Committees

Many professional and non-professional members of the AIA are involved with one or more committees of the Institute. Committees meet throughout the year and at the Annual Meeting to discuss policies of the Institute and issues that are current in the many specialties within the field of archaeology.

American Committee on the Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum
The Committee is responsible for approving, editing, and recommending for publication fascicles of the CVA on vases in the United States.

Overseeing Officer: Jenifer Neils, Vice President for Publications
Chair, John H. Oakley (2010-2013) Term 3

APA/AIA Joint Committee on Minority Scholarships
The committee oversees the annual selection process and the awarding of scholarship assistance to undergraduate minority students. Minority status will be defined in accordance with Federal Guidelines.

Overseeing Officer: Elizabeth Bartman, First Vice President
Co-Chair, Helen (Ili) Nagy (2007-2011) Term 1

APA/AIA Placement Committee
This Committee is a joint committee of the Archaeological Institute of America and the American Philological Association. It is charged with monitoring current hiring procedures and suggesting modifications and improvements when necessary.

Overseeing Officer: Elizabeth Bartman, First Vice President
Chair, Carin Green (2007-2010)

Archaeology in Higher Education
The Committee serves to support and promote the discipline of archaeology in the context of higher education.

Overseeing Officer: Elizabeth Bartman, First Vice President
Chair, Elspeth Dusinberre (2010-2013) Term 1

Archaeology Magazine Committee
The Committee is responsible for the annual review of the magazine in all its aspects.

Overseeing Officer: Jenifer Neils, Vice President for Publications
Chair, Ava Seave (2008-2011) Term 2

Archives Committee
The Committee is charged with the accumulation, disposition, and protection of documents, photographs, tapes, movies, and other materials that constitute the archives of the Institute.

Overseeing Officer: Jenifer Neils, Vice President for Publications
Chair, Sebastian Heath (2009-2012) Term 1

Audit Committee
Assists the Governing Board in fulfilling its financial oversight responsibilities to ensure that the assets of the Institute are properly safeguarded and its activities accurately accounted for (e.g. among other duties, the audit - scope, process, fees and communication; regulatory filings; fiscal integrity; identification of financial risk exposures and correspondingly appropriate insurance or other mitigants).

Overseeing Officer: C. Brian Rose, President
Chair, John Yarmick (2010-2013) Term 2

Conservation and Heritage Management Committee
The Committee is charged to form liaisons between AIA and professional organizations dedicated to conservation; to promote greater awareness of the central role of conservation in archaeological fieldwork, among professional archaeologists as well as the interested public; to advise the AIA Governing Board and Committees on specific issues related to conservation; to develop colloquia for the Annual Meeting on current issues in conservation practice and theory, architectural conservation, site management and presentation, ethics, and conservation.

Overseeing Officer: Sebastian Heath, Vice President for Professional Responsibilities
Chair, Alexandra Cleworth (2008-2011) Term 2

Corresponding Members Committee

Overseeing Officer: Jenifer Neils, Vice President for Publications
Chair, Jenifer Neils (2008-2011) Term 1

Cultural Heritage Policy Committee
The Committee shall be responsible for tracking and reporting on national and international legislation that affects archaeology; keeping up with progress on UNIDROIT, the Hague Convention, the Underwater Resources Convention, and various EEC directives; investigating and responding to issues concerning the illicit trade in antiquities; and developing timely AIA responses as necessary.

Overseeing Officer: Sebastian Heath, Vice President for Professional Responsibilities
Chair, Patty Gerstenblith (2008-2011) Term 2

Development Committee
The Committee is charged with the preparation of a coherent development program to recommend to the Governing Board and with overseeing its implementation once it has been approved. The program will include an annual giving program and other activities that may seem desirable.

Overseeing Officer: C. Brian Rose, President
Chair, David Seigle (2010-2013) Term 2

Education Committee
The function of the Committee is to promote educational programs and to raise the level of consciousness of all citizens, beginning with programs for school-age children and expanding eventually to similar programs for adult audiences.

Overseeing Officer: Mat Saunders, Vice President for Education and Outreach
Chair, Mat Saunders (2008-2011) Term 1

Executive Committee
This Committee was established by the Governing Board in 1984 to exercise all the power and authority of the Governing Board between meetings of the Governing Board.

Overseeing Officer: C. Brian Rose, President
Chair, C. Brian Rose (ex officio)

Fellowships Committee
The Committee is charged to review applications and select the recipients of all fellowships of the Institute, in accordance with guidelines determined by the Governing Board.

Overseeing Officer: Elizabeth Bartman, First Vice President
Chair, Kathleen Lynch (2009-2012) Term 2

Finance Committee
The Committee, chaired by the Treasurer, monitors the financial position of the Institute, recommends financial policies to the Governing Board, assists the Treasurer in the preparation of the Institute's budget which it then recommends to the Governing Board and oversees all Institute investments. In carrying out its oversight of investments the Committee maintains an Investment Subcommittee from which it receives policy recommendations and to whom it delegates authority to carry out approved policies.

Overseeing Officer: Brian Heidtke, Treasurer
Chair, Brian J. Heidtke (ex officio)

Gold Medal Committee
The Committee is charged to recommend each year to the Governing Board a candidate for the Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement.

Overseeing Officer: Elizabeth Bartman, First Vice President
Chair, Carla M. Antonaccio (2008-2011) Term 1

Governance Committee
The Committee is charged with considering issues of governance of the Institute and proposing to the Board changes in structure or responsibilities as it deems in the best interest of the Institute.

Overseeing Officer: C. Brian Rose, President
Chair, C. Brian Rose (ex officio)

Graduate Student Paper Award Committee

Overseeing Officer: Elizabeth Bartman, First Vice President
Chair, Paul Scotton (2008-2011) Term 1

Hanfmann Lecture Subcommittee

Overseeing Officer: Alexandra Cleworth, Vice President for Societies
Chair, Nicholas Cahill (2008–2011) Term 2

Holton Book Award Subcommittee

The Committee of the Felicia A. Holton Book Award will recommend to the Governing Board a major work of non-fiction written for the general public which stimulates interest in the field of archaeology.

Overseeing Officer:
Chair, Ann Santen (2009-2012) Term 1

Investment Subcommittee

Overseeing Officer: Brian Heidtke, Treasurer
Chair, Paul Rissman (2008-2011) Term 2

James R. Wiseman Book Award Committee
The Committee on the James R. Wiseman Book Award is charged with recommending, in time for publication of the award in the Bulletin of the Institute and announcement of the award at the Annual Meeting of the Institute, the work by a member of the Institute it deems most worthy of recognition in that year. Books and monographs bearing a date of publication within the four calendar years prior to (not including) the year of the Annual Meeting at which the award is made will be eligible for consideration.

Overseeing Officer: Jenifer Neils, Vice President for Publications
Chair, Nancy Klein (2009-2012 Term 1

Jane C. Waldbaum Field School Scholarship Subcommittee

Overseeing Officer: Elizabeth Bartman, First Vice President
Chair, Jane C. Waldbaum (2010-2013) Term 2

Joukowsky Distinguished Service Award Committee

Overseeing Officer: C. Brian Rose, President
Chair, Anne H. Salisbury (20010-2011) Term 2

Lecture Program Committee
The primary responsibility of the Committee is to select the most outstanding lecturers available for the Lecture Program of the Institute.

Overseeing Officer: Alexandra Cleworth, Vice President for Societies
Chair, Michael Hoff (2008-2011) Term 1

Nominating Committee
Because of its function, the Nominating Committee falls outside the standard committee oversight practices of the Institute. Members of the Nominating Committee are responsible for seeking viable candidates for Trustee and Officer vacancies. Membership of the Nominating Committee is outlined in the regulations of the Institute.

Chair, Helen (Ili) Nagy (2010-2011) Term 1

Personnel Committee
The committee, consisting of the Officers of the Institute, periodically reviews the personnel management policies of the Institute.

Overseeing Officer: C. Brian Rose, President
Chair, C. Brian Rose (ex officio)

Pomerance Science Medal Committee
The Committee is charged to recommend each year to the Governing Board a candidate for this Award based on the recipient's contribution to archaeology through their work in a related scientific field.

Overseeing Officer: Elizabeth Bartman, First Vice President
Chair, J. Theodore Peña (2008-2011) Term 1

Professional Responsibilities Committee
The Committee shall advise the Governing Board on appropriate policies and action concerning the preservation of archaeological resources, placement and employment, standards of archaeological excavations, professional ethics, and other matters involving professional responsibilities.

Overseeing Officer: Sebastian Heath, Vice President for Professional Responsibilities
Chair, Sebastian Heath (ex officio)

Program for the Annual Meeting Committee
The Committee has broad responsibilities for organizing the presentations of scholarly papers at the Annual Meeting of the Institute. More specifically, the Committee shall determine the format of sessions for the presentation of papers; select for the program papers, colloquia, and workshops; determine time limits for all presentations; and determine special invitations (papers, colloquia, keynote speaker, etc.).

Overseeing Officer: Elizabeth Bartman, First Vice President
Chair, Garrett Fagan (2008-2011) Term 2

Public Relations Committee

Overseeing Officer: C. Brian Rose, President
Chair, Peter Herdrich (2008-2011) Term 1

Publication Subvention Committee

Overseeing Officer: Jenifer Neils, Vice President for Publications
Chair, John F. Cherry (2008-2011) Term 1

Site Preservation Committee

Overseeing Officer: C. Brian Rose, President
Chair, Paul Rissman (2009-2012) Term 1

Society Awards Subcommittee
This Subcommittee manages the solicitation, nomination and presentation process for the following awards: Best Flyer, Best Website, Golden Trowel, Foot Solider and the LifeSaver Award.

Overseeing Officer: Alexandra Cleworth, Vice President for Societies
Chair, Lillian Joyce (2010-2013) Term 1

Societies Committee
The Committee is charged with the continual review of the Institute's programs and benefits for Local Societies and members and has the responsibility of recommending to the Governing Board or the President ways of improving benefits to our members that are consonant with the aims and best interest of the Institute as a whole.

Overseeing Officer: Alexandra Cleworth, Vice President for Societies
Chair, Alexandra Cleworth (ex officio)

Society Outreach Grant Subcommittee
The Committee drafts and maintains appropriate application and evaluation forms for the grant.  The Committee will judge all applications on the basis of how well the intended project fulfills the objectives of the AIA for education and outreach to the local community.

Overseeing Officer: Alexandra Cleworth, Vice President for Societies
Chair, Douglas Tilden (2010-2013) Term 1

Thompson Lecture Subcommittee

Overseeing Officer Alexandra Cleworth, Vice President for Societies
Chair, Alan Stahl (2009–2012) Term 1

Tour Advisory Board
This group oversees the Institute's Tour Program.

Overseeing Officer: C. Brian Rose, President
Chair, Nancy C. Wilkie (2009-2012) Term 3

Undergraduate Teaching Award Committee

Overseeing Officer: Elizabeth Bartman, First Vice President
Chair, Joan Breton Connelly (2010–2013) Term 1

Underwater Archaeology Subcommittee/Interest Group

Overseeing Officer: Alexandra Cleworth, Vice President for Societies
Co-Chair, James Delgado (2010-2013) Term 1
Co-Chair, Robyn Woodward (2009–2012) Term 2