EDUCATION
PhD in Geography and Anthropology
2016 - 2021
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Dissertation Title: "The Ancient Occupation of Nivin, Casma, Peru: Co-Creating Heritage in Andean Archaeology"
Advisor: David Chicoine
MA in Archaeology and Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate Program in Museum Studies
2014 - 2016
University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee
Thesis Title: “Characterizing the Mortuary Practices in Highland Ancash, Peru: Analysis of Funerary Contexts at Hualcayán”
Advisor: Robert Connolly †
Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences & Professional Archaeologist’s Title
2008 & 2011
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru
Thesis Tittle: “Estudio Preliminar de las Caracteristicas y Variaciones de la Ceramica del Estilo Huaura”
Advisor: Julian I. Santillana Valencia
RECENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Lecturer, Archaeology
2022
Department of Anthropology, The State University of New York at Oneonta.
Adjunct Lecturer, Geography
2022
Liberal Arts Department. Baton Rouge Community College
Field and Lab Archaeologist
2022
Surveys Unlimited Research Associates Inc.
Ethics Internship
Summer 2021
The Register of Professional Archaeologists (RPA).
Graduate Assistant
2016 - 2020
Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University
Archaeologist Director
2017 - 2019
Proyecto de Investigación Arqueológica Nivín, Casma, Peru.
Graduate Assistant
2014 - 2016
Graduate Assistant. C.H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa, University of Memphis
Museum Collection Intern
2015
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Elizabeth Katherine Cruzado Carranza
2020
Cruzado, E. COVID-19 and Community Archaeology in Nivín, Peru. The SAA Archaeological Record, 20(5):35-40.
2017
Valencia, G. & E. Cruzado. Creating a Museum in a School: Cultural Heritage in Nivín, Perú. In Positioning Your Museum as a Critical Community Asset. A Practical Guide edited by R. Connolly and E. Bollwerk, pp. 23-28. Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, Maryland
2017
Cruzado, E. & L. Alejo. Oral History, For, About and By a Local Community: Co-Creation in the Peruvian Highlands. In Positioning Your Museum as a Critical Community Asset. A Practical Guide edited by R. Connolly and E. Bollwerk, pp. 59-64. Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, Maryland.
2015
Cruzado, E. La Historia de Hualcayán: Contada Por Sus Pobladores. Create Space, Independent Publishing Platform.
2015
Connolly, R., R. Bria, & E. Cruzado. Co-Creation and Sustainable Community Engagement. In Collections Care and Stewardship: Innovative Approaches for Museums, edited by J. Decker, pp. 71-78. Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, Maryland.
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Elizabeth Katherine Cruzado Carranza
2022
Josephine A. Roberts LSU Alumni Association. 2022 Distinguished Dissertation Award in Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences.
LSU Alumni Association, Louisiana State University
2020 - 2021
Dissertation Year Fellowship
Graduate School, Louisiana State University
2018, 2019 & 2020
William G. Hag, Best Graduate Student Conference Paper Award
Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University
2017
International Peace Scholarship
Philanthropic Educational Organization
2015
Engaged Scholarship Research Grant
University of Memphis
2013
Excellence Contribution Award to the Ancash Culture
Ministerio de Cultura, Dirección Desconcentrada de Cultura Ancash