Center Staff
Center for Anthropological Services
Brian Hoffman
Director
Brian Hoffman, PhD, is the Director at HUCAS and Associate Professor of Anthropology at Hamline University.
Marcia Regan
Principal Investigator
Marcia Regan, PhD, is a Principal Investigator at HUCAS and an Instructor in the Department of Anthropology at Hamline University. She has more than 35 years experience in human skeletal excavation, recovery, and analysis, working in both Minnesota and Arizona.
David Tennessen
Principal Investigator
David Tennessen, PhD, is a Principal Investigator at HUCAS and a Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at Hamline University.
Robert Larsen
Indigenous Archaeology Specialist
Robert D. Larsen is an Indigenous Archaeology Specialist for HUCAS. He is Mdewakantowan Dakota from the Lower Sioux Indian Community in Morton, Minnesota. As previous Councilperson he is adamant about the ancestors having a voice and protecting burial and sacred sites. His experience participating in MIAC, archaeological, burial, and NAGPRA projects led him to Cultural sensitive recovery and reburial and now to HUCAS.
Tom Sanders
Indigenous Archaeology Specialist
Tom Sanders, MA, RPA, is an Indigenous Archaeology Specialist for the Center. He is the former manager of the Jeffers Petroglyphs Historic Site and a founding member of the Red Rock Ridge Research Group. He has been working with Indigenous Elders for more than 20 years.
Susan Myster
Osteology Fellow
Susan Myster, PhD, DABFA, is a Professor Emerita of Anthropology. She is a HUCAS Osteology Fellow.
Erin Dinneen
Archaeology Specialist Supervisor
Erin Dinneen, MA, is an Archaeology Specialist Supervisor for HUCAS. Her work over the past decade has taken her from Alaska to Kiribati, and now back home to Minnesota, participating in Phase I, II, and III archaeological projects. She has spent the last few years collaborating on burial recoveries.
Desiree Haggberg
Osteology Repository Supervisor
Desiree Haggberg, Registered Archaeologist 28081, is the Osteology Repository Supervisor for HUCAS and has more than eight years experience in the field and lab identifying, recovering, and studying human and faunal bone. She has worked on several burial recovery and monitoring projects as well as Phase I and II investigations. She is the collections manager for the repository and guides NAGPRA and archival projects.
Forest Seaberg-Wood
Archaeology Laboratory Supervisor
Forest Seaberg-Wood is the Archaeology Laboratory Supervisor for HUCAS. She has 10 years of experience working in both the field and laboratory, including Phase I and II investigations, cataloging, artifact analysis, and collections management.
W. Carter Olsen
Archaeology Record Specialist
W. Carter Olsen is an Archaeology Record Specialist for HUCAS. He has a BA in Anthropology from Hamline University, worked for several years as an archaeological field technician after graduating in 2014, and is now excavating the archives of past field work to create an organized database of digitized files. As a field tech he worked on several projects in the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Kyle Knapp
Archaeology Record Specialist
Kyle Knapp is an Archaeology Record Specialist. He has assisted on several HUCAS projects, but perhaps most notably on the Historic Human Remains Project. Kyle is interested in applying open-source intelligence techniques, archival research, genetic genealogy, and forensic science methods to the investigation of unidentified human remains cases.
Eva Larson
Bio-archaeology Field Technician
Eva Larson is a (bio)archaeological field technician and a recent graduate of Hamline University. While at Hamline, Eva studied anthropology, criminology/criminal justice, and forensic science with a focus in archaeology and human osteology. She also carried out three years of research on experimental archaeology and lithic debitage analysis (stone tool production). Since graduating, Eva has spent her time conducting archaeological fieldwork of all phases across the upper Midwest.
Contact information
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If possible human remains have been found, please contact local law enforcement.
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Center for Anthropological Services(651) 523-2891 HUCAS Phone(612) 434-5783 Repository phone (monitored Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.)
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