James Watson

JAMES WATSON received his Ph.D. from the University of Nevada Las Vegas and is currently a Curator of Bioarchaeology in the Arizona State Museum and Professor in the School of Anthropology at the University of Arizona. His research examines health and disease in prehistoric populations through their skeletal remains and how human biocultural adaptations impact health.

Lars Fogelin

Lars Fogelin is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Arizona. An archaeologist, he studies the origin, development, and eventual collapse of Buddhism in India. In addition to his work in India, Fogelin studies the archaeology of religion, archaeological theory, architecture, and the philosophy of science.

David Gilman Romano

David Gilman Romano is the Nicholas and Athena Karabots Professor of Greek Archaeology in the School of Anthropology at the University of Arizona. His main research interests include Greek and Roman city planning, architecture, landscapes and athletics. He is the Director of the UA’s Archaeological Mapping Lab and Co-Director and Field Director of the Mt. Lykaion Excavation and Survey Project.

E. Charles Adams

E. CHARLES ADAMS, Curator Emeritus, Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona. Adams has lived and worked in the Four Corners region for more than 50 years, the last 35 with the Arizona State Museum (ASM). While at ASM, Adams directed research at ancestral Hopi villages near Winslow, AZ, in collaboration with the Hopi Tribe. He has published numerous books and curated exhibits at ASM.

David Soren

DAVID SOREN is Regents Professor of Anthropology, Classics, and Art History. He is a Fellow of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He was named Honorary Italian Citizen for his contributions to Italian archaeology and Honorary Philhellene by the Greek Orthodox Church for his work in Cypriote archaeology. He has also been named a Successor Generation Scholar by Oxford University and is the 2018 winner of of the Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award from the Archaeological Institute of America.

Mary Voyatzis

MARY VOYATZIS is a Professor of Classical Archaeology in the School of Anthropology and the Department of Classics. She served as Department Head of Classics from 2000-2009. Her research interests focus on the archaeology of ancient Greek religion and ritual, especailly at Greek sanctuaries. She is currently co-directing (with D.G. Romano) an excavation and survey project at the Sanctuary of Zeus on Mt. Lykaion in Greece.

Eleni Hasaki

ELENI HASAKI is a Professor in the School of Anthropology and the Department of Religious Studies and Classics and is the Co-Director of the Laboratory for Traditional Technology at the University of Arizona. Her scholarship focuses on craft technologies of classical antiquity, the spatial organization of workshops, and craft apprenticeship. Her recent book, published in 2021, is entitled Potters at Work at Ancient Corinth: Industry, Religion, and the Penteskouphia Pinakes.

Irene Bald Romano

Irene Bald Romano is Professor of Art History and Anthropology at the University of Arizona. She received her Ph.D. in classical archaeology from Penn and has participated in archaeological excavations throughout the Mediterranean. For more than 30 years she has been a museum professional, most recently at the Arizona State Museum. She is the author or coauthor of five books and numerous articles especially focused on Greek and Roman sculpture.

Patrick Lyons

PATRICK D. LYONS is Director of the Arizona State Museum and Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Arizona. He has conducted fieldwork in the ancestral Hopi villages of the Homol'ovi area, in northeastern Arizona, and the San Pedro Valley, in southeastern Arizona. He is the author of Ancestral Hopi Migrations, published by the University of Arizona Press. His work has also appeared in many peer-reviewed journals and numerous edited volumes.

Brian Silverstein

BRIAN SILVERSTEIN is Associate Professor in the School of Anthropology at the University of Arizona, where he heads the new Arizona Center for Turkish Studies. He is the author of Islam and Modernity in Turkey (2011) and many journal articles. His current research is on Turkey’s European Union integration reforms, particularly the politics of statistics.

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