Lizzie WadeEach year, archaeologist Carol Colaninno guides undergraduates through a consequential choice: Where should they go to field school?
Every budding U.S. archaeologist must attend one to learn hands-on skills such as excavation, and to have any hope of landing a job or entering grad school for archaeology.The undergrads can choose from hundreds of field schools, many in remote areas.
But Colaninno, who teaches at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, knows from former students and information passed privately among others in her whisper network that some field schools have a reputation for faculty who sexually harass with impunity.