Gordon F.M. Rakita

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Education

Recent Publications

• Rakita, G. F. M.
  2006 Ancestors and Elites: Emergent Complexity, Ritual Practices and Mortuary Behavior at Paquimé, Chihuahua, Mexico, In Religion in the Prehispanic Southwest, edited by Christine S. VanPool, Todd L. VanPool, & David A. Phillips, Alta Mira Press, Lanham, MD. pp. 219-233.
  
• Rakita, G. F. M.
  2006 Hemenway, Hrdlička , and Hawikku: An Historical Perspective on Bioarchaeological Research in the American Southwest. In Bioarchaeology: The Contextual Analysis of Human Remains, edited by J. E. Buikstra and L. A. Beck, Academic Press, Amsterdam. pp. 95-111.
• Rakita, G. F. M.
  2006 Phylogenetic Research Techniques & Methodological Lessons from Bioarchaeology. In Mapping Our Ancestors: Phylogenetic Methods in Anthropology and Prehistory, edited by Carl P. Lipo, Michael J. O’Brien, Mark Collard, and Stephen Shennan, Aldine Transaction Press, New Brunswick. pp.119-129.
• Rakita, G. F. M., J. E. Buikstra, L. A. Beck, S. R. Williams (eds.)
  2005 Interacting with the Dead: Perspectives on Mortuary Archaeology for the New Millennium. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
• Rakita, G. F. M. and J. E. Buikstra
  2005 Introduction, In Interacting with the Dead: Perspectives on Mortuary Archaeology for the New Millenium, edited by Gordon F.M. Rakita, Jane E. Buikstra, Lane A. Beck, & Sloan R. Williams, University Press of Florida, Gainesville. pp. 1-11.
• Buikstra, J. E., P. D. Tomczak, M. C. Lozada Cerna, and G. F. M. Rakita
  2005 Chiribaya Political Economy: A Bioarchaeological Perspective, In Interacting with the Dead: Perspectives on Mortuary Archaeology for the New Millenium, edited by Gordon F.M. Rakita, Jane E. Buikstra, Lane A. Beck, & Sloan R. Williams, University Press of Florida, Gainesville. pp. 66-80
• Rakita, G. F. M. and J. E. Buikstra
  2005 Corrupting Flesh: Reexamining Hertz's Perspective on Mummification and Cremation, In Interacting with the Dead: Perspectives on Mortuary Archaeology for the New Millenium, edited by Gordon F.M. Rakita, Jane E. Buikstra, Lane A. Beck, & Sloan R. Williams, University Press of Florida, Gainesville. pp. 97-106
• Hargis, J. and Rakita, G.
  2005 The More We Change, The More We Remain the Same: The Electracy Model of Teaching and Learning. The International Journal of Learning 11: 309-314.
• Rakita, G. F. M.
  2005 Are You Ready to Teach? In An Active Guide to Education, by J. Hargis. Kendal Hunt Publishing, Dubuque, Iowa. pp. 275-276.
• Lozada, M. C., G. Rakita, and J. E. Buikstra
  2004 Dando la Bienvenida a la Muerte: El Rol de los Camélidos en las Festividades Funerarias Chiribaya en la Costa Sur del Perú. In Imagen del Muerte, Primer Congreso Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades. Centro de Producción Editorial, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú. pp 39-48.
• Rakita, G. F. M. and G. R. Raymond
  2003 The Temporal Sensitivity of Casas Grandes Polychrome Ceramics. The Kiva 68(3): 153-184.
  

Employment

• Assistant Professor, University of North Florida, Dept. of Sociology, Anthropology, & Criminal Justice, (Aug.) 2003 – present
• Principal Investigator & Laboratory/Analytical Director, SWCA, Flagstaff, (June) 2002 – (June) 2003
• Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico, Dept. of Anthropology, (Jan.) 2002 – (May) 2003
• Field & Research Assistant, Office of Archaeological Studies, Museum of New Mexico, Timothy Maxwell (Director), (July) 2001 - (Aug) 2001
• Instructor, University of New Mexico, Dept. of Anthropology, (Sept.) 2000 - (Dec.) 2000
• Field & Research Assistant, Office of Archaeological Studies, Museum of New Mexico, Timothy Maxwell (Director), (June) 2000
• Instructor, University of New Mexico, Dept. of Anthropology, (Sept.) 1999 - (Dec.) 1999
• Teaching Assistant, University of New Mexico, Dept. of Anthropology, (Jan.) 1999 - (May) 1999
• Field & Research Assistant, Office of Archaeological Studies, Museum of New Mexico, Timothy Maxwell (Director), (June) 1998
• Research Assistant, University of New Mexico, Prof. Jane E. Buikstra, (Aug.) 1995 - (Dec.) 2001
• Research Assistant, University of Chicago, Prof. Jane E. Buikstra, (Jan.) 1994 - (Aug.) 1995
• Instructor, University of North Carolina @ Greensboro, Dept. of Cont. Educ., (May) 1993 - (July) 1993
• Teaching Assistant, University of North Carolina @ Greensboro, Dept. of Anth., (Sept.) 1992 - (May) 1993