Dr. Fitzpatrick received his Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Oregon (2003) and specializes in the archaeology of islands and coasts, particularly the Pacific and Caribbean. His primary areas of interest include colonization strategies, exchange systems, chronometric techniques, and historical ecology. Dr. Fitzpatrick is founder and Co-Editor of the Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology (Routledge) and has published over 70 articles and book chapters and edited several special journal issues and books, including Voyages of Discovery: the Archaeology of Islands (2003) and Island Shores, Distant Pasts: Archaeological and Biological Perspectives on the Pre-Columbian Settlement of the Caribbean (2010). He currently has several active field projects on islands in the Grenadines and Nevis in the West Indies and Palau in Micronesia.