Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World at Brown University 2006-2008

Postdoctoral Fellow with the Stanford Humanities Laboratory Winter/Spring 2006

Lecturer in Greek Archaeology for the Department of Classics at Stanford University Fall 2005

PhD in Classical Archaeology at Stanford University awarded September 2005

• Dissertation: “Multiple-field approaches in the Mediterranean: Revisiting the Argolid Exploration Project” Readers: Michael Shanks (chair), Ian Morris, Ian Hodder, Michael Jameson, Fred Turner 1999—2005

M.A. in Landscape Archaeology at the University of Sheffield 1998

• Thesis: “Peak in the Past and the Present: Interpreting Minoan Peak Sanctuaries” Reader: Mark Edmonds 1998

B.A. (summa cum laude) in Archaeology, Classical Studies, and Geography at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro 1996

Research Interests

1. Classical and Prehistoric Archaeology with focus in the Argolid, Crete, and Sicily.
2. Landscape archaeology, material culture, and archaeological thinking.
3. Emergent media in archaeology, genealogies and materialities of media (media archaeology), and media theory.

Fellowships, Honors, and Awards

• Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stanford Humanities Lab, Stanford University. 2005—2006
• Mellon Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, Stanford University. 2004—2005
• Graduate Research Opportunity grant from the School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University for dissertation research in the Argolid, Greece 2004
• Academic Fellowship, Stanford University. 1999—2004
• Research Grant from the Department of Classics, Stanford University for dissertation research and archaeological studies in the Greek Argolid and Romania. 2003
• Dorot Foundation Travel Award from the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) for the 2003 meetings in New Orleans. 2003
• Research Grant from the Department of Classics, Stanford University for dissertation research and the Epic Memory Project. 2002
• Research Grant from Stanford Archaeology Center and the Hoskins Fund of the Department of Classics, Stanford University for experimental field practice in media. 2001
• Dorot Foundation Travel Award from the AIA for the 1999 meetings in Dallas. 1999
• Alice Middleton Carrol Academic Scholarship from the English−Speaking Union of the United States for study in England. 1997
• Academic Bursary from the University of Sheffield. 1997
• Member, Eta Sigma Phi National Honor Fraternity. 1996
• Student Excellence Award, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. 1996
• H. Michael Weaver Travel Award for study in Greece, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. 1996
• Student Marshalship for academic excellence, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. 1995

Publications

• A Chorography of Central Greece (Co-author with M. Shanks) forthcoming
• Media | Archaeology, (Co-editor with M. Shanks and T. Webmoor). forthcoming
• Conversations through Archaeology, (Co-editor with B. Rathje and M. Shanks) forthcoming
• Archaeology: The discipline of things (Co-author with B. Olsen, M. Shanks and T. Webmoor). forthcoming
• “Deprivation through ‘dialectics.’ Why social archaeologist’s are hamstrung by things and why things are hamstrung by social archaeologists. Comment on A companion to social archaeology “Norwegian Archaeology Review. under review
• "Arqueología Simétrica. Un Manifiesto Breve". In González-Ruibal, A. (ed.) Arqueología Simétrica. Un Giro Teorico sin Revolucion Paradigmática. Complutum, 18. 2007 in press
• “Landscape, time, topology: An archaeological account of the southern Argolid Greece” in Landscapes in Archaeology, Hicks, D., Fairclough, G. and McAtackney, L. (eds) One World Archaeology. 2007 in press
• "Vision, Media, Noise and the Percolation of Time: Symmetrical approaches to the mediation of the material world" Journal of Material Culture 11(3), 267-292. 2006 WitmoreJMC.pdf
• "Archaeology and modernity or archaeology and a modernist amnesia?" Norwegian Archaeology Review, 39(1). 49-52. 2006
• “On multiple fields. Between the material world and media: Two cases from the Peloponnesus, Greece” Archaeological Dialogues 11(2), 133-164. 2004 ADWitmore.pdf
• “Four archaeological engagements with place: mediating bodily experience through peripatetic video” The Visual Anthropology Review 20(2), 57-72. 2004 WitmoreVAR.pdf
• “Minerals and rocks” in Mochlos IC: Period III. Neopalatial settlements on the coast: The Artisans’ Quarter and the farmhouse at Chalinomoui. Soles, J.S. and Davaras, C. (eds) INSTAP Academic Press, 109-115 (with T. Carter). 2004
• “The globalisation of archaeology and heritage: a discussion with Arjun Appadurai” Journal of Social Archaeology 1(1), 35-49 (with A. Chadha, I. Hodder, and T. Jackman). 2001
• “Sacred Sun Centers” in Art and Archaeology of Ancient West Mexico. Townsend, R.F. (ed) London: Thames and Hudson, 137-149. 1998
• “Sea-level change associated with a Minoan harbor, Mochlos Crete,” Mochlos III. (To be published in the Mochlos Excavations Series with M. Lewis and J. Patton). forthcoming

e-Publications

• Review of the Laconia Rural Sites Project, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2006.02.42 2006
• “Symmetrical Archaeology” Traumwerk, MetaMedia, Stanford University, available at: [link] 2004
• “New Media Transect: A peripatetic engagement with the past” (with J. Adler), MetaMedia, [link] 2004
• "Epic memory" MetaMedia, [link] 2004
• “Multiple-field approaches in the Mediterranean: Revisiting the Argolid Exploration Project” Traumwerk, Metamedia Version 1 began 2003 | Version 2 began 2004
• “Editorial: the narrative act and archaeology” The Stanford Journal of Archaeology. 1 (with T. Jackman). [link] 2002

Conference Papers and Invited Lectures

• “Site-specific media, archaeology and collective (im)mortality,” Society for Social Studies of Science Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada. November 2006
• "'A past no longer past.' Some implications for archaeology at large," paper presented at the Joukowsky Institute Brown Bag, Brown University. October 2006
• "‘A past no longer past.’ Some implications for a symmetrical archaeology," paper presented in A symmetrical archaeology, a session at the Society for American Archaeology meetings, San Juan, Puerto Rico. April 2006.
• “Photography and the making of Classical Archaeology in the 19th Century” Archaeological Institute of America lecture, Stanford local chapter. January 2006
• “The French Expédition Scientifique de Morée and a map of the Greek Peloponnesus” Ancient and Moderns Workshop, Stanford Humanities Center, Stanford University. January 2006
• “A brief manifesto for a symmetrical archaeology,” paper presented in A symmetrical archaeology, a session at the Theoretical Archaeology Group, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK. December 2005.
• "The Liquid Document: between paperwork and the digital in a symmetrical archaeology," paper presented in The Past: What an Unruly Thing!, a session at the Society for Social Studies of Science conference, Pasadena. October 2005 [link]
• "Sociotechnical genealogies of archaeological practice and the legacy of nineteenth century military innovation, skill, and knowledge in the archaeology of Greece" Anthropology of the state: The state of anthtopology, Cultural and Social Antropology Conference, Stanford University. April 2005 [link]
• "Seeing the past and hearing the fold: Symmetrical approaches to mediation" Seeing the past, Stanford Archaeology Center conference, Stanford University. February 2005 [link]
• “Media | Archaeology: Nine paths to posthuman mediation” Critical Studies in New Media Workshop, Stanford Humanities Center, Stanford University (with M. Shanks). January 2005
• “Media | Archaeology and the post-interpretive turn: To the life of things” Theoretical Archaeology Group Conference, University of Glasgow, Scotland (with M. Shanks). December 2004 [link]
• “Multiple-field approaches in the Mediterranean: Revisiting the Argolid Exploration Project” Archaeology Workshop, Archaeology Center, Stanford University. Spring 2004
• "On peripatetic video: Experiments in the corporeality of place" Critical Studies in New Media Workshop, Stanford Humanities Center, Stanford University. Winter 2004 [link]
• “From Antiquarians to Archaeologists: Between the material world and text, plans, maps, illustrations, etc.” Words and Things Workshop, Department of Classics, Stanford University. Winter 2004
• “Innocence regained? or, Is there a new consensus in archaeology? An alternative case for bold thinking.” Archaeology Center Workshop, Stanford University (with B. Olsen and M. Shanks). Fall 2003 [link]
• “Where does archaeology fit in relation to the realist | anti-realist debate?” Archaeology Center “Brown Bag”, Stanford University (with T. Webmoor). Fall 2003
• “Mediating embodiment through peripatetic video: an experiment in the corporeality of place.” World Archaeology Conference meetings, Washington, DC, USA. June 2003
• “Neglected Sicily: tracing the factors behind the peripheral status of a Greek island.” Annual Meetings of the Archaeological Institute of America, New Orleans, USA. January 2003
• “Collapsing boundaries through alternative mediations.” Annual Meetings of the American Association of Anthropology, New Orleans, USA. November 2002
• “Four engagements with place: mediating embodiment.” Annual Meetings of the European Association of Archaeologists, Thessoloniki, Greece. September 2002
• “Mediating embodiment: media experiment in archaeology.” Archaeology Center “Brown Bag”, Stanford University. Spring 2002
• “A critique of phenomenological approaches in archaeology: looking to new media.” Archaeology Center “Brown Bag”, Stanford University. Fall 2001
• “Rethinking our heritage management philosophy in Crete: the preservation of the archaeological resource at Mochlos.” Annual meetings of the Archaeological Institute of America, Dallas, USA. December 1999
• “Rethinking our heritage management philosophy in Crete: its implementation at Mochlos.” Department of Classics Graduate Student Colloquium, Stanford University. Fall 1999
• “Landscape, iconography, and cosmology: the Sacred Sun Centers of the Teuchitlan Tradition.” Public lecture series for the Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, USA. Winter and Spring 1999
• “Sacred landscapes of Crete.” Public lecture series for the Anchor Club of North Carolina, Laurinburg, USA (August), the Commonwealth Club of California, San Francisco, USA (January), and the Baptist Senior Citizens of North Carolina, Laurinburg, USA (October).1998—1999
• “Mochlos site maps and database: interactive linkage.” Annual Meetings of the Archaeological Institute of America, New York, USA. Abstract in AJA 101 (1997). December 1996

Field Experience

• Landscape research oriented toward reworking the Argolid Exploration Project field survey in the Southern Argolid, Greece (for dissertation field research). 2004
• Landscape and ethnographic researcher for the Southern Romania Archaeological Project in Alexandria, Romania. 2003
• Landscape research oriented toward reworking the Argolid Exploration Project field survey in the Southern Argolid, Greece (for dissertation field research). 2003
• Documentary filmmaking, landscape archaeology, and ethnoarchaeology concerning oral tradition and memory in the Hania region of Crete in collaboration with Professor Richard Martin (as part of the Epic Memory Project). 2002
• Zone supervisor, Stanford Excavations at Monte Polizzo, Sicily. 2002
• Trench supervisor, Stanford Excavations at Monte Polizzo, Sicily. 2001
• Director of Heritage Management, Mochlos Excavations (Crete) through University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the Greek Archaeological Service. 1997—2002
• Volunteer Excavator at Gardoms Edge (Yorkshire, England) through the University of Sheffield. 1998
• Landscape Survey of Carl Wark Hillfort (Yorkshire, England) through the University of Sheffield. 1998
• Co-director of Paleobotanical and Geological operations, Mochlos Excavations (Crete). 1996
• Survey and excavation preparation at the Guilford County Courthouse Revolutionary War Site (North Carolina) for the purpose of archaeological identification and recovery of a British mass burial. 1996
• Volunteer Excavator, Athenian Agora, the American School of Classical Studies, Athens, Greece. 1995
• Documentation, survey, and registration of two prehistoric Native American Sites (North Carolina). 1995

Teaching Experience

• Archaeology in the ‘Information Age,’ AE0201, Brown University, Spring 2007.
• Instructor for independent study (Megan Goetsch) in film documentaries of archaeological practice, Joukowsky Institute, Brown University. Autumn 2006
• Teaching Fellow for Ten things – science, technology and design, a course by Professor Michael Shanks, Science and Technology Studies 112 | CLASSART 113 and 213, Stanford University. Winter 2006
• Lecturer for Archaeologies of the Greek Past, Classics 61, Stanford University. Autumn 2005
• Teaching Assistant to Professor Maud Gleason in Gender, Violence, and the Body in Greek Religion, Classics 117. 2004
• Teaching Assistant to Professor Michael Shanks and Dr. Joseph Adler in Creative Computing in the Humanities, Classics | Art 280/380. 2004
• Excavation Instructor for Stanford field school at Monte Polizzo, Sicily. 2001 and 2002
• Teaching Assistant to Professor Ian Morris in The Logic of History, Classics 180 | History 205/305. 2002
• Teaching Assistant to Professor Joseph Manning in History and Culture of Ancient Egypt, Classics | History 105. 2001
• Teaching Assistant to Professor John Rick in Introduction to Prehistoric Archaeology, Anthropological Sciences 003. 2000
• Teaching Assistant to Professor Joseph Manning in History and Culture of Ancient Egypt, Classics | History 105. 2000

Professional Experience

• Co-organizer of 'Silenced pasts: Archaeological practice and the politics of manifestation' (with Matt Ratto and Michael Shanks) a session at the 28th annual 4S, Society for Social Studies of Science Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, November 2006.
• Co-organizer of A Symmetrical Archaeology, (with Bjørnar Olsen, Michael Shanks and Timothy Webmoor) at The Society for American Archaeology meetings, San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 2006.
• Founding member and assistant director of MetaMedia Lab 2005--to present.
• Project co-manager for The Futures of In-Car-Media and Entertainment in 2015, a collaborative initiative between Daimler Chrysler and the Stanford Humanities Lab at Stanford University (with D. Platt). 2005
• Co-editor of Chiasme softbooks, an Internet publishing house (with Michael Shanks and Timothy Webmoor). 2005—present
• Co-organizer of A Symmetrical Archaeology, (with Bjørnar Olsen, Michael Shanks and Timothy Webmoor) at Theoretical Archaeology Group 2005, Sheffield, UK. December 2005
• Co-organizer of The Past: What and Unruly Thing!, (with Matt Ratto and Michael Shanks) at the 27th annual 4S, Society for Social Studies of Science, Conference, Pasadena, CA. Autumn 2005
• Founding member and ‘chief-blogger,’ Archaeolog.org, a collaborative blog dealing with all things archaeological, from October 2005.
• Founding member and ‘chief-blogger,’ Archaeography.com, a collaborative archaeological photoblog, from February 2005.
• Founding member, Senior Studio Practitioner and Project Manager for the MetaMedia Lab at Stanford University 2003--2005.
• Graduate Student Coordinator for Critical Studies in New Media, a Mellon funded workshop at Stanford University. Spring 2004--to present
• Project manager for Traumwerk, a web-based collaborative authoring project. 2003—present.
• Collaboratory Director of Symmetrical Archaeology, a web-based forum exploring human relationships with the material world. 2004—present
• Editorial Assistant to Professor William Rathje and Professor Michael Shanks, Stanford University. Supervised transcriptions and preliminary editing for Conversations in Archaeology volume. 2003
• Organizer of and Participant in The Building 500 Project, a collaborative experiment in mediating architectural histories, Stanford University. 2003
• Co-Editor of the Stanford Journal of Archaeology (with T. Jackman). 2001
• Organizer of the Archaeology Center “Brown Bag”, a weekly Stanford archaeological discussion group. 2001
• Co-chair of the Stanford Program in Archaeology’s Annual Conference Narrative Pasts | Past Narratives, Stanford University (with T. Jackman). February 2001
• Research Assistant to Professor Michael Shanks, Stanford University. Assisted in archival research work with early travelers to Greece and fieldwork at Aegina, Olympia, and Knossos in Greece. Spring 2000
• Leader/Lecturer of educational expeditions to Crete for the Commonwealth Club of California and Betchart Expeditions, Inc. Spring 1999
• Leader/Lecturer of educational expeditions to Crete for the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Betchart Expeditions, Inc. Spring 1998

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