Dr. Colwell-Chanthaphonh is Curator of Anthropology at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. His research interests include: Native American ethnology and archaeology, heritage management, collaborative methods, social and political uses of history, cultural landscapes, and research ethics. Dr. Colwell-Chanthaphonh received his PhD from Indiana University and his BA from the University of Arizona. Before coming to the Denver Museum, he held a post-doctoral fellowship with the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Dr. Colwell-Chanthaphonh sits on the editorial board of American Anthropologist, and currently serves as co-editor of Museum Anthropology. He has published more than two dozen articles and book chapters, and has authored and edited six books. Recent awards include the 2009 National Council on Public History Book Award and the 2009 Gordon R. Willey Prize of the American Anthropological Association, Archaeology Division.
Current Projects
Recent Publications
Colwell-Chanthaphonh, C. 2009. Inheriting the Past: The Making of Arthur C. Parker and Indigenous Archaeology. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
Colwell-Chanthaphonh, C., and T. J. Ferguson. Eds. 2008. Collaboration in Archaeological Practice: Engaging Descendant Communities. AltaMira Press, Lanham.
Colwell-Chanthaphonh, C., Hollowell, J., and D. McGill. 2008. Ethics in Action: Case Studies in Archaeological Dilemmas. The SAA Press, Washington, D.C.
Colwell-Chanthaphonh, C. 2007. Massacre at Camp Grant: Forgetting and Remembering Apache History. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
Ferguson, T. J., and C. Colwell-Chanthaphonh. 2006. History Is in the Land: Multivocal Tribal Traditions in Arizona’s San Pedro Valley. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
Vitelli, K.D., and Colwell-Chanthaphonh, C. Eds. 2006. Archaeological Ethics. 2nd Ed. AltaMira Press, Lanham.
