Master of Arts Anthropology (Public Archaeology), University of New Mexico (Aug. 2018 - Dec. 2022)
Bachelor of Science in Anthropology, University of New Mexico, (Aug. 2005 - May 2010)
Listed in the SHPO Directory as a Principal Investigator/Project Director (PI/PD) in the state of New Mexico
Crew Lead Permitted across the state of New Mexico
BLM Permitted in the Northwest and Southeast of New Mexico
Certfied in Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (8 hours)
Certified in Archaeological Resource Protection Act (14 hours)
Register of Professional Archaeologists
Human osteology
Faunal remains identification
Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of Two Paleoindian Sites in North-Central New Mexico (Poster) at the 89th Annual SAAs (2024)
Evaluating Digital Workflows in Academic and CRM Settings (Poster) at the 88th Annual SAAs (2023)
Panelist on Confronting Ableism in Archaeology at the 87th Annual SAAs - (2022)
Degrees of Change (Talk) at 86th Annual SAAs (2021)
Panelist on Diverse Expertise at the 86th Annual SAAs (2021)
Finalist in the LoboBITES competition for Degrees of Change (2019)
Winner of the Moore Research Grant (Fall 2019)
Winner of the Moore Travel Grant (Fall 2019)
Recipient of Hibben Fellowship (Fall 2018 - Spring 2020)
Vallejos, Joshua, Katherine Peck, Brian Elliott, Thomas F. King, and Rebecca Hawkins. Greater Minidoka Area of Critical Environmental Concern. 2024.
Vallejos, Joshua and Katherine Peck. A 1,469-acre Class III Inventory in the Vicinity of Waterflow, San Juan County, NM. 2024.
Murphy, Beau, Rebecca Hawkins, Katherine Peck, Joshua Vallejos. A Class II Cultural Resources Sample Inventory for Proposed Cerro Brillante Fuels Reduction project, Cibola County, NM. September 2020.
Hegberg, Erin, Alicia Becenti, Robin M. Cordero, Patrick Hogan, Joshua Vallejos, F. Scott Worman. South Rim Trail: An 89 Acre Cultural Resource Inventory within Petroglyph National Monument, Bernalillo County, New Mexico. May 2019.
Currently Hosting at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History by explaining displays and answering questions from guests. In addition, Prep-lab work extracts fossils from the matrix in which they are found. Started in February of 2012.
Worked at the HARP Field School under the direction of Dr. McCoy and Dr. Graves in Kapaau, Hawaii from June 2009 to July 2009. I participated in the excavation of three archaeological sites and the recovery of artifacts. I also surveyed areas, entered data, and created maps with proprietary tools.
Worked with Dr. Sherry Nelson at the University of New Mexico on dental microwear analysis on teeth from February 2009 to June 2009, where I created molds of teeth of extant primates that were viewed under a microscope to determine the eating habits of an organism while it was alive.