Jonathan Leader, PhD, has been with the University of South Carolina (USC) since 1989. After coming back stateside from Asia and the western pacific in the early 1980’s, he obtained a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Florida. He has worked in the private sector, and nationally and internationally in the areas of forensic recovery, conflict de-escalation, geophysics, objects conservation, and the illegal artifact trade. He is a member of the USC College of Arts and Sciences Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee. Jonathan is an elected fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Royal Asiatic Society, Royal Geographical Society, Royal Society for the Arts, and the Explorers Club.