William A. Haviland

Dr. William A. Haviland is Professor Emeritus at the University of Vermont, where he founded the Department of Anthropology and taught for thirty-two years. He holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania. He has carried out original research in archaeology in Guatemala and Vermont, ethnography in Maine and Vermont, and physical anthropology in Guatemala. This work has been the basis of numerous publications in various national and international books and journals, as well as in media intended for the general public. His books include CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY: THE HUMAN CHALLENGE, 13th ed. and EVOLUTION AND PREHISTORY: THE HUMAN CHALLENGE, 9th ed. (both Wadsworth, 2010), co-authored with Harald E.L. Prins, Bunny McBride, and Dana Walrath, THE ORIGINAL VERMONTERS: NATIVE INHABITANTS, PAST AND PRESENT (UPNE, 1994), co-authored with Marjorie Power, and a technical monograph on ancient Maya settlement. He also served as consultant for the award-winning telecourse, Faces of Culture, and is co-editor of the series Tikal Reports, published by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Besides his teaching and writing, Dr. Haviland has lectured to numerous professional as well as non-professional audiences in Canada, Mexico, Lesotho, South Africa, and Spain, as well as in the United States. A staunch supporter of indigenous rights, he served as expert witness for the Missisquoi Abenakis of Vermont in an important court case over aboriginal fishing rights. Awards received by Dr. Haviland include being named University Scholar by the Graduate School of the University of Vermont in 1990; a Certificate of Appreciation from the Sovereign Republic of the Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi, St. Francis/Sokoki Band in 1996; and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Center for Research on Vermont in 2006. Now retired from teaching, he continues his research, writing, and lecturing from the coast of Maine. His most recent books are is AT THE PLACE OF THE LOBSTERS AND CRABS: INDIAN PEOPLE AND DEER ISLE MAINE, 1605-2005 (Polar Bear & Company, 2009) and CANOE INDIANS OF DOWN EAST MAINE (The History Press 2012).