Karla L Davis‐salazar
Biographic Data
| ID | 119246 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karla L Davis‐salazar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karla L |
| FAMILY NAME | Davis‐salazar |
| SIGNATURE | SALAZAR K L D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Florida |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7099-5993 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 64 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Actionable recommendations in response to external pressures facing anthropology departments in the U.S
As anthropology departments face pressure from state legislation, university boards, and university administrators to justify their continued existence and/or make significant – and frequently drastic – changes, department leadership and anthropology faculty are strategizing how to bolster their programs, pedagogical approaches, and industry collaborations. In this article, we compile case studies from multiple, diverse anthropology programs and …
From rhetoric to reality: Why we need an anthropology of higher education policy
In October 2011, then-Governor (now Senator) Rick Scott proclaimed the state of Florida did not need any more anthropologists (Gomberg-Muñoz, 2013). On May 15, 2023, current Governor Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 266, which sanctioned a multipronged attack on public higher education, with disciplines like anthropology in the crosshairs. In a short 12 years, we had gone from rhetoric to reality. Backed by financial penalties for failure to compl…
Liminality in academic middle management: Negotiating the associate dean role in US higher education administration
This article explores the complex academic-administrative role of the associate dean in US higher education administration. Previous research in Australia, UK and USA indicates that these academic middle managers experience significant conflict and ambiguity due to their roles and responsibilities as faculty members and administrators. Victor Turner's concept of liminality provides insight into the challenges of academic middle management at this…
Hidden assets’ in higher education administration: The structures and lived experience of ‘organisational power’ among associate deans at US universities
This study uses the concept of 'organisational power' – control over the environments in which others interact – to investigate the structures and lived experience of power among academic associate deans at public, research-intensive universities in the US. Previous research claims that the associate dean role lacks 'legitimate power.' Through in-depth analysis of semi-structured interview data, this study shows that the associate dean role requi…
Professional development for academic associate deans in higher education administration: A case for decision-making as an essential skill in learning to lead
The inadequacy of training and support for academic middle managers in the US, UK, and Australia is well documented. What remains unclear is what would make for better professional development. This study fills this gap by investigating what associate deans at US research universities report learning 'on the job'. Drawing on their perspectives and experiences, as documented via semi-structured interviews, this study found that associate deans spe…
Analysis of the Context and Contents of an Ulua-Style Marble Vase from the Palmarejo Valley, Honduras
Ulúa-style marble vases played important social, political, economic, and religious roles in southern Mesoamerica during the seventh through eleventh centuries A.D. However, most such vessels known to archaeologists are part of looted collections or else were unearthed before the advent of modern archaeological practices. As a result, little is known about the context, use, and chronology of these objects. Recent investigations at the site of Pal…
Scale as a Key Factor for Sustainable Water Management in Northwest Honduras
In northwest Honduras, community-based interventions by outside development agencies seeking to assist communities with the treatment and delivery of potable water have been largely ineffective. This article examines the social, economic, ecological, and engineered contexts of gravity-fed water systems in the Palmarejo Valley of this region, identifying key barriers to long-term sustainability. Drawing from the results of our mixed-methods resear…
Citizenship and Sustainability: Toward Global-Reach Curricula
sustainability, curriculum development, global citizenship, global sustainability, education, University of South Florida
Balancing Archaeological Responsibilities and Community Commitments: A Case from Honduras
Exploring the implications of a recent discovery in NW Honduras, this paper considers the ethical dilemma that arises when an archaeologist's responsibility to disseminate information conflicts with her/his commitment to protect cultural resources. We suggest that applied archaeology that benefits local communities among which investigations are conducted is a first step toward developing long-term solutions to conservation and stewardship challe…
Late Classic Maya Drainage and Flood Control at Copan, Honduras
Recent research on pre-Hispanic Maya water management has revealed a diverse array of water-control techniques that were employed in the Maya Lowlands. Since much of this research has focused on water management for consumption and agriculture, other forms of water management—namely, for drainage and flood control—remain poorly understood. This report describes the various water-control techniques dedicated to drainage and flood control at Late C…
Ancient Maya life in the Far West Bajo: Social and environmental change in the wetlands of Belize
Late Classic Maya Water Management and Community Organization at Copan, Honduras
Recent research on prehispanic water management throughout the Americas has made significant contributions to our understanding of the diversity of adaptive systems employed in regions where water is seasonally scarce, such as the Maya Lowlands. Since much of this workfocuses on large-scale technologies, the political and economic consequences of these systems for smaller social units remain poorly understood. Social dynamics associated with less…
Late Classic Maya Water Management and Community Organization at Copan, Honduras
Recent research on prehispanic water management throughout the Americas has made significant contributions to our understanding of the diversity of adaptive systems employed in regions where water is seasonally scarce, such as the Maya Lowlands. Since much of this workfocuses on large-scale technologies, the political and economic consequences of these systems for smaller social units remain poorly understood. Social dynamics associated with less…
Late Classic Maya Drainage and Flood Control at Copan, Honduras
Recent research on pre-Hispanic Maya water management has revealed a diverse array of water-control techniques that were employed in the Maya Lowlands. Since much of this research has focused on water management for consumption and agriculture, other forms of water management—namely, for drainage and flood control—remain poorly understood. This report describes the various water-control techniques dedicated to drainage and flood control at Late C…
Analysis of the Context and Contents of an Ulua-Style Marble Vase from the Palmarejo Valley, Honduras
Ulúa-style marble vases played important social, political, economic, and religious roles in southern Mesoamerica during the seventh through eleventh centuries A.D. However, most such vessels known to archaeologists are part of looted collections or else were unearthed before the advent of modern archaeological practices. As a result, little is known about the context, use, and chronology of these objects. Recent investigations at the site of Pal…
Balancing Archaeological Responsibilities and Community Commitments: A Case from Honduras
Exploring the implications of a recent discovery in NW Honduras, this paper considers the ethical dilemma that arises when an archaeologist's responsibility to disseminate information conflicts with her/his commitment to protect cultural resources. We suggest that applied archaeology that benefits local communities among which investigations are conducted is a first step toward developing long-term solutions to conservation and stewardship challe…
From rhetoric to reality: Why we need an anthropology of higher education policy
In October 2011, then-Governor (now Senator) Rick Scott proclaimed the state of Florida did not need any more anthropologists (Gomberg-Muñoz, 2013). On May 15, 2023, current Governor Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 266, which sanctioned a multipronged attack on public higher education, with disciplines like anthropology in the crosshairs. In a short 12 years, we had gone from rhetoric to reality. Backed by financial penalties for failure to compl…
Scale as a Key Factor for Sustainable Water Management in Northwest Honduras
In northwest Honduras, community-based interventions by outside development agencies seeking to assist communities with the treatment and delivery of potable water have been largely ineffective. This article examines the social, economic, ecological, and engineered contexts of gravity-fed water systems in the Palmarejo Valley of this region, identifying key barriers to long-term sustainability. Drawing from the results of our mixed-methods resear…
Ancient Maya life in the Far West Bajo: Social and environmental change in the wetlands of Belize
Hidden assets’ in higher education administration: The structures and lived experience of ‘organisational power’ among associate deans at US universities
This study uses the concept of 'organisational power' – control over the environments in which others interact – to investigate the structures and lived experience of power among academic associate deans at public, research-intensive universities in the US. Previous research claims that the associate dean role lacks 'legitimate power.' Through in-depth analysis of semi-structured interview data, this study shows that the associate dean role requi…
Late Classic Maya Water Management and Community Organization at Copan, Honduras
Recent research on prehispanic water management throughout the Americas has made significant contributions to our understanding of the diversity of adaptive systems employed in regions where water is seasonally scarce, such as the Maya Lowlands. Since much of this workfocuses on large-scale technologies, the political and economic consequences of these systems for smaller social units remain poorly understood. Social dynamics associated with less…
Ancient Maya life in the Far West Bajo: Social and environmental change in the wetlands of Belize
Late Classic Maya Drainage and Flood Control at Copan, Honduras
Recent research on pre-Hispanic Maya water management has revealed a diverse array of water-control techniques that were employed in the Maya Lowlands. Since much of this research has focused on water management for consumption and agriculture, other forms of water management—namely, for drainage and flood control—remain poorly understood. This report describes the various water-control techniques dedicated to drainage and flood control at Late C…
Balancing Archaeological Responsibilities and Community Commitments: A Case from Honduras
Exploring the implications of a recent discovery in NW Honduras, this paper considers the ethical dilemma that arises when an archaeologist's responsibility to disseminate information conflicts with her/his commitment to protect cultural resources. We suggest that applied archaeology that benefits local communities among which investigations are conducted is a first step toward developing long-term solutions to conservation and stewardship challe…
Citizenship and Sustainability: Toward Global-Reach Curricula
sustainability, curriculum development, global citizenship, global sustainability, education, University of South Florida
Analysis of the Context and Contents of an Ulua-Style Marble Vase from the Palmarejo Valley, Honduras
Ulúa-style marble vases played important social, political, economic, and religious roles in southern Mesoamerica during the seventh through eleventh centuries A.D. However, most such vessels known to archaeologists are part of looted collections or else were unearthed before the advent of modern archaeological practices. As a result, little is known about the context, use, and chronology of these objects. Recent investigations at the site of Pal…
Scale as a Key Factor for Sustainable Water Management in Northwest Honduras
In northwest Honduras, community-based interventions by outside development agencies seeking to assist communities with the treatment and delivery of potable water have been largely ineffective. This article examines the social, economic, ecological, and engineered contexts of gravity-fed water systems in the Palmarejo Valley of this region, identifying key barriers to long-term sustainability. Drawing from the results of our mixed-methods resear…
Professional development for academic associate deans in higher education administration: A case for decision-making as an essential skill in learning to lead
The inadequacy of training and support for academic middle managers in the US, UK, and Australia is well documented. What remains unclear is what would make for better professional development. This study fills this gap by investigating what associate deans at US research universities report learning 'on the job'. Drawing on their perspectives and experiences, as documented via semi-structured interviews, this study found that associate deans spe…
Liminality in academic middle management: Negotiating the associate dean role in US higher education administration
This article explores the complex academic-administrative role of the associate dean in US higher education administration. Previous research in Australia, UK and USA indicates that these academic middle managers experience significant conflict and ambiguity due to their roles and responsibilities as faculty members and administrators. Victor Turner's concept of liminality provides insight into the challenges of academic middle management at this…
Hidden assets’ in higher education administration: The structures and lived experience of ‘organisational power’ among associate deans at US universities
This study uses the concept of 'organisational power' – control over the environments in which others interact – to investigate the structures and lived experience of power among academic associate deans at public, research-intensive universities in the US. Previous research claims that the associate dean role lacks 'legitimate power.' Through in-depth analysis of semi-structured interview data, this study shows that the associate dean role requi…
From rhetoric to reality: Why we need an anthropology of higher education policy
In October 2011, then-Governor (now Senator) Rick Scott proclaimed the state of Florida did not need any more anthropologists (Gomberg-Muñoz, 2013). On May 15, 2023, current Governor Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 266, which sanctioned a multipronged attack on public higher education, with disciplines like anthropology in the crosshairs. In a short 12 years, we had gone from rhetoric to reality. Backed by financial penalties for failure to compl…
Actionable recommendations in response to external pressures facing anthropology departments in the U.S
As anthropology departments face pressure from state legislation, university boards, and university administrators to justify their continued existence and/or make significant – and frequently drastic – changes, department leadership and anthropology faculty are strategizing how to bolster their programs, pedagogical approaches, and industry collaborations. In this article, we compile case studies from multiple, diverse anthropology programs and …
Sociology (6 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Anthropology (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Higher Education Governance and Development (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Ecology (3 works) · Economics (3 works)