AIA Tour Leaders

Jenifer Neils

A professor of ancient art history and a classical archaeologist, Jenifer Neils is an expert on the ancient Mediterranean. For the last five years she served as the first woman […]


Lisa C. Pieraccini

Lecturer, History of Art; Affiliated Faculty Ancient History & Mediterranean Archaeology; and Founder & Interim Director of the Mario Del Chiaro Center for the Study of Ancient Italy at the […]


Elizabeth Pierce

Archaeological Institute of America lecturer and host Elizabeth Pierce was a journalist before pursuing her master’s degree and Ph.D. in Archaeology from the University of Glasgow, Scotland. The main focus of […]


Barbara A. Porter

Barbara A. Porter is an independent scholar who lives in Washington D.C. She resided in Jordan from 2006 to 2020 when she was the Director of the American Center of Oriental Research […]


Mary MacLeod Rivett

Dr. Mary MacLeod Rivett was born in London, England, to a Scottish-Canadian family. Her father’s family was from Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, and she spent a lot of time in the […]


C. Brian Rose

C. Brian Rose (Ph.D., Columbia) is an expert on ancient Rome who has earned rave reviews on previous AIA Tours for both his engaging lectures and congenial manner. He is […]


Ivančica Schrunk

Ivančica (Vanča) Dvoržak Schrunk was born in Zagreb, Croatia, and teaches ancient history and archaeology at the University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN), and a community class in the […]


Tevfik Emre Şerifoğlu

Dr. Tevfik Emre Şerifoğlu is an archaeologist with extensive fieldwork experience at several Turkish sites relevant to this unique itinerary. He is currently a lecturer at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts […]


Ambra Spinelli

Ambra Spinelli is an Italian art historian and archaeologist with experience in national and international academic institutions, museums, and archaeological sites. She received a B.A. in Classics and M.A. in […]


Shari Stocker

Sharon R. Stocker has worked on archaeological projects in the U.S. and Greece and, since 1996, has been directing archaeological excavations at Pylos and in Albania. Since 2011 she has […]


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