Victoria Schwarz joined the MSU Department of Anthropology as a doctoral student in 2022. Her archaeological focus is on human-environmental interactions in the Central Andes of Peru, and she specializes in geoarchaeology. Victoria received her A.A. from Brookdale Community College in 2012, her B.A. in Anthropology and B.S. in Outdoor Recreation from Georgia Southern University in 2016, and her M.A. in Anthropology from East Carolina University in 2022.