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Jennifer Pauline Mathews (1969-) is a Professor of Anthropology at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas (1999-). She received a B.A. in Anthropology from San Diego State University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Anthropology (with a specialization in Maya archaeology) from the University of California at Riverside. She has conducted archaeological research in the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico since 1993, studying ancient, historical, and contemporary Maya populations. She is the author of five books, including Lifeways in the Northern Maya Lowlands(with Bethany A. Morrison , Quintana Roo Archaeology (with Justine Shaw), Chicle: Chewing Gum of the Americas - From the Ancient Maya to William Wrigley (with Gilliam P. Schultz), The Value of Things: Prehistoric to Contemporary Commodities in the Maya Region (with Tom Guderjan) and Sugarcane and Rum: The Bittersweet History of Labor and Life on the Yucatan Peninsula (with John R. Gust). She is the winner of the Dr. and Mrs. Z.T. Scott Faculty Fellowship for outstanding teaching and mentoring (2019) and the Piper Professorship, a state-wide teaching award in Texas (2020). She is the great-grandaughter of silversmith Peer Smed and the daughter of novelist, journalist, playwright, Lou Mathews.