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CURRICULUM VITAE
PATRICIA LOUISE CROWN
Department of Anthropology
August 25, 2017
(505) 277-6689
pcrown@unm.edu
Educational History:
Certificate, 1984, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Materials Research in Archaeology and
Ethnography Summer Institute, Cambridge, MA, Ceramic Analysis
Ph.D., 1981, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ., Anthropology
M.A., 1976, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Anthropology
A.B., 1974, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, Anthropology summa cum laude with honors
Variability in Ceramic Manufacture at the Chodistaas Site, East-Central Arizona, PhD dissertation, Emil W. Haury,
Dissertation Advisor.
Employment History - Principal positions
2008-Present
Distinguished Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico
1998-2008
Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico
1993-1998
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico
1992-1993
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University
1991-1992
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University
1985-1990
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University
1980-1985
Assistant Archaeologist, Cultural Resource Management Division, Arizona State Museum,
University of Arizona
1979-1980
Archaeological Specialist, Cultural Resource Management Section, Arizona State
Museum, University of Arizona
1978-1979
Instructor, Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona
Employment History - Temporary and Visiting appointments/ Consultantships
2012
Consultant, Heard Museum Exhibit, Chocolate, Chilis and Cochineal
2011-2012
Consultant, Chaco Culture National Historical Park Visitors Center Exhibit
2004-present
Research Associate, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
2002-2007
Idyllwild Arts Native American Arts and Archaeology Seminar Series Organizer
2002-2004
Guest Curator, Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona “Big Pot” Exhibit
1998-2003
Gila River Indian Community peer reviewer for Bureau of Reclamation project
1994
National Park Service peer reviewer for Bandelier Archaeological Project final volumes.
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1991
Consultant for Museum of New Mexico Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Permanent
Exhibit
1990-1992
Peer Reviewer for SWCA Environmental Consultants Sky Harbor Center Project
1989-1991
Peer Reviewer for Arizona State University Roosevelt Platform Mound Study Project
1988
National Park Service peer reviewer for Bandelier Archaeological Project
1986-1999
Research Associate, Conservational Analytical Laboratory, Smithsonian Institution
1985-1990
Guest Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory
1985
Bureau of Reclamation, Peer reviewer for Dolores Archaeological Project Final Volumes
1983-1985
Faculty Participant, Associated Western Universities Appointment at Los Alamos National
Laboratory
Professional recognition, honors, fellowships, scholarships:
2017
Bryon Cummings Award, Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society
2015
Presidential Award of Distinction Award, University of New Mexico
2015
State of New Mexico Individual Achievement Heritage Preservation Award
2014
National Academy of Sciences, election to Anthropology Division, April.
2012
Outstanding Faculty Member, Accessibility Resource Center Recognition, UNM
2010
Snead-Wertheim Lectureship in Anthropology and History
2003
Gunter-Starkey Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of New Mexico
2000-2001
American Philosophical Society Sabbatical Fellowship
1998
Gordon R. Willey Award from the Archeology Division of the American
Anthropological Association
1994
The Society for American Archaeology Award for Excellence in Ceramic Research
1989
Southern Methodist University Faculty Research Fellowship
1984
Massachusetts Institute of Technology CMRAE Summer Institute Scholarship
1979-1980
William Shirley Fulton Fellowship
1978-1979
Eben F. Comins Fellowship
1974-1978
E. Blois du Bois Foundation Fellowship
1974
Departmental Honors in Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania
1974
Phi Beta Kappa, University of Pennsylvania
Narrative Description of Research, Teaching, and Service Interests