Professor of Anthropology and Micronesian Studies
Office Location:
HSS 120C
ABOUT
David Atienza received his Ph.D. in Anthropology from the Complutense University of Madrid in 2006 and relocated to Guam the same year, where he currently resides. With a history, philosophy, anthropology, and applied linguistics background, Dr. Atienza has taught at various institutions in Spain and Guam. His research focuses on cultural identity processes and historical anthropology, particularly in the Mariana Islands, and he has several publications, some co-authored with Dr. Alexander Coello de la Rosa. He holds the position of professor of Anthropology at the University of Guam.
CREDENTIALS
- B.A., History, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- M.A., Applied Linguistics, Universidad Antonio de Nebrija (Spain)
- Ph.D., Anthropology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Associate Professor of Archaeology
Office Location:
MARC 117
ABOUT
Mike T. Carson (Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Hawaii, 2002) investigates archaeology and natural-cultural landscape histories throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
External link for access to published works: https://uog.academia.edu/MikeCarson
CREDENTIALS
- B.A., Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles
- M.A., Anthropology, University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Associate Professor of Archaeology and Micronesian Studies
Office Location:
HSS 120A
ABOUT
Dr. Bill Jeffery has been working as a maritime archaeologist for over 30 years. In 1990, Bill was a member of an Australian team that trained some of China’s first maritime archaeologists. Since 2002, he has been working on various aspects of maritime archaeology in Hong Kong and more recently the training of a number of local divers, and the implementation of maritime archaeology research and excavation projects, the first such projects to be conducted in Hong Kong. Bill’s background in maritime archaeology is in Australia, where after studying with the Western Australian Museum, he formulated and coordinated a maritime heritage program for a state government agency, Heritage South Australia from 1981-2001. He went onto working with the Federated States of Micronesia National Historic Preservation Office and completing a PhD in maritime archaeology at James Cook University. He is a consulting maritime archaeologist to ERM Hong Kong, and Research Associate with the Hong Kong Maritime Museum. He has implemented various types of archaeological and heritage investigations in Australia, the Pacific region, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka and various countries in Africa. Bill has lectured in cultural heritage preservation, maritime archaeology and conducted maritime archaeology field schools with Flinders University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of Guam and James Cook University in addition to teaching Nautical Archaeology Society (NAS) training programs in eleven different countries.
Some current activities and project work can be seen at:
- http://www.apconf.org
- http://www.hkuhgroup.com
- http://www.hkmaritimemuseum.org
- http://www.islandculture.info/yaptraditionalfishweirs/index.htm
- 2024 Ocean Decade Conference Presentation (Barcelona, Spain, April 10-12, 2024)
Blog: INTERPRETING SEABEE JUNKYARD, GUAM
AN 462, Spring 2016: Advanced Field Methods Archaeology]
CREDENTIALS
- A.D., Surveying, University of South Australia
- Graduate Diploma, Maritime Archaeology, Curtin University (Australia)
- Ph.D., Maritime Archaeology, James Cook University (Australia)
