Russell B. Colgate Professor of
Astronomy and Anthropology (1963)

Director, Division of University Studies (1979-84)

Degrees: BA Boston University 1960; PhD University of Arizona 1965

Teaching Experience: University of South Florida; University of Colorado; University of Padua (Italy)

Teaching Specialties: Astronomy, Mesoamerican archaeoastronomy, history of science

Research Interests: Astronomy of ancient cultures of the Americas, isolated star clusters

Publications: Stairways to the Stars (Wiley, 1997), Behind the Crystal Ball (Times, 1996), Conversing With the Planets (Times, Random House, 1992), Ancient Astronomers (Smithsonian, 1992), The Lines of Nazca, ed. (American Philosophical Society, 1990), Empires of Time (Basic Books, 1989), World Archaeoastronomy, ed. (Cambridge University Press, 1988), Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico (University of Texas Press, 1980), (Translations in German, Italian, Chinese, Korean, Polish, Portugese); numerous edited volumes; articles: "Somebody Else’s Cosmology" in Mysteries of Life in the Universe (Harcourt Brace, 1992), "Mystery on the Desert: The Lines of Nazca" in Mysteries of Mankind (National Geographic Society, 1992), "Moctezuma’s Sky: Aztec Astronomy and Ritual" in Moctezuma’s Mexico: Visions of the Aztec World (University Press of Colorado, 1992); numerous articles, reviews and commentaries in Science, American Scientist, American Antiquity, Monographs of the American Philosophical Society, Archaeology, Sky & Telescope

Distinctions: Colgate Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1997; Top Ten Best University Professors in the Country by Rolling Stone Magazine, 1991; Phi Eta Sigma National Honor's Society Distinguished Teaching Award as voted by Freshman Class, 1990; Grants include those from NSF, Sigma Xi, the OSCO Fund, Earthwatch (Educational Expeditions International), and the National Geographic Society; Visiting Scholar, University of Padua 1985, 1989 and Resident Scholar, Centro Internazionale A. Beltrame di Storio dello Spazio & Tempo, Padua 1985; National Professor of the Year 1982, Council for the Advancement and Support of Education; Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science elected 1980

Board Memberships: Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard; Mesoamerican Archive and Research Project, Princeton

International Affiliations and Experience: Frequent research trips to Mexico, Central and South America

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