Russell K. Skowronek is Associate Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology, and Campus Archaeologist, at Santa Clara University. He holds M.A. degrees in Anthropology and History from Florida State University, and a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Michigan State University. Professor Skowronek has conducted research on the Spanish colonial world in Spain, Florida, South Carolina, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Philippines. He is a Research Collaborator with the Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education studying the supply, production and exchange of earthenwares on the Spanish Borderlands. He also serves as the Editor for the Research Manuscript Series on the Cultural and Natural History of Santa Clara.