Alexandra Carpino is with Northern Arizona University, and holds her degrees from the University of Iowa (Ph.D.) and Bryn Mawr College. Her area of specialization is Etruscan art and culture, particularly the art of Etruscan mirrors, and she is the AIA's Cinelli Lecturer for 2012/2013.
Alexis Catsambis is a maritime archaeologist who holds his degrees from the Nautical Archaeology Program of Texas A&M University (Ph.D., M.A.) and the Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity of the University of Birmingham, U.K. In his professional capacity, Alexis serves the Naval History & Heritage Command as an archaeologist and cultural resource manager, providing for the stewardship, research conservation, and curation of the U.S. Navy’s sunken craft and associated artifacts. Through his academic research, Alexis has directed and participated in a breadth of archaeological investigations. While focusing on the Mediterranean and Black Seas in antiquity, his practical experience spans to the North American continent and includes underwater visual surveys and site assessments, remote-sensing surveys, terrestrial excavations, as well as shallow- and deep-water excavations. He has also been involved with the conservation and digital reconstruction of sites and artifacts, having spent time at the Warren Lasch Conservation Center of Clemson University and the NATO Undersea Research Centre in La Spezia, Italy. His recent publications include the Oxford Handbook of Maritime Archaeology, which he co-edited with Dr. Donny Hamilton and Dr. Ben Ford. Dr. Catsambis is the AIA’s 2012/2013 Bass Lecturer.
Eric Cline is Chair and Associate Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the George Washington University and Director of the GWU Capitol Archaeological Institute. He holds his degrees from the University of Pennsylvania (Ph.D.), Yale University, and Dartmouth College. His areas of specialization include the military history of the Mediterranean, and the international connections between Greece, Egypt, and the Near East during the Late Bronze Age. Professor Cline is the Associate Director of the Megiddo Expedition, and Co-Director of the excavations at Tel Kabri.
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Christina Conlee is with the Department of Anthropology, Texas State University at San Marcos, and holds her degrees from the University of California at Santa Barbara (Ph.D. and M.A.) and University of California at Santa Cruz (B.A.). Her research interests are complex societies, foundations and relations of power, state collapse, ceramic analysis, migration, mortuary practices and human sacrifice, isotopic analysis and Andean prehistory.
Michael Cosmopoulos is the Endowed Professor of Greek Archaeology with the University of Missouri at St. Louis, and holds his Ph.D. from the University of Washington in St. Louis. His fields of specialization are the Greek Bronze Age, Greek religion, and the emergence of the Greek states. He has published very widely, and his awards include the 2003 AIA Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.
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