Get Involved Locally

State Archaeologists and State Historic Preservation Officers answer archaeology questions regarding their state, including opportunities to get involved in local archaeology. Their web sites usually include information about state archaeology activities, education resources, and fieldwork opportunities. If your state has an annual archaeology celebration, that may provide events and activities close to home. Different states also have local archaeological societies for both professional and avocational archaeologists, many of whom are part of SAA's Council of Allied Societies.

SAA also maintains the Government Affairs Network of State Representatives (GANSRs). The GANSR system can help you understand local legislation and regulatory issues affecting archaeology in the United States. Get involved in advocating for archaeology in your state!

Network of State/Provincial Archaeology Education Coordinators

Another point of contact for local information is the Network of State/Provincial Archaeology Education Coordinators. These are SAA members across the United States and Canada who can help introduce you to the archaeology in your area. This network of archaeologists developed out of the SAA's Public Education Committee. Contact the individuals below to find out how to get involved locally.

United States

Alabama

Lindsey Gordon
Moundville Archaeological Park 
The University of Alabama
Phone: 205-371-8732
Email: [email protected]

Alaska

Fran Seager-Boss
Public Education Program
Alaska Archaeological Association
Phone: 907-982-0709
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

Arizona

Sara L. Anderson

Archaeology Southwest

Phone: (520) 849-6474

Email: [email protected]

 

Arkansas

Melissa Zabecki
State Archeologist
Arkansas Archeological Survey
Phone: 479-575-6550
Email: [email protected]

California

Edward J. Knell (Southern California)
Professor
California State University, Fullerton
Phone: 657-278-5076
Email: [email protected]

Kristin Donner (Southern California)
Adjunct Faculty
Laguna College of Art + Design
Co-Executive Producer in Development
Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Email: [email protected]

Gregory G. White (Northern California)
Principal Investigator
Sub-Terra Heritage Resource Investigations
Phone: 530-513-1943
Email: [email protected]

Colorado

Emily M. Long
Adjunct Instructor/CRM Archaeologist
Colorado Mesa University
Email:
[email protected]

Becca Simon
Staff Archaeologist
Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT)
Email: [email protected]

Connecticut

Catherine Labadia
State Historic Preservation Office
Phone: 860-500-2329
Email: [email protected]

Bill Farley
Southern Connecticut State University
Phone: 203-392-5676
Emails: [email protected]

Delaware

John W. Martin
Delaware Department of Transportation
Phone: 302-760-2189
Email: [email protected]

District of Columbia

Ruth Trocolli
City Archaeologist
DC Historic Preservation Office
Phone: 202-442-8836
Email: [email protected]

Florida

Barbara A. Clark
Director, North Central and Northwest Regions
Florida Public Archaeology Network
Phone: 850-270-7556
Email: [email protected]

Georgia

Kate Deeley
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Georgia Gwinnett College
E-mail: [email protected]

Hawai'i
Tanya L. Lee-Greig

ʻĀina Archaeology
Phone: 808-593-3020
Email: [email protected]

Idaho

Samantha Blatt
Assistant Professor
Idaho State University
Phone: 208-573-2721
Email: [email protected]

Illinois

Karen Poulson (Chicago-area)
Phone: 773-810-9620
Email: [email protected]

Eve Hargrave (Central Illinois)
Email: [email protected]

Indiana

Amy Johnson
State Archaeologist and Archaeology Outreach Coordinator
Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology
Phone: 317-232-6982
Email: [email protected]

Iowa

Elizabeth Reetz
Director of Strategic Initiatives
Office of the State Archaeologist
Phone: 319-384-0561
Fax: 319-384-0768
Email: [email protected]

Kansas

Nikki Klarmann
Kansas Historical Society
Phone: 785-272-8681 x266
Email: [email protected]

Kentucky

A. Gwynn Henderson
Education Director
Kentucky Archaeological Survey
Western Kentucky University
Phone: 270-745-2217
Email: [email protected]

Louisiana
Currently Vacant
Maine

Gemma Hudgell
Northeast Archaeology Research Center
Farmington, ME
Phone: 207-806-4032
Email: [email protected]

Maryland

Sarah N. Janesko
Email: [email protected]

Massachusetts

Ellen Savulis
Phone: 413-687-7571
Email: [email protected]

Michigan

Stacy Tchorzynski
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Phone: 517-388-4657
Email: [email protected]

Minnesota

Amanda Gronhovd
State Archaeologist
Minnesota Office of the State Archaeologist
Phone: 651-725-2411
Email: [email protected]

Mississippi

Currently Vacant

Missouri

Michael J. Meyer
Senior Historic Preservation Specialist
Missouri Department of Transportation
Phone: 573-526-3560
Fax: 573-526-0068
Email: [email protected]

Montana

Jessica Bush
State Archaeologist, Deputy SHPO
State Historic Preservation Office
Phone: 406-444-0388
Email: [email protected]

Nebraska

Rebecca Wiewel
Archaeologist and Education and Outreach Coordinator
Midwest Archeological Center
Phone: 402-437-5392 Ext. 145
Email: [email protected]

Dave Williams
State Archeologist
History Nebraska
Phone: 402-219-2759
Email: [email protected]

Nevada

Anna Camp
Curator in Anthropology
Nevada State Museum
Email:
[email protected]

New Hampshire

Mark Doperalski
State Archaeologist
NH Division of Historical Resources
Phone: 603-271-6433
Email: [email protected]

New Jersey

David C. Mudge
Burlington Office of Emergency Management
Phone: 609-828-8680
Email: [email protected]

New Mexico

Currently Vacant

New York

Mara T. Horowitz
Purchase College SUNY
Phone: 646-924-8703
Email: [email protected]

North Carolina

Mary Beth Fitts
Research Archaeologist
Research Laboratories of Archaeology UNC-Chapel Hill
Phone: 919-843-0110
Email: [email protected]

North Dakota

Sarah Baer Sappington
Director, Bismarck Office
SWCA Environmental Consultants
Phone: 701-258-6622
Email: [email protected]

Ohio

Linda Pansing
Curator of Archaeology
Ohio History Connection
Phone: 614-298-2061
Email: [email protected]

Oklahoma

Meghan Dudley
Email: [email protected]

Allison McLeod
Afendras Archaeology, LLC
Email: [email protected]

Bonnie Pitblado
Email: [email protected]

Oregon

Virginia Butler
Portland State University
Phone: 503-381-8601
Email: [email protected]

Lyssia Merrifield
Project Manager
Archaeology Roadshow
Email: [email protected]

Pennsylvania

Beverly Chiarulli
President
Pennsylvania Archaeological Council
Research Associate
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Phone: 412-967-9482
Email: [email protected]

Puerto Rico

Paola Schiappacasse
University of Puerto Rico
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Phone: 787-764-0000 ext. 87697
Email: [email protected]

Rhode Island

Kris Bovy
University of Rhode Island
Phone: 401-874-4143
Email: [email protected]

South Carolina

Erik Shofner
Executive Director
South Carolina Archaeology Public Outreach Division
Phone: 843-319-7597
Email: [email protected]

Meg Gaillard
Archaeologist
South Carolina Heritage Trust
Land, Water and Conservation Division
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Phone: 803-528-1455
Email: [email protected]

South Dakota

Anthony M. Krus
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
University of South Dakota
Email: [email protected]

Tennessee

Arthur A. Demarest
Director
Vanderbilt Programs of Mesoamerican Archaeology and Community Development
Phone: 615-530-1026
Email: [email protected]

Texas

Veronica M. Arias
Curator of Anthropology and Natural History
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum
West Texas A&M University
Phone: 806-651-5231
Email: [email protected]

Rebecca Shelton
Regional Archeologist 
Texas Historical Commission
Phone: 512-463-6043
Email: [email protected]

Utah

Tim Riley
Curator of Archaeology
Prehistoric Museum
Utah State University Eastern
Phone: 435-613-5290
Email: [email protected]

Vermont

Jess Robinson
State Archaeologist
State of Vermont
Division for Historic Preservation
Phone: 802-272-2509
Email: [email protected]

Angela Labrador
President
Vermont Archaeological Society
Phone: 413-325-5548
Email: [email protected]

Virginia

Elizabeth Moore
Department of Historic Resources
Phone: (804) 482-6446  
Email: [email protected]

Bernard Means
Virtual Curation Lab
Virginia Commonwealth University
Phone: 804-827-1985
Fax: 804-828-0127
Email: [email protected]

Washington

Jason B. Cooper
Cultural Resources Lead
Northwest Region Environmental Office
Phone: 206-487-0604
Email: [email protected]

West Virginia

Megan E. Leight
Teaching Assistant Professor of Art History
West Virginia University
Phone: 304-293-8370
Email: [email protected]

Olivia A. Jones
West Virginia University
Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex
Phone: 304-843-4128
Email: [email protected]

Wisconsin

Bonnie L. Jancik
Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Phone: 608-785-6473
Fax: 608-785-6474
Email: [email protected]

Wyoming

Gwendolyn R. Kristie
Chief of Planning and Historic Context Development
Phone: 
307-766-5366
Email:
 [email protected]

Spencer R. Pelton

Wyoming State Archaeologist
Phone: 307-766-5564
Email: [email protected]

Canada

British Columbia

Emily Wilkerson
Golder Associates Ltd.
Vancouver, BC
Phone: 604-379-7214
Email: [email protected]

Ontario

Rachel Kulick
University of Toronto
Email: [email protected]

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The National Historic Preservation Act

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Be an Archaeology Education Coordinator

If you are an SAA member interested in serving as your area's Archaeology Education Coordinator, please contact [email protected].

SAA Education and Outreach Awards

SAA gives out several archaeology education and outreach-related awards each year: the Distinguished Achievement in Public Archaeology Award, the Excellence in Public Archaeology Programming Award, the Outstanding Public Archaeology Initiative Award, the Binford Family Award for Teaching Scientific Reasoning in Archaeology, the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology Award for Archaeology And Education. Learn more about these awards, nominate a worthy individual or project, and view the past honorees!


Archaeology Education Newsletter Archive
1990-Present

SAA's archaeology education newsletter started as the Public Education Committee's print newsletter Archaeology & Public Education (A&PE). Running from 1990 to 1998, it featured news, events, and K-12 lesson plans aimed at expanding awareness of archaeology and heritage issues. It switched to a web format from 2000 to 2004. After a hiatus, it returned as Public Archaeology Notes (PAN) in 2016, managed by SAA's Archaeology Education Coordinators as a way to share news across regions.

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State Archaeology Celebration Poster Contest

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Everyone can enjoy and learn from these events. See SAA's Continuing Education playlist on YouTube for publicly-available recordings of past lectures.

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Download the SAA Principles of Archaeological Ethics

In 1996, the SAA Executive Board adopted its Principles of Archaeological Ethics, and in 2016, membership voted to add a Principle No. 9. In 2018, the SAA Board created a series of task forces which culminated in a 2024 update to the Principles, which were adopted overwhelmingly by members on the January 2024 ballot. Download the most current SAA Principles of Archaeological Ethics [PDF 183 KB] to print or use for classrooms or training.