Directors
Daniel M. Master , Co-Director
Ph.D., Harvard University
Professor of Archaeology, Wheaton College
Head of Middle Bronze Age and Iron Age Research
Mario Martin, Co-Director
Ph.D., University of Vienna
Professor, University of Innsbruck
Head of Middle and Late Bronze Age Research
Staff
Adam J. Aja, Field Supervisor and Chief Stratigrapher
Ph.D., Harvard University
Assistant Curator, Harvard Semitic Museum
Kate Birney, Field Supervisor and Head of Persian-Hellenistic Period Research
Ph.D., Harvard University
Associate Professor of Classics, Wesleyan University
Elizabeth Bloch-Smith, Field Supervisor and Stratigrapher
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Adjunct Professor of Biblical Studies, Princeton Theological Seminary
Elisabetta Boaretto, Radiocarbon and Microachaeologist
Ph.D., Hebrew University
Weizmann Institute of Science
Kathleen M. Forste, Archaeobotanist and Plant Ecologist
Ph.D., Boston University
Visiting Scholar, Brown University
Deirdre Fulton, Zooarchaeologist
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, Baylor University
Tracy Hoffman, Field Supervisor and Head of Islamic Period Research
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Head of Islamic Period Publications, Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon
Rachel Kalisher, Osteologist
Ph.D., Brown University
Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California San Diego
John M. Marston, Archaeobotanist and Plant Ecologist
Ph.D., University of California Los Angeles
Associate Professor of Archaeology and Anthropology, Boston University
Stephen Moshier, Geologist
Ph.D., Louisiana State University
Professor of Geology Emeritus, Wheaton College
George Pierce, Geographic Information Systems Architect
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Associate Professor of Ancient Scripture, Brigham Young University
Krystal V. L. Pierce, Registrar
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Assistant Professor of Ancient Scripture, Brigham Young University
Jordan Ryan, Head of Roman Period Research
Ph.D., McMaster University
Associate Professor of New Testament, Wheaton College
David Vanderhooft, First Millennium BCE Semitic Epigrapher
Ph.D., Harvard University
Associate Professor of Theology, Boston College
Joshua Walton, Field Supervisor and Head of Early Bronze Age and Iron Age Research
Ph.D., Harvard University
Adjunct Lecturer, University of Maine
Andrew Wright (pictured), Sandra Schloen, and Miller Prosser, Database Management, OCHRE
University of Chicago