Michael Deal retired from Memorial University in 2018 after 33 years of teaching in the Departments of Anthropology and Archaeology. He served as Department Head (Anthropology) from 2001 to 2003 and Chair of the Archaeology Unit from 2005-2009, when it became a separate department. He also served as President of the Canadian Archaeological Association (2018–20). Over nearly five decades he has conducted archaeological research in Cyprus, Mexico, British Columbia, Ontario, and all four of the Atlantic Provinces. His field work and teaching since 1983 has focused primarily on the precontact archaeology of the Maritime Provinces.