{"id":359,"date":"2024-04-10T15:52:04","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T15:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/integrity-nagpra\/?page_id=359"},"modified":"2026-01-08T20:31:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T20:31:50","slug":"our-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/integrity-nagpra\/our-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Institutional NAGPRA efforts are overseen by the UGA NAGPRA Committee, operating in conjunction with the Office of Research Integrity &amp; Safety and the Laboratory of Archaeology.&nbsp;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.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221;][vc_column][vc_btn title=&#8221;NAGPRA Committee Charter&#8221; size=&#8221;lg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; button_block=&#8221;true&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fresearch.uga.edu%2Fintegrity-nagpra%2Four-process%2Fnagpra-committee-charter%2F|title:NAGPRA%20Committee%20Charter&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_btn title=&#8221;UGA NAGPRA Policy&#8221; size=&#8221;lg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; button_block=&#8221;true&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fresearch.uga.edu%2Fintegrity-nagpra%2Four-process%2Fnagpra-policy%2F|title:UGA%20NAGPRA%20Policy&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_btn title=&#8221;Confirmation of Commitment&#8221; size=&#8221;lg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; button_block=&#8221;true&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fresearch.uga.edu%2Fintegrity-nagpra%2Four-process%2Fconfirmation-of-commitment%2F|title:Confirmation%20of%20Commitment&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=&#8221;top&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 313px; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px; background-color: #ba0c2f;\">\n<td style=\"width: 19.174%; height: 23px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>MEMBER<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.1828%; height: 23px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>ROLE<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 63.6431%; height: 23px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>AFFILIATION<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 19.174%; height: 24px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Amanda D. Roberts Thompson<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.1828%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Committee Chair<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 63.6431%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><em>Director &amp; Institutional NAGPRA Coordinator,<\/em> Laboratory of Archaeology<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 19.174%; height: 24px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.1828%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Committee Member (ex officio)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 63.6431%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><em>Interim Vice President,<\/em> Office of Research<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 19.174%; text-align: left; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">2<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.1828%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Committee Member (ex officio)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 63.6431%; 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