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17吃瓜BOARD OF TRUSTEES NOMINEES

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]17吃瓜is pleased to announce that the Trustee Nominations Committee has selected highly qualified members to stand for election for four open positions on the 17吃瓜Board of Trustees (two openings for Individual Representatives and two openings for Institutional Representatives). The 17吃瓜Board sets the direction for 17吃瓜and provides oversight for our organization. Among other responsibilities, members of the Board agree to attend two meetings each year at their own expense, to participate thoughtfully in the governance process, and to contribute financially to ASOR.

As described below, there are candidates for both the Individual and Instituational categories. All 17吃瓜members are eligible to vote in the Individual Election while only Institutional Representatives of the 75 ASOR-member schools may vote in the Institutional Election. 17吃瓜will once again conduct the elections by online ballot, and all members and Institutional Representatives will receive the appropriate ballot(s) on or about October 20, 2017. We will send out several reminders, and all ballots must be completed by 4:00PM Eastern Time on November 9. If you would like to receive a paper ballot or if you have difficulties completing the online ballot (once they are distributed), please contact Inda Omerefendic at听857-277-0417 or asorpubs@bu.edu.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]

Individual Representatives Nominees

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Theodore Burgh

Theodore Burgh is a Professor at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, in the Department of Philosophy and Religion. He holds his degrees from the University of Arizona (M.A./Ph.D.), Howard University (M.A.), and Hampton University (B.A.).听 His research interests are the archaeology of ancient Israel and the Near East, the Hebrew Bible, archaeomusicology (the study of ancient music culture), the reconstruction of Syro-Palestinian and Near Eastern music culture and cataloging musical artifacts, utilization analysis of Syro-Palestinian sacred and secular space, and ethnomusicology.

Mission Statement:

I am truly grateful for the opportunity to continue to serve on听the 17吃瓜Board. It is an honor to be a part of ASOR鈥檚 distinguished history. It would be a privilege to continue to serve an organization that has provided so much for me.

I have been an active 17吃瓜member since 1996, presenting numerous papers and chairing sessions. I have been a part of the membership committee for nearly fifteen years. On short notice, I also substituted for the 2012-13 Vice-President and chaired the 2012 17吃瓜Members Meeting.

As a trustee, I will continue to听bring commitment and experience. Building on existing success, these are a few areas where I think 17吃瓜could expand its services to the Academy generally and to members specifically. I would like to continue efforts to incorporate technology in ASOR鈥檚 development. 17吃瓜is working to strengthen global connections and bringing excavations and archaeological conversations together in exciting new ways. 17吃瓜understands that it is very difficult for some scholars and students in various parts of the world to attend 17吃瓜conferences. However, thus, we have initiated discussions regarding implementing technology that could possibly live streaming or provide recorded lectures and papers delivered from these scholars and students. 17吃瓜will also continue to explore how to possibly share specific lectures and symposiums in the same manner and incorporate Q&A whenever possible. To have top archaeological scholars sharing short clips within articles and reports that can be accessed any time would be invaluable sources.

Lastly, I would like to see continued energy with the membership and outreach committees.听 Efforts with such endeavors as听Friends of ASOR听will be essential to maintaining the organization鈥檚 future membership and developing inclusivity.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1503684320408{padding-right: 15px !important;}”][mk_image src=”http://www.asor.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Headshot-2.jpg” image_width=”200″ image_height=”250″ hover=”false”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]

Thomas Schneider

Thomas Schneider is Professor of Egyptology听and Near Eastern Studies at the University听of British Columbia, Vancouver. Since 2012, he has also served 17吃瓜as Editor of Near Eastern Archaeology and ex officio member on the Committee on Publications. He holds a Master’s degree, a听doctorate, and a habilitation in Egyptology from听the University of Basel. He was a Visiting听Professor at the University of Vienna in 1999 and at the University of Heidelberg in听2003-4. From 2001 to 2005, he was听a Junior Research Professor of the Swiss National听Science Foundation at the University of Basel,听and from 2005 to 2007, holder of the听Chair in Egyptology at the University of Wales,听Swansea.听He was a visiting scholar at NYU听in 2006, at听Berkeley in 2012, and a guest lecturer at the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 2016.听He has widely published on听Egyptian interconnections听with the Levant and the Near East (including Egypt and the Bible), Egyptian history听and听 chronology听and the听history of Egyptology in Nazi Germany.听He听is founding editor of the Journal听of Egyptian History,听was the editor-in-chief of “Culture and History of the Ancient Near East” for Brill (2006-2013), and area editor history for the UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology.听

Mission Statement:

For the past six years, I have had the privilege to experience 17吃瓜from the specific perspective of editor of Near Eastern Archaeology. This perspective has, first and foremost, been an outstanding opportunity: An opportunity to be a creative part of the 17吃瓜community; an opportunity to motivate scholars from across the world to write for NEA, and to disseminate knowledge on the Near East; an opportunity to work with a passionate editorial board and the 17吃瓜leadership. Since my editorship has also coincided with the aggravation of the political and heritage crisis in the Middle East, being NEA editor has also meant to have my finger on the pulse of the time. In the preface I wrote for the June 2015 issue, I discussed Laurent Olivier鈥檚 comments about the role archaeology plays as a science not of the past but of the present: The way in which remains have escaped destruction is a direct reflection of how the present came about; the present is the repository of the past’s surviving materiality. The heritage crisis in the Middle East, flagged up in the September 2015 issue of NEA, shows听how indispensable it is for 17吃瓜to assume, in the present situation, a political role as an interpreter and guardian of the past鈥檚 material memory. In my prospective role as Trustee, I would see it as important to strengthen 17吃瓜and to underscore its eminent political role in preserving that memory. I would also want to support 17吃瓜in its advocacy 鈥� with many sister organizations 鈥� of the need to educate global society and advance research in history and the humanities.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]

Institutional Representative Nominees

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Joe Greene

Joe Greene, Deputy Director and Curator of the Semitic听Museum of Harvard University, received his Ph.D. in archaeology in 1986 at the听Oriental Institute of the University听of Chicago. He completed eight seasons of听fieldwork in Carthage (Tunisia), directing the Carthage Survey from 1980 to听1983. He has been a National Endowment for the Humanities听Fellow in Jordan, a听Fulbright Fellow in Cyprus, and has directed excavations and surveys in both听countries. In 1987鈥�88 he directed the USAID Cultural Resource Management听Project in听Jordan and in 2001鈥�2001 served as a consultant to the Petra National听Trust, a Jordanian NGO devoted to the preservation of the archaeological site听of Petra. He has been editor of the听American Schools of Oriental Research听(ASOR)听Archaeological Reports听Series听(2003鈥�2008), of the ASOR听Annual听(2009鈥�2014), and now serves as听an editor for Manar al-Athar Publications based听at Oxford Univeristy and as a board member for the Friends of Manar al-Athar. His听research interests focus on archaeological survey and landscape archaeology of听the听Mediterranean/Middle East region with emphasis on the first millennium听B.C./A.D., on cultural resource management in the Mediterranean/Middle East听region, and on museums and the history of museums in Mediterranean听and Middle听Eastern countries. Since the 1980s, he has led tours in the Eastern and Western听Mediterranean, most recently to Lebanon, Syria and Jordan in 2011, to Turkey听and Greece in 2013 and to Central Asia and Iran in听2016. In 2014鈥�2015 he was a听member of a Harvard-based consulting museum group working in Saudi Arabia,听Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

Mission Statement:

In my 30-plus years as a member of ASOR, I have enjoyed manifold benefits of that membership. I have attended ASOR’s annual meetings, participated in its affiliated field projects, received its fellowships, served on its听committees, edited its publications, and lived and worked at its overseas institutes. In 2015-2017, I served as an 17吃瓜Trustee as the institutional representative for Harvard University. As a returning Trustee, I would, as听before, play a role in assuring that these benefits continue to be available to rising generations of students of the ancient Near East.

To that end I believe that 17吃瓜should strengthen its core functions–its publications and its annual meetings–as well as provide ongoing support for research through its fellowships and through the overseas institutes that it听created and helped to build in Jerusalem, Amman, and Nicosia. ASOR, through its Committee on Publications, should continue to develop a robust presence in electronic scholarly publication. Through the Committee on听Annual Meeting and Program, it should expand the scope and attendance of the annual meeting while helping to expand membership and ensure that this enterprise is self-supporting. 17吃瓜must also find way to make its听Committee on Archaeological Policy (CAP) relevant to the contemporary archaeological research environment, both at home and abroad. 17吃瓜must also develop the financial means to support the initiatives of COP, CAMP,听and CAP. It should also pursue new initiatives such as a formulation of a policy of professional conduct consistent with ASOR鈥檚 Mission and Strategic Plan, the ongoing, Survey on Field Safety, the Initiative on Women in听17吃瓜and the Cultural Heritage Initiative.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1503684320408{padding-right: 15px !important;}”][mk_image src=”http://www.asor.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/C_Meyers.jpg” image_width=”200″ image_height=”250″ hover=”false”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]

Carol Meyers

Carol听Meyers was born in听Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. She went to Kingston High School,听Kingston, Pennsylvania; made her B.A. with honors at听Wellesley College听in听Wellesley, Massachusetts听and her M.A. and Ph.D. at听Brandeis University听in听Waltham, Massachusetts.

Mission statement:

As a member of 17吃瓜for many decades, I have seen this organization respond over and over again to many challenges鈥搃ncluding economic, political, and technological ones鈥揳nd come out stronger. I was privileged to be a member of the strategic planning committee that helped reorganize and refocus our energies. The hard work and dedication of its officers, board members, and members has made 17吃瓜stronger than ever. My hopes for the future are that our organization will continue to meet challenges and carry its mission forth in these turbulent times. Our Syria initiative is a good sign that we are in fact doing that[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column border_color=”rgba(170,170,170,0.01)” width=”1/6″ css=”.vc_custom_1496684098866{margin-right: 5px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-bottom-width: 2px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-right: 10px !important;padding-left: 10px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-right-color: rgba(227,228,228,0.75) !important;border-bottom-color: rgba(227,228,228,0.75) !important;}”][vc_wp_posts title=”BROWSE THE NEWS ARCHIVE” number=”4″][/vc_column][vc_column border_color=”rgba(170,170,170,0.01)” width=”1/6″ css=”.vc_custom_1496684008271{margin-right: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-bottom-width: 2px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-right-color: rgba(227,228,228,0.75) !important;border-bottom-color: rgba(227,228,228,0.75) !important;}”][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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17吃瓜BOARD OF TRUSTEES NOMINEES

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]17吃瓜is pleased to announce that the Board Nominations Committee has selected six highly qualified members to stand for election for four open positions on the 17吃瓜Board of Trustees (two openings for Individual Representatives and two openings for Institutional Representatives). The 17吃瓜Board sets the direction for 17吃瓜and provides oversight for our organization. Among other responsibilities, members of the Board agree to attend two meetings each year at their own expense, to participate thoughtfully in the governance process, and to contribute financially to ASOR.

As described below, there are three candidates for both the Individual and Instituational categories. All 17吃瓜members are eligible to vote in the Individual Election while only Institutional Representatives of the 83 ASOR-member schools may vote in the Institutional Election. 17吃瓜will once again conduct the elections by online ballot, and all members and Institutional Representatives will receive the appropriate ballot(s) on or about October 6, 2016. We will send out several reminders, and all ballots must be completed by 4:00PM Eastern Time on November 7. If you would like to receive a paper ballot or if you have difficultities completing the online ballot (once they are distributed), please contact Inda Omerefendic at 617-358-4376 or asorpubs@bu.edu.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]

Individual Representatives Nominees

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Hanan Charaf

Hanan Charaf received her PhD in Near Eastern Art and Archaeology from the University of Paris I, Panth茅on-Sorbonne, France, her MA from the University of Lyon II, France, and her BA from the Lebanese University-Section II, Beirut. She is an adjunct professor of archaeology at the Lebanese University and an associate member of the Research Unit 7041 at the University of Paris I-Sorbonne. She serves as senior field archaeologist at the excavations of Tell Arqa (ancient Irqata) and Gbeil/Byblos in Lebanon. She is the series editor of ASOR鈥檚 monographs Archaeological Reports Series (ARS) since 2015. She has been a member of 17吃瓜since 2000 and in the last three years has served on the Board of Trustees of ASOR. She is also a member of the Honors and Awards Committee, the Publications Committee, and the Officers Nomination Committee. She guest co-edited Near Eastern Archaeology (Vol. 73.2.3, 2010) and three volumes of Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies (Vols. 3.4, 4.1, and 4.2, 2015-2016) all dedicated to the archaeology of Lebanon. Her research interests include the ceramics of the Late Bronze and Iron Age in northern Levant, the intra- and supra-regional pottery exchange in the Levant, the cultural characteristics of the end of the Late Bronze Age and the beginning of the Early Iron Age in the Northern Levant, the study of the trade patterns of the Cypriot pottery to the Levant, and raising cultural heritage awareness amongst local populations. Her publication record includes several articles and book chapters on the Middle and Late Bronze Ages from Lebanon. She is currently working on a book on the Late Bronze Age of Tell Arqa.

Mission statement: As a board member, I would continue the mission I started three years ago when I was elected to the board, and that was to bring to 17吃瓜an indigenous perspective and an active participation in the archaeology and cultural heritage of the Middle East. Coming from and working in this region, I intimately relate to the destructions and threats endangering the heritage of many countries. I am championing an active presence and exposure of 17吃瓜in underrepresented regions of the Middle East by establishing new contacts with local institutions and communities and by encouraging scholars to attend 17吃瓜annual meetings and to be more active in this organization. This would not only diversify ASOR鈥檚 membership, but would also provide another venue for outreach and shared learning. Recently, the Cultural Heritage Initiative (CHI) offered 17吃瓜a unique platform to engage in cultural heritage preservation. I would like to see 17吃瓜continue and expand this mission, not only in Syria, but in other countries of the Middle East and Africa plagued by wars. 17吃瓜would not only preserve and document the heritage of those countries but would efficiently help their citizens, especially the youth, preserve their past and their cultural identities, the powerful and crucial tools for rebuilding these regions. In doing this, 17吃瓜would be fulfilling one of the goals of its mission statement. The CHI introduced also 17吃瓜to many European archaeological circles; I would like to see this position strengthened further by forging relationships with additional European institutions, thus adhering to ASOR鈥檚 new geographical sphere of interest, the Near East and the Wider Mediterranean. 17吃瓜premium commitment in disseminating first-hand knowledge at its annual meetings would benefit from foreign professionals. This new broadening of ASOR鈥檚 membership would richly diversify ASOR鈥檚 publications by bringing new authors and topics. Another interest of mine is to advocate for more involvement of women in archaeology in general and in 17吃瓜in particular. Being a woman who also belongs to a minority ethnic group gives me a unique perspective on the challenges that both women and minorities face in the world of archaeology.

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Rachel Hallote

Rachel Hallote is Professor of History at Purchase College, State University of New York, where she currently serves as coordinator of both the History and the Jewish Studies Programs. Her research focuses on the history of the discipline of biblical archaeology, specifically on British and American archaeological involvements in Ottoman Palestine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Among her听 publications is the co-authored volume The Photographs of the American Palestine Exploration Society (A17吃瓜2012). She is currently working on a book titled The Bible, History and Archaeology (forthcoming, Jewish Publication Society). Hallote has excavated at many sites in Israel, most recently at Khirbet Summeily. She has served on the 17吃瓜board for the past three years.

Mission Statement: While 17吃瓜has always been an important scholarly society, over the past several years I have watched it become better known and noteworthy outside the archaeological community. Enterprises such as the Cultural Heritage Initiative have brought 17吃瓜into the public eye. If reelected to a place on the board, I would hope see the organization continue to engage in public discussions, and disseminate accurate information about antiquity to the public. Beyond this, 17吃瓜has always sustained scholarship, and I would want to see it continue to foster connections among scholars, and provide networking opportunities, particularly for younger scholars, and for those in the many different subfields of ancient Near Eastern studies.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1503684320408{padding-right: 15px !important;}”][mk_image src=”http://www.asor.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/hparker.jpg” image_width=”200″ image_height=”250″ crop=”false” hover=”false”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]

Heather Dana Davis Parker

Heather Dana Davis Parker received her PhD in Near Eastern Studies from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in 2013.听 She is currently a lecturer for the Center for Leadership Education at JHU. She has received grants from ACOR, AIAR, and CAORC (co-recipient) for her work on the palaeography of Northwest Semitic scripts and has conducted research in museums throughout Europe and the Middle East, including the Louvre, the Vorderasiatisches Museum, the Jordan and Israel Museums, and the National (Archaeological) Museums of Cyprus, Sardinia, Athens, and Malta.听 Her work on early script traditions contributes directly to the study of the origins of Levantine regional states and kingdoms.听She has co-published articles on the use of digital technologies in the research, presentation, and preservation of ancient inscriptions and artifacts in BASOR, NEA, and other venues and has participated in conferences highlighting the use of modern technology in Cultural Heritage Preservation.听 She is the president of the Colloquium for Biblical and Near Eastern Studies and serves on the editorial board for BASOR.听 She has served 17吃瓜on both its Strategic Planning and Branding Task Forces and currently co-chairs the session on Ancient Inscriptions at its Annual Meeting.

Mission Statement: As a member of the Board of Trustees, I would support ASOR鈥檚 leadership and members in our mission to foster exploration, education, and scholarship of the Near East and wider Mediterranean (NEWM), focusing particularly on the following key areas of our most recent strategic plan. (1) I would serve our diverse membership, particularly 鈥渘ext generation鈥� scholars, by continuing to serve ASOR鈥檚 leadership as a junior-scholar consultant and by exploring opportunities for 17吃瓜scholars in the expanded job market.听(2) I would champion the study of the NEWM, showcasing its cultures, history, and value for world cultural heritage through continued public outreach, speaking to and collaborating with both lay groups and formal students at the elementary, secondary, and higher education levels. I would also promote 17吃瓜as a key resource for knowledge and expertise pertaining to the NEWM.听(3) I would assist 17吃瓜in its Cultural Heritage Initiatives, particularly in its members鈥� efforts to engage and to serve the communities in which we work, via collaboration and mutual education. My personal educational mission for any community I serve is to help to shift perspectives from a 鈥渕e鈥� orientation, focused on the here and now, to a vision of 鈥渦s鈥� that incorporates our rich world heritage, both past and present, as we look toward the future.

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Institutional Representative Nominees

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Debra Foran

Debra Foran holds a BA in Near Eastern Archaeology from Wilfrid Laurier University, an MA and PhD in Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations from the University of Toronto, and Licence in Mediaeval Studies from the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies in Toronto. She has participated in numerous archaeological field projects in Jordan, Syria, and Tunisia. Debra has been teaching Near Eastern Archaeology at Wilfrid Laurier University since 2012. She is the Director of the Town of Nebo Archaeological Project, an active research project and undergraduate field school that is investigating the role of landscape in the religious and economic development of the site of Khirbat al-Mukhayyat (Jordan). In addition to overseeing this field project, she is also working on the final publications for the Tell Madaba Archaeological Project that she directed between 2006 and 2012. Debra has chaired several 17吃瓜sessions on the archaeology of Jordan and the Byzantine and Early Islamic Near East. She served as Vice-President and Treasurer of ASOR-Canada from 2004 to 2007 at which time she was elected President, a position she still holds. During that time she has overseen the implementation of a student bursary program for Canadian students participating in ASOR-affiliated field projects.

Mission Statement: As a member of the Board of Trustees, I will uphold ASOR鈥檚 mandate to promote research into and public understanding of the cultures and history of the Near East. As an institutional member of the Board, I would like to seek out ways for ASOR鈥檚 current Institutional Members to become more active participants in ASOR鈥檚 programs and initiatives. I would also work on strategies to recruit more Institutional Members. My own institution recently became an Institutional Member after I demonstrated the advantages for students and faculty that an 17吃瓜membership can afford. I also wish to foster collaboration with the local communities that are directly affected by the archaeological research of 17吃瓜members. One way of encouraging this collaboration that is of particular interest to me is the integration of national cultural heritage into school curricula. I would like to explore how, as a foreign researchers, the work of 17吃瓜members can contribute to this. Finally, I want to explore innovative ways of incorporating undergraduate education into active excavation and research projects. The inclusion of both North American students and students from local communities will nurture their appreciation for the cultural heritage of the Near East and help safeguard the continuation and future of our discipline.

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Michael G. Hasel

Michael G. Hasel is Director of the Institute of Archaeology and Lynn H. Wood Archaeological Museum at Southern Adventist University and serves as Professor of Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology since 1998. He received an MA in Archaeology from Andrews University and an MA and PhD in Near Eastern Studies and Anthropology from The University of Arizona. He has been actively involved in excavating or surveying 12 sites in Israel, Jordan, and Cyprus while also engaged in Egyptological research. He has directed excavations at Khirbet Qeiyafa (in publication phase) and currently is co-director of The Fourth Expedition to Lachish. He has held the Samuel H. Kress Fellowship at the Albright Institute (1995-96) and a Fulbright at the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute (2005). He has been a member of 17吃瓜since 1989 and has chaired several 17吃瓜sessions, served on the Agenda Committee, and recently completed his first three-year term as an 17吃瓜board member.

Mission Statement: I have served as an active participant of 17吃瓜since 1989 while still an undergraduate student and have not missed a meeting since that time. I have observed 17吃瓜grow into a strong society representing a wide variety of interests and research foci in the ancient Near Eastern world. As a director of an Institute of Archaeology and museum, part of my vision is to make our field relevant to this and future generations. There has been an increased separation of the society from an interdisciplinary historical approach which builds on the biblical interest in North America as witnessed in the historical roots of ASOR. Our field has also experienced fragmentation that can leave our younger scholars searching for direction, belonging, and a future. My concern is that without that connection we are at risk of losing an important and relevant voice to a large segment in North America. 17吃瓜has been an important force in supporting archaeological work in the modern Middle East and I would be happy to continue to support and serve as a liaison to accomplish excavation opportunities and the work of 17吃瓜for current and future generations.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1503684320408{padding-right: 15px !important;}”][mk_image src=”http://www.asor.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ortiz.jpg” image_width=”200″ image_height=”250″ crop=”false” hover=”false”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]

Steven Ortiz

Steven Ortiz is the director of the Tandy Institute for Archaeology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary where he is also a professor of archaeology and biblical backgrounds. He is the principal investigator and co-director, along with Sam Wolff, of the Tel Gezer Excavation Project. He received his PhD in Near Eastern Archaeology from The University of Arizona. He has over 30 years of archaeological experience in Israel as he has been a senior staff member at Tel Zeitah, Ekron, Jerusalem-Ketef Hinnom, Tell el-Hamma, and Lachish. He is co-author (with Sy Gitin and Trude Dothan) of the forthcoming excavation report in the Tel Miqne-Ekron Series, Excavations 1994-1996, Fields IVNE/NW and VSE/SW: The Iron Age II, Late Philistine Temple Complex Ortiz鈥檚 research and publications focus on the archaeology of David and Solomon, Iron Age I and II transition, and the border relations between Judah and Philistia. Steve currently serves on the 17吃瓜board and has served 17吃瓜since 2001 on various committees. He has served or currently holds leadership positions in several scholarly and academic associations: National Research Council of the National Academies, Southwest Region of the Institute for Biblical Research, The Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada, Hispanic Theological Initiative Mentoring program; and the Southwest Commission on Religious Studies.

Mission Statement: As a trustee I will support ASOR鈥檚 mission to support and promote archaeological excavation, scholarly research, student training, and the dissemination of information about the cultures and history of the Near East. I will also support the current strategic plan for 2016-2020. I believe 17吃瓜needs to continue to develop and maintain an aggressive development plan in order to place the organization on a solid financial and support base. My interests are in supporting field projects and ensuring that the next generation of students and young scholars have a solid scholarly community.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column border_color=”rgba(170,170,170,0.01)” width=”1/6″ css=”.vc_custom_1496684098866{margin-right: 5px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-bottom-width: 2px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-right: 10px !important;padding-left: 10px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-right-color: rgba(227,228,228,0.75) !important;border-bottom-color: rgba(227,228,228,0.75) !important;}”][vc_wp_posts title=”BROWSE THE NEWS ARCHIVE” number=”4″][/vc_column][vc_column border_color=”rgba(170,170,170,0.01)” width=”1/6″ css=”.vc_custom_1496684008271{margin-right: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-bottom-width: 2px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-right-color: rgba(227,228,228,0.75) !important;border-bottom-color: rgba(227,228,228,0.75) !important;}”][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]