CARI Researchers

Supervisory Personnel / Principal Investigators (PIs)

Mark Aldenderfer


Professor of Anthropology
Dean of the School of Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts
University of California Merced, CA

Elizabeth N. Arkush


Professor of Anthropology
University of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA

Cecilia Chavez Justo, Lic.


Independent archaeologist/ceramic specialist
Puno, Peru

Edmundo de la Vega, Lic.


Professor of Anthropology
Universidad Nacional del AltiplanoPuno, Peru

Randall Haas


Assistant Professor of Anthropology
University of Wyoming

Sarah Kennedy


Postdoctoral Fellow in Archaeology
Carleton CollegeNorthfield, MN

Nathaniel Kitchel


Postdoctoral Fellow in Anthropology
University of DartmouthHanover, NH

Elizabeth A. Klarich


Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

Cynthia Klink


Adjunct Faculty, Department of Anthropology
SUNYOneonta, NY

BrieAnna Langlie


Associate Professor of Anthropology
Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY

Karl La Favre


Research Associate
University of CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA

Abigail R. Levine


Post-Doctoral Fellow
University of CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA

Cristina Moya


Assistant Professor of Anthropology
University of CaliforniaDavis, CA

Aimee M. Plourde


Honorary Postdoctoral Research Associate
University of SheffieldSheffield, UK

Carol A. Schutze


Principal Investigator for Cultural Resources in the Western US
WestLand Resources Inc.

Benjamin Smith 


Associate Professor of Human Development
Sonoma State UniversityRoehnert Park, CA

Charles S. Stanish


Director
Institute for the Advanced Study of Culture and the Environment
Professor of Anthropology
University of South FloridaTampa, FL
Member, National Academy of Sciences (elected 2010)

Matt Velasco


Assistant Professor of  Anthropology
Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY

Researchers / Graduate Students

Erika M. Brant


Doctoral Student, University of Virginia
Committee chair: Steven Plog
Topic: Archaeology of the Late Intermediate Period in the Lake Titicaca Basin. The Role of Ancestor Veneration in the Centralization of Political Power.

Ryan Smith


Doctoral Student, University of Pittsburgh
Committee chair: Elizabeth Arkush
Topic: Exchange and Interaction in the late pre-Hispanic Titicaca Basin.