**About the Editors**

## **Chelsea Fisher**

Chelsea Fisher has carried out research in Mesoamerica since 2009. She earned her B.A. from the College of Wooster in 2011, her M.A. from the University of Michigan in 2014, and her Ph.D. from the Department of Anthropology at the University of Michigan in 2019. She specializes in environmental anthropological archaeology, food and agriculture, traditional ecological knowledge, historical ecology, and community-engaged archaeology among the Maya in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor in the Environmental Studies Program at Washington and Lee University in Virginia.

#### **Arlen F. Chase**

Arlen F. Chase has been engaged in Maya archaeology since 1971. He earned is B.A. in 1975 and then his Ph.D. in Anthropology in 1983 from the University of Pennsylvania (on archaeological excavations carried out at Tayasal, Peten, Guatemala). Since 1978, he has been actively involved in archaeological excavation in Belize. With his wife, Diane Z. Chase, he has directed research at the sites of Nohmul (1978-1979), Santa Rita Corozal (1979-1985), and Caracol (1985-present). His academic career has included positions at three universities: (1) the University of Central Florida from 1984 through 2016, where he was named as a Pegasus Professor and also held various administrative roles (including Chair of Anthropology and Associate Dean for the College of Science); (2) the University of Nevada, Las Vegas from 2016 through 2019 where he served as Professor of Anthropology; and, (3) Pomona College in Claremont, California where he has been a member of the Anthropology Department since 2019.
