Background

Melissa Eaton graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia magna cum laude in Anthropology, with Honors (2000) and with a Masters in Anthropology (2002).  Her undergraduate thesis entitled Nationalism and Its Role in Language Revitalization  discussed the ecclesiastical and institutional language revitalization strategies used for Cherokee and Lacandon Maya.  Her MA thesis, Regionality in State Cultural Resource Management Field Guidelines, comprehensively compared Phase I field guidelines issued by State Historic Preservation Offices in the United States and many of its territories.