Education
Ph.D. Anthropology, Arizona State University, 2010
Dissertation: Human Vulnerability to Climatic Dry Periods in the Prehistoric U.S.Southwest
Committee: Margaret Nelson (Chair), David Abbott, Keith Kintigh, Ann Kinzig, Charles Redman
M.A. Anthropology, Arizona State University, 2004
Thesis: Streamflow and Population Change in the Lower Salt River Valleyof Central Arizona, ca. A.D. 775
to 1450
M.A. Political Science, Oklahoma State University, 1984
Thesis: Congressional Environmental Voting: An Analysis of the Impact of Partisanship, Ideology, and
Constituency Characteristics
B.S. Political Science (with Honors), Oklahoma State University, 1982
Dissertation: Human Vulnerability to Climatic Dry Periods in the Prehistoric U.S.Southwest
Committee: Margaret Nelson (Chair), David Abbott, Keith Kintigh, Ann Kinzig, Charles Redman
M.A. Anthropology, Arizona State University, 2004
Thesis: Streamflow and Population Change in the Lower Salt River Valleyof Central Arizona, ca. A.D. 775
to 1450
M.A. Political Science, Oklahoma State University, 1984
Thesis: Congressional Environmental Voting: An Analysis of the Impact of Partisanship, Ideology, and
Constituency Characteristics
B.S. Political Science (with Honors), Oklahoma State University, 1982