NAGPRA
Our Team
Institutional NAGPRA efforts are overseen by the UGA NAGPRA Committee, operating in conjunction with the Office of Research Integrity & Safety and the Laboratory of Archaeology. This team is committed to safeguarding and ensuring the ethical treatment of all Ancestors and cultural items while they await repatriation, as well as the good-faith discovery process of University holdings that may meet NAGPRA eligibility criteria.
| NAME / CODE | ROLE | AFFILIATION |
| Amanda D. Roberts Thompson | Committee Chair | Director & Institutional NAGPRA Coordinator, Laboratory of Archaeology |
| 1 | Committee Member (ex officio) | Interim Vice President, Office of Research |
| 2 | Committee Member (ex officio) | Assistant Vice President, Office of Research Integrity & Safety |
| 3 | Committee Member | Secretary of Culture & Humanities, The Muscogee (Creek) Nation |
| 4 | Committee Member | Chief of Staff & Special Assistant to the Associate Vice President, Auxiliary Services |
| 5 | Committee Member | Executive Director, Georgia Museum of Natural History Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Anthropology Faculty, Institute of Native American Studies |
| 6 | Committee Member | Georgia Power Professor in Environmental Ethics, College of Environment & Design Faculty, Institute of Native American Studies |
| 7 | Committee Member | Associate Professor, Department of English Faculty, Institute of Native American Studies |
| 8 | Committee Member | Director, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research & Studies Director, Georgia Capitol Museum |
| 9 | Legal Counsel | Associate General Counsel, Office of Legal Affairs |
| 10 | Compliance Support | Research Archaeologist & Compliance Bioarchaeologist, Laboratory of Archaeology |
| 11 | Compliance Support | NAGPRA Compliance Specialist, Office of Research Integrity & Safety |