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: John Younger, Vice President for Publications
Chair, John H. Oakley (2010–2013) Term 2

APA and 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: Andrew Moore, First Vice President

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

Overseeing Officer: Andrew Moore, First Vice President
Chair, Melissa Morison (2011-2014) Term 1

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

Overseeing Officer: John Younger, Vice President for Publications
Chair, David Boochever (2011-2014) Term 1

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: John Younger, Vice President for Publications
Chair, TBA

Audit Committee
The 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; and the identification of financial risk exposures and correspondingly appropriate insurance or other mitigants).

Overseeing Officer: Elizabeth Bartman, President
Chair, John Yarmick (2010–2013) Term 2

Conservation and Site Preservation Committee
The Committee promotes best practices in archaeological conservation and site preservation and encourages public awareness of both.  It helps administer the Site Preservation Fund program by vetting grant applicants and also submits its nomination for the annual Conservation and Heritage Management Award to the Governing Board at its Spring Meeting.

Overseeing Officer: Laetitia La Follette, Vice President for Professional Responsibilities
Co-Chairs, Stephen P. Koob (2011-2014) Term 1; Paul Rissman (2011-2014) Term 1

Corresponding Members Committee

Overseeing Officer: Andrew Moore, Vice President for Publications
Chair, Sebastian Heath (2012-2015) Term 1

Cultural Heritage Policy Committee
The Committee is 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: Laetitia La Follette, Vice President for Professional Responsibilities
Chair, Christina Luke (2011-2-14) Term 1

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: Elizabeth Bartman, President
Chair, Charlie Steinmetz (2012–2015) Term 1

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: Pamela Russell, Vice President for Education and Outreach
Chair, Pamela Russell (ex officio)

Executive Committee
The 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: Elizabeth Bartman, President
Chair, Elizabeth Bartman (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: Andrew Moore, First Vice President
Chair, Kathleen Lynch (2012–2013) Term 3

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

Overseeing Officer: Andrew Moore, First Vice President
Chair, Susan Alcock (2011-2014) Term 1

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

Overseeing Officer: Elizabeth Bartman, President
Chair, Elizabeth Bartman (ex officio)

Graduate Student Paper Award Committee

Overseeing Officer: Andrew Moore, First Vice President
Chair, Paul Scotton (2011-2014) Term 2

Hanfmann Lecture Subcommittee

Overseeing Officer: Thomas Morton, Vice President for Societies
Chair, Guy Metraux (2011-2014) Term 1

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

Overseeing Officer: John Younger, Vice President for Publications
Chair, Ann Santen (2009–2012) Term 1

Investment Subcommittee

Overseeing Officer: Brian Heidtke, Treasurer
Chair, Paul Rissman (2011-2014) Term 3

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 AIA Bulletin 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 are eligible for consideration.

Overseeing Officer: John Younger, Vice President for Publications
Chair, Nancy Klein (2009–2012) Term 1

Jane C. Waldbaum Field School Scholarship Subcommittee

Overseeing Officer: Andrew Moore, First Vice President
Chair, Jane C. Waldbaum (2010–2013) Term 2

Joukowsky Distinguished Service Award Committee

Overseeing Officer: Elizabeth Bartman, President
Chair, Michael Hoff (2012-2013) Term 1

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: Thomas Morton, Vice President for Societies
Chair, Barbara Barletta (2012-2015) Term 1

Museums and Exhibitions Committee
The Museum and Exhibitions Committee consists of AIA members with an interest in museums and exhibitions and their relationship to archaeology, and in promoting communication between the art museum and archaeological communities, especially in regard to cultural property issues.

Overseeing Officer: Laetitia La Follette, Vice President for Professional Responsibilities
Chair, Kenneth Lapatin (2011-2014) 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, Cathleen Asch (2012–2013) Term 1

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

Overseeing Officer: Elizabeth Bartman, President
Chair, Elizabeth Bartman (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: Andrew Moore, First Vice President
Chair, Lynne A. Schepartz (2011-2014) 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: Laetitia La Follette, Vice President for Professional Responsibilities
Chair, Laetitia La Follette (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: Andrew Moore, First Vice President
Chair, Michael L. Galaty (2011-2014) Term 1

Publication Subvention Committee

Overseeing Officer: John Younger, Vice President for Publications
Chair, John F. Cherry (2011-2014) Term 2

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: Thomas Morton, Vice President for Societies
Chair, Lillian B. 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: Thomas Morton, Vice President for Societies
Chair, Thomas Morton (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: Thomas Morton, Vice President for Societies
Chair, Douglas Tilden (2010-2013) Term 1

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

Overseeing Officer: Elizabeth Bartman, President
Chair, John Yarmick (2012-2015) Term 1

Undergraduate Teaching Award Committee

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