Susan Sheridan, PhD Co-Director Associate Professor University of Notre Dame Sheridan’s research foci include analysis of ancient diet & disease w/particular interest in childhood health/adaptability, occupational stress, & female reproductive status.http://www.nd.edu/~sheridan
 Jaime Ullinger, PhD Co-Director Assistant Professor Quinnipiac University Jaime completed her doctoral study using the Bab edh-Dhra’ collection. Her work focuses on diet and health, particularly in the ancient Near East. http://asorblog.org/?p=231
 Lesley Gregoricka, PhD Co-Director Post-Doctoral Fellow Ohio State University Lesley recently completed her PhD using stable isotopes to migration patterns in Early Bronze Age Arabia. http://public.gripserver4.com/osu/anthropology_home/current/graduate_research.php
 Donald Ortner, PhD, DSc Guest Scientist [Paleopathology] Professor; Nat’l Museum of Nat. History, Smithsonian Institution Prof. Ortner specializes in calcified tissue biology & the effect of disease on human evolution during the Holocene, w/particular interest in the advent of urbanism.http://anthropology.si.edu/staff/Ortner/Ortner.html
 Clark Spencer Larsen, PhD Guest Scientist [Activity Patterns] Distinguished Prof. of Behavioral & Social Sciences, Ohio State Univ. Prof. Larsen specializes in the areas of biomechanics, paleopathology, dietary reconstruction, and is a collaborator on the Global History of Health project.http://anthropology.osu.edu/bioarch/facultycsl.htm
 Brenda Baker, PhD Guest Scientist [Subadult Health] Professor, Arizona State University Prof. Baker's research interests are in bioarchaeology, human osteology and paleopathology, examining human skeletal remains to reconstruct past lifeways.http://shesc.asu.edu/baker
 Hugh Page, PhD Speaker Dean & Assoc. Prof. of Theology University of Notre Dame Prof. Page is the Dean of First Year of Studies and a professor in the Departments of Theology as well as Africana Studies. He specializes in ancient Semetic languages and literature.http://theology.nd.edu/people/all/page-hugh-r/index.shtml
 Christopher Schmidt, PhD Guest Scientist [Taphonomy] Associate Professor University of Indianapolis Prof. Schmidt is the director of the Indiana Prehistory Laboratory at the Univ. of Indianapolis. He specializes in the bioarchaeology of burned remains.Faculty_Staff_files/phillips.jpg
 James Phillips, PhD Field Museum Field Trip Professor Emeritus & Curator Field Museum - Chicago Prof. Phillips studies modern human behavior and its subsequent development in the Levantine corridor. He is currently excavating in the Judean desert and Negev.Faculty_Staff_files/phillips_1.jpg
 Mark Schurr, PhD Speaker Professor & Associate Dean University of Notre Dame Prof. Schurr studies the dynamics and evolution of chiefdom and tribal societies utilizing archaeological chemistry, mortuary analysis & geophysical methods.Faculty_Staff_files/phillips_2.jpg
 Meredith Chesson, PhD Speaker Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame Prof. Chesson is a co-director of the Dead Sea Plain excavation project, who specializes in the archaeology of early urbanization, gender, and mortuary practices in the Ancient Near East.http://www.nd.edu/~mchesson/
 John Spencer, PhD Ethics Component Professor. Religious Studies John Carroll University Prof. Spencer studies the history and religions of Israel/Palestine, His participation provides a temporal depth to student projects, and teaches exegetical methods for using ancient sources.http://www.jcu.edu/religion/Spencer/index.htm
 Morag Kersel, PhD Ethics Component Assistant Professor DePaul University Prof. Kersel received her doctorate from Cambridge, studying the illicit antiquities market. She is one of the ethics speakers for the Summer program.http://anthropology.utoronto.ca/people/post-doctoral-fellows-1/morag-kersel
 Yorke Rowan, PhD Speaker Research Fellow U. of Chicago’s Oriental Institute Dr. Rowan is an anthropological archaeologist who studies craft specialization and mortuary practice in early complex societies from the southern Levant. http://oihistory.blogspot.com/2008/08/yorke-rowan-appointed-reseaarch.html
 Emily Teeter, PhD Oriental Institute Field Trip Curator, Egyptian & Nubian Ant. U of Chicago’s Oriental Institute Dr. Teeter is a curator and research associate at the OI who has authored numerous books & articles on Egyptian religion and history.http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/pubs/nn/sum94_teeter.html



Edward Maher, PhD

Speaker

Research Associate

Field Museum - Chicago


Dr. Maher is a zooarchaeologist who specializes in collections from the Southern Levant..

 
 Anne Underhill, PhD Field Museum Field Trip Boone Associate Curator Field Museum - Chicago Prof. Underhill is directing a project seeking to understand changes in regional economy over time, and the development of social stratification in Asia.http://www.uic.edu/depts/anth/faculty/underhill.html
 Kelly J. Knudson, PhD Guest Scientist [Bone Chemisrty] Assistant Professor Arizona State University Prof. Knudson’s Andean research focuses on residential mobility patterns, utilizing a comobination of archaeological chemistry & bioarchaeology techniques.Faculty_Staff_files/phillips_3.jpg

Guest Scientists:

Guest Speakers:

Faculty & Staff
 Jeremy Wilson, PhD Speaker Assistant Professor, IUPUI Prof. Wilson is an archaeologist with interests in the Archaic and Late Pre-Columbian of the Eastern Woodlands, anthropological demographics, and quantitative modeling.http://www.uic.edu/depts/anth/faculty/underhill.html
 Jessica Kayongo. MLS Library Trip Associate Librarian, Hesburgh Library Ms. Kayongo works with the students on more effectively using electronic resources, and oversees the “Library Challenge” activity.http://www.uic.edu/depts/anth/faculty/underhill.html