Dr. Troy Lovata is an Associate Professor in the University Honors Program. He was trained as an Anthropologist and Archaeologist (Ph.D., M.A. The University of Texas; B.A. Colorado State University) and much of his research has focused on non-textual forms of presentation and the social role of material culture. His recent book, Inauthentic Archaeologies: Public Uses and Abuses of the Past, is available from Left Coast Press.

Courses taught at The University of New Mexico, in the University Honors Program, during the Spring 2010 semester:

UHON 222 The Legacy of Ancient Technology

UHON 402 Monuments and Memory

UHON 490-001 Senior Reading and Research (Senior Honors Thesis, 1st semester)

UHON 491-001 Senior Interdisciplinary Honors Thesis (Senior Honors Thesis, 2nd semester)