The Web Pages Working Group, like the PEC in general, is comprised of individuals actively involved in Public Archaeology. Through their employment and/or their research agendas, the Working Group members have utilized the Internet medium for sharing information about archaeology.

Carol McDavid

Carol McDavid is the Web Pages Working Group Leader. She has coordinated the web page design plan development and the technical development phases of these web pages. Carol has extensive experience using web based technologies for public outreach about archaeology. Her Ph.D. research (Cambridge University, 2003) examined how Internet web sites can be used to create public interpretations of "sensitive" historical and archaeological material using the archaeology of slavery and its aftermath, tenant farming/sharecropping.

Carol is Project Director for Public Archaeology for the Yates Community Archaeology Project, which operates under the auspices of the Rutherford B. H. Yates Museum, Inc., in Freedmen's Town, Houston, Texas. She also serves as advisor to and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Levi Jordan Plantation Historical Society. Both projects are concerned with the archaeology of the African Diaspora. She is an Adjunct Lecturer teaching archaeology at the University of Houston. Carol’s work with the Levi Jordan Plantation Historical Society (for her master’s and Ph.D. research, and her continuing involvement up to the present), involves coordinating plans for public interpretation of the archaeology of the Levi Jordan Plantation. In specific, Carol is interested in how archaeologists and other academics can make their work more meaningful to the public, and how archaeologists can find ways to make their research more accessible as a tool for community collaboration and reform. Her efforts actively involve Levi Jordan Plantation descendants, both enslaver and enslaved. Carol is the creator (1998) and editor of the public archaeology Levi Jordan Plantation web site, www.webarchaeology.com.

Carol is a member of the SAA PEC and the Society for Historical Archaeology PEIC (Public Education and Information Committee). She has co-organized and participated in several conference sessions, both in the US and abroad, devoted to exploring the theoretical issues and applied practices of Public Archaeology and/or the Internet’s use in Archaeology Outreach. She has published numerous research papers reporting on the use of the internet for public archaeology needs. Email: mcdavid@publicarchaeology.org

Mary L. Kwas

Mary L. Kwas has served since 2000 as Editor for the e-newsletter Archaeology & Public Education (A&PE), which is the precursor to these web pages (http://www.saa.org/pubEdu/a&pe/index.html). Prior to that, from 1991-1998, she was Editor of the "Archaeological Parks" column in the print version of Archaeology & Public Education.  Mary is now bringing this invaluable content forward for use on these new web pages.

Since 1996, Mary has been the Education Specialist for the Arkansas Archeological Survey (a unit of the University of Arkansas System). In this capacity, she produces educational materials for teachers, represents the Survey at teacher conferences and workshops, serves as Coordinator for Arkansas Archeology Month, and assists the amateur Arkansas Archeological Society in a number of its activities. Mary also provides regular public outreach content for several web sites. She was Project Manager of the First Encounters educational CD-ROM project and as scriptwriter for the Crossroads of the Past, a video produced by the Survey.           

Between 1991 and 1995, Mary was Curator of Education at Chucalissa Museum (an archaeological park), University of Memphis, where she developed a number of public programs for the museum, including Archaeology Day, More Than Bows & Arrows, and Native American Days (a 3-day event targeted to elementary school children that brought the largest daily attendance to the museum in its history). From 1980 to 1986, she was Park Manager for Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Area where she directed the development of the site's museum, library, and public programs - initiating her long-time interest in heritage tourism issues, which has resulted in a number of publications on the subject.

Mary became an adjunct member of the SAA Public Education Committee (PEC) in 1991, and a full member in 1997. She serves on the SAA PEC's Internet and Heritage Tourism subcommittee member and she is the SAA PEC Network Coordinator for Arkansas. Mary is also a member of the SAA Excellence in Public Education Award Committee.

Mary has published a number of articles on various public education topics. She was active in the web page design plan and the content development phase of these web pages. Mary Kwas, Arkansas Archeological Survey. email: mkwas@uark.edu

Patrice L. Jeppson

Patrice L. Jeppson is interested in finding more effective ways to bring archaeology to the public school audience. Between 1998 and 2002, she undertook participant observation research at the Center for Archaeology/Baltimore County Public Schools(Office of Social Studies/ Educational Support Services). She assisted the Center’s creator and Director (a Social Studies Specialist) in implementing a sequential, integrated, program of archaeology education in what is the 22nd largest US public school district via co-presenting school visitation programs, co-supervising field archaeology activities, and co-writing archaeology-enriched curriculum exercises. This collaboration has been reported on in several archaeology conferences and publications.

Patrice has co-organized and participated in several conference sessions, both in the US and abroad, devoted to exploring the theoretical issues and applied practices of Public Archaeology. She is active in the Society for Historical Archaeology’s Public Education and Information Committee (PEIC). As a member of the SAA PEC, she has assisted with the Web Page Design Plan and the coordination of content for these web pages. Patrice currently serves as Chair of the SAA Excellence in Public Education Award Committee.

In the past, Patrice developed museum exhibits (including a traveling education case) related to research and cultural resources management projects done in California and South Africa. She taught for several years as an Adjunct Lecturer at California State University, Bakersfield (1993-1997) incorporating a unit on Public Archaeology into an historical archaeology course (1997). She taught the inaugural course in archaeology offered at the University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa in 1992. Patrice is currently conducting Public Archaeology research for the Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Consortium, assessing Franklin-related archaeological evidence for the needs of an international loan exhibit, a Frankliniana Database, and educational outreach programs to be disseminated over the Internet. Email: pjeppson@kern.com; pjeppson@speakeasy.net

Maureen Malloy

Maureen Malloy has been the SAA Manager, Education and Outreach since 2001. In this capacity, she responds to inquiries about archaeology from students, teachers, and the general public; serves as the SAA staff liaison to the SAA Public Education Committee; and develops educational materials for professional archaeologists and the public.  Maureen recently co-edited (with Linda Derry) the volume Archaeologists and Local Communities:  Partners in exploring the Past (2003). Maureen works closely with the PEC Web Page Working Group both creating and gathering content and also evaluating content.

Previously, as the Administrator of Education at Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum in Maryland (an archaeological park), Maureen developed a wide variety of formal and informal archaeology education programs and special events, designed a hands-on Discovery Room for children and families, and developed and taught in-service workshops for educators including a 30 hour course on Archaeology and Multicultural Education for the Maryland State Dept. of Education that was attended by educators from around the state. 

Maureen’s previous museum experience includes serving as Public Programs Coordinator at the National Museum and  Health and Medicine in Washington, DC and ten years with the Dept. of Anthropology at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. where she assisted in the development and coordination of  workshops and educational materials for educators, and compiled a critical bibliography on American Indians for K-12. In addition to her experience in museum education and administration, Maureen has developed and taught a variety of archaeology courses for children, adults, and families through the Resident Associates Program of the Smithsonian Institution and the Northern Virginia Community College (Loudoun Campus). Before moving into public outreach Maureen worked as an archaeologist for the National Park Service, and directed a public archaeology program for the Loudoun Archaeology Center in Leesburg, Virginia.

Maureen Malloy, Society for American Archaeology, 900 Second St. NE #12, Washington DC 20002 email: maureen_malloy@saa.org: telephone 202/789-8200

The full PEC membership is comprised of a group of civically engaged archaeologists devoted to preserving archaeological sites and to educating interested people about our archaeological heritage. See more on the Mission here