MVAC’s Directors
Left to Right: MVAC Founder James Gallagher (1982-2002), MVAC Current Director Timothy McAndrews (2013-present), MVAC Former Director Joseph Tiffany (2002-2013)
MVAC Staff |
Research Associates |
Erik C. Anderson
Erik C. Anderson
- Email: Erik
- Phone: 608.792.9739
- MVAC Research Archaeologist
- M.Sc. Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology, University College London, 2015
- Bioarchaeology, GIS, Cultural Resource Management, Midwestern Archaeology
Michael A. Bednarchuk
- Email: Michael
- Phone: 608.785.8464
- MVAC Laboratory Manager
- M.A. Museum Studies, University of Leicester, 2012
- Collections management, Geospatial technologies, Midwestern archaeology, historical archaeology
Jean M. Dowiasch
Jean M. Dowiasch
- Email: Jean
- Phone: 608.785.8454, cell 608.792.0781
- MVAC Senior Research Archaeologist, Educational Coordinator
- B.S. Education, University of Wisconsin – La Crosse, 1991
- Cultural Resource Management, Midwestern archaeology, public outreach, public/precollegiate education
Wendy K. Holtz-Leith
Wendy K. Holtz-Leith
- Email: Wendy
- Phone: 608.785.8455, cell 608.792.0898
- MVAC Senior Research Archaeologist
- B.S. Archaeological Studies and History, University of Wisconsin – La Crosse, 1993
- Cultural Resource Management, Midwestern archaeology, Oneota archaeology
Bonnie L. Jancik
Bonnie L. Jancik
- Email: Bonnie
- Phone: 608.785.6473
- MVAC Director of Public Outreach, Development Budget Manager
- M.E.P.D. Education, University of Wisconsin – La Crosse, 1991
- Public, teacher and precollegiate education, digital presence management
Cynthia A. Kocik
Cynthia A. Kocik
- Email: Cynthia
- MVAC Research Archaeologist
- M.A. Archaeology, Cornell University, 2014
- Cultural Resource Management, dendrochronology, Midwestern archaeology, historical archaeology
Lindsay J. Lentz
Lindsay J. Lentz
- Email: Lindsay
- Phone: 608.792.9064
- MVAC Research Archaeologist
- M.A. Biological Anthropology, University of Oklahoma, 2015
- Bioarchaeology, Zooarchaeology, Paleopathology, Cultural Resource Management
Timothy McAndrews
Timothy McAndrews
- Email: Timothy
- Phone: 608.785.6774
- MVAC Director; Professor, UWL, Dept. of Archaeology & Anthropology
- Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, 1998
- Rise of complex societies, Latin American archaeology, historical archaeology, archaeological theory
Katherine P. Stevenson
Katherine P. Stevenson
- Email: Katherine
- Phone: 608.785.8451, cell 608.386.9823
- MVAC Operations Manager
- Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Wisconsin – Madison, 1985
- Cultural Resource Management, Midwestern archaeology, subsistence/settlement systems, mortuary information, archival research
Vicki L. Twinde-Javner
Vicki L. Twinde-Javner
- Email: Vicki
- Phone: 608.785.6475, cell 608.386.8967
- MVAC Senior Research Archaeologist, Contracts Budget Manager
- M.S. Anthropology, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, 1997
- Cultural Resource Management, Midwestern archaeology, historic archaeology
David A. Anderson
David A. Anderson
- Email: David
- Phone: 608.785.6778
- MVAC Research Associate; Associate Professor, UWL, Dept, of Archaeology & Anthropology
- Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, 2006
- Egyptian archaeology, Late Prehistoric period Native America, origins of complex society, technology in archaeology, 3D documentation of archaeological remains
Constance M. Arzigian
Constance M. Arzigian
- Email: Constance
- Phone: 608.785.8452
- MVAC Senior Research Associate; Senior Lecturer, UWL, Dept. of Archaeology & Anthropology
- Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Wisconsin – Madison, 1993
- Midwest Archaeology, Paleoethnobotany, Environmental Archaeology, Physical Anthropology
Amy Nicodemus
Amy Nicodemus
- Email: Amy
- Phone: 608.785.6773
- MVAC Research Associate; Assistant Professor, UWL, Dept. of Archaeology & Anthropology
- Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Michigan, 2014
- Archaeology, zooarchaeology, bioarchaeology, Bronze Age, Europe, complex societies
James L. Theler
James L. Theler
- Email: James
- Phone: 608.785.8463
- MVAC Senior Research Associate; Professor Emeritus, UWL, Dept. of Archaeology & Anthropology
- Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Wisconsin – Madison, 1983
- Zooarchaeology, environmental archaeology, North American archaeology, Midwestern archaeology
