AIA President C. Brian Rose with 2010 Undergraduate Teaching Award Winner Michael Galaty

The AIA Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award Committee invites nominations for the 2011 award. This prize may be awarded to up to one individual every year and includes a certificate of award. Individuals worthy of this award must have demonstrated excellence in the teaching of archaeology; developed innovative teaching methods or interdisciplinary curricula; a minimum of five years of teaching experience prior to being nominated, currently be engaged in teaching; and they must be members of the AIA in good standing.

Nominations should be made by letter and accompanied by a dossier of supporting materials. They should be made by individuals familiar with the candidate's teaching, such as administrators, departmental chairpersons or colleagues, former students, or faculty in other departments or institutions. Dossiers should include:

1) The nominating letter indicating how the candidate meets the criteria of the award
2) A current curriculum vitae of the nominee;
3) Four letters of recommendation, including at least one each from a student, a colleague, and academic superior;
4) A brief description of all relevant courses taught during the past five years, including some representative syllabi and course materials.

Due Date for Nomination
Completed nominations should be received by Institute Headquarters at the below address no later than September 3, 2010.

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Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
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E-mail: awards@aia.bu.edu

2010 Teaching Award Winner: Michael Galaty

Michael Galaty received a B.A. with honors in anthropology from Grinnell College in 1991 and M.A. and Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Wisconsin – Madison in 1994 and 1998 respectively. He is Professor of Anthropology at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi, and Chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. His areas of interest include the archaeology of complex societies and state formation, as well as regional archaeological survey and the scientific analysis of artifacts. He has conducted archaeological research in Albania, Greece, and Hungary, and in the states of Virginia and Mississippi. From 1998-2003, he served as field director for the Mallakastra Regional Archaeological Project in central Albania (directed by Jack Davis and Muzafer Korkuti). During the same period, he co-directed (with Wayne Lee) the Loudoun Valley Historical Archaeology Project in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, which included an annual undergraduate historical-archaeological field school. Since 2004, he has co-directed the Shala Valley Project, which studies the archaeology and history of the territory of the Shala tribe in the northern Albanian high mountains. He also co-directs the W.M. Keck Center for Instrumental and Biochemical Comparative Archaeology at Millsaps College. Galaty has published several books and edited volumes, including Nestor’s Wine Cups, Archaeology Under Dictatorship (with Charles Watkinson), Rethinking Mycenaean Palaces I and II (both with William Parkinson), and the forthcoming Archaic State Interaction (also with William Parkinson), which presents papers written for a 2007 School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar. He is the 2003 winner of the Millsaps College Outstanding Young Faculty Award and the 2008 winner of the Millsaps College Distinguished Faculty Award.

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