Destiny Crider
Latest in Research Activities at ASU

School of Human Evolution and Social Change. I am working as a Research Associate for the Cerro Portezuelo Ceramic Analysis project under the direction of Dr. George Cowgill and Dr. Deborah Nichols (Dartmouth). Cerro Portezuelo was is an interesting archaeological site located in the southeastern region of the Basin of Mexico and the extensive excavations conducted by UCLA in the 1950's produced significant ceramic materials. These materials are being used to evaluate the Classic to Postclassic transition.

Archaeological Research Institute. In addition to my research position in the CPZ project, I maintain employment at ARI. I continue to monitor the web content for the ARI web page and ArchNet. I am also assisting with Public Outreach events, such as SEE ASU, Archaeology Expo and public lectures to community groups. I will also have the opportunity to learn more about Archaeolgoical Sourcing procedures in Dr. Simon's pilot project in collaboration with the ASU PIXE lab to determine elemental signatures for mordern southwest turquoise mines.

Teotihuacan Daily Life Museum Exhibit. During the summer of 2005 I served as a research consultant on a series of ASU grant proposals to develop a new museum exhibit to highlight the daily practices and experience of urban living in the Prehispanic city of Teotihuacan. We have successfully obtained a development grant to continue work on this project.

Society for American Archaeology. I am currently serving a three year term as a member of the Student Affairs Committee. My first year I served as co-organier and moderator for the Student Affairs Committee Faculty Panel Discussion about the future of archaeological education in the US. Details of this session can be found at the above link to SAA.
This year I am co-organizing (with Tatsuya Murakami)a symposium on Central Mexican Highlands Inter-Valley Interaction. I will also be serving as a Panelists in a Forum discussing the future needs of archaeology and issues of diversity.

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Other Activities at ASU

 Secular Freethought Society at ASU. This small group of thoughtful students and citizens are contributing to intellectual dialogue about society and the philosophy of education in America. I have been helping out with the web site.

GPSA. This is my fourth year as a member of the Graduate and Professional Student Association. I am currently serving as the Chair of the Graduate Student Association Advisory Board. This volunteer committee will be developing policy and some programming for the ASU Graduate Student Center. For more information see the GPSA web site.

Preparing Future Faculty. I have completed the PFF program and you can view my PFF portfolio on this site.
See the link at the top of the page.


National Graduate Student Leadership Conference.I am honored to be selected as one of the representatives from ASU participating in the Graduate Student Leadership Conference sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Three students from ASU will be attending this second conference on the PhD Responsiveness project hosted by Washington University in St. Louis this fall.