Caitlin Earley is an Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Washington. Her research focuses on ancient Maya sculpture, with a particular interest in how sculpture constructs and negotiates identities at the margins of the Maya world. Her first book, The Comitán Valley: Art and Identity on the Maya Frontier, was published with the University of Texas Press in 2023. Her current project considers the representation of captured warriors in Classic Maya art, and has been supported by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Endowment for the Humanities, ACLS, and Dumbarton Oaks Research Library.