| Biographical Information | Whit Schroder’s research focuses on historical and political ecology, emphasizing the reciprocal dynamics between people and the environment, and using remote sensing technologies to document and interpret landscapes. His dissertation, entitled “Community Resilience Through Crisis at El Infiernito, Chiapas, A Fortified Refuge in the Upper Usumacinta Valley” examined an archaeological community providing a glimpse into the Maya transition from the Terminal Classic to Early Postclassic periods. Whit, who recently held a Postdoctoral Associate position, has just been made an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Florida. He has numerous co-authored articles in 2022 and 2023, the latest, “Google Earth Engine for Archaeologists: An Updated Look at the Progress and Promise of Remotely Sensed Big Data” in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports and “Does the Past Influence the Present or the Future? Deep Time, Land Use, and Remote Sensing in Southern Mexico” in Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture, published this year. He is first author on the article “Regional household variation and inequality across the Maya landscape” just published this week in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. He currently directs the Proyecto Arqueológico Bajo Lacantún (Lower Lacantún Archaeological Project) in southeastern Chiapas, Mexico. |
