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CURRICULUM VITAE Gordon F. M. Rakita

Friday, April 11, 2014

EDUCATION

University of New Mexico, Ph.D. (Anthropology) with Academic Distinction 2001

University of New Mexico, M.A. (Anthropology) 1997

University of North Carolina at Greensboro, B.A. (Anthropology) 1993

FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT:

University of North Florida, Dept. of Sociology, Anthropology, & Social Work

Associate Professor of Anthropology (Aug.) 2008 – present

Assistant Professor of Anthropology (Aug.) 2003 – (Aug.) 2008 SWCA Environmental Consultants, Flagstaff Principal Investigator & Laboratory/Analytical Director (June) 2002 – (June) 2003

OTHER ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

University of North Florida

President, Faculty Association (Sept.) 2012 – (Sept.) 2014

Member, UNF Board of Trustees (Sept.) 2012 – (Sept.) 2014

Anthropology Program Coordinator, Dept. of Soc. & Anth. (Aug.) 2010 – (Aug.) 2012 University of New Mexico, Department of Anthropology Adjunct Associate Professor of Anthropology (Aug.) 2009 – present RESEARCH PRIMARY RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioarchaeology, Archaeology & Physical Anthropology, Anthropological Approaches to Mortuary & Ritual Behavior, Cemetery Studies, Prehistory of the North America Southwest & Northern Mexico, Evolutionary Theory, Emergent Social Complexity, Archaeological Method & Theory, Statistical Analyses & Data Management, Cultural Resource Management, Forensic Sciences

PUBLICATIONS (* INDICATES PEER-REVIEWED):

MONOGRAPHS/BOOKS (4 Published) Rakita, G. F. M.

2009* Ancestors and Elites: Emergent Complexity and Ritual Practices in the Casas Grandes Polity. AltaMira Press (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.), Lanham, MD. [206 pp.]

Rakita, G. F. M., J. E. Buikstra, L. A. Beck, S. R. Williams (eds.) 2005

* Interacting with the Dead: Perspectives on Mortuary Archaeology for the New Millennium.

University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL. [390 pp.] Hurt, T. D. and G. F. M. Rakita (eds.) 2001

* Style & Function: Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Archaeology. Bergin & Garvey,

Westport, CT. [210 pp.] Buikstra, J. E., D. K. Charles and G. F. M. Rakita 1998 Staging Ritual: Hopewell Ceremonialism at the Mound House Site, Greene County,

Illinois. Kampsville Studies in Archaeology and History, No. 1. Center for American Archaeology, Kampsville, Illinois. [198 pp.]

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COMPILATION WITH PEER-REVIEWED INTRODUCTION (1) Rakita, G. F. M. and J. E. Buikstra

2008* An Archaeological Perspective on Ritual, Religion, and Ideology from American Antiquity

and Latin American Antiquity, compiled by Gordon F. M. Rakita and Jane E. Buikstra, (with an introduction entitled: Feather Waving or The Numinous?: Archaeological Perspectives on Ritual, Religion, and Ideology), SAA Press, Washington, D.C. pp. 1-17.

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES/CHAPTERS (18 Published) McCarthy, Elizabeth M., G.F.M. Rakita, C.S. VanPool, and T.L. VanPool 2013* Faunal Analysis and Environmental Reconstruction of the 76 Draw Site, New Mexico. In

Advances in Jornada Mogollon Archaeology: Proceedings from the 17th Jornada Mogollon

Conference, edited by Todd L. VanPool, Elizabeth M. McCarthy, and Christine S. VanPool, El Paso Museum of Archaeology, El Paso, Texas.

Todd L. VanPool, C.M. Oswald, J.A. Christy, J.R. Ferguson, G.F.M. Rakita, and C.S. VanPool 2013* Provenance Studies of Obsidian at 76 Draw. In Advances in Jornada Mogollon

Archaeology: Proceedings from the 17th Jornada Mogollon Conference, edited by Todd L.

VanPool, Elizabeth M. McCarthy, and Christine S. VanPool, El Paso Museum of Archaeology, El Paso, Texas.

Rakita, G. F. M. 2013* Life in Print: the Publication Record of Jane E. Buikstra. In The Dead Tell Tales: Essays

in Honor of Jane E. Buikstra, edited by Maria C. Lozada & Barra O’Donnabhain, pp. 7-17. Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, UCLA.

Lozada, M. C. and G. F. M. Rakita 2013* Andean Life Transitions and Gender Perceptions in the Past: A Bioarchaeological

Approach Among the Pre-Inca Chiribaya of Southern Peru. In The Dead Tell Tales: Essays in Honor of Jane E. Buikstra, edited by Maria C. Lozada & Barra O’Donnabhain, pp. 114-122. Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, UCLA.

Rakita, Gordon F.M., Christine S. VanPool, Todd L. VanPool, and Sarah Sterling 2011* An Introduction to the 76 Draw Site, Luna County, New Mexico. In Patterns in Transition:

Papers from the 16th Biennial Jornada Mogollon Conference, edited by Melinda R. Landreth, pp.

29–64. El Paso Museum of Archaeology, El Paso, Texas. Lozada, M. C., J. E. Buikstra, G. Rakita, J. Wheeler 2009* Camelid Herders: The Forgotten Specialists in the Coastal Señorío of Chiribaya,

Southern Perú. In Andean Civilization: A Tribute to Michael E. Moseley, edited by Joyce Marcus and Patrick Ryan Williams, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, UCLA, Los Angeles. Pp. 351-377.

VanPool, Todd L., G.F.M. Rakita, C.S. VanPool 2009* Cerro del Diablo: Un Sitio Multi-Componente de la Cultura Casas Grandes en la Regíon

de Janos. (Cerro del Diablo: A Multicomponent Site in the Janos region of the Casas Grandes Culture.) Espaciotiempo, Revista Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, 3: 50-59.

Rakita, G. F. M. 2008

* Mortuary and Non-Mortuary Ritual Practices at the Pre-Hispanic site of Paquimé (Casas

Grandes), Chihuahua, Mexico. In Reanalysis and Reinterpretation in Southwestern Bioarchaeology, edited by Ann L. W. Stodder, Arizona State Museum, Anthropological Monograph Series volume 59, Arizona State University Press. pp. 55-79.


* Ancestors and Elites: Emergent Complexity, Ritual Practices and Mortuary Behavior at

Paquimé, Chihuahua, Mexico, In Religion in the Prehispanic Southwest, edited by Christine S. VanPool, Todd L. VanPool, & David A. Phillips, Alta Mira Press, Lanham, MD. pp. 219-233.


* Hemenway, Hrdlička , and Hawikku: An Historical Perspective on Bioarchaeological

Research in the American Southwest. In Bioarchaeology: The Contextual Analysis of Human Remains, edited by J. E. Buikstra and L. A. Beck, Academic Press, Amsterdam. pp. 95-111.

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* Phylogenetic Research Techniques & Methodological Lessons from Bioarchaeology. In

Mapping Our Ancestors: Phylogenetic Methods in Anthropology and Prehistory, edited by Carl P. Lipo, Michael J. O’Brien, Mark Collard, and Stephen Shennan, Aldine Transaction Press, New Brunswick. pp.119-129.

Rakita, G. F. M. and J. E. Buikstra 2005

* Introduction, In Interacting with the Dead: Perspectives on Mortuary Archaeology for the

New Millenium, edited by Gordon F.M. Rakita, Jane E. Buikstra, Lane A. Beck, & Sloan R. Williams, University Press of Florida, Gainesville. pp. 1-11.

Rakita, G. F. M. and J. E. Buikstra 2005

* Corrupting Flesh: Reexamining Hertz's Perspective on Mummification and Cremation, In

Interacting with the Dead: Perspectives on Mortuary Archaeology for the New Millenium, edited by Gordon F.M. Rakita, Jane E. Buikstra, Lane A. Beck, & Sloan R. Williams, University Press of Florida, Gainesville. pp. 97-106

Buikstra, J. E., P. D. Tomczak, M. C. Lozada Cerna, and G. F. M. Rakita 2005

* Chiribaya Political Economy: A Bioarchaeological Perspective, In Interacting with the

Dead: Perspectives on Mortuary Archaeology for the New Millenium, edited by Gordon F.M. Rakita, Jane E. Buikstra, Lane A. Beck, & Sloan R. Williams, University Press of Florida, Gainesville. pp. 66-80

Hargis, J. and Rakita, G.

2005* The More We Change, The More We Remain the Same: The Electracy Model of

Teaching and Learning. The International Journal of Learning 11: 309-314. Rakita, G. F. M. and G. R. Raymond 2003

* The Temporal Sensitivity of Casas Grandes Polychrome Ceramics. The Kiva 68(3): 153-

184. Rakita, G. F. M. and T. D. Hurt 2001

* Preface. In Style & Function: Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Archaeology, edited by

T. D. Hurt and G. F. M. Rakita. Bergin & Garvey, Westport, CT. pp. xxv-xxviii. Hurt, T. D., T. L. VanPool, G. F. M. Rakita and R. D. Leonard 2001

* Explaining the Co-occurrence of Traits in the Archaeological Record: A Further

Consideration of Replicative Success. In Style & Function: Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Archaeology, edited by T. D. Hurt and G. F. M. Rakita. Bergin & Garvey, Westport, CT. pp. 51-67.

MANUSCRIPTS (Accepted) Rakita, G. F. M. In Press Bioarchaeology as a Process: An Examination of Bioarchaeological Tribes in the U.S.

In Global Perspectives on Archaeological Human Remains, edited by Barra O’Donnabhain & Maria C. Lozada, Springer Press, New York.

Rakita, G. F. M. and R. Cruz Antillíon In Press Organization of Production at Paquimé. In The Archaeology of Paquimé, Chihuahua,

Mexico, edited by Paul E. Minnis & Michael E. Whalen, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ. Rakita, G. F. M. Under Review Chapter 4: Lotería or Contract Bridge?: The Nature of Casas Grandes Society. In

The Archaeology of Northern Mexico, edited by Tim Maxwell, School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe, NM.

MANUSCRIPTS (In Preparation) Thompson, M. Scott and G. F. M. Rakita (editors) The Performance of Mortuary Ritual in the American Southwest. A Special Issue for Publication in

the Journal Kiva: The Journal of Southwestern Anthropology and History, AltaMira Press. Rakita, G. F. M. and M. Scott Thompson (editors) Death Practices in the Ancient Southwest: A Mortuary Database. Book proposal in preparation for

submission to University Press of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.

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BOOK REVIEWS (5 Published) Rakita, G. F. M. 2012 Review of: “Mississippian Mortuary Practices: Beyond Hierarchy and the

Representationalist Perspective” edited by Lynne P. Sullivan and Robert C. Mainfort. The Florida Anthropologists 65(4): 255-256.

Rakita, G. F. M. 2011 Review of: “Death in the New World: Cross-Cultural Encounters, 1492-1800” by Erik R.

Seeman. Historical Archaeology 45(4): 175-177. Rakita, G. F. M. 2006 Review of: “Chaco Canyon: Archaeologists Explore the Lives of an Ancient Society” by

Brian Fagan. Society for Archaeological Sciences Bulletin 29(2): 29-30. Rakita, G. F. M. 2005 Review of: “Bioarchaeology of Spanish Florida: The Impact of Colonialism” edited by

Clark Spencer Larsen. Historical Archaeology 39(4): 169-170. Rakita, G. F. M. 2001 Book Note on: “History of the Triumphs of Our Holy Faith Among the Most Barbarous and

Fierce Peoples of the New World.” An English translation by Daniel T. Reff, Maureen Ahern, and Richard K. Danford based on the 1645 Spanish original. Latin American Antiquity 12(4): 439-440.

REPORTS & OTHER PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS (29) Wester Davis, S., N. Hudyma, G. F. M. Rakita, and E. M. Davis 2013 Ground Penetrating Radar Survey of Ft. San Carlos, Old Town Fernandina, Nassau

County, Florida. Submitted to the Division of Historic Resources, Tallahassee, Florida. Wester Davis, S. and G. F. M. Rakita 2013 Ground Penetrating Radar Survey of the Miller Property – Popo Point San Diego de

Salamatoto Mission Site (8SJ3218). Submitted to Robin Moore, Historic Resources Coordinator, St. Johns County, Florida.

Rakita, G. F. M. and Wester Davis, S. 2012 Ground Penetrating Radar Survey of the United Methodist Church Cemetery of

Middleburg, Clay County, Florida. Submitted to Sandra Wilson, Middleburg United Methodist Church, Middleburg, Florida.

Rakita, G. F. M. 2011 Blogging in Bioarchaeology. Society for Archaeological Sciences Bulletin 34(4): 27-28. Rakita, G. F. M. 2011 Bias & Science: the Gould-Morton Controversy. Society for Archaeological Sciences

Bulletin 34(3): 21-23. Rakita, G. F. M. 2010 Volunteer Profile. SAA Archaeological Record (November): 6. Rakita, G. F. M. 2010 Strange Anti-Science Bedfellows. Society for Archaeological Sciences Bulletin 33(2): 25-

26. Rakita, G. F. M., VanPool, C. S., and VanPool, T. L. 2010 A Ground Penetrating Radar Survey of the 76 Draw Site (LA 156980), Luna County, New

Mexico. Submitted to Thomas Holcomb, Bureau of Land Management, Las Cruces, New Mexico. Rakita, G. F. M. 2010 A Ground Penetrating Radar Survey of the North Ponil #1 Site (LA 27951), Philmont

Scout Ranch, New Mexico. Submitted to Dr. Warren Lail, New Mexico Highlands University Las Vegas, New Mexico.

Rakita, G. F. M. 2008 Ramos Black, Cults of the Dead, and Ritual Practices at Casas Grandes, Mexico. In

Touching the Past: Ritual, Religion and Trade of Casas Grandes, edited by Glenna Nielsen-Grimm and Paul Stavast, Museum of Peoples & Cultures Popular Series #5, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, pp. 15-28.

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VanPool, T. L., VanPool, C. S., Rakita, G. F. M., and Leonard, R. D. 2008 Birds, Bells, & Shells: The Long Reach of the Aztatlán Trading Tradition. In Touching the

Past: Ritual, Religion and Trade of Casas Grandes, edited by Glenna Nielsen-Grimm and Paul Stavast, Museum of Peoples & Cultures Popular Series #5, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, pp. 5-14.

VanPool, C. S., Rakita, G. F. M., Cruz Antillón, R., and Leonard, R. D. 2008 Field Guide to the Ceramic Types of the Casas Grandes Region. In Touching the Past:

Ritual, Religion and Trade of Casas Grandes, edited by Glenna Nielsen-Grimm and Paul Stavast, Museum of Peoples & Cultures Popular Series #5, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, pp. 59-67.

Rakita, G. F. M. 2007 ICPS Analysis. In Hokona: A Pueblo III-IV Settlement on NM 53 Near El Morro (Cibola

County, New Mexico), edited by Rebecca H. Schwendler, NMDOT Technical Series Report No. 2007-2. SWCA Report No. 2007-375. SWCA Environmental Consultants, Albuquerque.

Rakita, G. F. M. 2007 Thirty Years of Bioarchaeology in the United States. Society for Archaeological Sciences

Bulletin 30(4): 16-17. Rakita, G. F. M. 2006 Ramos Negro: The Black Sheep of the Chihuahuan Wares. Pottery Southwest 25(1 & 2):

10-14. Rakita, G. F. M. 2006 Prehistoric Ceramics from Northwestern Chihuahua: Annotations of Selected Works

(from 1828 to 1958). Pottery Southwest 25(1 & 2): 15-25. Rakita, G. F. M. 2006 Science, Evolution, and the Kitzmiller Decision. Society for Archaeological Sciences

Bulletin 29(1): 15-16. Rakita, G. F. M. 2005 The Nature of Training in Bioarchaeology. Society for Archaeological Sciences Bulletin

28(4): 10-11. Rakita, G. F. M. 2005 Are You Ready to Teach? In An Active Guide to Education, by J. Hargis. Kendal Hunt

Publishing, Dubuque, Iowa. pp. 275-276. Lozada, M. C., G. Rakita, and J. E. Buikstra 2004 Dando la Bienvenida a la Muerte: El Rol de los Camélidos en las Festividades Funerarias

Chiribaya en la Costa Sur del Perú. In Imagen del Muerte, Primer Congreso Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades. Centro de Producción Editorial, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú. pp 39-48.

Rakita, G. F. M. 2004 Confidential Bioarchaeological Report on Human Remains. In Archaeological

Investigations Near Canyon de Chelly: Excavation of Four Sites Along Navajo Route 27, Chinle-Nazlini, Apache County, Arizona, prepared by Dennis Gilpin, Joshua S. Edwards, and Doug Drake. SWCA Archaeological Report No. 04-001. SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants, Flagstaff, Arizona.

Rakita, G. F. M. 2003 Bioarchaeological Report on Human Burial Features from Site AZ Q:8:47 (ASM), near St.

Johns, Apache County, Arizona. In Archaeological Excavations in the Carrizo Wash Valley, East-Central Arizona: Data Recovery on the Fence Lake Mine Transportation Corridor, collated and edited by Dennis Gilpin, David A. Phillips, Jr., Lisa Dickerson, and Jean H. Ballagh. SWCA Archaeological Report No. 03-265. SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants, Flagstaff, Arizona.

Rakita, G. F. M. 2003 ICPS Analysis. In Archaeological Excavations in the Carrizo Wash Valley, East-Central

Arizona: Data Recovery on the Fence Lake Mine Transportation Corridor, collated and edited by Dennis Gilpin, David A. Phillips, Jr., Lisa Dickerson, and Jean H. Ballagh. SWCA Archaeological Report No. 03-265. SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants, Flagstaff, Arizona.

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Rakita, G. F. M. 2003 Osteological Report on Human Remains from Sites 42Ws4214, 42Ws4239, and

42Ws4240, Hildale, Washington County, Utah. In Prehistoric Occupation of the Confluence Valley Between the Vermilion Cliffs and Short Creek: Archaeological Investigations of 16 Sites for the Hildale Wastewater Treatment Facility, Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona. SWCA Archaeological Report No. 03-09. SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants, Flagstaff, Arizona.

Rakita, G. F. M., D. Gilpin, D. K. Newsome, L. A. Neal, M. O'Hara, and J. Ballagh 2002 Water Utilization and Technology in Arizona, Circa 1520 to 1950. SWCA Archaeological

Report No. 02-126. SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants, Flagstaff, Arizona. Submitted to the Arizona State Historic Preservation Office.

Hurt, T. D., G. F. M. Rakita and R. D. Leonard 2001

* Models, Definitions, and Stylistic Variation: Comment on Ortman. American Antiquity

66(4):745-746. Rakita, G. F. M. 2001 Student Affairs. The SAA Archaeological Record 1(1):30. Rakita, G. F. M. 2001 Human Osteological Report on Burial No. 1, Casa del Fuego Site, Arroyo Seco,

Chihuahua, Mexico. Submitted to the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia of Mexico, Centro Chihuahua.

Baxter, J. E. and G. F. M. Rakita 1998 Making the Most of Your SAA Meeting Experience (Or, how NOT to be a Wallflower in

Seattle. Society for American Archaeology Bulletin 16(1):13-14. Rakita, G. F. M.

1997 The World Wide Web: It's not Just for Surfing Anymore. Society for American

Archaeology Bulletin 15(3):39.

Buikstra, J. E., D. K. Charles and G. F. M. Rakita 1995 Mound House 1994: Archaeology and the Great Flood of '93. Revised Version on file at

the Center for American Archaeology, Kampsville, Illinois. Submitted to The Illinois Historical Preservation Agency.

PRESENTATIONS (45): Rakita, G. F. M. 2013 Discussant Comments Presented in the Symposium: Bodies of Evidence: Integrating

Mortuary and Osteological Analyses. At the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings, Honolulu.

Rakita, G. F.M. and R. Cruz Antillón 2012 Organization of Production at Paquimé. Invited paper presented at the Symposium

Entitled: The Archaeology of Paquimé, Amerind Foundation, Dragoon, Arizona. McCarthy, Elizabeth, G. Rakita, C. VanPool, and T. VanPool 2012 Birds, Bunnies and Bison: Variation in Faunal Utilization in the Casas Grandes World.

Paper presented at the 17th Biennial Mogollon Archaeological Conference, Silver City, New

Mexico. Rakita, G. F.M. 2012 The Longue Durée of Mortuary Ritual in Chihuahua, Mexico. Paper presented in the

symposium entitled Change, Continuity, and Complexity in Prehispanic Funerary Programs of Northwestern Mexico at the 54

th International Congress of Americanists, Vienna, Austria.

Rakita, G. F.M. 2012 Casas Grandes Mortuary Practices: Patterns, Perspectives, & Processes. Paper

presented in the Symposium Entitled: Mortuary Practices in the American Southwest: Patterns and Inferences from Regional Databases at the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings, Memphis.

Rakita, G. F.M. 2011 The Role of Evolutionary Theory in Bioarchaeology. Paper presented to the Faculty and

Graduate Students of the Department of Anthropology & Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi.

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VanPool, T. L., C. M. Oswald, J.A. Christy, J. R. Ferguson, G. F. M. Rakita and C. S. VanPool 2011 A Little from Here and a Little from There: Obsidian Use at 76 Draw. Paper presented at

the 17th Biennial Jornada Mogollon Archaeological Conference, El Paso, Texas.

Rakita, G. F.M. 2011 The Mortuary Practices of the Casas Grandes Region: A Preliminary Database. Paper

presented in the Electronic Forum Entitled: Mortuary Practices in the American Southwest: Meta-Data Issues in the Development of a Regional Database the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings, Sacramento. Paper archived at: http://core.tdar.org/project/5871/view.

Rakita, G. F.M., W. K. Lail, and D. Gilpin 2010 A Ground-Penetrating Radar Survey of NP-1 (LA 27951), Colfax County, New Mexico.

Paper presented at the Philmont Archaeological Conference, Philmont Scout Ranch, Cimarron, New Mexico.

Rakita, G. F.M. 2010 Mortuary Rituals, Performance, and Social Identity in the Post-Chacoan World of the

Middle San Juan Region. Paper presented in the Symposium Entitled: The Performance of Mortuary Ritual in the American Southwest at the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings, St. Louis.

VanPool, T. L., C. S. VanPool and G. F. M. Rakita 2010 Excavation of the 76 Draw Site, Luna County, New Mexico. Poster presented at the

Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings, St. Louis. VanPool, C. S., G. F.M. Rakita, and T. L. VanPool 2009 Introduction to the 76 Draw Site, Luna County, New Mexico. Paper presented in the

Session entitled: Late Prehistoric Occupations in the Jornada Mogollon at the 16th

Biennial Jornada Mogollon Conference, El Paso.

VanPool, T. L., C. S. VanPool and G. F. M. Rakita 2009 Birds, Shells, and Copper Bells: Mesoamerica and the Medio Period Casas Grandes

Tradition of the North American Southwest. Paper presented in the Symposium Entitled: Conexiones: La Dinámica de Interacción e Integración en el Occidente y Norte de México at the 53

rd International Congress of Americanists, Mexico City, Mexico.

Rakita, G. F.M. and T. L. VanPool 2009 Ground Penetrating Radar at the 76 Draw Site, Luna County, New Mexico. Poster

presented in the Symposium Entitled: New Research in the Casas Grandes World at the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings, Atlanta.

Rakita, G. F. M. and J. C. Ravesloot 2008 Social and Political Organization at Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico. Presented in

the Symposium Entitled: The Legacy of Charles C. Di Peso: Fifty Years after the Joint Casas Grandes Project at the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings, Vancouver, Canada.

Rakita, G. F. M. 2007 Ramos Black, Cults of the Dead, and Ritual Practices at Casas Grandes, Mexico. Invited Presentation at the Museum of Peoples and Cultures, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.

Rakita, G. F. M. 2007 Kith and Kin: An Extension of the Inclusive Fitness Model. Presented in the Symposium

Entitled: Establishing the Evolutionary Study of Traditional Behavior at the 19th Annual

Conference of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Williamsburg, Virginia. Rakita, G. F.M., C. S. VanPool, T. L. VanPool, and D. Wilson 2007 Introduction to the 2006 Janos Archaeological Project. Poster presented in the

Symposium Entitled: Recent Research in the Casas Grandes Region of Chihuahua, Mexico at the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings, Austin.

Jones, T., T. L. VanPool, G. F.M. Rakita, B. Hainds, and J. Boldt 2007 Bedrock Mortars and Their Significance to Cerro Del Diablo. Poster presented in the

Symposium Entitled: Recent Research in the Casas Grandes Region of Chihuahua, Mexico at the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings, Austin.

http://core.tdar.org/project/5871/view

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VanPool, C. S., R. D. Leonard, T. L. VanPool, M. J. Harmon, G. F.M. Rakita, T. Maxwell, R. Cruz Antillón, and L. A. Salter

2007 Casas Grandes Intellectual Traditions: Implications for Ancient Northwest Mexico, the American Southwest, and South America. Poster presented in the Symposium Entitled: Recent Research in the Casas Grandes Region of Chihuahua, Mexico at the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings, Austin.

Rakita, G. F. M. 2006 The Role of Evolutionary Theory in the Explanation of Modern Humanity. Presented at

the Science Under Siege: The Attack on Evolution Seminar, Co-Sponsored by the Department of Biology, University of North Florida and the First Coast Free-thought Society, Jacksonville, Florida.

Rakita, G. F. M. 2006 Comments at the Sponsored Forum Entitled: Stories and Strategies: Dialogues on Equity

Issues in Archaeology. At the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Rakita, G. F. M. 2006 Life in Print: The Publication Record of Jane Buikstra. Presented in the Symposium

Entitled: The Dead Tell Tales: Jane E. Buikstra and Narratives of the Past (Part II) at the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Lozada, M. C., G. F. M. Rakita, and J. E. Buikstra 2006 Beyond Skeletal Age: Social Age among the Senorio of Chiribaya in Southern Peru.

Presented in the Symposium Entitled: The Dead Tell Tales: Jane E. Buikstra and Narratives of the Past (Part I) at the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Rakita, G. F. M. 2006 The Sacred Realm of the Chichimeca: Ritual Behavior in Prehispanic Chihuahua,

Mexico. Invited Guest Lecture at the University of South Florida, Tampa. Rakita, G. F. M. and A. E. Warnock 2005 Secondary Processing of Human Remains at the Pre-Hispanic Site of Paquimé (Casas

Grandes), Chihuahua, Mexico. Poster presented in the Symposium Entitled: Reanalysis and Reinterpretation in Southwestern Bioarchaeology at the American Association of Physical Anthropologist Annual Meetings, Milwaukee.

Rakita, G. F. M. 2004 Putting the “Archaeology” (and the Anthropology) Back into “Bioarchaeology”. Presented

in the Symposium Entitled: Tensions, Theories, & Directions in Bioarchaeology at the American Anthropological Association Annual Meetings, Atlanta.

Lozada, M. C., G. F. M. Rakita, and J. E. Buikstra 2004 Dando la Bienvenida a la Muerte: El Rol de los Camélidos en las Festividades Funerarios

Chiribaya en la Costa Sur del Perú. Presented at the Primer Congreso Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades; “Imagen del Muerte”, November 1- 4, Lima, Perú.

Rakita, G. F. M. 2003 Kith & Kin: An Extension of the Inclusive Fitness Model. Presented in the

Symposium Entitled: Discussing Change and Cultural Selection in Archaeology at the 51st

International Congress of Americanists, Santiago, Chile. Rakita, G. F. M. 2003 Phylogenetic Research Techniques & Methodological Lessons from Bioarchaeology.

Presented in the Symposium Entitled: Theoretical and Methodological Fundamentals of Applying Phylogenetics to the Archaeological Record at the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings, Milwaukee.

Rakita, G. F. M. 2002 Ancestors and Elites: Emergent Complexity, Ritual Practices and Mortuary Behavior at

Casas Grandes (Paquimé), Chihuahua, Mexico. At the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings, Denver.

Leonard, R. D., C. V. Pool, T. V. Pool, R. Cruz Antillon, T. Maxwell, M. Harmon and G. F. M. Rakita 2002 Casas Grandes Intellectual Traditions: Implications for Prehistoric Economy and

Cosmology. At the Eighth Biennial Southwest Symposium, Tucson, Arizona.

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Rakita, G. F. M. and J. E. Buikstra 2001 Corrupting Flesh: Reexamining Hertz's Perspective on Mummification. At the Society for

American Archaeology Annual Meetings, New Orleans. Rakita, G. F. M. and J. E. Buikstra 2001 Corrupting Flesh: Reexamining Hertz's Perspective on Mummification. Presented at the

Graduate Student Spring Symposium, Organized by the Anthropology Graduate Student Union, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.

Rakita, G. F. M. 2001 Pre-Columbian Cultures of Northern Chihuahua, Mexico. Invited Guest Lecture at the

Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute, Albuquerque. Rakita, G. F. M. 2000 Dead Reckoning: Ritual Behavior in Prehispanic Chihuahua, Mexico. The Ruth Kennedy

Memorial Lecture at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology and the Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.

Rakita, G. F. M. 2000 Discussant Comments Presented at the 2000 Student Affairs Committee Sponsored

Symposium: The Road to Complexity: Emerging Social Systems. At the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings, Philadelphia.

Rakita, G. F. M. and G. R. Raymond 2000 Of Gila Spirals and Plumed Serpents: The Temporal Sensitivity of Casas Grandes

Ceramics. At the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings, Philadelphia. Rakita, G. F. M. 1998 An Historical Perspective on Bioarchaeological Research in the Cibola Region of the

American Southwest. At the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings, Seattle. Hurt, T. D., T. L. VanPool, G. F. M. Rakita and R. D. Leonard 1998 Evolutionary Sorting: Theory and Applications. At the Society for American Archaeology

Annual Meetings, Seattle. Rakita, G. F. M. 1997 Prayersticks, Katchinas & Death: Changing Mortuary Behavior at the Zuni Site of

Hawikku. At the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings, Nashville. Buikstra, J. E., M. C. Lozada, G. F. M. Rakita and P. D. Tomczak 1997 Fechados Radiocarbónicos de Sitios Chiribaya en la Cuenca del Río Osmore. In

Seminario Sobre Arqueología de Ilo, Poltificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Ilo, Perú. Buikstra, J. E., P. D. Tomczak, G. F. M. Rakita and M. C. Lozada 1997 Political Economy of the South-Central Andes: Bioarchaeological Perspectives. In IX

Coloquio International de Antropología Física Juan Comas, Ciudad Mexico, D.F. Buikstra, J. E., M. C. Lozada, G. F. M. Rakita and P. D. Tomczak 1996 The People Behind the Pots: Context, Diet, and Behavior of Ancient Andeans. At the

Annual Paleopathology Association Meetings, Durham, North Carolina. Rakita, G. F. M.

1996 Archaeology Across the Border: Preliminary Investigations of Ritual Behavior in

Northwest Chihuahua, Mexico. At the Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico,

Albuquerque, New Mexico. SYMPOSIA ORGANIZED (14): Rakita, G. F. M. and M. Scott Thompson 2012 Mortuary Practices in the American Southwest: Patterns and Inferences from Regional

Databases. Organized for the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings, Memphis. Thompson, M. Scott and G. F. M. Rakita 2011 Mortuary Practices in the American Southwest: Meta-Data Issues in the Development of

a Regional Database. Organized for the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings, Sacramento. (Electronic forum archived at: http://core.tdar.org/project/5871/view.)

Rakita, G. F.M. 2011 The Future of Bioarchaeology: A Forum in Honor of Jane E. Buikstra, the 2010 Fryxell

Award Winner. Organized for the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings, Sacramento.

http://core.tdar.org/project/5871/view

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Rakita, G. F.M. and T. L. VanPool 2009 Poster Session entitled: New Research in the Casas Grandes World. Organized for the

Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings, Atlanta. Van Pool, T. L. and G. F. M. Rakita 2008 Integration and Interaction in the Medio Period World. Organized for the 15

th Mogollon

Archaeology Conference, Silver City, New Mexico. Rakita, G. F. M., T. L. VanPool, and C. S. VanPool 2007 Poster Session entitled: Recent Research in the Casas Grandes Region of Chihuahua,

Mexico. Organized for the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings, Austin. Lanata, J. L. and G. F. M. Rakita 2003 Discussing Change and Cultural Selection in Archaeology. Organized for the 51

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International Congress of Americanists, Santiago, Chile. Woodward, M. and G. F. M. Rakita 2002 Ritual, Religion, and Symbolic Behavior in the Archaeological Record. Organized for the

Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings, Denver. Rakita, G. F. M. and J. E. Buikstra 2001 Archaeology of Death: Perspectives at the Start of the New Millennium. Organized for the

Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings, New Orleans. Van Wormer, H. and G. F. M. Rakita 2001 Archaeology as Anthropology: Perspectives at the Start of the New Millennium.

Organized for the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings, Chicago. Rakita, G. F. M. and C. Berg 1999 Constructing Social Identities: Gender, Ethnicity, and Status in the Archaeological

Record. Organized for the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings, Chicago. Hurt, T. D. and G. F. M. Rakita 1998 1978 to 1998: Function and Style Twenty Years Later. Organized for the Society for

American Archaeology Annual Meetings, Seattle. Baxter, J. E. and G. F. M. Rakita 1998 Interdisciplinary Approaches in Archaeology: Tradition and Prospects. Organized for the

Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings, Seattle. Rakita, G. F. M. 1996 Poster Session entitled: Theoretical, Methodological, and Practical Considerations of

High Definition Photographic and Computer Imaging and Their Applications in Archaeology. Organized for the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings, New Orleans.

RESEARCH GRANTS:

College of Arts & Sciences and Office of Sponsored Research, University of North Florida

Research Enhancement Plan Grant ($1,500) (Sept) 2013 Collaborative Purchase of Ground Penetrating Radar Survey Software with CCEC

St. Johns County, Florida

Research Grant ($1,136) (February) 2013 Ground Penetrating Radar Survey of Site 8SJ4776, St. Johns County, Florida

Academic Affairs, University of North Florida

Summer Research Grant ($7,500) (May – July) 2010 Archaeological Excavation at the 76 Draw Site

Academic Affairs, University of North Florida

Intramural Research Funding Award ($90,602) with N. Hudyma & R. Thunen (Dec) 2006

Acquisition of Geophysical Testing Equipment for Cross Disciplinary

Teaching and Research Endeavors

Sponsored Research & Academic Affairs, University of North Florida

Summer Proposal Development Grant ($5,000) (May – July) 2006 Casas Grandes Archaeological Field Project Proposal Development

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National Science Foundation

Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant SBR-9910504 ($8,021) (Dec.) 1999 - (Dec.) 2001

Social Complexity, Religious Organization, and Mortuary Ritual at the Prehispanic site of Paquimé, Chihuahua, Mexico Latin American Institute, UNM, Field Research Grant

Chronological Investigations of a Prehistoric Northern Mexican (April) 1997 Archaeological Site (<$1,000)

Preliminary Investigation of Mortuary Behavior at Galeana, an (April) 1996 Archaeological Site in Northern Mexico (<$1,000) Anthropology Graduate Student Union, UNM, Research Grant

Preliminary Investigation of Mortuary Behavior at Galeana, an (May) 1996 Archaeological Site in Northern Mexico (<$1,000) Graduate and Professional Student Association, UNM, Student Research Grant

Chronological Investigations of a Prehistoric Northern Mexican (April) 1997 Archaeological Site (<$1,000)

Preliminary Investigation of Mortuary Behavior at Galeana, an (July) 1996 Archaeological Site in Northern Mexico (<$1,000) Office of Graduate Studies, UNM, Graduate Research, Project & Travel Grant

Plains-Pueblo Interaction at Pecos Pueblo: An Analysis of Diet (Dec.) 1995 and Dietary Change (<$1,000)

FIELD EXPERIENCE: Co-Director, 76 Draw Archaeological Project, Deming, New Mexico (Summer) 2013 University of North Florida & University of Missouri Todd Van Pool & Christine Van Pool (Co-Directors) Director, UNF Community Cemetery Project (Fall) 2010 - present Anthropology Laboratory, University of North Florida Co-Director, 76 Draw Archaeological Project, Deming, New Mexico (Summer) 2010 University of North Florida & University of Missouri Todd Van Pool & Christine Van Pool (Co-Directors) Ground Penetrating Radar Analyst, Philmont Boy Scout Ranch, New Mexico (Summer) 2009 University of North Florida, New Mexico Highlands University, & SWCA Inc. Collaborators: Warren Lail (NM Highlands) & Dennis Gilpin (SWCA) Co-Director, 76 Draw Archaeological Project, Deming, New Mexico (Summer) 2009 University of North Florida & University of Missouri Todd Van Pool & Christine Van Pool (Co-Directors) Co-Director, 76 Draw Archaeological Project, Columbus, New Mexico (Summer) 2008 University of North Florida & University of Missouri Todd Van Pool & Christine Van Pool (Co-Directors) Co-Director, Janos Archaeological Project, Janos, Chihuahua, Mexico (Summer) 2006 University of North Florida & University of Missouri Todd Van Pool & Christine Van Pool (Co-Directors) Bioarchaeologist, N27 Data Recover Project, Navajo Nation, Arizona (Summer) 2002 SWCA Environmental Consultants, Flagstaff, Arizona (Project #6764-153) Josh Edwards (Director) Archaeomagnetic Dating Technician, SRP Fence Lake AzDRP, Arizona (Summer) 2002 SWCA Environmental Consultants, Flagstaff, Arizona (Project #5999-083) Dennis Gilpin (Director) Field Excavator-Mapping, Arroyo Seco Archaeological Project, Chihuahua, Mexico (Summer) 2001 Office of Archaeological Studies, Museum of New Mexico, Timothy Maxwell (Director) Mapping-Surveyor, Arroyo Seco Archaeological Project, Chihuahua, Mexico (Summer) 2000 Office of Archaeological Studies, Museum of New Mexico, Timothy Maxwell (Director)

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Surveyor, Galeana Archaeological Project, Chihuahua, Mexico (Summer) 1998 Office of Archaeological Studies, Museum of New Mexico, Timothy Maxwell (Director) Field Excavator, Galeana Archaeological Project, Chihuahua, Mexico (Summer) 1996, 1997 Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Prof. Robert D. Leonard (Director) Field Excavator, Forensic Case, Forsythe County, North Carolina (Summer) 1993 Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina @ Greensboro, Prof. Mary K. Sandford (Director) Field Excavator, Barbados Archaeological Field School (Summer) 1992 Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina @ Wilmington, Dr. Thomas Loftfield (Director) TEACHING ACADEMIC COURSES TAUGHT (through Fall 2013):

Introduction to Anthropology (16)

Principles of Physical Anthropology (11)

North American Indians (7)

Introduction to Forensic Sciences (5)

Quantitative Methods in Anthropology (6)

Anthropology of Death (4)

Archaeological Research Strategies (4 at

UNF, 1 at UNM)

Seminar in Anthropology (3)

Anthropology of Religion (3)

Introduction to Archaeology (2)

Human Evolution (1)

Peoples & Cultures of the American

Southwest & Northern Mexico (1)

World Prehistory (1 at UNM)

TEACHING GRANTS (2):

Department of Sociology & Anthropology

Engaged Department Incentive Award Grant ($750) (May) 2011 Community-Based Cemetery Study Course & Research Project

Office of the President, University of North Florida

Transformational Learning Opportunity Grant ($12,000) (Jan) 2006 – (May) 2009 Student Service-Learning and Research Fellowships in Anthropology

TEACHING PRESENTATIONS (7): Rakita, G. F. M. 2007 Measurement and Assessment: Detailed Item Analysis. Presented at the Course

Redesign for Effective Learning (CREL) workshop, University of North Florida, Office of Faculty Enhancement, Jacksonville.

Rakita, G. F. M. 2006 Tips for Teaching Freshman, Active Learning, & Discouraging Plagiarism. Presented at

the 2006 Graduate Teaching Assistants Orientation, Organized by the Graduate School, University of North Florida, Jacksonville.

Rakita, G. F. M. 2006 iPod People: Using Digital Audio in Educational Contexts. Presented at the 2006 BUILD:

Building Understanding for Instructional and Learning Design Workshop, University of North Florida, Office of Faculty Enhancement, Jacksonville.

Coffey, G., G.F.M. Rakita, and T. Downing 2006 Teaching from the Grave: A Pedagogical Exhumation of the CSI Effect in the Classroom.

Presented at the College Teaching & Learning Conference, Cancun, Mexico. Rakita, G. F. M. 2005 Zen and the Art of Classroom Maintenance. Presented at the 2005 BUILD: Building

Understanding for Instructional and Learning Design Workshop, University of North Florida, Office of Faculty Enhancement, Jacksonville.

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Hargis, Jace and G. F. M. Rakita 2004 The More We Change, the More We Remain the Same: A Synchronous/Asynchronous

Discourse on Teaching, Learning and Technology Models. Presented at the Eleventh International Literacy and Education Research Network Conference on Learning. Centro de Convenciones Pedagógicas de Cojimar, Havana, Cuba.

Rakita, G. F. M. 2003 Comments at the Sponsored Forum Entitled: Students Get Involved! Participation in

Archaeology Through National Organizations. At the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings, Denver.

DIRECTED INDEPENDENT STUDY COURSES TAUGHT (* SMART/URG/Dean’s TLO Funded):

• Human Osteology, 3 credit hours, (C. Wamser, M. Pierson), Fall 2013

• Anthropology of Consumerism, 3 credit hours, (K. Torres), Spring 2013

• Human Osteology, 3 credit hours, (C. Crespo), Spring 2013

• Variation in Asian Religious Architecture, 3 credit hours, (K. Torres), Fall 2012

• Honors Thesis Hours: Ethnicity & Migration in the Chaco Phenomenon III, 3 credit hours, (S. Wester

Davis), Spring 2012

• Human Osteology & Paleopathology, 3 credit hours, (C. Nuetzi), Spring 2012

• The Scholarship of Teaching & Learning in Anthropology, 3 credit hours, (S. Ferguson & T. Dacey),

Spring 2012

• *Ethnicity & Migration in the Chaco Phenomenon II, 3 credit hours, (S. Wester Davis), Fall 2011

• *Historical Cemetery Project, 3 credit hours, (R. Garcia & K. Lowery), Fall 2011

• *Honors Thesis Hours: Evolution, Science, & Religion, 3 credit hours, (T. Dacey), Fall 2011

• Honors Thesis Hours: Ethnicity & Migration in the Chaco Phenomenon, 3 credit hours, (S. Wester

Davis), Spring 2011

• Honors Thesis Hours: Evolution, Science, & Religion, 3 credit hours, (T. Dacey), Spring 2011

• *Skeletal Analysis & Diet Reconstruction, 3 credit hours, (S. Ferguson), Spring 2011

• Evolutionary Theory, Science, & Religion, 3 credit hours, (T. Dacey), Fall 2010

• *Comparative Primate Anatomy & Evolution, 3 credit hours, (K. Wright), Spring 2010

• Human Skeletal Biology, 3 credit hours, (M. Hull), Fall 2008

• The Scholarship of Teaching & Learning in Anthropology, 3 credit hours, (N. Bishop), Fall 2008

• The Scholarship of Teaching & Learning in Anthropology, 3 credit hours, (V. Parman), Summer 2008

• Chihuahua Archaeological Project, 3 credit hours, (E. Carriker), Summer 2008

• The Scholarship of Teaching & Learning in Anthropology, 3 credit hours, (H. Logeson & S.

Rugroden), Spring 2008

• Anthropology Resources on the Internet, 3 credit hours, (C. Baker), Summer 2007

• Human Skeletal Biology, 3 credit hours, (M. Kroom), Spring 2007

• Core Concepts in Physical Anthropology, 3 credit hours, (M. Schmitt), Fall 2006

• Sacred Symbols and Popular Culture, 3 credit hours, (E. Albright), Spring 2005

• *Primate Behavior, 3 credit hours, (C. Quinn), Fall 2004

• Applied Archaeological GIS, 3 credit hours, (A. Warnock), Fall 2004

• Applied Forensic Sciences Practicum, 3 credit hours, (T. McMann & E. Patrick), Summer 2004

GRADUATE STUDENT ADVISING:

Committee Member, Kyle Waller, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Missouri Fall 2010 – present

Committee Member, Robin M. Cordero, Ph.D. Dissertation, Univ. New Mexico Spring 2011 - present

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ADVISING (UNF):

Committee Member, Shelby Newman, Honor Thesis Fall 2011 - Spring 2012

Committee Chair, Sharon Wester Davis, Honor Thesis Spring 2011 – Spring 2012

Committee Chair, Timothy Dacey, Honor Thesis Spring 2011 – Spring 2012

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OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Awarded and Supervised an Undergraduate Research Assistant (Oct) 2008 – (April) 2009

College of Arts & Sciences, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida. Faculty Representative to the Annual Conference of the Southern Regional (March) 2007 Faculty and Instructional Development Consortium, Chattanooga, Tennessee Leader, Anthropological Study Abroad Program to Chihuahua, Mexico, (June-July) 2006 International Center, University of North Florida Co-Leader, Learning on the Rails Study Abroad Course, Honors Program, (April) 2005 University of North Florida

SERVICE NATIONAL/PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES/SERVICE: Society for American Archaeology Member, Publications Committee (April) 2014 – (April) 2017 Member, Presentation Ethics Task Force (Sept) 2013 – (Feb) 2014 Program Chair, 2013 Annual Meeting (Honolulu) (March) 2012 – (April) 2013 SAA Press Editorial Board Associate Editor (March) 2011 – (March) 2014 Member (March) 2008 – (March) 2011 Student Paper Award Committee Chair (April) 2005 – (March) 2008 Member (March) 2002 – (March) 2005 Ethics Bowl, SAA Annual Meetings Moderator (April) 2007 Judge (April) 2005, (April) 2010 Member, Meetings Development Committee (June) 2003 – (April) 2006 Member, Membership Development Committee (June) 2003 – (April) 2006 Student Affairs Committee Ex Officio (March) 2002 – (March) 2004 Chair (April) 2000 - (March) 2002 Member (April) 1996 - (April) 2000 Society for Archaeological Sciences Associate Editor for Bioarchaeology, SAS Bulletin (May) 2005 – (May) 2012

UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES/SERVICE: University of North Florida Chair, Faculty Delegation to the UNF Constitutional Convention (Dec) 2013 – present Member, Search Committee for Provost & Vice President (Sept) 2013 – present Member, Search Committee for Director of Academic Technology (Sept) 2013 – (Feb) 2014 Member, Academic Technology Task Force (Oct) 2012 – (May) 2013 Member, First Year Experience Committee, Academic Affairs (Sept) 2011 – (May) 2012 Member, Faculty Affairs Committee, Faculty Association (Aug) 2009 – (Sept) 2013 Member, College of Arts & Sciences Advisor Hiring Committee (Jan) 2011 – (Feb) 2011 Member, General Education Assessment Task Force, College of Arts & Sciences (May) 2008 – (May) 2010 Member, Transformational Learning Opportunities Proposal Review Committee, Academic Affairs (Sept) 2008, (Oct) 2010, (Oct) 2012 Member, Executive Committee, Faculty Association (Aug) 2007 – (Aug) 2008 Chair, Faculty Enhancement Committee (Aug) 2007 – (Aug) 2008 Member, Search Committee for Office of Faculty Enhancement Director (Aug) 2007 – (Jan) 2008 Vice-Chair, Faculty Enhancement Committee (Aug) 2006 – (Aug) 2007

Member, Willard D. Ash Award Committee, College of Arts & Sciences (April) 2006 – present Member, College (COAS) Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award Screening Committee (Dec) 2006 – (Jan) 2007 Member, Ad Hoc FEEDS Assessment, Faculty Enhancement Office (April) 2005

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Member, Presidential Committee on Equity & Civility (Dec) 2004 – (Feb) 2009 Member, Honors Council (June) 2004 – (April) 2006 Member, Graduate Faculty (Aug) 2003 – present DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEES/SERVICE: Department of Sociology, Anthropology, & Social Work, UNF Chair, Task Force to Revise Department Bylaws/Operative Procedures (Nov) 2013 – (March) 2014 Member, Events & Symposium Committee (Sept) 2013 – present Faculty Mentor for Two Faculty (Hargrove, Simon) (Sept) 2010 – present Anthropology Representative, Library Liaison Program (Feb) 2010 – present Member, Promotion & Tenure Committee (Wilder) (Sept) 2013 – (Oct) 2013 Member, Promotion & Tenure Committee (Simon) (Sept) 2013 – (Oct) 2013 Department of Sociology & Anthropology, UNF Member, Strategic Planning Committee (Aug) 2010 – (Aug) 2013 Member, “Engage Department” Community-Based T.L. Committee (Aug) 2010 – (Aug) 2012 Chair, Anthropology Program External Review Self-Study Committee (Sept) 2011 – (Aug) 2012 Member, Third Year Tenure Appraisal Committee (Hargrove) (Feb) 2011 Member, Social Welfare Hiring Search Committee (2 lines) (Sept) 2010 – (Feb) 2011 Member, Promotion & Tenure Committee (Stuber) (Sept) 2010 – (Oct) 2010 Chair, Third Year Tenure Appraisal Committee (Simon) (Feb) 2010 Member, Colloquium Committee (Sept) 2008 – (Aug) 2010 Member, Peer Teaching Review Committee (Sept) 2008 – (Aug) 2010 Faculty Advisor, Student Anthropology Club (Sept) 2006 – (April) 2009 Member, Departmental Publicity, Marketing & Website Committee (Sept) 2005 – (Aug) 2010 Chair, Anthropology Hiring Search Committee (1 line) (Sept) 2007 – (March) 2008 Member, Bylaws Revision Committee (Sept) 2006 – (Sept) 2007 Member, Anthropology Hiring Search Committee (1 line) (Sept) 2006 – (Feb) 2007 Member, Sociology Hiring Search Committee (3 lines) (Sept) 2005 – (Feb) 2006 Department of Sociology, Anthropology, & Criminal Justice, UNF Member, Colloquium Committee (Sept) 2004 – (Aug) 2005 Member, Criminal Justice Hiring Search Committee (2 lines) (Sept) 2004 – (Dec) 2004 Member, Ad-Hoc Committee on DIS Course Banking (Feb) 2004 – (Sept) 2004 Member, Publicity, Endowment Development, & Alumni Committee (Aug) 2003 – (Sept) 2004 Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico Student Member, Tenure Review Committee (Fall Semester) 1996 PROFESSIONAL PEER REVIEWS:

1 Manuscript for Advances in Archaeological Practice 2013

5 Manuscripts for American Antiquity 2002, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2013

1 Manuscript for Florida Anthropologist 2012

2 Manuscripts for the International Journal of Learning 2004 (x2)

1 Manuscript for the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 2013

1 Manuscript for the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 2008

1 Manuscript for the Journal of Anthropological Research 2004

3 Manuscripts for Latin American Antiquity 2005 (x2), 2012

PROFESSIONAL PROPOSAL REVIEWS:

3 Proposals for the U.S. National Science Foundation 2010 (2), 2011 (1)

1 Proposal for the Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica, Tecnológica y de Innovación, Ministerio de Educación, Ciencia Y Tecnología of Argentina 2004

PUBLIC OUTREACH:

Invited Presenter – “Ground Penetrating Radar Survey of Fort San Carlos” (Sept) 2013

Viva Florida 500 1513-2013, Amelia Island Museum of History, FL.

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Invited Presenter – “The Complex Whole: Darwinian Approaches to Cultural (February) 2013

Evolution”, First Coast Freethought Society, Jacksonville, FL. Living with the Dead: Unusual Mortuary Treatments from the Prehispanic (October) 2011 Southwest, Public presentation at Mississippi State University.

Invited Presenter – “Of Metaphysics & Missing Links: Ardipithecus ramidus and (February) 2010

Modeling Human Evolution”, First Coast Freethought Society, Jacksonville, FL.

Interviewed Guest – “Anthropology and the Study of Society & Culture”, (October) 2008

UNF: Campus Connection, Channel 17 & Comcast, Jacksonville, Florida Discussion Leader – “Collapse” by Jared Diamond, (October) 2006

UNF Alumni Book Club, Jacksonville, Florida. Lecturer – “The Human Skeletal System”, Kindergarten through 3

rd grade students, (December) 2005

Florida Virtual Academy – Home School, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida

Invited Presenter – “The Games People Play: The Super Bowl and Prehistoric (February) 2005

Ballgames in the New World”, UNF Alumni Luncheon, Jacksonville, Florida.

Interviewed Guest – “Ancient Competitive Sports & the Super Bowl”, (January) 2005

Ask the UNF Expert, WJXT Channel 4 News, Jacksonville, Florida

Biological and Cultural Aspects of Race. Presented at the Florida Center for (June) 2004 Teachers Summer Seminar Program Entitled: Race in America. Sponsored by the Florida Humanities Council, St. Petersburg, Florida. Invited Guest Lecturer – “Forensic Anthropology”, Forensic Sciences Course, (February) 2004

D. Wagers (instructor), Mandarin High School, Jacksonville, Florida FELLOWSHIPS HELD:

Dean’s Leadership Council Faculty Fellow 2005 - 2006

College of Arts & Sciences, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida.

Faculty Fellow 2004 - 2005

Office of Faculty Enhancement, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida.

WORKSHOPS ATTENDED Cemetery Preservation: Making Good Choices, National Preservation Institute 2012 Debi Hacker and Michael Trinkley, Chicora Foundation, Inc. Cemetery Resource Protection Training 2012 Florida Public Archaeology Network & Jacksonville Historical Society Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C) Professional Development Workshops 2011 Getting Started: The First Step Towards Online Teaching (certificate 7/10/2011) & Dynamic Collaboration, Discussion, and Facilitation Practices (certificate 7/19/2011)

Human Subjects Research Curriculum (Basic Course, Ref# 4516318) 2010, 2014

Group 2 – Social Behavioral Researcher Investigators and Key Personnel

CITI – Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative, University of Miami

Refresher Course Completed (02/23/2014, Ref# 11009893)

C.R.E.L.: Course Redesign for Effective Learning Workshop 2010


PulseEKKO Pro Short Course on Ground Penetrating Radar 2007

Greg B. Johnston, Director of Training Services, Sensors & Software Inc.

University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida

Avoiding the Crushing Impact of Assessment in Higher Education 2004

Douglas J. Eder, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Facilitator & Presenter


Developing a Comprehensive Faculty Evaluation System 2004

Dr. Raoul A. Arreola, University of Tennessee, Presenter


B.U.I.L.D.: Building Understanding for Instructional and Learning Design Workshop 2004, 2006


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Integrating Section 106 and the National Environmental Policy Act Workshop 2002

Directed by Terry H. Klein (SRI) and Kathy H. Baumgaertner (Golder Assoc.)

The SRI Foundation, Rio Rancho, New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Project Manager Training Course 2002

Directed by Thomas Euler and Tina Lee (SWCA)

SWCA Environmental Consultants, Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona.

Archaeomagnetic Collection Training Workshop 2002

Directed by Dr. Jeffery L. Eighmy, Colorado State University

Sponsored by the Archaeomagnetic Laboratory, Department of Anthropology,

Payson, Arizona. Certified as an Archaeomagnetic Sample Collector.

Curso Taller de Análisis Tecnológico de Artifactos Lithicos 2000

Directed by Dr. Steve Tomka (UTSA) & Gustavo A. Ramírez (INAH)

Centro INAH – Tamaulipas & the University of Texas at San Antonio

Nuevo Ciudad Guerrero, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

AWARDS:

Awarded 2011-2012 Faculty Mentor Award, Department of Sociology & Anthropology 2012


Awarded 2011-2012 Outstanding Faculty Service Award, University of North Florida 2012

Nominated for 2011-2012 Distinguished Professor, Outstanding Faculty Scholarship, 2012

Mentor of the Year, and Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Awards, University

of North Florida

Nominated for 2010-2011 Distinguished Professor, Outstanding Faculty Service, 2010

and Outstanding Faculty Scholarship Awards, University of North Florida

Distinguished Alumni Award 2010

Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Elected member of Phi Kappa Phi honor society 2009

Nominated for 2008-2009 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award 2008


Awarded 2005-2006 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award 2006


Nominated for 2004-2005 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award 2004


Ruth Kennedy Memorial Lectureship for Outstanding Doctoral Student, 2000

Maxwell Museum Association & Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico

Broilo-Basehart Best Student Paper at the Society for American Archaeology Meetings Award, 1997

Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: American Anthropological Association (October) 2001 - present Member, Archaeology Division Member, Biological Anthropology Section Member, Evolutionary Anthropology Society Member, Society for the Anthropology of Religion American Association of Physical Anthropology (March) 2004 - present Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society (Nov.) 1996 - present Register of Professional Archaeologists (May) 2009 - present Society for American Archaeology (Dec.) 1994 - present Society for Archaeological Sciences (May) 2005 – present

Documents

CURRICULUM VITAE Gordon F. M. Rakita CV.pdf · CURRICULUM VITAE Gordon F. M. Rakita Friday, April 11, 2014 ... Mexico, edited by Paul E. Minnis & Michael E. Whalen, University of