VINCAS PETRAS STEPONAITIS Research Laboratories of Archaeology University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3120 EDUCATION: Ph.D. University of Michigan Anthropology 1980 M.A. University of Michigan Anthropology 1975 A.B. Harvard University (magna cum laude) Anthropology 1974 TEACHING, RESEARCH, AND ADIMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS: 7/18 - William E. Leuchtenburg Distinguished Professor, UNC-Chapel Hill 7/16 - Secretary of the Faculty, UNC-Chapel Hill 7/16 - Director, Office of Faculty Governance, UNC-Chapel Hill 7/08 - Professor, Curriculum in Archaeology, UNC-Chapel Hill 1/95 - Professor, Department of Anthropology, UNC-Chapel Hill 5/16 - Research Associate, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution 7/09 - 6/16 Chair, Curriculum in Archaeology, UNC-Chapel Hill 1/88 - 6/16 Director, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, UNC-Chapel Hill 1/88 - 12/94 Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, UNC-Chapel Hill 9/85 - 12/87 Associate Professor, SUNY-Binghamton 9/80 - 8/85 Assistant Professor, SUNY-Binghamton 9/79 - 8/80 Lecturer, SUNY-Binghamton 9/78 - 8/79 Predoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian Institution PROFESSIONAL OFFICES: 2016-20 Board of Directors, The Heritage Education Network 2002-17 Board of Directors, Center for Maya Research 2000-11 Board of Directors, The Archaeological Conservancy (chair, 2003-2007) 1997-99 President, Society for American Archaeology 1996-97 President-elect, Society for American Archaeology 1992-96 Executive Committee, Foundation for American Archaeology 1992-94 Treasurer, Society for American Archaeology 1991-92 Treasurer-elect, Society for American Archaeology 1991-96 Secretary, North Carolina Archaeological Society 1992-93 Program Chair, Southeastern Archaeological Conference 1990-92 President, Southeastern Archaeological Conference 1988-90 President-elect, Southeastern Archaeological Conference 1988-92 Executive Committee, North Carolina Archaeological Council 1988-91 Executive Secretary, Archaeological Society of North Carolina 1984-87 Editor, Southeastern Archaeology 1983-84 Editor-elect, Southeastern Archaeological Conference 1983-84 Executive Committee, Society for American Archaeology PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES: 2021- Preservation Technology and Training Board, U.S. Department of the Interior 2020- Bylaws Committee, Society for American Archaeology 2016- Native American Repatriation Review Committee, Smithsonian Institution 2014-17 Advisory Panel, Archaeology Program, National Science Foundation 2000-10 Endowment Committee, N.C. Archaeological Society 2004-09 NAGPRA Review Committee, U.S. Department of the Interior 2001 Nominating Committee, Society for American Archaeology (chair) 1989-09 Committee on Repatriation, Society for American Archaeology 1989-91 Task Force on Affiliated Societies, Society for American Archaeology 1986-87 Nominating Committee, Archaeology Division, American Anthropological Association 1984 National Historic Landmarks Committee, Society for American Archaeology 1983-85 Dissertation Prize Committee, Society for American Archaeology EDITORIAL BOARDS: 2014- Board of Governors, University of North Carolina Press 1992-18 Editorial Board, Southern Cultures (magazine) 1996-00 Editorial Advisory Board, American Archaeology (magazine) 1990-96 Editorial Advisory Board, Prehistory Press 1992-96 Advisor, Oxford Companion to Archaeology, Oxford University Press 1991-92 Special Consultant, The First Americans, Time-Life Books 1987-91 Regional Editor, Investigations in American Archaeology, Westview Press ADVISORY BOARDS (EXTRAMURAL): 2014-15 External Review Committee, Center for Archaeological Investigations, SIU-Carbondale 2014-15 External Review Committee, NAGPRA Program, University of Michigan 2011 External Review Committee, Department of Anthropology, Washington U., St Louis 2011 Visiting Committee, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University 2003-13 Visiting Committee, Peabody Museum, Harvard University 2008- Professional Advisory Panel, Digital Antiquity 2006-07 External Review Committee, Public Archaeology Facility, Binghamton University 2006-07 External Review Committee, Department of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma 2004-06 Advisory Board, exhibition on “Moundville: Guardians of the Sacred Path,” Alabama Museum of Natural History, University of Alabama 2001-04 Advisory Board, exhibition on “Hero, Hawk, and Human Hand,” Art Institute of Chicago. 2001-04 Advisor, Teaching Archaeology in the 21st Century (NSF-sponsored curriculum development project), Society for American Archaeology 1996 Scholarly Advisory Committee, N.C. Museum of History 1992 Public Advisory Committee, N.C. State Historic Preservation Office 2000-01 External Review Panel, Office of Archaeological Services, University of Alabama (chair) 1998-00 Exhibition Advisory Committee, Frank H. McClung Museum, University of Tennessee 1996-97 Heritage Tourism Conference Planning Committee, N.C. Dept. of Commerce HONORS AND AWARDS: 2020 L.B. Jones Award (Mississippi Archaeological Association) 2015 Faculty Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring (UNC-Chapel Hill) 2015 C. Felix Harvey Award (UNC-Chapel Hill) 2008 Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer 2002 Circle Award (Carolina Indian Circle, UNC-Chapel Hill) 2001 Poster Award (Southeastern Archaeological Conference) 1998 PSP Electronic Product Award (American Association of Publishers) 1994- Listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Education 2 1994 Presidential Recognition Award (Society for American Archaeology) 1993 Presidential Recognition Award (Society for American Archaeology) 1985 Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching (SUNY system) 1985 University Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (SUNY-Binghamton) REVIEWER FOR: Grant Proposals — National Science Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, National Geographic Society, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Louisiana Board of Regents R&D Program. Articles — Science, American Antiquity, Latin American Antiquity, American Anthropologist, Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory, Journal of Archaeological Science, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology, Southeastern Archaeology, Early Man, Journal of Alabama Archaeology, Archaeometry, Antropológica, Advances in Archaeological Practice, Geology, Geoarchaeology. Book Manuscripts and Proposals — American Museum of Natural History (Anthropological Papers), Alabama Museum of Natural History, U. Presses of Florida, Smithsonian Institution Press, National Geographic Society, W. H. Freeman and Co., Mayfield Publishing, Oxford U. Press, Peabody Museum Press, Peter Lang Publishing, School of Advanced Research Press, Thames and Hudson, U. of Nebraska Press, U. of North Carolina Press, U. of Oklahoma Press, U. of Texas Press, U. of Virginia Press, Persimmon Press, U. of Alabama Press, Allyn & Bacon, Blackwell Publishers, Simon & Schuster. Contract Reports — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Mobile District). PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: Sigma Xi, Society for American Archaeology, Register of Professional Archaeologists, American Anthropological Association (Fellow), Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Midwest Archaeological Conference, Eastern States Archaeological Federation, North Carolina Archaeological Society, North Carolina Archaeological Council, Archaeological Society of South Carolina, Alabama Archaeological Society, Mississippi Archaeological Association, Louisiana Archaeological Society. GRANTS AND CONTRACTS: 1978-80 National Science Foundation (#BNS78-07133), “Prehistoric Adaptation and Social Organization at Moundville, Alabama” (co-authored with C. S. Peebles [p.i.] and M. Schoeninger). 1981 Research Support for Junior Faculty, SUNY-Binghamton, “Archaeological Investigations in the Big Black River Drainage, Mississippi.” 1981 Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research (#4183), “Late Prehistory of the Natchez Region, Mississippi.” 1982 Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission, “The Study of Archaeological Remains from the Greenwich Cove Site, Warwick, Rhode Island” (Doctoral dissertation research for David J. Bernstein). 1983 National Science Foundation (#BNS83-11644), “Ceramic Production in an Early Islamic Town” (Doctoral dissertation research for Nancy Benco). 1983 Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission, “Survey and Planning Grant, Greenwich Cove” (Doctoral dissertation research for David Bernstein). 1984 Boland’s Topsoil, Inc., “Archaeological Investigations, Boland Topsoil Site.” 3 1986-88 Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, “Chemical and Mineralogical Characterization of Mississippian Pottery.” 1987-88 National Geographic Society, “Archaeological Excavations at the Boland Site.” 1989-92 National Science Foundation, “Early Archaic Settlement in the Yadkin-Pee Dee Drainage” (Doctoral dissertation research for I. Randolph Daniel). 1990-92 University Research Council, UNC-Chapel Hill, “Chemical Characterization of Mississippian Pottery.” 1991-94 Bicentennial Observance Policy Committee, UNC-Chapel Hill, “An Archaeological Study of Early Campus Life in Chapel Hill.” 1992-93 Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, “North Carolina Indian History Project.” 1993-94 University Research Council, UNC-Chapel Hill, “Mapping Residential Zones at Moundville: A Pilot Study.” 1994-95 National Science Foundation, “Time, Space, and Social Dynamics During the Hopewell Occupation