CURRICULUM VITAE
February 1, 2008
VAUGHN M. BRYANT

  
Anthropology Department
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas 77843-4352
Phone (979) 845-5255
Pollen Lab (979) 845-9334
Email (vbryant@neo.tamu.edu)		 1202 Glenhaven Dr.
College Station, Texas 77840-2644
(979) 846-0278


PERSONAL:
Married, three children, eight grandchildren.
  
PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS:
Palynology, Paleoethnobotany, Prehistoric Diets,
Quaternary Paleoecology, Melissopalynology,
Forensic Palynology, North American Archaeology
  
DEGREES:
Ph.D.The University of Texas, Austin, 1969. (Botany)
M.A. The University of Texas, Austin, 1966. (Anthropology)
B.A. The University of Texas, Austin, 1964. (Geography)
  
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2002–Professor, Anthropology Department, Director of the Texas A&M Palynology Laboratory
2000-2002Professor, Anthropology Department, Director of the Center for Ecological Archaeology, Director of the Texas A&M Palynology Laboratory
1999-2000Professor, Anthropology Department, Director of the Texas A&M Palynology Laboratory
1980-1999Professor and Department Head, Department of Anthropology, Director of the Texas A&M Palynology Laboratory
1986-1986Professor and Head of Anthropology (summer teaching in London, England, and in Sterling, Scotland)
1983-1987Professor and Head, Department of Anthropology, Professor of Biology, Director of the Texas A&M University Palynology Laboratory
1980-1983Professor and Program Head, Anthropology Program, Professor of Biology, Director of the Texas A&M University Palynology Laboratory
1975-1980Associate Professor, Program Head of Anthropology, and Associate Professor of Biology
1971-1974Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Coordinator of Anthropological Studies, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
1969-1971Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Assistant Professor of Environmental Sciences, and Director of the Palynology Laboratory, Washington State University
1963-1969Cartographer, University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas
1966-1968Teaching Assistant, University of Texas, Department of Botany
1964-1966Research Associate, Texas Archeological Salvage Project, Austin, Texas
1963-1964Map Clerk, University of Texas, Department of Geography,
1960-1964Research Assistant, Texas Memorial Museum, Austin, Texas
  
MAJOR PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists
Society for Ethnobiology
Society for American Archaeology
  
AWARDS, ELECTED POSITIONS, AND HONORS
2007Fryxell Award for Outstanding Botanical Research in Archaeology. Award presented by the Society for American Archaeology, Austin, Texas.
2005AASP Honorary Membership Award. Awarded at the 38th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists. St. Louis, Missouri.
1999AASP Distinguished Service Award. Awarded at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists. Savannah, Georgia.
1993UNOCAL/AASP Best Application’s Paper Award. Awarded at the 26th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists. Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
1992Mel Prueitt Award. Awarded by the Encyclopedia Britannica for outstanding scientific writing (1991).
1990Texas A&M University Faculty Distinguished Achievement Award in Administration (one award presented annually).
1994-1995President of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists.
1983-1984President-elect of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists.
1979Texas A&M University Distinguished Lecturer for 1979 (one faculty member selected annually).
1979-1983Managing Editor of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists.
1976-1979Editor of the journal Palynology, American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists.
1976Texas A&M University MSC Distinguished Service Award.
1974Texas A&M University Faculty Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching (six awarded annually).
  
INTERVIEWS OR VIDEO PRESENTATIONS ON MAJOR NETWORK TELEVISION:
  • FOX News (2006)—3 minute interview about the pollen evidence related to a murder case I helped to resolve that occurred near Rochester, NY
  • CBS News (2006)—2 ˝ minute interview and feature about the use of pollen in forensic cases
  • BBC, 2001 (PBS)—55 minute video on my kissing research “Secrets of Kissing”
  • Scientia, Television Brazil, 1998 (IDEA) —Program 150, 3-minute interview on forensic palynology
  • Fox News Network, 1998 (FOX)–4-minute interview about the uses of forensic palynology in law enforcement
  • Science News, 1997 (CNN)—2-minute interview about the use of forensic palynology
  • Crime Scene, 1990 (LETN)—30-minute video of my forensic research (used for one of their weekly programs
  • 3-2-1 Contact, 1986 (PBS)—25-minute video of my research used for their weekly program
  • To Tell the Truth, 1982 (CBS)–contestant (as an expert in diet research)
  • Today Show, 1981 (NBC)–5-minute live interview about my research on the origin of kissing
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    REFEREED ARTICLES IN JOURNALS
    2007Microscopic evidence for the domestication and spread of maize. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104 (50):19659-19660.
    2007(Sajwani, S. Farooq, A. el Sadig a., A. Eltayeb, & V. M. Bryant) Melissopalynology of Oman. Palynology. 31:63-79.
    2007(K. Reinhard & V. M. Bryant) Reinterpreting the Pollen Data from Dos Cabezas. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 17:531-541.
    2007(G. Jones & V. M. Bryant) A Comparison of Pollen Counts: Light versus Scanning Electron Microscopy. Grana 46: 20-33.
    2006(P. Siska, V. Bryant, and I-Kuai Hung) Geospatial analysis of southern pine biome and pollen distribution patterns in southeastern United States. Geograficky Casopis 58 (4):239-258.
    2006(D. Mildenhall, P. Wiltshire, & V. Bryant) Forensic palynology: An overview. Forensic Science International 163:161-162.
    2006(D. Mildenhall, P. Wiltshire, & V. Bryant) Forensic Palynology: Why do it and how it Works. Forensic Science International 163:163-172.
    2006(V. Bryant & G. Jones) Forensic palynology: Current status of a rarely used technique in the United States of America. Forensic Science International 163:183-197.
    2006(Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr. & Glenna Dean) Archaeological Coprolite Science: the Legacy of Eric O. Callen (1912-1970). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 237:51-66.
    2006(P. Siska, I-Kuai Hung, & V. Bryant) Correlation between pollen dispersion and forest spatial distribution patterns in the southeastern part of the U.S. In: Proceedings of the Fifth Southern Forestry and Natural Resources GIS Conference (Prisley, S. ed): 159-171.
    2005(Peter Siska, P. Goovaets, K. Hung, & V.M. Bryant) Predicting Ordinary Kriging Errors caused by Terrain Roughness and Dissectivity. Journal of Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 30 (6):601-612
    2005(Peter Siska and V.M. Bryant) Digital Ecosystem Analysis, Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences 28:
    2004(Gretchen Jones & Vaughn M. Bryant) The use of ETOH for the Recovery of Pollen in Honey, Grana 43:174-182
    2004(K.A. Baum, W. L. Rubink, R.N. Coulson, & V. M. Bryant) Pollen Selection by Feral Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Colonies in a Coastal Prairie Landscape, Environmental Entomology, 33 (3):727-739.
    2003Invisible Clues to New World Plant Domestication. Science 229:1029-1030.
    2001(D. Gorham & Vaughn M. Bryant) The Role of Pollen and Phytoliths in Underwater Archaeology. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 30 (2): 299-305.
    2001(A. P. Beck, J. Jones, V. Bryant, & R. Moore) A Late Holocene Pollen Sequence from Aronow Bog, Northern Harris County, Texas. Texas Journal of Science 53(4): 353-364.
    2001(Vaughn M. Bryant, & Gretchen Jones) Pollen coefficients; the R-values of honey. Palynology 25: 11-28.
    2001(H. Poinar, M. Kuch, K. Sobolik, I. Barnes, A Stankiewicz, T. Kuder, W. Spaulding, V. Bryant, A. Cooper, & S. Paabo) A molecular analysis of dietary diversity for three archaic Native Americans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98 (8):4317-4322.
    2001(Peter Siska, Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr., & John Jones) The spatial analysis of modern pollen rain in Big Bend National Park. Palynology 25: 34-42.
    1996(J. W. White and Vaughn M. Bryant) Assessing Citrus Honey Quality: Pollen and Methyl Anthranilate Content. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 44:3423-3425.
    1994(P. Lingren, J. Westbrook, V. Bryant, J. Raulston, J. Esquivel, & G. Jones) Origin of Corn Earworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Migrants as Determined by Citrus Pollen Markers and Synoptic Weather Systems. Journal of Environmental Entomology 23:562-570.
    1993(Peter Lingren, V. Bryant, J. Raulston, M. Pendleton, J. Westbrook & G. Jones) Adult Feeding Host Range and Migratory Activities of Corn Earworm, Cabbage Looper and Celery Looper (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Moths as Evidenced by Attached Pollen. Journal of Economic Entomology 86:1431-1439.
    1993(V. Bryant & S. Hall) Archaeological Palynology in the USA: A Critique. American Antiquity 58(2): 277-286.
    1992(G. Jones & V. Bryant) Melissopalynology in the United States: A Review and Critique. Palynology 16:63-71.
    1991(J. White, Vaughn M. Bryant, and J.G. Jones) Adulteration Testing of Mesquite and Cats claw Honeys. American Bee Journal 131:123-126.
    1991(J. Benedict, D. Wolfenbarger, V. M. Bryant, and D. George) Pollens Ingested by Boll Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Southern Texas and Northeastern Mexico. Journal of Economic Entomology 84(1):126-131.
    1991(Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr., M. Pendleton, R. Murry, P. Lingren, and J. Raulston) Techniques for Studying Pollen Adhering to Nectar Feeding Corn Earworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Moths using Scanning Electron Microscopy. Journal of Economic Entomology 84 (1):237-240.
    1990(Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr. with D. Mildenhall and J.G. Jones) Forensic Palynology in the United States of America. Palynology 14: 193-208.
    1986(Richard Holloway and Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr.) New Directions of Palynology in Ethnobiology. Journal of Ethnobiology 6 (1):47-65.
    1985(Vance T. Holliday, Eileen Johnson, Stephen A. Hall and Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr.) Re-evaluation of the Lubbock Sub pluvial. Current Research in the Pleistocene 2: 148-150.
    1984(Richard G. Holloway and Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr.) Picea glauca Pollen from Late-Glacial Deposits in Central Texas. Palynology 8: 21-32.
    1983(Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr. and Richard G. Holloway) The Role of Palynology in Archaeology. Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory 6: 191-224.
    1981(Richard G. Holloway, Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr., and Sam Valastro) A 16,000 Year Pollen Record from Lake Wabamum, Alberta, Canada. Palynology 5: 195-208.
    1978Palynology: A Useful Method for Determining Paleoenvironments. Texas Journal of Science 30 (1): 25-42.
    1978(Richard Mack, Nathan Rutter, Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr., and Sam Valastro) Late Quaternary Pollen Record from Big Meadow, Pend Oreille County, Washington. Ecology 59 (5): 956-966.
    1978(Michael Regan, Ralph Rowlett, Ervan Garrison, Wakefield Dort, Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr., and Chris Johannsen) Flake Tools Stratified below Paleo-Indian Artifacts. Science 200: 1272-1275.
    1978(Richard Mack, Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr., and William Pell) Modern Forest Pollen Spectra from Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho. Botanical Gazette 139 (2): 249-255.
    1978(Richard Mack, Nathan Rutter, Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr., and Sam Valastro) Reexamination of Postglacial Vegetation History in Northern Idaho: Hager Pond, Bonner County. Quaternary Research 10: 241-255.
    1978(Richard Mack, Nathan Rutter, Sam Valastro, and Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr.) Late Quaternary Vegetation History at Waits Lake, Colville River Valley, Washington. Botanical Gazette 139 (4): 499-506.
    1978(Burliegh Trevor-Deutsch and Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr.) Analysis of Suspected Human Coprolites from Terra Amata, Nice, France. Journal of Archaeological Science 5: 387-390.
    1977(Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr. and Harry J. Shafer) The Late Quaternary Paleoenvironment of Texas: A Model for the Archeologist. Bulletin of the Texas Archeological Society 48: 1-25.
    1977A 16,000 Year Pollen Record of Vegetational Change in Central Texas. Palynology 1: 143-156.
    1976(Richard Mack and Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr.) Pollen Sequence from the Columbia Basin, Washington: Reappraisal of Postglacial Vegetation. American Midland Naturalist 95 (2): 390-397.
    1975(Glenna Williams-Dean and Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr.) Pollen Analysis of Human Coprolites from Antelope House, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona. Kiva 41 (1): 97-111.
    1975Pollen as an Indication of Prehistoric Diets in Coahuila, Mexico. Bulletin of the Texas Archeological Society 46: 87-106.
    1974The Eric O. Callen Collection. American Antiquity 39: 497-498.
    1974Prehistoric Diet in Southwest Texas. The Coprolite Evidence, American Antiquity 39: 407-420.
    1974The Role of Coprolite Analysis in Archeology. Bulletin of the Texas Archeological Society 74: 1-28.
    1974(Richard Mack and Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr.) Modern Pollen Spectra from the Columbia Basin, Washington. Northwest Science 48 (3): 183-194.
    1973(Gerald Garner and Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr.) Preparation of Modern Palynomorphs for Scanning Electron Microscopy by the Critical Point Drying Method. Geoscience and Man 7: 83-89.
    1972(Don Larson, Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr. and T. Patty) Pollen Analysis of the Hershop Peat Deposits: A Late-Quaternary Paleoenvironmental Record from Texas. American Midland Naturalist 88 (2): 358-367.
    1968(Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr. and Robert Holz) The Role of Pollen in the Reconstruction of Past Environments. The Pennsylvania Geographer 6 (1): 11-19.
    1966(Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr. and Robert Holz) A Guide to the Drafting of Archaeological Maps. (Reprinted in) Plains Anthropologist 11: 186-197.
    1965(Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr. and Robert Holz) A Guide to the Drafting of Archaeological Maps. Bulletin of the Texas Archaeological Society 35: 259-285.
      
    REFEREED BOOK CHAPTERS
    2005(Lynne Milne, V.M. Bryant & D. Mildenhall) Forensic Palynology. In: Forensic Botany: Principles and Applications to Criminal Casework, (Heather M. Coyle, Ed). CRC Press. p. 217-252.
    2001(G. Jones and V. Bryant) Alcohol dilution of honey; In: Goodman, D.K., and Clarke, R.T. (Eds.), Proceedings of the IX International Palynological Congress, Houston, Texas, U.S.A., 1996; American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Foundation, p. 483-488.
    2001(G. Jones and V. Bryant) Is one drop enough?; In: Goodman, D.K., and Clarke, R.T. (Eds.), Proceedings of the IX International Palynological Congress, Houston, Texas, U.S.A., 1996;American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Foundation, p. 453-458.
    1998(V. Bryant and D. Mildenhall) Forensic Palynology: A New Way to Catch Crooks. In: New Developments in Palynomorph Sampling, Extraction, and Analysis (V. Bryant & J. Wrenn, Eds.), pp 145-155, AASP Contribution Series # 33. American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists, Dallas.
    1998(J. Jones, V. Bryant, and E. Weinstein) Pollen Analysis of a Persian Period or Late Iron Age II Shipwreck in Tantura Lagoon, Israel. In: New Developments in Palynomorph Sampling, Extraction, and Analysis (V. Bryant & J. Wrenn, Eds.), pp 61-74, AASP Contribution Series # 33. American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists, Dallas.
    1998(G. Jones and V. Bryant) Pollen recovery from honey. In: New Developments in Palynomorph Sampling, Extraction, and Analysis (V. Bryant & J. Wrenn, Eds.), pp 107-114, AASP Contribution Series # 33. American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists, Dallas.
    1998(G. Jones and V. Bryant) Are all drops created equal? In: New Developments in Palynomorph Sampling, Extraction, and Analysis (V. Bryant & J. Wrenn, Eds.), pp 115-120, AASP Contribution Series # 33. American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists, Dallas.
    1998(V. Bryant and J. Wrenn) Tips and Traps of Palynomorph Sampling, Processing and Analysis: An Overview. In: New Developments in Palynomorph Sampling, Extraction, and Analysis (V. Bryant & J. Wrenn, Eds.), pp 1-5, AASP Contribution Series # 33. American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists, Dallas.
    1998(M. Jacobsen and V. Bryant) Preliminary Fossil Pollen Analysis of Terebinth Resin from a 15-century BC Shipwreck at Ulu Burun, Turkey. In: New Developments in Palynomorph Sampling, Extraction, and Analysis (V. Bryant & J. Wrenn, eds.), pp 75-82, AASP Contribution Series # 33. American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists, Dallas.
    1997(P. Siska, V. Bryant, and R. Maggio) Palynology, GIS and Geostatistics Interactions: Searching for new Avenues in GIS Applications. In: Proceedings of GIS/LIS 1997 International Conference. Pp 251-257. American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Publication. Cincinnati, Ohio.
    1997Pollen Analysis of Prehistoric Human Feces from Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. In: Archaeology of the Mammoth Cave area (ed. Patty Jo Watson). Pp. 203-209. Cave Books, St. Louis.
    1996(K. Reinhard and V. Bryant) Investigating Mummified Intestinal Contents: Reconstructing Diet and Parasitic Disease. In: The Proceedings of the First World Congress on Mummy Studies pp 403-408. Museo Arqueologico y Ethnografico de Tenerife. Tenerife, Canary Islands.
    1996New Frontiers in Palynology. In: Palynology: Principles and Applications, (J. Jansonius and D. C. McGregor eds.), pp 911-912. American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Foundation, Dallas, Texas.
    1996(M. Pendleton, V. Bryant and B. Pendleton), Entomopalynology. In: Palynology: Principles and Applications, (J. Jansonius and D. C. McGregor eds.), pp 939-944. American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Foundation, Dallas, Texas.
    1996(V. Bryant, D. Mildenhall, and J. Jones), Forensic Studies in Palynology. In: Palynology: Principles and Applications, (J. Jansonius and D. C. McGregor eds.), pp 957-960. American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Foundation, Dallas, Texas.
    1996(V. Bryant and R. Holloway), Archaeological Palynology. In: Palynology: Principles and Applications, (J. Jansonius and D. C. McGregor eds.), pp 913-918. American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Foundation, Dallas, Texas.
    1996(G. Jones & V. Bryant), Melissopalynology. In: Palynology: Principles and Applications, (J. Jansonius and D. C. McGregor eds.), pp 933-938. American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Foundation, Dallas, Texas.
    1994The Paleolithic Health Club. 1995 Yearbook of Science and the Future, Encyclopedia Britannica, Chicago, Illinois. Pp. 115-133.
    1994(V. Bryant, R. Holloway, J. Jones, & D. Carlson) Pollen Preservation in Alkaline Soils of the American Southwest. In: Sedimentation of Organic Particles (ed. A. Traverse). Cambridge University Press, London. Pp. 47-58.
    1994Callen’s Legacy. In: The Diet and Health of Prehistoric Americans (ed. K. Sobolik). Center for Archaeological Investigations, Occasional Paper No. 22. Pp. 151-160. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
    1993Phytolith Research: A Look Toward the Future. In: Current Research in Phytolith Analysis: Applications in Archaeology and Paleoecology (ed. D. Pearsall and D. Piperno), MASCA Research Papers in Science and Archaeology 10:175-181.
    1992(Karl J. Reinhard and Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr.) Coprolite Analysis: A Biological Perspective on Archaeology. In: Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory, Vol 4. (Ed. M. Shiffer), University of Arizona Press, Tucson. Pp. 245-288.
    1992(J. Jones & V. Bryant) A Preliminary Key to Calcium Oxalate Phytoliths in Selected Genera of Texas Cactaceae. In: Phytolith Systematics: Emerging Issues. (Ed. R. Rapp & S. Mulholland) Plenum Press. Pp 215-238.
    1987(Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr. and James Schoenwetter) Pollen Records from Lubbock Lake. In: Lubbock Lake Late Quaternary Studies on the Southern High Plains (E. Johnson, ed.) pp. 36-40. Texas A&M University Press, College Station.
    1986(Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr. and Glen Weir) Pollen Analysis of Floor Sediment Samples: A Guide to Room Use. Archeological Investigations at Antelope House (D.P. Morris, Ed.). Pp. 58-71 National Park Service Publications in Archaeology No. 19.
    1986(Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr. and Don P. Morris) Uses of Ceramic Vessels and Grinding Implements: The Pollen Evidence. Archeological Investigations at Antelope House (D.P. Morris, Ed.). Pp. 489-500. National Park Service Publications in Archaeology No. 19.
    1986Prehistoric Diets: A Case for Coprolite Analysis. In: Ancient Texans (H. Shafer, Ed.). Pp. 132-135. Texas Monthly Press.
    1986Pollen: Nature’s Tiny Capsules of Information. In: Ancient Texans (H. Shafer, Ed.). Pp. 50-57. Texas Monthly Press.
    1985(Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr. and Richard G. Holloway) A Late-Quaternary Paleoenvironmental Record of Texas: An Overview of the Pollen Evidence. In: Pollen Records of Late-Quaternary North American Sediments (eds. V. Bryant and R. Holloway). Pp. 39-71. AASP Book Series, Dallas, Texas.
    1985(Richard G. Holloway and Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr.) Late-Quaternary Pollen Records and Vegetational History of the Great Lakes Region: United States and Canada. In: Pollen Records of Late-Quaternary North American Sediments (eds. V. Bryant and R. Holloway). Pp. 205-245. AASP Book Series, Dallas, Texas.
    1985(Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr. and Glenna Williams-Dean) The Coprolites of Man. In: Avenues to Antiquity, (B. Fagan, ed.) pp. 257-266. W.H. Freeman & Company.
    1984Anthropology and Agriculture: People’s Eating Habits from Prehistoric Times. Proceedings of the 40th Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Food Service Research, Vol. 40:1-12.
    1982(Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr. and Robert Murry) Preliminary Analysis of Amphora, Contents. In: Yassi Ada, Vol. I: A Seventh-Century Byzantine Shipwreck (G.F. Bass and F.H. Van Doorninck, Jr., eds.) pp. 327-331. Texas A&M University Press.
    1980(Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr. and David H. Riskind) The Paleoenvironmental Record for Northeastern Mexico: A Review of the Pollen Evidence. Papers on the Prehistory of Northeastern Mexico and Adjacent Texas. Center for Archaeological Research Special Report No.9 (San Antonio, Texas): 7-31.
    1980(Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr. and Burleigh Trevor-Deutsch) Analysis of Feces and Hair Suspected to be of Sasquatch Origin. In: Manlike Monsters on Trial (M. Halpin and M. Ames, eds.) pp. 191-200. The University of British Columbia Press.
    1978(Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr. and David H. Riskind) Late Quaternary Pollen Records from the East-Central Periphery of the Chihuahuan Desert. In: Transactions of the Symposium on the Biological Resources of the Chihuahuan Desert Region (R. H. Wauer and D. H. Riskind, eds.), pp. 3-21. U.S. Department of the Interior Transactions and Proceedings Series No. 3.
    1974Pollen Analysis of Prehistoric Human Feces from Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. In: The Archaeological Record from Mammoth Cave, Kentucky (ed. Patty Jo Watson). Pp. 204-209. Seminar Press Publication.
      
    INVITED ARTICLES, BOOK CHAPTERS & SHORT SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES
    (excluding abstracts and book reviews, which are not listed)
    2000Palynology. In: Archaeological Method and Theory: An Encyclopedia. (L. Ellis, Ed.). Pp 450-457. Garland Press.
    2000(V. Bryant and J.P. Dering) Paleoethnobotany. In: Archaeological Method and Theory: An Encyclopedia. (L. Ellis, Ed.). Pp 423-431. Garland Press.
    2000Flotation. In: Archaeological Method and Theory: An Encyclopedia. (L. Ellis, Ed.). Pp 216-218. Garland Press.
    1998 Pre-Clovis. In: Encyclopedia of North American Archaeology. (G. Gibbon, Ed.). Pp 682-683. Garland Publishing Company, New York.
    1996Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions. In: Oxford Companion to Archaeology. (B.M. Fagan, Ed.). Pp 551-552. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
    1996Holocene Environments of the Americas. In: Oxford Companion to Archaeology. (B.M. Fagan, Ed.). Pp 310-311. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
    1995A Guide to Paleoethnobotany. In: Papers of the Plenary Session of Current Archaeology: Interdisciplinary Approaches (ed. Manitoba Archaeological Society), Pp. 23-45. Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature, Winnipeg, Canada.
    1993K. Sobolik & V. Bryant) Paleonutrition and Modern Nutrition. In: 1994 McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology, McGraw-Hill Inc., New York, Pp. 287-289.
    1992The First Americans. 1993 Yearbook of Science and the Future, Encyclopedia Britannica, Chicago, Illinois. Pp. 8-27.
    1989Pollen: Nature’s Fingerprints of Plants. 1990 Yearbook of Science and the Future, Encyclopedia Britannica, Chicago, Illinois. Pp.92-111.
    1988Preservation of Biological Remains from Archaeological Sites. In: Interdisciplinary Workshop on the Physical-Chemical-Biological Processes Affecting Archaeological Sites (Mathewson, C.C., Ed.). Vicksburg, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station, Pp. 85-115.
    1984Ethnobotany of Hinds Cave. National Geographic Society Research Reports, Vol. 16: 127-129.
    1983Pollen Analysis of Pratt Cave, The Artifact, Vol. 21: 161-166.
    1977The Role of Palynology in the Reconstruction of Past Environments. In: Man and Nature-Makers of Climatic Variation (J. Griffitts, ed.), pp. 84-118. College of Geoscience, Texas A&M University.
    1975(Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr. and Glenna Williams-Dean) The Coprolites of Man. Scientific American, 232 (1): 100-109.
      
    WEB SITE PUBLICATIONS
    (excluding web sites at TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY)
    2002(V. Bryant) “Paleoenvironments.” http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/pp/sop2.html
    2002(V. Bryant) “Pollen.” http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/PP/sop1.html
    2002(V. Bryant and D. Marshall) “Welcome to the Virtual Apiary Field Trip” http://www.vftn.org/projects/bryant/
    2001(V. Bryant and, D. Mildenhall) “Forensic Palynology in the United States, and “Forensic Palynology: A New Way to Catch Crooks”. At: http://crimeandclues.com/palynology.htm
      
    TECHNICAL REPORTS OR MONOGRAPHS:
    2007Pollen analysis of the Ridgegate Site (5DA1000), Douglas County, Colorado. Archaeological Report prepared for the Colorado Department of Transportation. Centennial Archaeology, Inc., Fort Collins, Colorado. 42 pages
    2006Pollen extraction and summary of 15 sediment samples from San Antonio River Improvement Project (SARIP), Bexar County, Texas. In: Intensive Pedestrian Survey along the Banks of the San Antonio River, by A. L. Figueroa, K.M. Ulrich, S.Ch. Caran, & C.A.Speer. Archaeological Report # 371, Center for Archaeological Research, San Antonio, TX. (2006). 36 pages
    2006Pollen Analysis of Soils from Archaeological Site 41MV160, Texas. Final Report prepared for Gonzales and Tate, Inc. Austin, TX. 40 pages
    2005Pollen Analysis of Sites 41MV135, 136, 137, 138, 139 in Maverick County, Texas. Final Report prepared for Gonzales and Tate, Inc. Austin, TX. 29 pages
    2005Pollen Analysis of Archaeological Sediments from the Paradise Site (41 PS 914): Presidio County, Texas. Final report prepared for the Center for Big Bend Studies. 34 pages
    2005Pollen Analysis of Three Archaeological Samples from site LA145547, Aztec, NM. Final report sent to WCRM. 29 pages
    2005Pollen Analysis of Archaeological Sediments from CA-SD1-13978 and CA-SD1-4420: MCB Camp Joseph H. Pendleton, California. Final Report prepared for RECON in San Diego, California. 33 pages
    2004(Dawn M. Marshall and V. M. Bryant) Pollen Analysis of Archaeological Site 41BS908, Big Bend National Park. Final Report of research sent to Tom Alex, Big Bend National Park. 56 pages
    1998(Vaughn. M. Bryant and J. Philip Dering) Palynology Studies of Archaeological Sediments from the La Salle Shipwreck Project. Report sent to the Texas Historical Commission. 15p.
    1998(Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr., John G. Jones, Dawn M. Marshall, and Melanie Glees) Palynology studies of Marine Sediments from the Hudson-Raritan Estuarine System. 90p.
    1993(Eri Weinstein and Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr.) Pollen Analysis of Core Sediments from the Karnak Quad, Texas and Old Soda Lake Bed, Louisiana. In: Geomorphic Investigation of Shreveport to Dangerfield Navigation Project. (Eds. P.A. Albertson and J.B. Dunbar) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Technical Report GL-93-31, Vicksburg, Mississippi. (Appendix C) pages 1-20.
    1992(Phil Dering and Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr.) Pollen Analysis of Archaeological Sediments from Justiceburg Reservoir. In: Data Recovery at Justiceburg Reservoir (Lake Alan Henry) Phase III, Season I. (eds, D. Boyd, S. Tomka, B. Bousman, K. Gardner, M. Freeman). Prewitt and Associates, Inc. Austin, Texas. Pp. 211-220.
    1977(H. Shafer & V. M. Bryant, Jr. Eds.) Archaeological and Botanical Studies at Hinds Cave, Val Verde County, Texas, Texas A&M Anthropology Laboratory Special Series No. 1. Texas A&M Department of Anthropology, College Station, Texas. 97 pags
    1976Pollen analysis of the Shriver Site, Davies County, Missouri. In: Archaeological Investigations at the Shriver Site, 23 DV 12 Davies County, Missouri 1975-1976 (M.J. Reagan and D.R. Evans, eds.) pp. 85-101. Anthropology Department Publication. Columbia: Department of Anthropology.
    1975(Harry Shafer and Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr.) A Preliminary Report of Hinds Cave, Val Verde County, Texas. Texas A&M Anthropology Laboratory Report Series No. 8: 1-56.
    1975Pollen Analysis of 10 Soil Samples from the Cache River Basin. In: The Cache River Archeological Project. Arkansas Archeological Survey Series, No. 8: 311-312.
    1969Late Full-Glacial and Postglacial Pollen Analysis of Texas Sediments. Ph.D. Dissertation on file at The University of Texas Library, Austin.
    1968(Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr. and Don Larson) Pollen Analysis of the Devil’s Mouth Site, Val Verde County, Texas, Papers of the Texas Archeological Salvage Project No. 14: 57-70.
    1967Preliminary Pollen Analysis of Arenosa Shelter, In: Excavations at Arenosa Shelter, 1965-1977. Pp. 77-85. Texas Archeological Salvage Project Publication Series (Austin, Texas): 77-85.
    1966Pollen Analysis: Its Environmental and Cultural Implications in the Amistad Reservoir Area. Master’s Thesis on file at the University of Texas Library, Austin.
    1966(Dee Ann Story and Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr.) A Preliminary Study of the Paleoecology of the Amistad Reservoir Area. Final Report of Research sent to the National Science Foundation, Pp. 1-255.
      
    ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN POPULAR MAGAZINES & PROFESSIONAL NEWSLETTERS:
    2007Little things mean a lot: the search for starch grains at archaeological sites. Mammoth Trumpet 22 (4):3-4 and 16-17.
    2007Starch and the palynologist. . Canadian Association of Palynologists Newsletter 30 (1):7-9.
    2004The Bottlebrush and Hibiscus get Their Man. Odyssey 13 (1):38-41.
    2004Chasing Early Pollen in South America. Canadian Association of Palynologists Newsletter 26 (2):10-15.
    2003How Pollen solved a 10,000 year Old Mystery. Canadian Association of Palynologists Newsletter 26 (1): 6-9.
    2003A Scratch Tells All. Dig Magazine 5 (4):6-9.
    2003The Elusive Pollen Grain. 2003 Cropping off the Perfect Diet. Useful Wild Plants 20 (1): 3-6, 11-13.
    2003Pollen and the First Americans. Mammoth Trumpet 18 (2):8-9, 15-16.
    2002Don’t Eat Like a Neanderthal, but Learn a Lesson from their Diets. Canadian Association of Palynologists Newsletter 25 (2): 8-15.
    2002(F. English, V. Bryant, F. Lawrence, W. Glasson, & W. Perryman) Unusual fungus observed in tears. Ocular Surgery News 20 (11): 46
    2001Pollen Contents of Honey. Canadian Association of Palynologists Newsletter 24 (1): 10-24.
    2000A Honey of a Story. Canadian Association of Palynologists Newsletter 23 (2): 12-18.
    2000Does Pollen Prove the Shroud Authentic? Biblical Archaeology 26 (6): 18-30.
    1997Forensic Palynology: A New Way to Catch Crooks. Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists Newsletter 25 (4):32-46.
    1995Preliminary Pollen Analysis of Sediments Collected from Tantura Lagoon. The INA Quarterly 22 (2):18-19.
    1995Ace Vaughn Bryant, Plant Detective. Useful Wild Plants 9 (Summer):3-12.
    1995Eating Right is an Ancient Rite. World and I 10 (January):216-221.
    1994What’s Eating Us...Is What We’re Eating: Useful Wild Plants 7:3-7.
    1993Slim, Trim, and Paleo-Indians: Useful Wild Plants 5:3-5.
    1993Billions and Billions: Pollen and Spores in the Skies of Texas. Useful Wild Plants 1 (3):12-13.
    1992Captain of Underwater Archaeology. World and I. 7 (June): 254-261.
    1991(Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr. & Sylvia Grider) Mistletoe, Christmas, and Kissing. World and I (6, December):612-619.
    1987Pollen: The Tiniest Clues in Archaeology. Environment Southwest 519 (Autumn): 10-13.
    1980Move over Mark Spitz, Here Comes Poozer! Swimmers (October-November):13-16.
    1979I Put Myself on a Caveman Diet Permanently. Prevention (September): 128-137.
    1975(Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr. and Glenna Williams-Dean) The Coprolites of Man. Scientific American, 232 (1): 100-109.
      
    PUBLICATIONS (ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION OR IN REVIEW FOR PUBLICATION)
  • (K. Reinhard & V. M. Bryant) Bioarchaeological Evidence as Revealed by Coprolites. In: Bioarchaeology in the American Southwest. (ed. A.W. Stodder). (accepted for publication).
  • In review (Vaughn M. Bryant) Late Iron Age II or Persian Period Maritime Cargoes as revealed from Pollen Studies from Tantura Lagoon, Israel. The Underwater Archaeology of Tantura Lagoon, Israel (S. Wachsmann, Ed.).
  • In review (Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr. & Dillon Gorham) Sample Collection and Paleoethnobotanical Analysis of Samples from Shipwreck Sites in Tantura Lagoon, Israel. The Underwater Archaeology of Tantura Lagoon, Israel. (S. Wachsmann, Ed.).
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    BOOKS AND EDITED JOURNAL VOLUMES
    2006Forensic Science International Volume 163 (edited by D. Mildenhall, P. Wiltshire, & V. Bryant)
    2004Reflections: A Four-Field Reader in Anthropology (1st edition) (K. Dettwyler & V. Bryant, Eds.). McGraw-Hill, Inc. 320 pages
    1999Through the Looking Glass: Readings in General Anthropology, (1st edition) (L. Cronk & V. Bryant, Eds.). McGraw-Hill, Inc. 262 pages.
    1998New Developments in Palynomorph Sampling, Extraction, and Analysis (V. Bryant & J. Wrenn, Eds.) AASP Contribution Series # 33. American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists, Dallas. 162 pages.
    1997Through the Looking Glass. (2nd edition) (D. Carlson & V. Bryant, Eds.). McGraw-Hill, Inc. 259 pages.
    1996Program and Abstracts: IX International Palynological Congress. (V. Bryant, G. Wood, J. Jansonius, B. Jobling, & D. Nichols, eds.). American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists, Dallas. 184 pages.
    1995A Pollen Atlas of Southeastern U.S. Flora. (G. Jones, V. Bryant, M. Lieux, P. Lingren, and S. Jones) AASP Contribution Series #30. American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Foundation, Dallas, Texas. 76 pages, 104 plates.
    1993Through the Looking Glass. (1st edition) (D. Carlson & V. Bryant, Eds.). McGraw-Hill, Inc. 256 pages.
    1985Pollen Records of Late-Quaternary North American Sediments (V. Bryant, and Richard G. Holloway, Eds.) American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Foundation, Dallas, Texas. 440 pages.
      
    SELECTED PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS AND SYMPOSIA CHAIRED
    2007Pollen Identification and Verification of Nectar Sources in Honey. American Beekeepers Federation annual meeting (Austin, January 2007)
    2007Being Miscellaneous: Life as a Paleoethnobotanist. (Fryxell Symposium) Society for American Archaeology annual meeting (Austin, April 2007)
    2007Using Pollen Prints to Catch Criminals and Fight Terrorism, 4th Annual Law Enforcement Forensic Conference, Denison, TX (May 2007)
    2997D. Jarzen & V. Bryant. Pollen Analysis of the CAM-15 Mummy from Coastal Peru, 40th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists (Panama City, Panama, September 2007)
    2006Peter P. Siska, I-Kuai Hung, & Vaughn Bryant. Correlation between pollen dispersion and forest spatial distribution patterns in the southeastern part of the U.S. Presented at the 5th Southern Forestry and Natural Resource Management GIS Conference, Ashville, N.C. (June 2006).
    2006Techniques for removing excess charcoal from archaeological pollen samples. Geological Society of America (Philadelphia). October 2006
    2005Comparison of SEM and LM analyses of pollen samples. 38th Annual Meeting of the American iation of Stratigraphic Palynologists (St. Louis). October 2005.
    2004From Archaeological Palynology to CSI, Annual Meeting of the Texas Archaeological Society (College Station), October, 2004.
    2004Using Pollen to Catch Murderers, Thieves, Rapists, and Terrorists: Marshall- Fallon Distinguished Lecture Series, (College Station) October, 2004
    2004Forensic Pollen: Current Status in the United States of America. 17th International Association of Forensic Scientists (Wellington, NZ), March 2004.
    2003Techniques in Forensic Pollen. 17th Annual Meeting of the Homicide Investigators of Texas (Clear Lake). March 2003
    2003Fossil Pollen Prints of the Texas Past. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Plant Symposium of Native Texas Plants (Austin). March 2003
    2002Eric O. Callen and the Early Years of Coprolite Analysis (1900-1970). 35th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists(London). September 2002.
    2002Using Pollen to Identify Premium Varieties of Honey. 59th Annual Meeting of the American Federation of Beekeepers, January, 2002.
    2001What Good is a Web Site for Identifying Honey using Pollen? 2001 Annual Convention of the Texas Beekeepers Association. November 2001.
    2001Pollen Coefficients in Honey. 34th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists. October 2001.
    2000Forensics and Pollen. 33rd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists. October 2000.
    1999Palynological Studies of two A.D. Ninth-Century Shipwrecks from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. 32nd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists. October 1999.
    1999Ecologic Interpretations of Surface Pollen Patterns Using GIS and Spatial Analysis in Desert Ecosystems. Annual Meeting of the American Society for Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing. October 1999.
    1998Spatial Modeling of the Modern Pollen Rain in the Big Bend National Park Region of West Texas. 31st Annual Meeting of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists. October 1998.
    1998Texas: The Last 30,000 Years of Climate and Vegetational Change. Annual Meeting of the Texas Forest Service. January 1998
    1997Palynology, GIS and Geostatistics Interactions: Searching for new Avenues in GIS Applications. 1997 GIS/LIS International Conference. November 1997
    1996Case Studies in Forensic Palynology. IX International Palynological Congress. June 1996.
    1996Pollen Grain Deterioration in the South-Central United States: Criteria for Evaluation of Pollen Spectra. IX International Palynological Congress. June 1996
    1996A Drop is a Drop is a Drop! IX International Palynological Congress. June 1996
    1995Pollen Analysis of a Persian Period or Late Iron Age II Shipwreck in Tantura Lagoon, Israel. Annual Meeting of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists. October 1995.
    1995Techniques in Melissopalynology. Annual Meeting of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists. October 1995.
    1994Preliminary Analysis of Fossil Pollen in Terebinth Resin from Uluburun. Annual Meeting of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists. October 1994
    1994Paleoethnobotanical Techniques in Archaeology. 33rd Annual Meeting of the Manitoba Archaeological Society. September 1994.
    1994Host Plant Feeding Range and Migratory Activities of Adult Helicoverpa zea as determined by attached pollen. XXIX Congreso Nacional de Entomologia and Southwestern Branch of the Entomological Society of America (joint meeting). Monterrey, Mexico, April 1994
    1993Entomopalynological Techniques used in the Search for Migratory and Feeding Habits of Adult Corn Earworm, Celery Looper, and Cabbage Looper Moths. 26th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists. October 1993.
    1993A Determination of Adult Feeding Host Range and Long Distance Migration Patterns of Corn Earworm, Cabbage Looper, and Celery Looper Moths Utilizing Scanning Electron Microscopy. (Poster presentation; with P. Lingren, J. Raulston, M. Pendleton, and J. Westbrook). Annual meeting of the Society for Electron Microscopy. Galveston, March 1993
    1993Forensic Palynology: Applications in Criminal Investigations. Two-day workshop presented at the McCrone Institute, Chicago. March 1993.
    1992Callen’s Legacy. International Conference on Paleonutrition and Diet, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. March 1992.
    1991Fossil Pollen Used to Identify Forest Clearing and Maya Agriculture in Belize, Central America. Annual meeting of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists. October 1991.
    1990Melissopalynology in the United States. Annual meeting of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists. Calgary, Canada. October 1990.
    1990Applications of Forensic Palynology in the Investigation of Homicides. Annual meeting of the Southwest Homicide Investigators. November 1990.
    1990Dietary Analysis of the Archaic Foragers of Southern North America. Annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, April 1990.
    1989The Role of Palynology in Entomological Research. Annual meeting of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists. October 1989.
    1989Paleonutrition: The Necessary Integration of Disciplines. Society for American Archaeology, April 1989
    1989Forensic Palynology in the United States. Annual meeting of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists. October 1989.
    1988Pollen Preservation under Different Lithological Conditions. Seventh International Palynological Congress, (Brisbane, Australia). August 1988.
    1988Fossil and Modern Pollen Degradation and Dispersion in West Texas. Annual meeting of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists. October 1988.
    1988What Palynology has to offer Phytolith Research. Third Annual Conference on Phytolith Research. January 1988.
    1987Archaeological Significance of Fossil Pollen from the American West. American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists. (Halifax, Canada). October 1987.
    1986Statistical Analysis of Pollen Records from Bonfire Shelter and other Sites in the Lower Pecos Region of Texas. American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists. October 1986.
    1986Pollen Analysis of Bonfire Shelter: Val Verde County, Texas, Society for American Archaeology. May 1986.
    1984Ethnobotany and Archaeology in the American Southwest. Society for Economic Botany. July 1984.
    1978Palynology: A Useful Archaeological Technique at Antelope House, Arizona. American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists, October 1978.
    1977Late Quaternary Pollen Records from Southwest Texas. Society for American Archeology, May 1977.
    1976Archeological Palynology. American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists, (Halifax, Canada). October 1976.
    1976Prehistoric Food Preparation Techniques. Society for American Archeology, May 1976.
    1975Prehistoric Mexican Diets: A 10,000-year Record from Northern Mexico. Reunion sobre Aspectos de Arqueologia e Historia del Noreste Mexico, (Monterrey, Mexico). April 1975.
    1972Human Coprolites from Pikimachay, Peru. Robert S. Peabody Foundation for Archaeology International Conference on Peruvian Archaeology, October 1972.
    1971Preparation of Modern Palynomorphs for Scanning Electron Microscopy by the Critical Point Drying Method. American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists, October 1971.
    1970Pollen Analysis of Prehistoric Human Coprolites from Texas. Society for American Archaeology, (Mexico City, Mexico). May 1970.
    1969Prehistoric Diet and Man in Southwest Texas. Society for American Archaeology, April 1969.
    1968Paleoenvironment and Man in the Amistad Reservoir Area of Southwest Texas. American Association for the Advancement of Science, September 1968.
    1967Late Quaternary Vegetation and Climate in the Amistad Reservoir Area of Texas. Geological Society of America, April 1967.
      
    APPOINTED POSITIONS
    2003Consulting Editor, Odyssey Magazine (January 2004 issue).
    2000-2002Director, Center for Ecological Archaeology, Texas A&M University
    1998-2004Member of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Awards Committee.
    1998-2000.Delegate to the International Federation of Palynological Societies. Appointment by the AASP Board of Directors.
    1987-2007Member of the Editorial Board for the journal NORTH AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGIST. Appointment by the North American Archaeology Society Board of Directors.
    1990-2010Appointed Secretary and Trustee on the Board of Directors of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Foundation. This is a ten-year appointment by the AASP Board of Directors.
    1996-2000Member of the four-person Advisory Editorial Board for the book: “Archaeological Method and Theory: An Encyclopedia,” GARLAND PUBLISHING COMPANY.
    1998-2008Appointed to the twelve-person Editorial Board for ANNUAL EDITIONS: ANTHROPOLOGY. Dushkin/McGraw-Hill Publishing Company.
    1988-2000INQUA representatives, representing the Society for American Archaeology, appointed by The SAA Board of Directors.
    1992-1996Convention Committee Co-Chair, IX International Palynological Congress (Houston, Texas, June, 1996), Appointment by the IFPS Board of Directors.
    1992-1996Delegate to the International Federation of Palynological Societies. Appointment by the AASP Board of Directors.
    1994Convention Committee Chair, Annual Meeting of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists (College Station, Texas) Appointment by the AASP Board of Directors.
    1993Appointed as a member of the Program Committee for the 58th Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting (St. Louis), appointed by the Board of Directors of the SAA.
    1990-1992Vice Chairman, Texas A&M Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Sciences Executive Committee, elected by the faculty.
    1990-1992Member of the Selection Committee responsible for finding a new Director and Endowed Chair Holder (LSU campus), Center for Excellence in Palynology, Appointment by the AASP Board of Directors.
    1990-1996 Trustee and Board Member of The Useful Native Plants of Texas, Inc., Appointment by the UNPT Board of Directors.
    1988Convention Committee Chair, Annual Meeting of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists (Houston, Texas), Appointment by the AASP Board of Directors.
    1986-1988 Chair, Public Relations Committee, American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists, Appointment by the AASP Board of Directors.
    1986-1996Member of the State of Texas Commission charged with determining the formula funding recommendation for the Texas Legislature and the Texas Administration of Higher Education, Appointment by the Chair of the Coordination Board for the Colleges and Universities of the State of Texas.
    1980-1998Appointed to the Texas A&M University Press Faculty Advisory Board.
      
    WORKSHOPS OR SHORT COURSES ORGANIZED AND PRESENTED
    1999Forensic Palynology: A new way to protect endangered plant and animal species. One-day workshop presented at the University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. October 1999.
    1994Palynology and the Future. One-half day workshop presented at the 27th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists. College Station, Texas.
    1994Forensic Palynology. One-half day workshop presented at the Conference on Homicide Investigation. Dallas, Texas.
    1993Forensic Palynology. Two-day workshop presented at the McCrone Institute in Chicago, Illinois.
    1992Forensic Palynology. Two-day workshop presented at the McCrone Institute in Chicago, Illinois.
    1991Forensic Palynology. Two-day workshop presented at the McCrone Institute in Chicago, Illinois.
    1990Forensics and the Role of Pollen in Detective Work. One-half day workshop presented at the Fifth Annual Meeting of Southwestern Homicide Investigators. El Paso, Texas.
    1989Forensics and Pollen. Five-day workshop held for members of the U.S. Customs Agency. College Station, Texas.
      
    FUNDED GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
    (ongoing)Various contract projects (melissopalynology and archaeological palynology)
    2007Stoney Forensics (on going funding for forensic projects)
    2006Stoney Forensics (on going funding for forensic projects)
    2005Stoney Forensics (on going funding for forensic projects)
    2004-Stoney Forensics (on going funding for forensic projects)
    2001Jefferson County, Texas School District: Development of a Virtual Apiary Field Trip Web Site ($12,000).
    2000Texas A&M University: Research Development Leave (funded for summer and fall months).
    2000State of Texas: Developing a Pollen/Spore Database for Scientific Analyses ($25,000).
    1999State of West Virginia: Forensic pollen studies of domestic honey from West Virginia ($2,300).
    1998Dames & Moore: for late-Quaternary pollen research in New York state ($12,500).
    1997Texas Historical Commission: for fossil pollen research of the La Belle ($4,500).
    1995University of New Mexico: for archaeological pollen research ($7,200).
    1993United States Department of Agriculture: for entomopalynology research ($2,000)
    1992United States Department of Agriculture: for entomopalynology research ($4,500)
    1992National Honey Board, (1992-1996): melissopalynology of U.S. domestic honey ($57,800)
    1990National Science Foundation: funds for one of my graduate student’s dissertation research in palynology and prehistoric diet reconstruction ($7,630)
    1990United States Department of Agriculture: for entomopalynology research ($4,000)
    1989United States Customs Agency: for forensic palynology research ($5,000)
    1988United States Department of Agriculture: for entomopalynology research ($4,000)
    1986New Mexico State University: for archaeological palynology research ($40,000)
    1987National Science Foundation: funds for one of my graduate student’s dissertation research in palynology ($6,800)
    1987United States Department of Agriculture: for entomopalynology research ($4,000)
    1986United States Department of Agriculture: for entomopalynology research ($2,600)
    1985Honeytech, Inc: for melissopalynology research ($6,800)
    1981Texas Highway Department: for archaeological, paleoethnobotanical, and palynology research ($64,000)
    1980U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: for archaeological, paleoethnobotanical, and palynology research ($71,000)
    1978U.S. Forest Service: for archaeology research ($17,000)
    1977National Science Foundation: for archaeological and botanical research of Hinds Cave, including palynology ($68,000)
    1976National Science Foundation: for archaeological and botanical research of Hinds Cave, including palynology ($56,000)
    1976Texas Parks and Wildlife: for archaeological research ($12,000)
    1976National Parks Services: for archaeological research ($32,500)
    1976U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: for archaeological research ($72,000)
    1975National Geographic Society: for archaeological and palynological research ($5,600)
    1974Texas A&M Research Council: for palynology research ($3,500)
    1973Texas A&M College of Liberal Arts: for palynology research ($5,600)
    1973National Science Foundation: for paleoenvironmental studies using palynology ($35,800)
    1973Texas A&M Research Council: for palynology research ($14,000)
    1968National Science Foundation Research Development Grant: Texas Pollen Studies ($4,800)
    1967National Science Foundation Systematic and Environmental Biology Research Grant: Reconstruction of Late-Quaternary Environments in Texas using palynology ($4,500)