The Power of Collaborative Public Scholarship: Evaluating the Lasting Impacts of the Colorado Coalfield War Archaeology Project

Karin Larkin is Associate Professor and Curator for the Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado Colorado Springs. Larkin received her PhD in Anthropology and Master’s in Museum Studies from the University of Colorado Boulder. Larkin acted as a crew chief and the second project director of the Colorado Coalfield War Archaeological Project at the University of Denver. She has coedited two books on the work of the CCWAP: The Archaeology of Class War with Randall McGuire published by the University Press of Colorado in 2009 and Communities of Ludlow: Collaborative Stewardship and the Ludlow Centennial Commemoration Commission with Fawn-Amber Montoya published by the University Press of Colorado in 2022. She is one of the Stephen H. Hart Award for Historic Preservation recipients for her work on the Colorado Coalfield War Archaeology Project along with other project leaders and the United Mine Workers of America.