June 3, 2025
2025 AIA Field School Scholarship Winners Announcement
Congratulations to this year’s 16 recipients of the AIA’s Field School Scholarships! These awards support undergraduate juniors, seniors, and first-year graduate students as they attend their first archaeological field school.
The Jane C. Waldbaum Archaeological Field School Scholarships, established in 2007 in honor of AIA Honorary President Jane Waldbaum, continue to make this opportunity possible for many.
The American School of Prehistoric Research Scholarships are also helping students attend field schools at sites across the Eastern Hemisphere, focusing on places occupied before the mid–1st millennium BCE.
The Laura Obolensky Scholarships were launched in 2025 to fund students’ field school participation in areas such as: Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Egypt, ancient Mesopotamia, Scythia, and Bactria.
These scholars are about to embark on field adventures across the globe. Meet the recipients and explore the field schools they’ll be attending!
Jane C. Waldbaum Field School Scholarship
- Isabelle Adnson (University of Colorado Boulder) CU Boulder Archaeological Field School partnering with Tewa Pueblo Communities
- Bianca Chiacchia (University of Calgary) Monastic Scotland: History and Archaeology Field School at Lindores Abbey in Scotland
- Erica Erdenesanaa (Bowdoin College) American Center for Mongolian Studies’ program: “Mongolia’s Ancient Cities: Archaeological Excavation with the Uyghur Cultural Heritage Project”
- Marie Gruver (College of William & Mary) Lechaion Harbor and Settlement Land Project (LHSLP) in Greece
- Emma Magnus (Agnes Scott College) Santa Susana Archaeological Project in Redondo, Portugal
- Julia Neumann (Bates College) Pompeii Funerary Project in Italy
- Wesley Smail (Davidson College) Cosa Excavations in Ansedonia, Italy
- Angela Weiler (Western University) Vindolanda Field School in England
- Betty Xie (Boston University) ArchaeoTek’s Medieval Funerary Excavation as a part of their Lost Churches Project in Transylvania, Romania
American School of Prehistoric Research Scholars
- Gracie Carrello (Colorado College) Astypalaia Bioarchaeology Field School in Greece
- Margaret Chaney (Loyola Marymount University) Town of Nebo Archaeological Project in Jordan
- Peter Fields (Bard College) Archaeotek’s Roman Villa Excavation in Transylvania, Romania
- Skye McCord (Northern Illinois University) Valle Gianni Field School, part of the Northwest Bolsena Project, in Gradoli, Italy
- Nicole Tombazzi (University of British Columbia) Kalavasos and Maroni Built Environments (KAMBE) Project in Cyprus
Obolensky Scholars
- Alexandria Crosby (University of Houston) Antiochia ad Cragum Archaeological Research Project in Turkey
- Audrey Urbach (Northeastern University) Balkan Heritage Foundation’s Field School at Nessebar, Bulgaria
