Professor of Anthropology,
Graduate Coordinator for Anthropology
LH 136
575.562.2247
Stephen.Durand@enmu.edu
Stephen R. Durand has been on the Anthropology faculty at ENMU since 1991. He received his B.A. from Purdue University, his M.A. from Eastern New Mexico University, and his Ph.D. from the University of Washington. Dr. Durand is a Southwestern archaeologist with broad field experience. He has done archaeological fieldwork in the Midwest US, northern Alaska, the Northwest US coast, Cyprus, and has extensive experience in the Great Basin and the Southwest. His dissertation is on architecture in the Chaco Canyon region and he continues to work on late prehistoric archaeology of the northern Southwest.
Dr. Durand's scholarly activities have resulted in major journal articles and book chapters. He is the co-editor of Prehistory of the Middle Rio Puerco Valley, published by the Archaeological Society of New Mexico. Dr. Durand has secured substantial external funding to support his research while at ENMU. Currently he is Principal Investigator for the Mesa Portales Archaeological Project. This field research has been investigating a little known portion of northwestern New Mexico and has provided ample opportunities for students to learn by doing and ample opportunities for MA thesis research by graduate students.
Dr. Durand teaches Southwest and Great Basin prehistory as well as quantitative methods courses. His quantitative methods courses include both advanced statistics and spatial analysis. He also teaches Introduction to Archaeology.