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Molly Morgan, PhD
Curriculum Vitae
Adjunct Professor
Houston Community College
1550 Foxlake Drive
Houston, TX 77084
[email protected]
Adjunct Instructor
Northeast Lakeview College
Division of Sciences
1201 Kitty Hawk Road
Universal City, TX 78148
[email protected]
Research Associate
University of Texas at San Antonio
Anthropology Department
One UTSA Circle
San Antonio, TX 78249
[email protected]
Education
20062010
Vanderbilt University, PhD in Anthropology, with specialization in Archaeology
Dissertation entitled Fixing Residence: Formative Period Place Making at Chiquiuitan,
Guatemala. Dissertation Advisor Tom D. Dillehay.
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Vanderbilt University, MA in Anthropology, with specialization in Archaeology
19972001
Vanderbilt University, BA in Anthropology and Classical Studies
Teaching Experience
Courses Taught:
2014 to
Houston Community College, Cultural Anthropology, Physical Anthropology
present
and Introduction to Archaeology, Adjunct professor.
2008 to
present
Northeast Lakeview College, San Antonio, Cultural Anthropology and
Introduction to Archaeology, Adjunct professor.
2011,
spring
Texas State University, Graduate Seminar – Archaeological Ceramics
Analysis, adjunct professor.
summers
2011-2013,
2009, 2006
Texas State University, Introduction to Archaeology, Adjunct professor.
Guest Lectures:
2006, fall
Hillsboro High School, Advanced W orld History, Lecture presented on the
topic of Guatemala’s Civil War as part of a course section on Peasant Wars.
Teaching Assistantships: (Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology, Biological Anthropology, Anthropology of Art)
2006, fall
Vanderbilt University, Life, Death, and the Human Body, Prof. Tiffiny Tung.
2005, fall
Vanderbilt University, Introduction to Anthropology, Prof. Norbert Ross.
2005, spring
Vanderbilt University, Introduction to Anthropology, Prof. Edward F. Fisher.
2004, fall
Vanderbilt University, Images of Culture, Prof. Annabeth Headrick.
2003, fall
Vanderbilt University, Images of Culture, Prof. Annabeth Headrick.
2002, fall
Vanderbilt University, Rise and Fall of Civilizations, Prof. John Janusek.
2001, fall
Vanderbilt University, Rise and Fall of Civilizations, Prof. Francisco Estrada
Belli.
Publications and Professional Papers
2014
Jon C. Lohse, Karla Cardona, Tom Williams, Victoria Smith, Jason Curtis, Mark
Brenner, and Molly Morgan. Del Preclasico al Posclasico: datos ambientales del Lago de
Amatitlan. Paper presented at the XXVIII Simposio de Investigaciones
Arqueologicas en Guatemala, 2014.
2014
Molly Morgan, Jon C. Lohse, Karla Cardona, Charles Frederick, Mark Brenner, and
Jason Curtis. Resultados Preliminares de la Temporada 2011-2012 del Proyecto de
Reconocimiento de Sitios Tempranos en la Ladera Occidental de Guatemala.
XXVII Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueologicas en Guatemala, edited by Barbara Arroyo,
Luis Mendez Salinas, and Andrea Rojas, pp. 589-602.
2013
Antonio Padilla, Molly Morgan, and Kerry Sagabiel. Enduring the Collapse:
Postclassic Occupation at Akab Muclil. In Classic Maya Political Ecology: Agrarian
Resource Management,Political Change, and Class Histories in Upper Northwestern Belize,
edited by Jon C. Lohse. Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, UCLA.
2012
Lohse, Jon, Molly Morgan, Karla Cardona, Charles Frederick, David M. Yelacic,
Mark Brenner, Jason Curtis, James E. Barrera, Antonio E. Padilla, Eduardo
Bustamante, Julio Cotom, and Mónica Cortave. Informe de los Resultados Preliminares de
la Temporada 2011-2012 del Reconocimiento Geo-arqueológico de Sitios Paleoindios, Arcaicos, y
del Formativo Temprano de la Ladera Occidental de Guatemala. Report submitted to the
Instituto de Antropología e Historia. Guatemala.
2011
Molly Morgan. Early Formative Transitions in Settlement and Subsistence at
Chiquiuitan, Guatemala. In Early Mesoamerican Social Transformations: Archaic and
Formative Lifeways in the Soconusco Region, edited by Richard G. Lesure, pp.191-216.
University of California Press, Berkeley.
2010
Molly Morgan. Fixing Residence: Formative Period Place Making at Chiquiuitan, Guatemala.
Doctoral Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, Vanderbilt University.
2010
Brigitte Kovacevich, Molly Morgan, Hector Neff, and Oswaldo Chinchilla. The Use
of Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) on
Obsidian Microdebitage: Case Studies from Chiquiuitan and El Baúl, Guatemala.
SAS Bulletin: The Newsletter of the Society of Archaeological Studies 33(1):2-5.
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2009
Molly Morgan, Brigitte Kovacevich, Hector Neff, Oswaldo Chinchilla, Rafael
Castillo, y Judith Valle. El use de LA-ICP-MS en microdesechos de obsidiana:
Estudio de los casos de Chiquiuitan y El Baúl. XXIII Simposio de Investigaciones
Arqueologicas en Guatemala, edited by Barbara Arroyo, Hector L. Escobedo, Dora
Guerra de Gonzalez, Olga de Hazard, Juan Pedro Laporte, and Zoila Rodriguez
Giron, pp. 859-872.
2009
Molly Morgan. Introduction: The Wilson Family and the History of the Wilson
Pottery Sites. In Archaeological Research at the Wilson-Durham-Chandler Site, edited by
Molly Morgan, pp.13-18. Archaeological Studies Report No. 16. Center for
Archaeological Research, Texas State University.
2009
Richard Kinz and Molly Morgan. Kiln Excavations. In Archaeological Research at the
Wilson-Durham-Chandler Site, edited by Molly Morgan, pp.19-24. Archaeological
Studies Report No. 16. Center for Archaeological Research, Texas State University.
2009
Molly Morgan and Jon C. Lohse. Kiln Conservation. In Archaeological Research at the
Wilson-Durham-Chandler Site, edited by Molly Morgan, pp.25-30. Archaeological
Studies Report No. 16. Center for Archaeological Research, Texas State University.
2009
Molly Morgan. Wilson Pottery. In Archaeological Research at the Wilson-DurhamChandler Site, edited by Molly Morgan, pp.32-37. Archaeological Studies Report No.
16. Center for Archaeological Research, Texas State University.
2009
Molly Morgan. Conclusions: A Social Role for Archaeology in the Future of the
Wilson Pottery Sites. In Archaeological Research at the Wilson-Durham-Chandler Site,
edited by Molly Morgan, pp.43-48. Archaeological Studies Report No. 16. Center
for Archaeological Research, Texas State University.
2009
Molly Morgan, editor. Archaeological Research at the Wilson-Durham-Chandler Site.
Archaeological Studies Report No. 16. Center for Archaeological Research, Texas
State University.
2009
Brigitte Kovacevich, Molly Morgan, Hector Neff, Oswaldo Chinchilla, and Rafael
Castillo. The Use of Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry
(LA-ICP-MS) on Obsidian Microdebitage: Case Studies from Chiquiuitan and El
Baúl. Paper presented at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Society for American
Archaeology, Atlanta.
2009
Lohse, Jon C., James I. Mead, Charles D. Frederick, Lorena Paiz, and Molly
Morgan. Preliminary Results from the 2009 Season of Multidisciplinary Research at
Chivacabe, Guatemala. Poster presented at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Society
for American Archaeology, Atlanta.
2008
Molly Morgan, Brigitte Kovacevich, Hector Neff, Oswaldo Chinchilla, Rafael
Castillo, and Judith Valle. El uso de LA-ICP-MS en Microdesechos de Obsidiana:
Estudio de casos Chiquiuitan y El Baúl. Paper presented at the XXII Simposio de
Investigaciones Arqueológicas, Guatemala.
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2008
Molly Morgan, Jon C. Lohse, and Jamie Awe. Preceramic Occupations in Western
Belize and Implications for Early Maya Development in the Belize River Valley.
Paper presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American
Archaeology, Vancouver, BC.
2008
Molly Morgan. Investigations at Chiquiuitan Guatemala. Paper presented at the
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Seminar at UCLA on Sociopolitical Transformation
in Early Mesoamerica: Archaic to Formative in the Soconusco Region.
2007
Molly Morgan and Judith Valle. Proyecto Arqueológico Chiquiuitan, Las
Conclusiones de la Temporada 2007, Informe Final de Temporada 2007. Presented to
the Department of Monumentos Prehispánicos y Coloniales, Instituto de
Antropología e Historia de Guatemala.
2007
Molly Morgan and Judith Valle. La Evidencia para la Ocupación Formativa
Temprana del Sitio Chiquiuitan, Santa Rosa, Guatemala. Utz’ib 4(2):14-17.
Asociación Tikal, Guatemala.
2007
Antonio E. Padilla, Molly Morgan, and Jon Lohse. Investigations of Akab Muclil: A
Hinterland Settlement in Northwestern Belize. Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology
4:221-230.
2007
Molly Morgan, Judith Valle, and Francisco Estrada-Belli. Las Conclusiones del
Proyecto Arqueológico Chiquiuitan. Paper presented at the XXI Simposio de
Investigaciones Arqueológicas, Guatemala.
2007
Molly Morgan. Advances in Formative Period Household Archaeology in
Mesoamerica. Paper presented at the 72nd Society for American Archaeology
conferences, Austin.
2006
Antonio E. Padilla, Molly Morgan, and Jon C. Lohse. Investigations at Akab Muclil,
a Late Hinterland Settlement in Northwestern Belize. Paper presented at the 71st
Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Puerto Rico.
2006
Molly Morgan and Judith Valle. Proyecto Arqueológico Chiquiuitan,
Investigaciones de una Sociedad Compleja en el Periodo Formativo Temprano en la
Costa Sur de Guatemala, Informe Final de Temporada 2006. Presented to the
Department of Monumentos Prehispánicos y Coloniales, Instituto de Antropología
e Historia de Guatemala.
2005
Michael Love, Julia Guernsey, Sheryl Carcuz and Molly Morgan. El Monumento 3
de La Blanca, San Marcos: Una escultura en tierra y barro del Preclasico Medio.
Paper presented at the XIX Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas,
Guatemala.
2004
Molly Morgan and Jeremy R. Bauer. Preclassic Maya Ritual, Architecture and Elite
Transformations: New evidence from Cival, Peten, Guatemala. Paper presented at
the 69th Society for American Archaeology conferences, Montreal.
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2003
Estrada-Belli, Francisco, Judith Valle, Chris Hewitson, Marc Wolf, Jeremy Bauer,
Molly Morgan, Juan Carlos Perez, James Doyle, Edy Barrios, Angel Chavez, Nina
Neivens. Teledetección, Patrón de Asentamiento e Historia en Holmul, Peten.
Paper presented at the XVII Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicos,
Guatemala.
2003
Fowler, William R. and Molly Morgan. Introduction to Special Section: Papers in
Honor of T. Patrick Culbert. Ancient Mesoamerica 14(1):47-48.
2003
Estrada-Belli, Francisco, Jeremy Bauer, Molly Morgan, and Angel Chavez. Symbols
of Early Maya Kingship and Cival, Peten, Guatemala. Antiquity, Project Gallery
77:298.
2002
Fowler, William R. and Molly Morgan. Introduction to Special Section: Historical
Climatology in the Maya Area. Ancient Mesoamerica 13(1):265.
Grants, Fellowships, and Awards
2013
National Science Foundation grant for $43,950. Proposal entitled Understanding
Climate Change and Environmental Transition: Analyses of Sediment Core
Materials from the Sesecapa Lagoon, Pacific coastal Guatemala, PI Molly Morgan.
2011
National Geographic Society / Waitt Grants Program grant number W191-11 for
$13, 950 to support Geoarchaeological Reconaissance for Paleoindian, Archaic, and
Early Formative Settlements on Guatemala’s Western Slope, directed by Jon C.
Lohse and Molly Morgan.
2009
National Science Foundation dissertation enhancement grant. $9,375.
2008
California State University at Long Beach. Visiting Researcher Program of the
Institute for Integrated Research in Materials, Environments, and Societies. $2,000.
2008
Vanderbilt University Conference Travel Grant. Domestic Travel Grant. $500.
2007
Vanderbilt University Conference Travel Grant. International Travel Grant.
$1,000.
2007
Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc. Research Grant.
$4,020.
2007
Vanderbilt University Graduate School Dissertation Enhancement Grant. $1,785.
2006
Institute of International Education’s William J. Fulbright Foreign Scholarship –
Fulbright grant for research in Guatemala. $18,000.
2006
New World Archaeological Foundation Aid for AMS Radiocarbon Dating. $1,835.
2005
Arthur M. Sackler Colloquia of the National Academy of Sciences Travel Award for
Early Cities: New Perspectives on Pre-Industrial Urbanism. $150.
2004
Vanderbilt University Conference Travel Grant. International Travel Grant. $1,000.
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2004
Vanderbilt University Arts and Sciences Summer Research Grant. $4,000.
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Vanderbilt University, Department of Anthropology Teaching Assistant Fellowship.
Collegiate Service
20082013
Anthropology Club, Recognized Student Organization, Northeast Lakeview,
Faculty Sponsor. Advisor and mentor to students in club regarding learning
activities outside of the classroom (travel, internships, volunteer opportunities, etc).
20122013
History and Heritage Committee, Northeast Lakeview, Time Capsule
Subcommittee. Committee work involved participation with students, faculty, and
staff in planning and implementing the dedication of a time capsule by the College.
Archaeology Experience
2013present
Understanding Climate Change and Environmental Transition: Analyses of
Sediment Core Materials from the Sesecapa Lagoon, Pacific coastal
Guatemala, Project Director.
20112013
Reconocimiento Geoarqueológico para Asentamientos Paleoindios, Arcaicos,
y del Formativo Temprano en Ladera Occidental de Guatemala, Co-Director.
2009
Proyecto Arqueologico y Paleontologico Chivacabe, Project Archaeologist.
20082009
Center for Archaeological Studies, Project Archaeologist.
2008
Institute for Integrated Research in Materials, Environments, and Societies,
California State University at Long Beach. Visiting Researcher for LA-ICP-MS
study on obsidian microdebitage.
20062009
Proyecto Arqueológico Chiquiuitán, Project Director.
2005,
summer
Maya Research Program, Blue Creek Regional Political Ecology Project, Site
supervisor.
20022004
Ancient M esoamerica Archaeology Journal, Managing Editor.
2004,
spring
Archaeology Project at La Blanca, Excavator.
2004,
summer
Ceramic Analysis, Assistant Analyst for Dr. Barbara Arroyo.
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2003,
spring and
summer
Holmul Archaeology Project, Excavator.
20002002
Ancient M esoamerica Archaeology Journal, Editorial Assistant.
2002,
spring
Projecto Arqueológico Cancuen, Excavator.
2002,
summer
Maya Research Program, Blue Creek Regional Political Ecology Project, Lab
Director.
2001,
summer
Maya Research Program, Blue Creek Regional Political Ecology Project,
Volunteer.
2001,
summer
Holmul Archaeology Project, Excavator.
1999,
summer
Virgin River Anasazi Project, Student participant in the University of
Southern Utah’s archaeological field school.
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