education and training
- Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Anthropology, Dissertation: Conflict and Culture Change in the Late Prehistoric and Early Historic American Midcontinent 2005
- M.A. in Anthropology, University of Missouri , Anthropology, Thesis: Investigating Residence Through Domestic Architecture 1993
- B.A. in Anthropology, University of Missouri , Anthropology 1990
