The 2021 Roy Chapman Andrews Society
Distinguished Explorer
Sarah Parcak
Sarah Parcak has been named the recipient of the 2021 Roy Chapman Andrews Society Distinguished Explorer Award. Parcak is an internationally renowned Egyptologist, space archaeologist, and science communicator.
These programs honor the Andrews legacy and are sponsored by members and supporters of the Society. Distinguished explorers receive a cash prize and a commemorative statue created by noted regional artist O. V. Shaffer.
Sarah Parcak will be the 19th recipient of the Distinguished Explorer Award. Paleontologist Neil Shubin, discoverer of the “fish with hands,” received the Society’s most recent award in April of 2019. Other recipients receiving this prestigious award include Michael Novacek, leader of the first Western expedition to the Gobi Desert since Andrews’s research there during the 1920s that unearthed the first nest of fossilized dinosaur eggs; Steve Squyres, scientific principal investigator for the Mars Exploration Rover mission; and Robert Ballard, discoverer of the RMS Titanic shipwreck.
Towards an inclusive future of the past: how to make archaeology for everyone
Award Ceremony and Acceptance Lecture:
Acceptance lecture by Dr. Sarah Parcak, 2020 Distinguished Explorer
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- Friday, April 17th, 2020, 4:30 pm
- Wilson Theatre in Mayer Hall, Beloit College
- Public is welcome. Admission is FREE!
(Bring the kids!)