley, North Coast Chile. Paper presented at the Society of American Archaeology 67th Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado. 2001 Chinchorro Ancestral Ties. Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New

Orleans. 2001 Poster: Dyes, Gender and Age in the Azapa Valley, Northern Chile. 20th Annual Meeting. Dyes in History and Archaeology. Amsterdam, Netherlands. 1999 The Preservation of Associated Materials. Human Remains Conference. Colonial Williamsburg, VA. Also Chair and Discussant for two sessions on: Soft Tissue and Mummies. Advisory Board Member for the conference planning and organization. 1999 Kennewick Man: A Sensitive Subject from a Conservator’s Perspective. Nevada Museums,

Association Annual Meeting. Las Vegas. 1998 Prehistoric Andean Textiles: Evidence for Ethnicity and Status. Third World Congress on Mummy Studies, Arica, Chile. Also Co-chair and Discussant for the session on Conservation of Mummies. 1997 If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them: Archaeological Collection Management. Textile Specialty Group, Annual Meeting of the American Institute for Conservation, San Diego. Also Chair of the Textile Specialty Group talks and business meeting

Chair of the Latin American Conservation Symposium. 1997 Prehistoric Andean Textiles: Evidence for Ethnicity and Status. Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Nashville, April 1997. 1996 Collection Management: Archaeological Textiles. Annual Meeting of the Western Association of Art Conservators. Las Vegas. 1994 (with Bernardo Arriaza) Toward a Definition of Chinchorro. Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting. Anaheim. 1990 Organización del Trabajo de Conservación and El Catastro: Primer Paso en la Conservación Preventiva. Invited Speaker at the Meeting of Regional Experts on Pre-Columbian Textile Conservation. Arica, Chile. Getty Conservation Sponsored Meeting. 1989 (with Bernardo Arriaza) Before and After the Dig: Paleo Research is at Stake. Fifth Coloquio de

Antropología Física, Juan Comas. Mexico, D.F. 1986 A Computerized Textile Conservation Survey. Annual Meeting of the American Institute for Conservation. Chicago.

COLLOQUIA (Single speaker delivers address and answers questions) 2007 Guest lecturer Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Chile. 1) Cuerpos en Litigio and

2) Tintes en la historia del Valle y Costa de Azapa Norte de Chile.

2006 Guest lecturer. Anthropology Society. University of Delaware. Human Remains Curation. 2004 Invited speaker United States Department of State for staff and students, Museo de Arte and Yachi Wasi, Conservation Program in Lima Peru. Control de Plagas. Via Internet 2. 2004 UNLV Anthropology Brown Bag “Bones Software and the Hollinger Box”

2001 Invited Keynote Speaker and Workshop Leader. Keynote Speech: Indigenous Intellectual Property Rights: A Case for Textiles. Workshop: Textile Preservation Issues. ICOM-Bolivia Conference on

Museums & Indigenous Communities: Textiles and Identities. May 2001 La Paz Bolivia. 2000 Ethnicity in Prehistoric Northern Chile. Invited Guest Speaker, Museum of Archaeology.

Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Chile. 1999 Invited Lecture: NAGPRA, Collection Management and Conservators. Art Conservation Program, Buffalo State College, New York. Workshop: Pre-Columbian Archaeological Textiles. 1998 Guest Speaker, Exhibit Conservation. Museum Studies Masters Degree Program. John F. Kennedy University, Orinda, California.

COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS 2014 Mint Museum. Andean Textile Research. North Carolina. December. 2007 Delaware Institute for the Arts in Education Program, June 16th lecture, Andean Archaeology. 2005 Disaster Response. Assisted in hands-on disaster training at the Nevada State Museum. Nevada Museums Association Meeting. 2005 Caring for your Treasures. Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas. 2003 Featured Speaker, Archaeology Week. Andean Dyeing Technologies. UNLV. 2003 Kiwanis Club Guest Speaker at the request of the Dean, Kennewick Man Case 2002 Andean Textiles. Senior Center of Las Vegas. 2001 Inka Archaeology. Senior Center of Las Vegas2001 2000 Public Lecture: Lied Children’s Museum, Mayan Textiles 2000 Public Lecture: Sun City Archaeology Club, Chinchorro Preservation Challenges 2000 Anthropology Society Colloquium on NAGPRA 1997 Caring for Textiles. Asian Art Museum Public Lecture, San Francisco.

GRANTS FUNDED 2009 Lead writer for our Successful National Endowment for the Humanities Grant together with Debra Hess Norris, Joelle Wickens and Susan Behrens. Submitted July 1, 2009 and granted in December 6, 2009. $249,000. 2009 Principal Author for successful Global Partnerships and Initiatives Program Grant Proposal. Funding covers two off-site faculty honorariums, and undergraduate travel. Funded 11/18/09. $19,950. 2009 PI E-Portfolio grant, Center for Educational Effectiveness and IT/ATS to support the development and implementation of an E-Portfolio for undergraduates. Funded 12/14/09. $11,071. 2009 PI for the Yosemite Conservation Survey for the important ethnographic collection for the National Park Service. Submitted July 2009 and survey work was completed in January 2010. $20,000. 2007 Coauthor of the Mellon Sponsored Grant for Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Debra Hess Norris, Lead Author. $1.23 million. 2003 Samuel H. Kress FAIC Conservation Publication Fellowship. $20,000. (100%) 2001 Planning Initiative Award, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas. Collaborative Public Education for Nevada Prehistory. $22,366. (50%) 2001 Prehistoric Andean Dye Technologies .New Investigator, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas. $8,000. 2001 U.S. Speaker and Specialist Grant from the US Department of State’s Office of International Information Programs to lecture on “Textiles and Intellectual Property” La Paz, Bolivia, May 14-19, 2001. $2,975 2000 Planning Initiative Award, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas. For UNLV NAGPRA Documentation Project. $26,870. (50%) 1997 Project Director of Getty Program to invite Latin American conservation professionals to the annual meeting American Institute for Conservation. $46,600. (75%) 1995 National Park Service NAGPRA Museum Grant to help the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Anthropology meet the 1995 NAGPRA deadline. $26,305. (100%) 1994 Prehistoric Andean Ethnicity, National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant. $8,300. (100%) 1993 Coca Use Among Prehistoric Tiwanaku Period Inhabitants. Co-author with Eliana Belmonte (Project Director) and other researchers. Funded by the Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Chile. Chilean Pesos (20%) 1991 Interdisciplinary Study of Preservation Tactics for the Chinchorro Mummy Collection. Co-author with Luis Briones (Project Director) and other researchers. Funded by the Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Chile. Chilean Pesos. (10%) 1989 Kress Foundation Fellowship to carry out Natural Dye Studies in Northern Chile. $8,000. (100%) 1989 Tiwanaku Style: A View from the Provinces. Coauthor with Dr. Amy Oakland (Project Director) and Bernardo Arriaza. National Endowment for the Humanities. $30,000. (30%) 1984 Kress Foundation Fellowship and National Museum Act Grant for Textile Conservation Internship at the Textile Conservation Centre, England. $18,000 (100%) 1983 Fulbright University Exchange between the Art Conservation Program of the University of Delaware and the Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Chile. Co-author Michele Austin. $36,000.

MEMBERSHIP ON GRADUATE DEGREE COMMITTEES PhD Committee Chair Reyhane Mirabootalebi (Fall 2016 – Present) Preservation of Kurdish Textiles during War Maribel Beas (Fall 2015 – Present) Preservation of Indigenous Landscapes Mariana Di Giacomo (Fall 2014 – Present) Preventive Conservation Fossils Christina Cole (Fall 2006 – Spring 2010) Pre-contact Dyes from Eastern Woodlands quillwork. PhD Committee Member: Gwyn Madden (Physical Anthropology, Spring 2004) Dissertation Title: Recontexturalization and Identity Assessment of Unprovenanced Mummified Human Remains. (unofficial chair critiquing first two drafts) Chair Masters Committee: Sali Underwood (Fall 2005) Title: A Bioarchaeological Analysis of Social Hierarchies at Six Ancestral Puebloan Sites From Manuelito Plateau, New Mexico. Suzanne Eskenazi (Spring 2002) Title: Excavations at 42Ws126: A Virgin Anasazi Pantry, Zion, NPS. Victoria Fisher (Spring 2004) Title: Exploring Nevada’s Past and Present: Archaeology Education and Nevada Public Schools. Committee Member/Advisor: University of Delaware WUDPAC 2009 -2013 advisory committee member. UNLV Gerry Evans (History) Ph.D. Claudia Woodman (Spring 2005) M.A Shirley Johnston (History) Ph.D. Kristen Martine (Spring 2002) Charles C. Palmer (History) Ph.D. Jennifer Riddle (Spring 2002) Michael Duchemin (History) Ph.D. Melise Leech (History) M.A. Annette Smith (Anthropology) M.A. Laurie Boetcher (History) M.A. Rebecca Lockwood (Anthropology) M.A. Tony Branco (Music) M.A. Jennifer Hansen (Anthropology) M.A. Thonni Morikawa (History) M.A.