Dr. Lisa Collins

Dr. Lisa Collins is TIV's General Manager responsible for corporate affairs. She is also responsible for general project management, collecting and analyzing data, preparing materials for submission to granting agencies and private organizations, managing and responding to project-related emails, attending project meetings, and preparing articles, reports, and presentations. Her skills and interests include being an Entrepreneur and Professional Archaeologist for 16 years. She is the former president and director of a real estate development corporation in Yucatan, MX. Dr. Collins owned and managed 12 multi-family houses in economically challenged neighborhoods in and around New Haven, CT.

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Dr. Collins has a Ph.D. and MA from Harvard University, a BA from the University of Pennsylvania, and extensive international experience. Her past work experience includes serving as the Dean of Saybrook College at Yale University, New Haven, CT. She was the chief academic officer and residential life advisor to approximately 500 students. As the Dean, she supervised the Freshmen Counselor and Faculty Advising programs. She was the main advisor to students on post-college employment, curriculum planning, college transition, disciplinary matters, and personal issues. She also was the director of the office budget, administration, and staff manager and served on various University Committees. Her teaching experience includes Yale University, Lecturer/ Anthropology Department: The Archaeology of the African Diaspora, Pine Manor College, Lecturer/Sociology Department: Social Problems, Harvard University, Lecturer/Anthropology Department:  The Archaeology of the African Diaspora, Harvard University, Teaching Fellow: Two sections in the Harvard University Core, Foreign Cultures 34, “The Ancient Maya.”

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She has won the following awards: Cora Du Bois Charitable Trust Dissertation Completion Grant, Harvard University; the Mayor Goode Minority Scholarship for Study at the University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Prize Fellowship, Harvard University; the John G. Owens Fellowship, Peabody Museum, Harvard University, and the Distinction in Teaching award, granted by the Derek Bok Center of Teaching, Harvard University.