Education
Doctorate Degree
PhD in Anthropology
Harvard University, 1990
Master's Degree
AM in Anthropology
Harvard University, 1987
Master's Degree
MA in Anthropology
Univ of Texas at San Antonio, 1984
Bachelor's Degree
BA in Anthropology
University of Texas at Austin, 1976
Featured grants
- Black, Stephen L (Principal). TRIP Fund, $165000. (Funded: 2015). Grant.
- Black, Stephen L (Principal). Private donation, Ancient Southwest Texas Project, $5000. (Funded: 2012). Grant.
- Black, Stephen L (Principal). George and Cynthia Mitchell Foundation, $5000. (Funded: 2012). Grant.
- Black, Stephen L (Principal). George and Cynthia Mitchell Foundation, $5000. (Funded: 2011). Grant.
- Black, Stephen L. Research Enhancement Grant, “"Holocene Landscape Use Intensity in the Lower Pecos Canyonlands", Texas State University, $8000. (Funded: 2011). Grant.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Black, S. L., Kilby, J. D., & Castañeda, A. M. (Eds.). (2024). The Archaeology of Eagle Nest Canyon: Papers in Honor of Jack and Wilmuth Skiles. Journal of Texas Archeology and History (Vol. Special Volume No. 6). Austin, Texas. Retrieved from https://jtah.org/2024/03/21/j-t-a-h-special-volume-6-the-archaeology-of-eagle-nest-canyon-texas-papers-in-honor-of-jack-and-wilmuth-skiles/
- Black, S. L., & Kilby, J. D. (2024). Eagle Nest Canyon Archaeological History. Journal of Texas Archeology and History, Special Volume No. 6, 11–28. Retrieved from https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BJh2ksFDuuHrEpXIQinpqEXoRw7MEter/view
- Black, S. L., & Kilby, J. D. (2024). Eagle Nest Canyon ASWT Data: Ongoing and Future Research. Journal of Texas Archeology and History, Special Volume No. 6, 469–484. Retrieved from https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ljv6ksDJSP-hx7WVPnPKy5cAYSpJRuHb/view
- Koenig, C. W., Kilby, J. D., Jurgens, C. J., Becerra-Valdivia, L., Ringstaff, C. W., Hanselka, J. K., … Mead, J. I. (2021). A Newly Identified Younger Dryas Component in Eagle Cave, Texas. American Antiquity. https://doi.org/10.1080/20555563.2021.1940441
- Gershtein, E. C., Willis, M., Black, S. L., Castaneda, A. M., Buonasera, T., Koenig, C. W., … Nadel, D. (2017). High-resolution mapping and analysis of shiny grooved rock surfaces: The case study of the Skiles Shelter, Lower Pecos, Texas. QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL, 439, 69–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2016.12.008
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Distinguished Service Award (for TBH), Texas Archeological Society. 2003 - Present
- Award / Honor Recipient: Dean’s Award for Excellence in Developmental Funding, College of Liberal Arts. 2014
- Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor, Alpha Chi College Honor Society. 2012
- Award / Honor Recipient: Fellow of the Society, Texas Archeological Society. 2012
- Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor, Alpha Chi College Honor Society. 2011
Featured service activities
- Editor
TexasBeyondHistory.net
- Member
Research Enhancement Grant Proposal Review Committee
- Member
Advisory Board, Center for Archaeological Studies
- Editorial Review Board Member
Journal of Texas Archeology and History
- Member
Research Board, SHUMLA School
- Other
Experimental Archaeology Club