In addition to his research and community work, Dr. Hard has mentored a variety of graduate and undergraduate students for over three decades while teaching at the University of Texas at San Antonio. These students are conducting important work in the field of anthropology in institutions across Texas and beyond; including, work in settlement patterns, methods for sustenance, and resilience techniques across the American Southwest.
In Progress
Doctoral Mentoring
Dissertation Committee, Chair (*upgraded to candidate)
Michelle Carpenter, Anthropology
Clinton McKenzie*, Anthropology
Dissertation Committee, Member (*upgraded to candidate)
Kristin Corl
Sabastian Salgado-Flores*
Master’s Mentoring
Thesis Committee, Chair
June Burke
Robert Gardner
Amber Hefner
Desiree Quintinilla
Steve Wendel
Gabriella Zaragosa
Completed
Doctoral Mentoring
Dissertation Committee, Chair
2020 Mary Whisenhunt, PhD in Anthropology
Dissertation title: Investigating Resilience in Southeast Arizona’s Upper Gila River Valley: Prehistoric Settlement Patterns and Material Diversity
2020 Kristina Solis, PhD in Anthropology
Dissertation title: An Analysis of Hunter-Gatherer Territoriality and Post-Marital Residence Patterns in the Late Archaic Texas Coastal Plain Using Strontium Radiogenic Isotopes (87Sr/86Sr)
2013 Charles A. Speer, PhD in Anthropology Dissertation title: Clovis Mobility at the Gault Site: A Chert Provenance Study Using Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS)
Current Position: Associate Processor, Idaho State University
Dissertation Committee, Member
2021 Rebecca Friedel, PhD in Anthropology
2020 Nicholas Ellwanger, PhD in Anthropology
2020 Whitney Lytle, PhD in Anthropology
2019 Matthew Warren, PhD in Anthropology
2018 Martha M. Lyke, PhD in Anthropology
2017 Emily Lloyd, PhD in Anthropology
2017 Guillaume Pages, PhD in Anthropology
2013 Deborah Moore, PhD in Anthropology
2008 Kari Schmidt, PhD in Anthropology, University of New Mexico
Masters Mentoring
Thesis Committee, Chair
2020 Peggy Wall, MA in Anthropology
2020 Kathleen Jenkins, MA in Anthropology
2018 Sarah Wigley, MA in Anthropology
2016 Andrea Thomas, MA in Anthropology
2015 Nathanael Dollar, MA in Anthropology
2014 Gabriela Gonzalez, MA in Anthropology
2014 Ashley Jones, MA in Anthropology
2013 Kelly Denham Mullen, MA in Anthropology
2013 Kirsten Verostick, MA in Anthropology
2013 Sara Bodah, MA in Anthropology
2012 Pete Cadena, MA in Anthropology
2011 Lynn Wack, MA in Anthropology
2011 Lori Barkwill Love, MA in Anthropology
2011 Charles (Steve) Smith, MA in Anthropology
2008 Jon Dowling, MA in Anthropology
2008 Leonard Kemp, MA in Anthropology
2007 Jacob Freeman, MA in Anthropology
2007 Linda Longoria, MA in Anthropology
2006 Jena Fuller, MA in Anthropology
2006 Charles A. Speer, MA in Anthropology
2004 Kristi Ulrich Miller, MA in Anthropology
2004 Cindy Munoz, MA in Anthropology
2003 Carol Villalobos, MA in Anthropology
2003 Connie Gibson, MA in Anthropology
2002 Jose Zapata, MA in Anthropology
2001 Andy Malof, MA in Anthropology
2001 Ricky Robinson, MA in Anthropology
2000 David Nickels, MA in Anthropology
2000 Kevin Hanselka, MA in Anthropology
2000 Preston McWhorter, MA in Anthropology
1999 Kaylee Stallings McRae, MA in Anthropology
1999 Jeffrey Francis, MA in Anthropology
1999 Gerry Raymond, MA in Anthropology
1998 Barbara Meissner, MA in Anthropology
1997 Stephanie Snyder, MA in Anthropology
1996 Cynthia Tennis, MA in Anthropology
1996 Diane Cargill, MA in Anthropology
1996 Robert Rector, MA in Anthropology
1994 John Arthur, MA in Anthropology
Thesis Committee, Member
2016 Melanie Johnson, MA in Anthropology
2015 Christie Kokel Rodriguez (MA exam), MA in Anthropology
2012 Tawny Bailey, MA in Anthropology
2009 Lynn Kim, MA in Anthropology
2008 George Rodriguez, MA in Anthropology
1999 Chris Horrell, MA in Anthropology
1996 Maureen Brown, MA in Anthropology
1995 M. Kathryn Brown, MA in Anthropology
1992 Gordon K. Wright, MA in Anthropology
1992 Linda Wooten Ellis, MA in Anthropology
Undergraduate Mentoring
Undergraduate Thesis Committee, Chair
2008 Lori Gerrard, BA in Anthropology
2002 Joe R. Davis, BA in Anthropology
2001 Bruce Moses, BA in Anthropology
Undergraduate Thesis Committee, Member
2010 Madison Partida, BA in History
2001 Christy Cradoct, BA in Anthropology
Post-Doctoral Fellow Supervision
2014 – 2015 Jacob Freeman, PhD in Anthropology, Arizona State University
Postdoctoral Fellow, UTSA Department of Anthropology
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Utah State University
Will there be a field school this coming year? Thanks!
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