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Sarah Jackson is Professor and Divisional Dean for Social Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder, where she joined the Department of Anthropology in 2023. Previously, she held academic positions at the University of New Hampshire, University of Toronto, and University of Cincinnati. With a PhD from Harvard University (2005), she is an anthropological archaeologist specializing in ancient Mesoamerica, particularly Classic Maya culture.
Her research explores materiality, ancient identities, ontologies, and personhood (including non-human persons), indigenous political organization, and the negotiation of culture change. Methodologically, she works at the intersection of text and material record, bringing together theoretical ideas with archaeological field practices. Her current work reconstructs aspects of a Classic Maya material worldview, investigating how indigenous material perspectives might transform archaeological field practices.
Her recent publications reveal a consistent focus on understanding Maya perspectives on material culture, text, and space. Jackson's work increasingly examines how modern archaeological interpretations can be enhanced by incorporating indigenous ontological frameworks, particularly through innovative digital recording systems that unite archaeological and Maya views on material culture.
She co-directs an archaeological project at Say Kah, Belize with Dr. Linda Brown, funded by Wenner-Gren, National Geographic Society/Waitt, National Geographic Society (CRE), American Philosophical Society, Brennan Foundation, and Rust Family Foundation. Her fieldwork integrates theoretical approaches with practical archaeological methods, developing new ways to document and interpret Maya sites.
While actively engaged in research and academic administration, Dr. Jackson is currently not accepting PhD applicants due to her administrative responsibilities as Dean of Social Sciences.
