Advancing excellence through faculty diversity

Adela Amaral

Education:

B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, Anthropology and History; M.A., The University of Chicago, Anthropology; Ph.D., The University of Chicago, Anthropology

Dissertation:

The Archeology of a Maroon Reduccion: Colonial Beginnings to Present-day Ruination

Thesis Advisor:

Shannon Lee Dawdy, Professor of Anthropology, The University of Chicago

Research Topic:

Spanish colonialism, Black slavery, Maroonage, Colonial archaeology and anthropology; Mexico

Mentor:

Rosemary Joyce, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley

Current Position:

Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, College of William and Mary