ACADEMIC TRAINING
      Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Arizona, 1983
           Dissertation Title: Patterns of Alcohol Consumption Among Irish Americans and Jewish-Americans:   Contributions from Archaeology.
      M.A., Anthropology, University of Arizona, 1979
      B.A., Anthropology, City College of New York, 1976

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

      Historical archaeology, urban archaeology, ethnic relations, frontier studies, human evolution.

EMPLOYMENT: POSITIONS PRESENTLY HELD

Associate Professor

      Department of Sociology and Anthropology
           New Mexico State University  
                Since 1991

Consulting Historical Archaeologist

      New Mexico Heritage Center
           New Mexico State University
                Since 1985

Curator of Historical Archaeology

      University Museum  
           New Mexico State University
                Since 1985

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT

Assistant Professor

      Department of Sociology and Anthropology
           New Mexico State University
                1985-1991

Senior Research Archaeologist

      Cultural Resources Management Division
           New Mexico State University
                1983-1985

Research Associate

      Bureau of Ethnic Research
           University of Arizona
                1979-1980

Archaeologist

      Bureau of Land Management
           Phoenix District Office
                1979

HONORS AND AWARDS

      Elected to the Honor Role for University Teaching. Associated Students of  New Mexico State University, 1991

      Elected to the Honor Role for University Teaching. Associated Students of New Mexico State University, 1990

      Nominee for the Burlington-Northern Award For Outstanding University Teaching, New Mexico State University, 1986

      The University of Arizona Foundation Award for Meritorious Performance in Teaching, University of Arizona, 1982

Educational Fund for Archaeology Scholarship, University of Arizona, 1981

Leopold Schepp Foundation Scholarship, 1977-1979

Phi Beta Kappa, Since 1976

First in academic standing at graduation, class of 1976, The City College of New York, 1976

Ward Medal for most outstanding graduate in anthropology, The City College of New York, 1976

New York State Regents Scholarship, 1971-1976


GRANTS AND OTHER FUNDING

Additional Analysis and Write-Up of Paraje San Diego Excavations.

Sponsor: Bureau of Land Management.

Amount Granted: $5,000.00

Date Granted: 8/94

Archaeological Testing and Excavations at Paraje San Diego (including analysis and write-up).

Sponsor: Bureau of Land Management.

Amount Granted: $13,000.00

Date Granted: 1/94

Faces on Fossils: The Reconstruction of Human Ancestors (with P. Miles et al.).

Sponsor: New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities.

Amount Granted: $5,935.00 (+ $9,394.22 in-kind matching -- total = $15,329.22)

Date Granted: 7/93

Archaeological Excavations at Fort Cummings (final report preparation).

Sponsor: Bureau of Land Management.

Amount Granted: $4,000.00

Date Granted: 2/93

Archaeological Excavations at Fort Cummings (including analysis and write-up).

Sponsor: Bureau of Land Management.

Amount Granted: $6,000.00

Date Granted: 10/91

Archaeological Testing at the Fort Cummings Corral.

Sponsor: Bureau of Land Management.

Amount Granted: $2,100.00

Date Granted: 2/91

Archaeological Excavations at Fort Cummings (continued).

Sponsor: Bureau of Land Management.

Amount Granted: $4,000.00

Date Granted: 8/90

Archaeological Excavations at Fort Cummings (continued).

Sponsor: Bureau of Land Management.

Amount Granted: $4,000.00

Date Granted: 10/89

Analysis and Write-Up of Fort Cummings Excavations.

Sponsor: Bureau of Land Management.

Amount Granted: $4,000.00

Date Granted: 10/88

Archaeological Excavations at Fort Cummings.

Sponsor: Bureau of Land Management.

Amount Granted: $4,000.00

Date Granted: 10/88

El Pueblo de Dona Ana: Preserving the Past, Facing the Future (with A. Wiget and J. Brown).

Sponsor: The New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities.

Amount Granted: $1,440.00

Date Granted: 1/88

The Way We Were: Everyday Life in Southern New Mexico on the Eve of Statehood (with A. Wiget and J. Brown).

Sponsor: The New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities.

Amount Granted: $8,941.00

Date Granted: 11/86

A Proposal for Establishing The New Mexico Heritage Center at New Mexico State University (with A. Wiget and J. Brown).

Sponsor: New Mexico State University Arts and Sciences Research Center.

Amount Granted: $5,000.00

Date Granted: 1/86

PUBLICATIONS: BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS

Edward Staski n.d. Archaeology. West Publishing Company, St. Paul, MN.

Edward Staski n.d. Archaeology at the Paraje de San Diego, Southern New Mexico. Bureau of Land Management Cultural Resources Series No. , Santa Fe, NM.

Edward Staski 1995 Research on the American West: Archaeology at Forts Cummings and Fillmore. Bureau of Land Management Cultural Resources Series No. 12, Santa Fe, NM.

Edward Staski and Jon Marks 1992 Evolutionary Anthropology. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Fort Worth, TX.

Edward Staski and Livingston D. Sutro (editors) 1991 The Ethnoarchaeology of Refuse Disposal. Anthropological Research Papers No. 42, Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

Edward Staski (editor) 1987 Living in Cities: Current Research in Urban Archaeology. Special Publication No. 5 of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

Edward Staski 1985 Beneath the Border City, Volume Two: The Overseas Chinese in El Paso. New Mexico State University, University Museum Occasional Papers No. 13, Las Cruces, NM.

Edward Staski 1984 Beneath the Border City, Volume One: Urban Archaeology in Downtown El Paso. New Mexico State University, University Museum Occasional Papers No. 12, Las Cruces, NM.

Edward Staski (editor) 1981 Bottles on the Western Frontier, by Rex L. Wilson. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ.

PUBLICATONS: ARTICLES

Edward Staski and Joanne M. Reiter 1996 Status and Adobe Quality at Fort Fillmore, New Mexico: Old Questions, New Techniques. Historical Archaeology 30(3):1-19.

Mark J. Ennes and Edward Staski 1995 Archaeology and the Study of Assimilation: Some Suggestions and a Case Study. North American Archaeologist 16(4):303-316.

Edward Staski and Paul S. Johnston 1992 Munition Artifacts from Fort Fillmore, New Mexico Historical Archaeology 26(2):66-73.

Edward Staski 1990 Studies of Ethnicity in North American Historical Archaeology. North American Archaeologist 11(2):121-145.

Edward Staski 1990 Site Formation Processes at Fort Fillmore, New Mexico: First Interpretations. Historical Archaeology 24(3):79-90.

Edward Staski 1989 Surface and Subsurface Patterns of Archaeological Materials at Fort Fillmore, New Mexico. North American Archaeologist 10(3):205-225.

Jon Marks and Edward Staski 1988 Individuals and the Evolution of Biological and Cultural Systems. Human Evolution 3(3):147-161.

Edward Staski 1987 The Border at El Paso: Mexican and Anglo Interactions During the Early History of an Urban Center. Journal of Borderlands Studies 2(1):37-58.

Edward Staski and Richard Wilk 1985 La Cultura Material de Areas Marginales y Gente Pobre: Un Caso del Distrito de Toledo, Belice. Revista Mexicana De Estudios Antropologicos 31:155-162.

Edward Staski 1984 Just What Can a 19th Century Bottle Tell Us Historical Archaeology 18(1):38-51.

Jon Marks and Edward Staski 1983 Anthropology and Cultural Transmission: Reply to Cavalli-Sforza et al. Nature 304(5922):124.

Jon Marks, Edward Staski, and Michael B. Schiffer 1983 Cultural Evolution: A Return to the Basics. Nature 302(5903):15-16.

John M. Andresen, Brian F. Byrd, Mark D. Elson, Randall H. McGuire, Ruben G. Mendoza, Edward Staski, and J. Peter White 1981 The Deer Hunters: Star Carr Reconsidered. World Archaeology 13(1):31-46.

PUBLICATIONS: CHAPTERS IN BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS

Edward Staski n.d. Asian American Studies in Historical Archaeology. In International Handbook of Historical Archaeology, edited by C. Orser and T. Majewski, pp. . Plenum Press, New York.

Edward Staski 1996 The Overseas Chinese in El Paso: Changing Goals, Changing Realities. In Images of the Recent Past: Readings in Historical Archaeology, edited by C. Orser, pp. 166-190. Altamira Press/Sage Publications, Newbury Park, CA.

Edward Staski 1996 Formation Processes at Archaeological Sites. In Archaeological Method and Theory: An Encyclopedia, edited by L. Ellis, pp. . Garland Publishing, New York, NY.

Kenneth Faunce and Edward Staski 1995 Archaeological Evidence for Social Problems at Frontier Military Outposts: The Case of Fort Cummings. In Proceedings of the Seventh Jornada Mogollon Conference. Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico.

Edward Staski 1993 Archaeological Investigations at Fort Cummings, New Mexico. In Interpreting the Past: Research with Public Participation, edited by L. Jacobson, J. Piper, pp. 73-85. Bureau of Land Management Cultural Resources Series No. 10, Santa Fe, NM.

Edward Staski 1993 The Overseas Chinese in El Paso: Changing Goals, Changing Realities. In Hidden Heritage: Historical Archaeology of the Overseas Chinese, edited by P. Wegars, pp. 125-149. Baywood Publishing Company, Amityville, New York.

Edward Staski 1992 Material Exhibits of the Past, and Present-Day Reality: Popular Views of What Was and What Is. In Occasional Papers in Applied Archaeology No. 2, edited by D.C. Comer, pp. . The American University, Washington DC, and the National Park Service Applied Archaeology Center, Rockville, Maryland.

Edward Staski 1991 Surface-Subsurface Relationships within Anasazi Sites on the North Lease of McKinley Mine. In Archaeology on the McKinley Mine: North Lease, compiled and edited by B. Kauffman, pp. 13.1-24. Center for Anthropological Research, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM.

Edward Staski 1991 Just What Can a 19th Century Bottle Tell Us? In Approaches to Material Culture Research for Historical Archaeologists, compiled by G.L. Miller, O.R. Jones, L.A. Ross, and T. Majewski, pp. 127-140. The Society for Historical Archaeology.

Edward Staski and Livingston D. Sutro 1991 The Ethnoarchaeology of Refuse Disposal: Current Research and Future Prospects. In The Ethnoarchaeology of Refuse Disposal, edited by E. Staski and L.D. Sutro, pp. 1-4. Anthropological Research Papers No. 42, Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

Edward Staski 1991 Where and How the Litterbug Bites: Unauthorized Refuse Disposal in Late 19th Century American Cities. In The Ethnoarchaeology of Refuse Disposal, edited by E. Staski and L.D. Sutro, pp. 33-39. Anthropological Research Papers No. 42, Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

Edward Staski 1987 Introduction. In Living in Cities: Current Research in Urban Archaeology, edited by E. Staski, pp. ix-xi. Special Publication No. 5 of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

Edward Staski 1987 Border City, Border Culture: Assimilation and Change in Late 19th Century El Paso. In Living in Cities: Current Research in Urban Archaeology, edited by E. Staski, pp. 48-55. Special Publication No. 5 of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

Edward Staski 1982 Advances in Urban Archaeology. In Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory, Volume 5, edited by M.B. Schiffer, pp. 97-149. Academic Press, New York, NY.

Edward Staski and Randall H. McGuire 1982 Disposition of Archaeological and Ethnographic Collections from Southwestern and West-Central Arizona. In Hohokam and Patayan: Prehistory of Southwestern Arizona, edited by R.H. McGuire and M.B. Schiffer, pp. 505-520. Academic Press, New York, NY.

Michael B. Schiffer and Edward Staski 1982 Radiocarbon Dates from Southern Arizona Pertaining to the Post Archaic Prehistory. In Hohokam and Patayan: Prehistory of Southwestern Arizona, edited by R.H. McGuire and M.B. Schiffer, pp. 521-528. Academic Press, New York, NY.

Edward Staski 1981 Historical Material from Las Colinas. In The 1968 Excavations at Mound 8, Las Colinas Ruins Group, Phoenix, Arizona, edited by L.C. Hammack and A.P. Sullivan, pp. 357-365. Arizona State Museum Archaeological Series No. 154, Tucson, AZ.

Edward Staski 1981 Analysis of Historic Artifacts from Las Colinas. In Report of the Testing of Interstate 10 Corridor, Prehistoric and Historic Archaeological Remains Between Interstate 17 and 30th Drive (Group II, Las Colinas), edited by K.J. Schreiber, C.H. McCarthy, and B.F. Bird, pp. 223-224. Arizona State Museum Archaeological Series No. 156, Tucson, AZ.

PUBLICATIONS: BOOK REVIEWS

Edward Staski 1997 Review of: Culture Change and the New Technology: An Archaeology of the Industrial Era, by Paul A. Shackel. Public Archaeology Review

Edward Staski 1996 Review of: Those of Little Note: Gender, Race, and Class in Historical Archaeology, edited by Elizabeth M. Scott. North Dakota History Summer/Fall:4.

Edward Staski 1992 Review of: Value-Free Science? Purity and Power in Modern Knowledge, by Robert N. Proctor. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 88(2):267-268.

Edward Staski 1991 Review of: The Plains of Passage, by Jean M. Auel. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 85(1):117-119.

Edward Staski 1989 Review of: Andalusian Ceramics in Spain and New Spain: A Cultural Register From the Third Century BC to 1700, by Florence C. Lister and Robert H. Lister. American Antiquity 54(4):877-878.

PUBLICATIONS: MANUSCRIPTS AND TECHNICAL REPORTS

Edward Staski 1996 Final Report: Archaeology at the Paraje San Diego, Southern New Mexico. Report submitted to the Bureau of Land Management, Santa Fe State Office.

Christy S. Comer, Edward Staski, and Pete Eidenbach 1996 Oliver Lee Dog Canyon Ranch, LA 505102: Archaeology Fieldschool Proposal and Research Design. Report Submitted to the National Park Service, White Sands National Monument, and New Mexico State Parks, Santa Fe, NM.

Edward Staski 1995 Data Recovery Report, Archaeological Investigations at the Paraje San Diego Site, Southern New Mexico. Report submitted to the Bureau of Land Management, Las Cruces District Office, Las Cruces, NM.

Edward Staski 1994 Status Report, Archaeological Investigations at the Paraje San Diego Site, Southern New Mexico. Report submitted to the Bureau of Land Management, Las Cruces District Office, and the Office of Cultural Affairs, Historic Preservation Division, Santa Fe, NM.

Edward Staski 1994 Summary of 1994 Field Investigations at the Paraje San Diego Site, Southern New Mexico. Report submitted to the Bureau of Land Management, Albuquerque District Office, Albuquerque, NM.

Edward Staski 1994 Recovery Plan for Archaeological Investigations at the Paraje San Diego Site, Southern New Mexico, 1994. Report submitted to the Bureau of Land Management, Las Cruces District Office, Las Cruces, and the Office of Cultural Affairs, Historic Preservation Division, Santa Fe, NM.

Edward Staski 1993 Project Plan: 1994 Archaeological Field School, Paraje San Diego, New Mexico. Report submitted to the Bureau of Land Management, Albuquerque District Office, Albuquerque, NM.

Edward Staski 1993 Documentary Assessment of the Archaeological Research Potential of an eastern portion of San Jacinto Plaza, El Paso, Texas. Report submitted to Batcho and Kauffman, Associates, Las Cruces, NM.

Edward Staski 1992 Further Documentary Assessment, Archaeological Research Potential of the Proposed Location for the Insights Science Museum, El Paso, Texas. Report submitted to Batcho and Kauffman, Associates, Las Cruces, NM.

Edward Staski 1992 Documentary Assessment of the Archaeological Research Potential of the Proposed Location for the Insights Science Museum, El Paso, Texas. Report submitted to Batcho and Kauffman Associates, Las Cruces, NM.

Kenneth Faunce, Dayna Potter, and Edward Staski 1992 Archaeological Testing, Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria Church, Dona Ana, New Mexico. Report on file, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM.

Dayna Potter, Kenneth Faunce, and Edward Staski 1991 Burial 1: Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria Church, Dona Ana, New Mexico. Report submitted to the New Mexico Community Foundation, Santa Fe, NM.

Edward Staski 1991 Season Report, 1990 Excavations and Analyses, Fort Cummings, Southwestern New Mexico. Report submitted to the Bureau of Land Management, Las Cruces District Office, Las Cruces, NM.

Kenneth Faunce and Edward Staski 1990 Salvage Archaeology at the Cristo Rey Site, Dona Ana, Southern New Mexico. Report on file, The New Mexico Heritage Center, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM.

Edward Staski 1990 Season Report, 1989 Excavations and Analyses, Fort Cummings, Southwestern New Mexico. Report submitted to the Bureau of Land Management, Las Cruces District Office, Las Cruces, NM.

Edward Staski 1989 Status Report, 1989 Excavations at Fort Cummings, Southwestern New Mexico. Report submitted to the Bureau of Land Management, Las Cruces District Office, Las Cruces, NM.

Edward Staski 1989 A Research Design for the Archaeological Excavation of Fort Cummings, Southwestern New Mexico. Report submitted to the Bureau of Land Management, Las Cruces District Office, Las Cruces, NM.

Deren Hansen, Richard Powder, and Edward Staski 1988 Notes on Archaeological Testing at the Taylor House, Mesilla, New Mexico. Report submitted to the landowner. On file, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM.

David Batcho, Edward Beene, David L. Carlson, David Carmichael, Fred Plog, Joe Schuldenrein, Edward Staski, and Kenneth Tapman 1986 Cultural Resources Plan, East Texas. Report prepared for Celeron/All-American Pipeline Company, by the Cultural Resources Management Division of New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM.

David Batcho, Edward Beene, David L. Carlson, David Carmichael, Fred Plog, Joe Schuldenrein, Edward Staski, and Kenneth Tapman 1985 Cultural Resources Plan, State of Texas. Report prepared for Celeron/All-American Pipeline Company, by the Cultural Resources Management Division of New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM.

David Batcho, Edward Beene, David L. Carlson, David Carmichael, Margaret Lyneis, Fred Plog, Joe Schuldenrein, Edward Staski, and Kenneth Tapman 1985 Cultural Resources Plan, State of New Mexico. Report prepared for Celeron/All-American Pipeline Company, by the Cultural Resources Management Division of New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM.

David Batcho, Edward Beene, David L. Carlson, David Carmichael, Margaret Lyneis, Fred Plog, Joe Schuldenrein, Edward Staski, and Kenneth Tapman 1985 Cultural Resources Plan, State of Arizona. Report prepared for Celeron/All-American Pipeline Company, by the Cultural Resources Mangement Division of New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM.

David Batcho, Edward Beene, David L. Carlson, David Carmichael, Margaret Lyneis, Fred Plog, Joe Schuldenrein, Pandora Snethkamp, Edward Staski, and Kenneth Tapman 1985 Cultural Resources Plan, State of California. Report prepared for Celeron/All-American Pipeline Company, by the Cultural Resources Management Division of New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM.

Edward Staski 1984 An Archaeological Assessment of the Proposed New Hotel Location Adjacent to City Hall, El Paso, Texas. Report prepared for the City of El Paso, by the Cultural Resources Management Division of New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM.

Edward Staski 1984 Archaeological Testing at the Cortez Parking Lot Site, El Paso, Texas. Report prepared for the City of El Paso, by the Cultural Resources Management Division of New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM.

Edward Staski 1984 Archaeological Testing of the Jacque's Bar Site, El Paso, Texas. Report prepared for the City of El Paso, by the Cultural Resources Management Division of New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM.

Edward Staski 1983 A Research Design for the Archaeological Mitigation of the Cortez Parking Lot Site. Report prepared for the City of El Paso, by the Cultural Resources Management Division of New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM.

Edward Staski and David Batcho 1983 A Preliminary Report on Archaeological Testing of The Cortez Parking Lot Site, Mills Block 3, West Half. Report prepared for the City of El Paso, by the Cultural Resources Management Division of New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM.

Edward Staski 1983 Specific Comments Regarding Archaeological Testing, Mills Block 16, Lots 87 and 88. Report prepared for the City of El Paso, by the Cultural Resources Management Division of New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM.

Edward Staski 1983 Additional Comments Regarding Archaeological Testing, Mills Block 3, West Half. Report prepared for the City of El Paso, by the Cultural Resources Mangement Division of New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM.

Edward Staski 1983 Specific Comments Regarding Archaeological Testing, Mills Block 3, West Half. Report prepared for the City of El Paso, by the Cultural Resources Management Division of New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM.

Deborah Sick, Edward Staski, and David Batcho 1983 Archaeological Testing of 41EP2370, The Kohlberg Parking Lot Site, El Paso, Texas. Report prepared for the City of El Paso by the Cultural Resources Management Division of New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Member, Board of Trustees, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (appointment by Governor Gary E. Johnson, sponsored by Senator Cynthia Nava, approved and recommended by the New Mexico Senate Rules Committee, confirmed by the New Mexico Senate). Member, Exhibits Committee. Member, Statewide Outreach/Communications Committee, Museum Foundation. Since 1996

Consultant, Archaeo-Associates, Las Cruces, New Mexico. Since 1994

Consultant, Exploration in Human Endeavors, Inc., Las Cruces, New Mexico. Since 1992

Consultant, White Sands Missile Range Museum, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Since 1992

Panalist, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences. Since 1990

Consultant, Batcho and Kauffman Associates, Las Cruces, New Mexico. Since 1989

Member of the Advisory Board, Farm and Ranch Heritage Center, New Mexico State University. Since 1987

Member, Cultural Properties Review Committee, State of New Mexico (appointment by Governor Garrey E. Carruthers). Chair, Archaeology Subcommittee. 1989-1993

Consultant, Mariah Associates, Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico. 1993

Invited to participate in the Citizen Ambassador Program of People-to-People International, in conjunction with the Russian Archaeology Society and the Academy of Sciences, on a tour of archaeological sites and research facilities in the former Soviet Union. 1992

Program Chair, 23rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Tucson. 1990

Nominated to the Board of Directors, Society for Historical Archaeology. 1988

Chair of the symposium "Archaeology of the Western United States," held at the 21st Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Reno. 1988

Chair of the luncheon roundtable "Frontier Forts," held at the 21st Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Reno. 1988

Chair of the symposium "Research in Historic Archaeology and Native Americans," held at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Denver. 1985

Chair of the symposium "Aspects of Analysis," held at the 18th Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Boston. 1985

Co-Organizer of the symposium "The Ethnoarchaeology of Refuse Disposal," (with L.D. Sutro) held at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Portland. 1984

Chair of the symposium "Historic Preservation and Site Stabilization," held at the 16th Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Denver. 1983

Organizer and Chair of the symposium "Urban Archaeology in the United States," held at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Minneapolis. 1982

Reviewer for American Anthropologist, Studies in Archaeological Method and Theory, Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, Historical Archaeology, Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory, American Antiquity, The University of Texas Press, The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc., The National Center for Science Education Inc., The National Register Bulletin of Historical Archaeology, submitted by The Historical Archaeology Working Group, and Glencoe Publishing (textbook division).

Professional Memberships

National Museum Trustee Association, Washington, DC, since 1996

Association of Borderlands Scholars, New Mexico State University, since 1988

Southwestern Mission Research Center, University of Arizona, since 1988

The Center for Social Research, New Mexico State University, since 1986

Society for Historical Archaeology, since 1975

Society for American Archaeology, since 1975

American Anthropological Association, 1975-1986

SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS

Edward Staski 1996 Archaeology at the Paraje San Diego, Southern New Mexico. Paper presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans.

Edward Staski 1994 Paraje San Diego: Archaeology on the Camino Real. Colloquim sponsored by the Research and Symposium Committee, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM.

Edward Staski 1993 Clan of the Cave Bear: Modern, Popular Images of Human Evolution. Paper presented at the program "Faces on Fossils: The Reconstruction of Human Ancestors," sponsored by the New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities and New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM.

Edward Staski 1993 Life at Fort Cummings, Or, Why No One Wants to Go There Even Now. Paper presented at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Kansas City.

Edward Staski 1992 Scientific Method and Human Evolution. Paper presented at the symposium "Social Sciences at the Crossroads," sponsored by the Committee for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM.

Edward Staski 1992 Archaeological Investigations at Fort Cummings, New Mexico. Paper presented at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Pittsburgh.

Edward Staski 1992 Historical Archaeology and the Hispanic Southwest: A Critical Review. Plenary address at the 25th Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Kingston, Jamaica.

Kenneth Faunce and Edward Staski 1992 Social Pathology on the Southwestern Frontier: Archaeological Evidence. Paper presented at the 25th Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Kingston, Jamaica.

Kenneth Faunce and Edward Staski 1991 Archaeological Evidence for Social Problems at Frontier Military Outposts: The Case of Fort Cummings. Paper presented at the 7th Jornada Mogollon Conference, El Paso and Ciudad Juarez.

Edward Staski 1991 The Role of Historical Archaeology in Conserving The Hispanic Southwest. Plenary address at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Richmond.

Edward Staski 1991 Fort Cummings Archaeological Field School. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the New Mexico Historical Society, Las Cruces, NM.

Edward Staski 1989 Archaeological Investigations at Fort Fillmore, New Mexico. Paper presented at the 65th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Las Cruces, NM.

Edward Staski 1989 The Birth of the West: Freedom and Assimilation at Fort Fillmore, New Mexico. Paper presented at the First Joint Archaeological Congress, Baltimore.

Edward Staski 1988 Surface and Subsurface Patterns of Archaeological Materials at Fort Fillmore, New Mexico. Paper presented at the 21st Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Reno, NV.

Edward Staski 1987 The Chinese in El Paso: New Evidence for Assimilation. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Texas Historical Commission. El Paso, TX.

Edward Staski 1986 Decision-Making in Historical Archaeology: Cultural Resources Plans for Clients and the Discipline. Paper presented at the 19th Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Sacramento, CA.

Edward Staski 1985 The Overseas Chinese in El Paso: Archaeological Measures of Assimilation. Paper presented at the 18th Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Boston, MA.

Edward Staski 1984 Where and How the Litterbug Bites: Unauthorized Refuse Disposal in Late 19th Century American Cities. Paper presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Portland, OR.

Edward Staski 1984 The Victorian Boom: Urban Archaeology in the Western United States. Paper presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Williamsburg.

Edward Staski 1983 The Past in the Present: Popular Images of Prehistoric Social Systems. Paper presented at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago, IL.

Edward Staski 1983 Giving the Tourist More than a Tour: Remarks on the Utility of Archaeology in the Modern World. Paper presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Pittsburg, PA.

Edward Staski 1983 Digging Our Own Past: Historical Archaeology of Reconstruction and Stabilization. Paper presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Denver, CO.

Edward Staski 1982 The Use of Alcohol Among Irish-American and Jewish-American Immigrants: The Contributions of Modern Material Culture Studies. Paper presented at the 81st Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Washington.

Edward Staski 1982 Just What Can a 19th Century Bottle Tell You? Archaeological Interpretations of Urban Drinking Behavior. Paper presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Minneapolis.

Edward Staski and Richard Wilk 1981 The Material Culture of Poor People and Marginal Areas: A Case from Toledo District, Belize. Paper presented at the 17th Meeting of the Mexican Society of Anthropology, Chiapas, Mexico.

Edward Staski 1980 The Preservation of Archaeological Materials in Urban Settings. Paper presented at the 13th Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Albuquerque, NM.
Invited to participate in the symposium "Regional Perspectives on Native-Spanish Contact in the U.S. Southwest, A.D. 1500-1700" held at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans. 1996

Invited to participate in the symposium "Beyond Military Buttons and Cartridges: Archaeological Perspectives of Ethnicity, Ideology, and Daily Life in the 'Forts' of North America" held at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Kansas City. 1993

Invited to participate in the symposium "Social Sciences at the Crossroads," sponsored by the Committee for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces. 1992

Invited to participate in the Session "BLM-Sponsored Research in New Mexico" held at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Pittsburgh. 1992

Invited to participate in the Plenary Session "Critiques of Historical Archaeology" held at the 25th Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Kingston, Jamaica. 1992

Invited to participate in the Plenary Session "Is Historical Archaeology White?" held at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Richmond. 1991

Invited to participate in the workshop "A synthesis of Urban Archaeological Research," held at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Savanna. 1987

Invited to participate in the workshop "Digging Up Downtown: The Search for the Public Interest," held in conjunction with the 51st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, by the Advisory Council On Historic Preservation. 1986

Invited to participate in the workshop "Urban Archaeology," held at the 19th Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Sacramento. 1986

Invited to participate in the symposium "Archaeological 'Objectivity' in Interpretation," held at the 11th World Archaeological Congress, Southampton and London. 1986 (Congress boycotted, and symposium cancelled)

ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD WORK

Principal Investigator and Project Director

Paraje San Diego, southern New Mexico (survey and excavation), 5/94-7/94.

Fort Cummings, southwestern New Mexico (excavation), 5/92-7/92.

Leasburg Station, southern New Mexico (survey and excavation), 5/91-7/91.

Fort Cummings, southwestern New Mexico (testing), 5/91.

Fort Cummings, southwestern New Mexico (excavation), 5/90-7/90.

Fort Cummings, southwestern New Mexico (excavation), 5/89-7/89.

The Newton House Site, Las Cruces, New Mexico (excavation), 5/88-7/88.

The Merchant House Site, Dona Ana, New Mexico (excavation), 1/88-5/88.

The Taylor House, Mesilla, New Mexico (excavation), 7/87-8/87.

Fort Fillmore, southern New Mexico (excavation), 5/87-7/87.

Fort Fillmore, southern New Mexico (excavation), 6/86-8/86.

Fort Fillmore, southern New Mexico (excavation), 1/86-5/86.

Co-Principal Investigator and Project Director

Oliver Lee Ranch, southern New Mexico (survey and testing), 5/96-7/96

Fort Fillmore, southern New Mexico (testing), 3/92.

The David Taylor Site, Mesilla, New Mexico (testing), 3/92.

Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria Church, Dona Ana, New Mexico (testing), 11/91.

The Cristo Rey Site, Dona Ana, New Mexico (excavation), 3/90-4/90.

East El Paso, Texas (survey), 12/84.

The City Hall Parking Lot, El Paso, Texas (assessment), 10/84. The Cortez Parking Lot Site, El Paso, Texas (excavation), 1/84-3/84.

Project Director

The Jacque's Bar Site, El Paso, Texas (excavation), 11/83-12/83.

Mills Block 3, West Half, El Paso, Texas (testing), 11/83.

Mills Block 16, Lots 87 and 88, El Paso, Texas (testing), 10/83-11/83.

The Kohlberg Parking Lot Site, El Paso, Texas (excavation), 7/83-9/83.

Consultant

For Geo-Marine Inc. -- Lower Valley, El Paso (testing and mitigation), 11-94-1/95.

For Bureau of Land Management -- Fort Webster (assessment), 5/91.

For Batcho and Kauffman Associates -- west Texas (testing), 11/89.

For Celeron/All-American Pipline Company -- southern Arizona (survey), 7/85.

For New Mexico State University -- The Kohlberg Parking Lot Site, El Paso, Texas (testing), 6/83-7/83.

Assistant Project Director

Tucson Basin (survey), 9/81-6/82

Los Morteros, Tucson Basin (excavation), 8/80-5/81.

Brooklyn Heights, New York (excavation), 2/76-7/76.

Lowell, Massachusetts (excavation), 6/75-8/75.

Lowell, Massachusetts (excavation), 6/74-8/74.


Participant

Poros, Greece (underwater excavation), 6/72-8/72.


UNIVERSITY COURSES DEVELOPED AND TAUGHT

New Mexico State University

Archaeology of the Colonial Southwest (graduate and undergraduate)

Ethnoarchaeology (graduate and undergraduate)

Analytical Archaeology (graduate and undergraduate)

Physical Anthropology (undergraduate)

Human Evolution (graduate and undergraduate)

Archaeology: Search for the Past (honors)

Issues in Anthropological Practice (graduate)

Concepts in Anthropology (graduate)

Anthropological Theory (undergraduate)

Anthropology of the Middle Ages (honors)

Historical Archaeology (graduate and undergraduate)

Historical Archaeology Field School (graduate and undergraduate)

Historical Archaeology Laboratory (graduate and undergraduate)

Industrial Archaeology (undergraduate)

Southwest Prehistory (undergraduate)

Ecological Anthropology (undergraduate)

Culture Change and Technological Innovation (undergraduate)

New World Prehistory (undergraduate)

Introduction to Archaeology (undergraduate)

University of Arizona

Indians of the Southwest (undergraduate)

Introduction to Physical Anthropology and Archaeology (undergraduate)

Introduction to Cultural Anthropology and Linguistics (undergraduate)


UNIVERSITY SERVICE

Graduate Student Degree Committees

Chair: 1 Ph.D. committee with thesis.

Member: 1 Ph.D. committee with thesis.

Chair: 45 Master's committees with thesis.

Member: 41 Master's committees with thesis, 3 without thesis.

Chair: 1 undergraduate honors thesis


College Committees

Chair: Curriculum and Educational Policies Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, 1992-1993.

Member: The College Council, College of Arts and Sciences, 1992-1993.

Member: Curriculum and Educational Policies Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, 1988-1992.

Member: Hazard Communication Program, since Summer, 1988.

Departmental Committees

Chair

Center for Anthropological Research Oversight Committee, 1994

Research and Symposium Committee, 1995; 1987-1988

Anthropology Search Committee, 1995-1996 (two positions); 1986-1987

Member

Executive Committee, 1996-1997; 1994-1996; 1990-1991; 1988-1989

Promotion and Tenure Committee, Since 1991

Anthropology Search Committee, 1995-1996; 1994-1995; 1992-1993; 1990-1991; 1989-1990; 1988-1989; 1987-1988 (two positions)

Outcomes Assessment Committee, 1995-1996

Center for Anthropological Research Advisory Committee, 1988-1994

CRM-Department Liaison Committee, 1986-1988

Research and Symposium Committee, 1994; 1986-1987

Graduate Committee (Director for Anthropology), 1996-1997; 1992-1993; 1990-1991; 1986-1987

Committee for Teaching Improvement, 1985

Other Services

Departmental Faculty Advisor, Graduate Student Organization, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, 1988-1993

Departmental Graduate Student Advisor (Anthropology), Department of Sociology and Anthropology, 1996-1997; 1992-1993; 1990-1991; 1986-1987

Departmental Undergraduate Student Advisor (Anthropology), Department of Sociology and Anthropology, 1995-1996; 1985-1986

General Undergraduate Student Advisor, during registration, College of Arts and Sciences, Since 1985

Board Member, ROTC Institutional Nomination Board for Three Year Scholarships, 1986

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