Veronica Joseph secures a position with the DPAA
Congratulations to Alum Veronica Joseph, PhD graduate 2016. She secured a permanent Forensic Anthropologist position at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) based in Honolulu.
Alum Luke Pecoraro and the Lost Colony of Ronoke
Do take a look at BU Today where there is a feature story on the work of the First Colony Foundation that is searching for the 1587 Roanoke “Lost Colony,” along with a great interview with our own Luke Pecoraro, an Archaeology alum who earned his doctorate in 2015. Luke is the Director of Archaeology […]
Kay Ueda accepted a position with Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Congratulations to Kaoru (Kay) Ueda (PhD 2015). She landed a terrific full-time position at Stanford University, to begin later this fall. Kay has been hired as Curator of the Japanese Diaspora Initiative at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.
Alumna Dr. Donna Yates (CAS’04) exclusive SAFE interview
1. Please describe your professional and educational background for our readers. I have always wanted to be an archaeologist, but I thought I was just going to be a regular Maya archaeologist. While studying at Boston University, I worked in Belize and Guatemala for six months. There, I was working at a site that had […]
Archaeology in the News – Email from the Chair
In case you have not seen it, the spring issue of Boston University’s news magazine arts & sciences has two great pieces about activities in our department. On page 5, “Hands on the Past,” there are pictures of our Jonathan Bethard and Mac Marston making presentations at the Alumni College gathering in the Gabel Museum […]
Travis Parno the Chief Archaeologist, Historic St. Mary’s City, Maryland
Congratulations to Travis! The Associate Press, June 1, 2016 press release ST. MARY’S CITY, Md. (AP) — Historic St. Mary’s City is getting a new chief archaeologist. The museum in southern Maryland announced in a news release Wednesday that Travis Parno is joining the staff and will direct excavations within the National Historic Landmark. Parno’s […]
CONGRATULATIONS to our graduating BA, MA and PhD students!
Well done! To view the program, click here.
Alumna, Dr. Donna Yates member of the Trafficking Culture Project
Dr Yates is one of our foremost authorities in the subject. She lectures in Antiquities Trafficking and Art Crime at Glasgow University’s Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, and is also part of the Trafficking Culture Project, an international grouping that does deep research into the contemporary global trade in looted cultural objects. Read […]
BU Archaeology alumna Tess Davis spearheads Task Force report on steps to reduce looting and cultural destruction in the Middle East and North Africa
Tess Davis (CAS ’04), executive director of the Antiquities Coalition, served as project director for the #CultureUnderThreat Task Force, which was convened under the auspices of the Antiquities Coalition, the Asia Society, and the Middle East Institute. The Task Force, comprising experts in heritage, international law, law enforcement, and national security, developed a set of […]
Kathryn Ness (GRS’15) Joins Plimoth Plantation as Curator of Collections
Congratulations to Kate! Plimoth Plantation Press Release Kathryn Ness, Ph.D., Joins Plimoth Plantation as Curator of Collections Appointment comes as acclaimed living history museum places renewed emphasis on extensive archaeological collection Plimoth Plantation, America’s acclaimed living history museum of 17th-century Colonial and Native New England, has appointed Kathryn Ness, Ph. D., as Curator of […]