David Pacifico

  • Associate Professor, Latin American Art, Art History

Education

  • PhD 2014 (Anthropology, University of Chicago)
  • MA 2008 (Anthropology, University of Chicago)
  • BA 2003 (Anthropology and Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania)
  • Certificate in University Teaching 2014 (University of Chicago Center for Teaching)
  • Certificate in Assessment 2017 (DePaul University Office for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment)

Teaching Schedule

Course Num Title Meets
ARTHIST 104-201 African, New World and Oceanic Art and Architecture No Meeting Pattern
ARTHIST 740-001 Colloquium in Latin American Art: Pre-Columbian Art R 2:30pm-5:10pm

Courses Taught

  • ARTHIST 372 - Art of the Incas and their Ancestors
  • ARTHIST 371 - African Art

Teaching Interests

Teaching interests include the material culture of South America and Africa as well as public engagement with archaeological heritage.

Research Interests

Related Activities

  • Field work:
    • Archaeological and ethnographic fieldwork in the Peru's Casma Valley since 2004.
    • Director of the Casma Hinterland Archaeological Project, an interdisciplinary project on the North Coast of Peru
    • Director of the Milwaukee Community Archaeology Project, an examination of early settlement in Milwaukee County.
    • Previous fieldwork includes archaeology in Peru's Chao Valley, Chicago's Jackson Park, and digital 'fieldwork' on Corinth, Greece.
  • Society for American Archaeology (Co-Chair, Heritage Values Interest Group)
  • Archaeological Institute of America (President, Archaeological Institute of America - Milwaukee Chapter)
  • American Anthropological Association
  • Wisconsin Archaeological Society
  • Milwaukee County Historical Society

Honors and Awards

  • National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (2010)
  • Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship (2010-2011)