PREVIOUS RECIPIENTS OF SCHOLARSHIPS, RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS, AND PROJECT GRANTS
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Scholarships for Fieldwork Participation
2024: $6,000 awarded
- Lauren Cook, Johns Hopkins University
- Louis Mainwaring-Foster, University of Colorado, Boulder
- Lonnie Reid, Emory University
2023: $10,000 awarded
- Jordan Gregory, Mount Vernon Nazarene University
- Angelina Guerra, Reed College
- Ashley Jemmott, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
- Nkozia Knight, The George Washington University
- Mireya Smith, University of Central Florida
2022: $10,000 awarded
- Margarita Apffel, La Sierra University
- Erika Brown, Lipscomb University
- Paul Richards, La Sierra University
- Avery Williams, Cornell University
- Anonymous
2024: $4,000 awarded
- Gabbi Graber, Jerusalem University College
- Bruno Soltic, Lipscomb University
2023: $18,000 awarded
- Jack Farquhar, University of Regina
- Taylor Grueser, Ohio University
- Sarah Harrington, University of California, Los Angeles
- Amandiane Henrion, Ecole du Louvre
- Hania Kantzer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Camille Koerin, University of Strasbourg
- Isaac Lang, Florida State University
- Daphné Lemaître, Ecole du Louvre
- John Rinks
2022: $22,000 awarded
- Pauline Allaire, Université Paul Valery Montpellier
- Andrew Bock, University of California, Los Angeles
- Erin Brantmayer, University of Texas, Austin
- Marta Estero, University Francisco de Vitoria
- Emily Fehr, Suffolk County Community College
- Marta Fernandez, University Francisco de Vitoria
- Cayden Griffith, Austin College
- Cayetana Johnson, San Damaso University
- Theo Kassebaum, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Benedict Lhoyer, Ecole du Louvre
- Tara Woodward, Princeton Theological Seminary
2024: $4,000 awarded
- Elizabeth Davis, Brown University (Funded by Vincent Mauer)
- Edward Sullivan, Bryn Mawr College (Funded by Ricardo St. Hilaire)
2023: $4,000 awarded
- Ege Dagbasi, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (Funded by Sheldon Fox)
- David Minielly, Wilfrid Laurier University (Funded by Michael Hasel)
2022: $8,000 awarded
- Sana Chowdhry, Durham University
- Rebecca Leavell-Kizzia, Lipscomb University
- Rebekah Ross, Lipscomb University
- Ira Schwartz, University of Toronto
2021: $4,000 awarded
- Jordan Brown, University of California, Berkeley (Summer Stipend)
- Alexis Greene, Boston College (Summer Stipend)
2019: $8,000 awarded
- Jennifer Feng, University of Chicago* (Funded by Sheldon Fox)
- Cara Hoey, North Carolina State University
- Jessica Robkin, University of Central Florida (Funded by Wayne Shepard)
- Cale Staley, Cornell University (Funded by Wayne Shepard)
2018: $10,000 awarded
- Rachael Dodd, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill* (Funded by Sheldon Fox)
- Giorgia Marchiori, Durham University (Funded by Wayne Shepard)
- Isaac Rainey, University of Evansville (Funded by Wayne Shepard)
- Terri Tanaka, University of California, Berkeley (Funded by Wayne Shepard)
- Robert Szczotka, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
2017: $12,000 awarded
- Cecelia Chisdock, George Washington University (Funded by the Friends of ASOR)
- Timotheus Frank, University of Bern, Switzerland (Funded by Juergen Friede)
- Christina Grobmeier, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Funded by Carol Landes)
- Israel Hinojosa-Balino, Durham University (Funded by an anonymous donor)
- Walter Mancini, University of Toronto (Funded by Wayne Shepard)
- Lyndelle Webster, Macquarie University* (Funded by Sheldon Fox)
2016: $16,000 awarded
- , Andrews University (Funded by Michael Hasel)
- Amy Cromartie, Cornell University (Funded by Paul Gaylo)
- , Fuller Theological Seminary* (Funded by Catherine Vaughn)
- Kathleen Forste, Boston University* (Funded by Sheldon Fox)
- , Cornell University (Funded by Juergen Friede)
- , University of Evansville (Funded by an anonymous donor)
- , East Carolina University (Funded by Wayne Shepard)
- , University of Arizona
2015: $18,000 awarded
- , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill* (Funded by P. E. MacAllister)
- , University of Evansville* (Funded by Sheldon Fox)
- , Trinity Evangelical Divinity School* (Funded by Catherine Vaughn)
- , Andrews University
- , Southern Methodist University* (Funded by Sheldon Fox)
- , Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary* (Funded by Catherine Vaughn)
- , College of Wooster (Funded by an anonymous donor)
- , New York University (Funded by Susan Laden)
- , Wilfrid Laurier University* (Funded by P. E. MacAllister)
- , Catholic University of America (Funded by Susan Laden)
- Judit Manchay, Southern Adventist University (Funded by Andy Vaughn)
- , Brown University (Funded by Susan Laden)
- Victor Republicano III, University of Arizona
- , University of Chicago
- , University of Evansville
- , Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (Funded by Corey Lindquist)
- , Lycoming College
- , Brown University
2014: $26,000 awarded
- , Wilfrid Laurier University*
- , Trinity Evangelical Divinity School* (Funded by Andy and Amy Vaughn)
- , Yale Divinity School* (Funded by Sheldon Fox)
- , Brigham Young University* (Funded by Robert Oden)
- , McMaster University* (Funded by Donald Kramer)
- , Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Charlotte* (Funded by Virginia Snoddy)
- , Yale University*
- , Trinity Evangelical Divinity School* (Funded by Silas and Catherine Vaughn)
- Katherine Hudson, Mississippi State University* (Funded by Harva L. Sheeler)
- , University of Wisconsin, Madison* (Funded by Harva L. Sheeler)
- , Bowling Green State University* (Funded by Richard Coffman)
- , The Ohio State University* (Funded by Robert Oden)
- Bethany Peterson, University of Northern Colorado* (Funded by Andy and Amy Vaughn)
- , University of California, Los Angeles* (Funded by Robert Oden)
- , University of Memphis* (Funded by Sheldon Fox)
- Laryssa Shipley, Baylor University (Given in memory of Sean Dever)
- , The Catholic University of America*
- , Abilene Christian University* (Funded by Mark Lanier)
- Brian Stachowski, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary* (Funded by Richard Coffman)
- , Boston University*
- Shane Thompson, Brandeis University (Given in memory of Sean Dever)
- Eric Welch, Pennsylvania State University (Given in memory of Sean Dever)
- , Wilfrid Laurier University* (Funded by Donald Kramer)
- Kenton Williams, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School* (Funded by Mark Lanier)
- Sarah Woodbury, Brown University (Given in memory of Sean Dever)
- , Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary* (Funded by Silas and Catherine Vaughn)
2013: $24,000 awarded
- , Trinity Evangelical Divinity School* (Funded by Richard Coffman)
- Kaitlyn Asher, Vanderbilt Divinity School* (Funded by Andy and Amy Vaughn)
- Scott Booth, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School* (Funded by Andy and Amy Vaughn)
- Reed Carlson, George-August Universitaet Goettingen* (Funded by Robert Oden)
- Aaron Carr, Emory University* (Funded by Sheila Bishop)
- Sydney Chilson, Andrews University* (Funded by Murray Brandstater)
- Daniel Cochran, University of Wisconsin, Madison* (Funded by Robert Oden)
- Lucia Flores, University of California, Berkeley* (Funded by P. E. MacAllister)
- , University of Toronto* (Funded by Donald Kramer)
- Natalia Handziuk, Wilfrid Laurier University* (Funded by Donald Kramer)
- Andrew Hatesohl, Concordia University Nebraska* (Funded by Richard Coffman)
- Thomas Hill, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary* (Funded by Virginia Snoddy)
- , Mississippi State University*
- , Brigham Young University*
- Rebecca Leavell, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary* (Funded by Silas and Catherine Vaughn)
- Evan Maier, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary* (Funded by Silas and Catherine Vaughn)
- , University of Evansville* (Funded by Sheila Bishop)
- , Gannon University* (Funded by P. E. MacAllister)
- , Mississippi State University*
- A.D. Riddle, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School*
- , North Carolina State University* (Funded by Sheldon Fox)
- Noah Wiener, Biblical Archaeology Society* (Funded by Sheldon Fox)
- Katherine Williamson, The George Washington University*
- David Wuchenich, La Sierra University* (Funded by Murray Brandstater)
2012: $28,000 awarded
- , Andrews University* (Funded by George Mendenhall)
- , Hebrew Union College*
- , Wilfrid Laurier University*
- , Cornell University* (Funded by Sandy J. MacAllister)
- , Andrews University* (Funded by P. E. MacAllister)
- , University of Georgia, Athens* (Funded by Sheldon Fox)
- , University of Toronto* (Funded by Donald Kramer)
- , Claremont Graduate University* (Funded by Silas and Catherine Vaughn)
- , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill* (Funded by Stevan B. Dana)
- , Wesley Theological Seminary* (Funded by Andy and Amy Vaughn)
- , University of California, Los Angeles* (Funded by Christopher MacAllister)
- , Harvard University* (Funded by Sandy J. MacAllister)
- , Princeton Theological Seminary* (Funded by Andy and Amy Vaughn)
- , University of California, Los Angeles* (Funded by P. E. MacAllister)
- , Bishop’s University* (Funded by Vivian and Robert Bull)
- , Asbury Theological Seminary* (Funded by Silas and Catherine Vaughn)
- , Boston University* (Funded by Sheldon Fox)
- , Mississippi State University*
- Arielle Reed, University of Toronto* (Funded by Donald Kramer)
- , Boston University School of Theology* (Funded by Elie M. Abemayor)
- Abelardo Rivas, Andrews University*
- Rebekah Ross, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary* (Given in memory of Paul William Oden)
- Miranda Siklenka, University of Victoria* (Funded by Laurie Davis)
- , University of Chicago*
- , New York University* (Funded by Christopher MacAllister)
- , University of Minnesota*
- Aaron Styba, Queen’s University*
- Emily Wilson, University of Chicago* (Funded by Laurie Davis)
2011: $25,000 awarded
- * (Funded by Andy and Amy Vaughn)
- , University of Toronto* (Funded by Donald Kramer)
- , Emmanuel School of Religion* (Funded by Sheldon Fox)
- Danny Bradac, Ithaca College* (Funded by Sheldon Fox)
- , Mississippi State University*
- , Texas A&M University* (Funded by Sheldon Fox)
- , University of California, Berkeley* (Funded by Sandy J. MacAllister)
- , University of Toronto* (Funded by Donald Kramer)
- Nicholas Chasuk, Boston University* (Funded by P. E. MacAllister)
- Gordon Chinamasa, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary* (Funded by Silas and Catherine Vaughn)
- , University of Pennsylvania* (Funded by Laurie Davis)
- , University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill* (Funded by Christopher MacAllister)
- Edward Dandrow* (Funded by Christopher MacAllister)
- , University of Pennsylvania* (Funded by Laurie Davis)
- , Wilfrid Laurier University* (Funded by Sandy J. MacAllister)
- , Pittsburgh Theological Seminary* (Funded by Andy and Amy Vaughn)
- , Mississippi State University*
- Elizabeth Jerome, Boston University*
- , Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary* (Funded by Silas and Catherine Vaughn)
- Brandon Olson, Boston University* (Funded by Sandy J. MacAllister)
- James Osborne, Harvard University* (Funded by P. E. MacAllister)
- , University of Pennsylvania*
- Trey Thames, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary* (Funded by Silas and Catherine Vaughn)
- Maoe Kian Tjoe, Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary* (Funded by Andy and Amy Vaughn)
- , University of Chicago* (Funded by P. E. MacAllister)
2010: $12,000 awarded
- Dallas DeForest, Ohio State University* (Funded by Christopher MacAllister)
- Nancy Lowmaster, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary* (Funded by Silas and Catherine Vaughn)
- Owen Chesnut, Andrews University* (Funded by Oryn Nelson)
- Mairi Capper, Simon Fraser University* (Funded by P. E. MacAllister)
- Laura Cavers, Wilfrid Laurier University* (Funded by Donald Kramer)
- Diane Everman* (Funded by Harva L. Sheeler)
- Russell Gentry, North Carolina State University* (Funded by Sheldon Fox)
- Asa Eger, University of North Carolina at Greensboro* (Funded by Sheldon Fox)
- Debra Foran, University of Toronto* (Funded by Donald Kramer)
- Catherine Kearns, Cornell University* (Funded by Christopher MacAllister)
- Jeffrey Leon, Cornell University* (Funded by P. E. MacAllister)
2009: $18,000 awarded
- Dina Boero, University of Southern California* (Funded by P. E. MacAllister)
- Michelle Burpoe, Lycoming College* (Funded by Christopher MacAllister)
- Christie Chadwick, Andrews University* (Funded by Orlyn Nelson)
- Cathleen Chopra-McGowan, Boston College* (Funded by Donald Kramer)
- Zuzana Chovanec, University at Albany* (Funded by Laurie and Charles Davis)
- Sara Hodge, Missouri State University* (Funded by Sandy J. MacAllister)
- Jessica Hoskins, University of Victoria* (Funded by Christopher MacAllister)
- Jeffrey Hudon, Andrews University* (Funded by Orlyn Nelson)
- Kyle Keimer, University of California – Los Angeles* (Funded by P. E. MacAllister)
- Paul Kurtz, Princeton Theological Seminary* (Funded by Andy and Amy Vaughn)
- Amanda Lanham, Harvard University* (Funded by Donald Kramer)
- Susan Mullin, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary* (Funded by Andy and Amy Vaughn)
- Thaddeus Nelson, Stony Brook University* (Funded by Sheldon Fox)
- April Nowell, University of Victoria, Canada* (Funded by Sandy J. MacAllister)
- Brandon Olson, Penn State University* (Funded by Laurie and Charles Davis)
- Daniel Pioske, Princeton Theological Seminary* (Funded by Silas and Catherine Vaughn)
- Samantha Rodgers, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary* (Funded by Silas and Catherine Vaughn)
- Petra Vaiglova, University of British Columbia and University of Glasgow* (Funded by Sheldon Fox)
2008: $30,000 awarded
- Christine Bicker, University of Albany* (Funded by B. W. Ruffner)
- Barrett Burnworth, Mississippi State University*
- Barbara Burrell, Brock University* (Funded by Richard and Joan Scheuer)
- Victoria Cafik, Wilfrid Laurier University* (Funded by Sandy J. MacAllister)
- Megan Channer, La Sierra University* (Funded by Arte and Martha Joukowsky)
- Erin Christensen, Brown University* (Funded by Laurie and Charles Davis)
- Kevin Cooney, Boston University* (Funded by Silas and Catherine Vaughn)
- Adam Dodd, Southwestern Baptist Theological Society* (Funded by Sheldon Fox)
- Alexander Eger, Koç University* (Funded by P. E. MacAllister)
- Britt Hartenberger, Western Michigan University* (Funded by Christopher MacAllister)
- Jeff Herrick, Pennsylvania State University* (Funded by Laurie and Charles Davis)
- Alice M. W. Hunt, University College London Institute of Archaeology* (Funded by Laurie and Charles Davis)
- Basiliki Karas, Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute* (Funded by Laurie and Charles Davis)
- Jessica Logan, La Sierra University* (Funded by Arte and Martha Joukowsky)
- R. Scott Moore, Indiana University of Pennsylvania* (Funded by Sandy J. MacAllister)
- Craig Ramsoomair, Wilfrid Laurier Univeristy* (Funded by Ray Willey)
- Alexandra Ratzlaff, Boston University* (Funded by Silas and Catherine Vaughn)
- Thomas Blake Sorrell, Mississippi State University*
- Juan Manuel Tebes, Pennsylvania State University* (Funded by Orlyn Nelson)
- Andrew Walton, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary* (Funded by Virginia Snoddy)
- Eric L. Welch, Pennsylvania State University* (Funded by Virginia Snoddy)
- Bryan Wyshnicki, University of Toronto* (Funded by the University of Toronto)
- Emily A. M. Zeran, Wilfrid Laurier University* (Funded by Ray Willey)
2007: $12,000 awarded
- Megan Bettilyon, La Sierra University* (Funded by Sheldon Fox)
- Oded Borowski, Emory University* (Funded by David Haas)
- Susan Cohen, Montana State University* (Funded by Richard and Joan Scheuer)
- Paula Cooper* (Funded by Sheldon Fox)
- Andrea Creel, University of California, Berkeley* (Funded by Orlyn Nelson)
- Gwyn Davies* (Funded by Sandy J. MacAllister)
- Jennifer C. Elam* (Funded by B. W. Ruffner)
- Christopher Mavromatis* (Funded by Christopher MacAllister)
- Danielle Parks, Brock University* (Funded by Christopher MacAllister)
- Alexandra Ratzlaff, Boston University* (Funded by Orlyn Nelson)
- Suzanne L. Richard, Gannon University* (Funded by Donald Kramer)
- Allan H. Simmons, University of Nevada, Las Vegas* (Funded by P. E. MacAllister)
*Includes fellowships formerly designated as Heritage Fellowships.
2024: $10,000 awarded
- Sarah Brazeal, Arizona State University
- Abby Palmer, University of Central Florida
- Daniel Moscone, Kiel University
- Rhea Stark, Columbia University
- Riley Stockton, Reed College
2023: $8,000 awarded
- Tina Abo Al-Soof, Queen’s University Canada
- Marta Doglio, University of Pisa
- John Mooney, University of Calgary
- Annalise Whalen, University of Central Florida
2022: $17,000 awarded
- Noah Barton, North Carolina State University
- Roselyn Campbell, University of California, Los Angeles
- Chaya Cassano Reed, City University of New York
- Quinn Comprosky, DePaul University
- Wajed El-Halabi, University of Toronto
- Kathleen Forste, Boston University
- John Harmon, Lipscomb University
- Colton Hodges, Andrews University
- Emily Yankura, Brigham Young University
2019: $8,000 awarded
- Bryan Kohn, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Gabrielle Mace, Eastern Michigan University
- Terrence Nichols, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Avary Taylor, Johns Hopkins University
2018: $6,000 awarded
- Harpreet Birdi, Wilfred Laurier University
- Katherine Burge, University of Pennsylvania
- Brittany Ellis, Harvard University
2017: $6,000 awarded
- Anna Ahrens, University of Evansville
- Julianna Smith, Portland Seminary of George Fox University
- Sara Soltani, George Washington University
2016: $6,000 awarded
- Chelsea Cole, Cornell University
- , New York University
- , La Sierra University
2015: $6,000 awarded
- Lorenzo Castellano, New York University
- , The Johns Hopkins University
- , University of Durham
- , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Austin Hill, University of Connecticut
- Heidi Hilliker, University of California, Los Angeles
2014: $8,000 awarded
- , East Carolina University
- Allison Cuneo, Boston University
- , University at Buffalo
- , University of California, Los Angeles
- Mark Gradoni, Indiana University, Bloomington
- Tina Johnson, Eastern Washington University
- , University of Arizona
- , University of Nevada, Las Vegas
2024: $12,000 awarded
- Lucas Proctor, University of Connecticut
- Rubar Yavuz, Van Yüzüncü Yıl University
- Madeline A. Conigliaro-Nguyen, University of Chicago
- Tanner Frick, University of Colorado, Boulder
- Kiley Stoj, University of South Carolina, Columbia
- Paris Cook, Metropolitan State University of Denver
2023: $10,000 awarded
- Nikolaus Cox, Rhenish Friedrich-Wilhelm University of Bonn
- Veronica Morriss, University of Chicago
- Nathaniel Durant, University of Buffalo
- Sophie Vo, Emory University
- Isabelle Sauvé, University of British Columbia
2022: $12,000 awarded
- Safia Boutaleb, University of British Columbia
- Jessica Eddington, Brigham Young University
- Rose Gatlin, Reed College
- Zachary Griffith, Austin College
- Kyra Kaercher, University of Cambridge
- Zeynep Kusdil Sak, University of Toronto
2021: $11,000 awarded
- Loren Clark, University of California, San Diego (Summer Stipend)
- Lilly Hickox, Queens University (Summer Stipend)
- Julian Hirsch, Trent University (Summer Stipend)
- Sye Kidane, Spellman College (Summer Stipend)
- Onur Hasan Kirman, Hatay Mustafa Kemal University (Summer Stipend)
- Kyla McCall, Fisk University (Summer Stipend)
2019: $8,000 awarded
- Marcella Barbosa, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Zachary Dunseth, Tel Aviv University
- Madeline Okkonen, Grand Valley State University
- Adam Schneider, University of Colorado
2018: $4,000 awarded
- John Huggins, Austin College
- Evan McDuff, Brandeis University
2017: $4,000 awarded
- Christopher Jones, Columbia University
- Jordan Ryan, Wheaton College
2016: $4,000 awarded
- , University of Michigan
- Andrea Creel, University of California, Berkeley
2024: $18,000 awarded
- Alessandra Dominguez, University of Pennsylvania
- Malath Faedha, University of Al-Qadisiyah
- Suzanne Gilles, Ecole Du Louvre
- Lorenzo Guardiano, University of Milan
- Claire Hook, University of Colorado, Boulder
- Dominique Langis-Barsetti, University of Toronto
- Mariah Miller, University of Toronto
- Ofelia Tychon, University College London
- Leopoldo Zampiccoli, New York University
2023: $16,000 awarded
- Barbara Anglisz, New York University
- Thomas Barrett, Brigham Young University
- Ana Barun Coscia, Boston University
- Nicola Lanzaro, Sapienza University of Rome
- David Mulder, University of Pennsylvania
- Lea Rees, University of Oxford
- Danielle Tutak, University of Michigan
- Syeda Zehra, University of Toronto
2022: $18,500 awarded
- Tucker Deady, University of Toronto
- Sarah Foster, Calvin University
- Rosemary Hanson, University of Glasgow
- Charles Hughes-Huff, University of Chicago
- Emily Kerkhof, Asbury Theological Seminary
- Alice Kligerman, Florida State University
- Domizia Paolucci, La Sapienza University, Rome
- Arthur Viola, Andrews University
- Emma Wagner, North Carolina State University
- Rachel Webberman, University of California, Berkeley
2021: $17,500 awarded
- Wajd Alzakwani, University of Evansville (Summer Stipend)
- Shannon Burton, University of Michigan (Summer Stipend)
- Ruby Denneen, Oberlin College (Summer Stipend)
- Olivia Golubowski, Brown University (Summer Stipend)
- Valentina Grasso, University of Cambridge (Summer Stipend)
- Jane Holmstrom, University of Central Florida (Summer Stipend)
- Sohel Islam, Durham University (Summer Stipend)
- Lauren Malkoun, University of Southern California (Summer Stipend)
- Laurel Poolman, Johns Hopkins University (Summer Stipend)
- Steven Porson, University of North Carolina, Charlotte (Summer Stipend)
2019: $14,000 awarded
- Nicole Castanon, La Sierra University
- Elizabeth Emswiler, Andrews University
- Geoffrey Hedges-Knyrim, University of Connecticut
- Amber Leenders, University of British Columbia
- Nathan Lovejoy, New York University
- Michael Stewart-Bernard, California State University, Sacramento
- Sara Zaia, Harvard University
2018: $12,000 awarded
- Sana Chowdhry, University of Pittsburgh
- Jacob Damm, University of California, Los Angeles
- Kathleen Downey, The Ohio State University
- Maria Gajewska, University College London
- Nancy Highcock, New York University
- Austin Richards, Arizona Christian University
2017: $16,000 awarded
- Megan Ashbrook, Miami University
- Vincent Cason
- Andrew Crocker, Cornell University
- Emily Gray, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Jake Hubbert, Brigham Young University
- Vivian Laughlin, Andrews University
- Paige Paulsen, University of Central Florida
- Zachary Thomas, Macquarie University
2016: $16,000 awarded
- Louise Bertini, American University in Cairo
- , University of British Columbia
- , Emory University
- Anna Kim, Andrews University
- , North Carolina State University
- , Brown University
- , Andrews University
- , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2015: $16,000 awarded
- Stephen Humphreys, Durham University
- , Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
- , University of California, Los Angeles
- , University of Maryland University College
- Matthew Lankiewicz, The Johns Hopkins University
- , Brown University
- , University of British Columbia
- , University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- , Boston University
- , River Plate University, Argentina
- , University of Pennsylvania
- Michael Orellana Mendez, Andrews University
- Joseph M. Pacheco, Jr., University of Haifa
- Alexander Ramos, University of Pennsylvania
- , Grand Valley State University
- , William Jessup University
2014: $14,000 awarded
- , University of California, Los Angeles
- , Brown University
- , The Ohio State University
- , East Carolina University
- , Azusa Pacific University
- , University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- , Missouri State University
- J. Dwayne Howell, Campbellsville University
- , Andrews University
- , The Ohio State University
- , Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
- , Sapienza University of Rome
- Philip Strosahl, New York University
- David Wheeler, University of Glasgow
2013: $15,000 awarded
- Jessica Burk, University of Arkansas
- , Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
- , Lycoming College
- Gregory Grossholz, Gannon University
- , University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- , Boston University
- , University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Christopher Kim, Brown University
- Kaitlynn Mickus, University of Evansville
- , University of Pennsylvania
- Martha Schulz, University of Bonn
- , Argentine National Research Council
- , University of Arizona
- Amanda Wissler, University of California, Berkeley
- Jesse Wolfhagen, Stony Brook University
2012*: $12,000 awarded
- , University of California, Berkeley
- Nadia Ben-Marzouk, University of California, Los Angeles
- , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- , University of California, Berkeley
- , Cornell University
- , University of Puerto Rico
- Nicolas Gauthier, Boston University
- , University of Chicago
- , University of Arkansas
- , University of Leuven
- Carolyn Swan, Brown University
- Jennifer Swerida, Johns Hopkins University
- Clive Vella, Brown University
*Funds distributed to 12 Fellows
2011: $13,000 awarded
- Heidi Dodgen, Jewish Theological Seminary
- , The University of Western Ontario
- , University of Toronto
- Alex Knodell, Brown University
- Lora Korynta
- , Lycoming College
- , The College of William & Mary
- Cherie Lynn Milliron, Southern Adventist University
- , Andrews University
- , Brigham Young University
- , Pennsylvania State University
- , University College London
2010: $9,000 awarded
- Jessa Fowler, Willamette University
- Brittany Jackson
- Jacob Rennaker, Claremont Graduate University
- Gerald Manderscheid
- Ryan Bennett, Missouri State University
- Rachel Bisaro, Boston University
- Michael P. Ellingsen, Trinity International University
- Walter Crist, Arizona State University
- Zachary Devlin, Pennsylvania State University
2009: $6,000 awarded
- Sarah Costello, University of Houston
- Morag M. Kersel, Brown University
- Matthew McRae
- George Pierce, University of California, Los Angeles
- Max Price, University of Chicago
- M. Barbara Reeves, Queen’s University
2008: $13,200 awarded
- Carolyn Nakamura Aldrich, Columbia University
- Ilya Berelov, Arizona State University
- Stephanie Brown, North Carolina State University
- Zuzana Chovanec, University at Albany
- Catherine Foster, University of California, Berkley
- Eric Jensen, University of Arkansas
- Tammi Mills, The University of Lethbridge
- Robert J. Stark, University of Alberta
- Rhian Stotts, Arizona State University
- Tasha Vorderstrasse, Netherlands Institute of the Near East (NINO)
- Chantel White, Boston University
2007: $8,000 awarded
- Kevin Cooney, Boston University
- Robbyn Gordon
- Emily Louise Hammer, Harvard University
- Christopher B. Hays, Emory University
- Melanie Poupart
- Alexandra Ratzlaff, Boston University
- Sherry Robison
- Elizabeth Warkentin
2024: $2,000 awarded
- Cody Carr, Mississippi State University (Summer Research Stipend)
- Bailey Stephenson, Mississippi State University (Summer Research Stipend)
2022: $2,000 awarded
- Benjamin Hatfield, Mississippi State University
2021: $2,000 awarded
- Kara Larson, University of Michigan (Summer Stipend)
2019: $2,000 awarded
- Kara Larson, Mississippi State University
2017: $2,000 awarded
- Kevin Williams, Mississippi State University
2016: $2,000 awarded
- , University of Wisconsin, Madison
2015: $2,000 awarded
- Sophia Carman, East Carolina University
- Dylan Karges, Mississippi State University
2024: $4,000 awarded
- Luke Poutre, La Sierra University
- Nathaniel Welch, Montana State University-Northern
2022: $4,000 awarded
- David Brown, University of California, Los Angeles
- Nathan Lovejoy, New York University
2021: $1,500 awarded
- Tamiya Bowden, Fisk University (Summer Stipend)
2019: $2,000 awarded
- Brianne Thoen, University of Houston, Clear Lake
2024: $8,000 awarded
- Sheldon Harmacy, University of Toronto
- Evelyn Patterson, SUNY-Brockport
- Victoria Wilson, Johns Hopkins University
- Marta Mucko, University of Edinburgh
2023: $8,000 awarded
- Kendal McMaster, Colorado College
- Helene Maloigne, University of Greenwich
- Megan Nishida, University of Notre Dame
- Marc Marin Webb, University of Pennsylvania
2022: $8,000 awarded
- Chloe Burns, University of Evansville
- Allison Densel, University of Michigan
- Sofia Kane, University of Crete
- Jessica Robkin, University of Central Florida
2021: $8,500 awarded
- Hanna Erftenbeck, University of Notre Dame (Summer Stipend)
- Annissa Malvoisin, University of Toronto (Summer Stipend)
- Kozhaya Mansour, Lebanese University (Summer Stipend)
- Erin Migneco, North Caroline State University (Summer Stipend)
- Sebastian Millien, Harvard University (Summer Stipend)
2019: $4,000 awarded
- Andrew Danielson, University of California, Los Angeles
- Jewel Trail, Samford University
2018: $4,000 awarded
- Grant Ginson, Wilfred Laurier University
- Autumn Koehling, University of Evansville
2017: $4,000 awarded
- Emma Kerr, University of Toronto
- Tasha Vorderstrasse, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
2016: $2,000 awarded
- , Duke University
2024: $4,000 awarded
- Brady Hill, Durham University (Given in memory of G. E. Wright)
- Christos Theodorou, Hunter College (Given in memory of Shirlee Meyers)
2023: $4,000 awarded
- Emilie Nordhues, University of California, Los Angeles (Given in memory of G. E. Wright)
- Sarah Richardson, University of Manitoba (Given in memory of Shirlee Meyers)
2022: $8,000 awarded
- Bruno Barros, Eotvos Lorad University (Given in memory of Shirlee Meyers)
- Aurora Camano, Simon Fraser University (Given in memory of G. E. Wright)
- Krysten Cruz, Texas State University (Given in memory of G. E. Wright)
- Anna Luurstma, University of Michigan(Given in memory of Shirlee Meyers)
2021: $3,000 awarded
- Kacey Garcia, La Sierra University (Summer Stipend-Meyers)
- Christine Sylvester, Wilfrid Laurier University (Summer Stipend-Wright)
2019: $4,000 awarded
- Jonathan Gardner, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (Given in memory of Shirlee Meyers)
- Melanie Godsey, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Given in memory of G. E. Wright)
2018: $4,000 awarded
- Amanda Bauer, University of Arizona (Given in memory of Shirlee Meyers)
- Kaitlin Long-Wright, University of British Columbia (Given in memory of G. E. Wright)
2017: $4,000 awarded
- Nicole Swartwood, Emory University (Given in memory of G. E. Wright)
- Paula Waiman-Barak, University of Haifa (Given in memory of Shirlee Meyers)
2016: $4,000 awarded
- , University of Melbourne (Given in memory of G. E. Wright)
- , New York University (Given in memory of Shirlee Meyers)
2015: $4,000 awarded
- , Stony Brook University (Given in memory of G. E. Wright)
- Erin Hall, Tel Aviv University (Given in memory of G. E. Wright)
- , University of Michigan (Given in memory of Shirlee Meyers)
- Cat Quine, University of Oxford (Given in memory of Shirlee Meyers)
2014: $3,000 awarded
- , University of Connecticut (Given in memory of G. E. Wright)
- , Bar Ilan University (Given in memory of Shirlee Meyers)
- Brian Porrett, The College of Wooster (Given in memory of Shirlee Meyers)
2013: $2,000 awarded
- Allison Ripley, Boston University (Given in memory of G. E. Wright)
- , George Washington University (Given in memory of Shirlee Meyers)
2024: $15,000
- Jason T. Herrmann, University of Pennsylvania, “Phoenician Roots in a Punic City”
- Sara A. James, University of Colorado Boulder, “The Brač Island Project”
- Jennifer Ramsay, SUNY-Brockport, “Exploring Continuity and Transition in Southern Jordan”
2023: $15,000
- Anne Austin, University of Missouri, St. Louis, “Bioarchaeology of Deir el-Medina Research Project”
- Hamza Benattia, University of Barcelona, “Unveiling the Farming-Herding Communities of III-I Millennium B.C. Mediterranean Western Maghreb”
2022: $5,000
- Sergio Alarcón Robledo, Harvard University, “North Saqqara Archaeological Survey”
2022: $2,500
- Lindy Crewe, CAARI, “Kissonerga-Skalia Bronze Age Settlement Excavation”
2018: $2,500
- Kathryn Grossman, North Carolina State University, “Makounta-Voules Archaeological Project (Geomorphological Survey)”
2024: $5,620
- Madaba Regional Archaeological Museum Project
- Tourism Development at Tall Hisban
2023: $2,380
2022: $4,850
2021: $2,200
2024: $5,000 awarded
- Alexander J. Smith, SUNY-Brockport, Menorca Archaeological Project
2023: $10,000 awarded
- Andrew Danielson, The University of British Columbia, “Khirbat al-Mukhayyat Archaeological Project”
- Müge Durusu-Tanriover, Temple University, “Polatlı Landscape Archaeology and Survey Project”
2022: $10,000 awarded
- Ian W. N. Jones, University of California-San Diego, “Balu’a Regional Archaeology Project”
- Rocco Palermo, University of Pisa, “Gird-i Matrab Archaeological Project”
2021: $10,000 awarded
- Steven Falconer, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, “Zahrat adh-Dhra’ 1: Middle Bronze Age Settlement on the Dead Sea Plain”
- Meghan Strong, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, “Analysis of Queen Yeturow’s paintings from the Royal Pyramids and Necropolis of Nuri”
2020: $5,000 awarded
- Kate Liszka, California State University, San Bernardino, ““
2019: $5,000 awarded
- James Fraser, University of Sydney, “Khirbet Ghozlan Excavation Project”
2018: $5,000 awarded
- Megan Perry, East Carolina University, “Petra North Ridge Project”
2017: $5,000 awarded
- Bruce Routledge, University of Liverpool, “Dhiban Excavation and Development Project”
2016: $10,000 awarded
- , Gannon University
- , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2015: $3,900 awarded
- , Emory University
- , New York University
- , New York University
2014: $5,350 awarded
- Oded Borowski, Emory University, “Lahav Research Project: Phase IV”
- Stephanie Brown, University of California, Berkeley, ” Documenting the Town Plan of a Levantine Capital City: A Geophysical Survey of Iron Age Busayra”
- Annlee Dolan, Wilfrid Laurier University, ” Khirbat al-Mukhayyat Archaeological Project”
- , “Luminescence Dating of Samples taken at Khirbat al-Mudaybi, in Central Jordan”
- Brandon Olson, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, “The Pyla-Koutsopetria Archaeological Project”
- Steve Renette, University of Pennsylvania/University of Coimbra, “Kani Shaie Archaeological Project”
- Bethany Walker, University of Bonn, “Laser Mapping and Water Simulations of Subterranean Systems at Tall Hisban”
2013: $9,560 awarded
- Russell Adams, University of Waterloo, Canada, “Barqa Landscape Project”
- Darren Ashby, Boston University, “Qalaat Mudjesir Excavations”
- Leigh-Ann Bedal, Pennsylvania State University, The Behrend College, “Petra Garden and Pool Complex”
- , University of Tennessee, Knoxville, “‘Ayn Gharandal Archaeological Project”
- Jennie Ebeling, University of Evansville, and Norma Franklin, University of Haifa, “Jezreel Expedition”
- Alan Farahani, University of California, Berkeley, “Agricultural Intensification in Late Antique Dhiban, Jordan”
- Michael Given, University of Glasgow, Scotland, “Excavations at Kourion’s Amathous Gate Cemetery – Kourion, Cyprus”
- Natalia Handziuk, University of Toronto, “Tell Madaba Archaeological Project”
- , DePaul University, “Landscapes of the Dead: Pedestrian Site Survey at Fifa, an Early Bronze Age Cemetery on the Dead Sea Plain, Jordan”
- , Azusa Pacific University, “The Archaeology of Borderlands: Arameans, Israelites, and Phoenicians at Abel Beth Maacah”
- , Queen’s University, “Humayma CBM Typology”
- Yorke Rowan and Austin Hill, The Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, “Experimental Aerial Survey Applications to Excavations at Marj Rabba”
- John Rucker, University of Missouri, Kansas City, “Wadi ‘Araba Earthquake Project Qasr at Tilah Excavation”
- Andrew Smith, The George Washington University, “Bir Madhkur Project”
No Harris Grants were awarded from 2009-2012.
2008: $7,000 awarded
- Steven Falconer: “Bronze Age Rural Ecology and Landscape Formation in Cyprus”
- Andrew Smith: “Bir Madhkur, Jordan”
- Eric Cline: “Aegean Interactions with the Levant”
- Leigh-Ann Bedal: “Petra Garden and Pool Complex”
- Elizabeth S. Greene: “Iron Age Shipwreck at Kekova Asasi”
- Michael Given: “Kourion’s Amathus Gate Cemetery”
2007: $3,200 awarded
2024: $5,000 awarded
- Khaled Abu Jayyab, University of Toronto, “Paths to Urban Growth in the Nineveh Plain”
- Asil Yaman, University of Pennsylvania, “Phoenix Archaeological Project”
2023: $2,500 awarded
- Mara Horowitz, Purchase College, SUNY, “Kalavasos-Laroumena and Arkhangelos Archaeological Research Project”
2022: $5,000 awarded
- Shawn Bubel, University of Lethbridge, “Final Analysis of the Chipped Stone Tools Excavated from Tel Beth-Shemesh”
- Darrell J. Rohl, Calvin University, “Religion and Society at Umm al-Jimal”
2021: $2,500 awarded
- John Oleson, University of Victoria, “Humayma Excavation Publication Project”
2020: $2,500 awarded
- Glenn Schwartz, Johns Hopkins University, “Umm el-Marra Publication Project”
2019: $2,500 awarded
- Kathryn Morgan, University of Chicago, “Chicago-Tubingen Expedition to Zincirli: Documenting a Middle Bronze Age Destruction”
2018: $2,500 awarded
- Patricia Fall, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, “Stable Isotope Analysis of Prehistoric Deer Feasting on Cyprus”
2024: $14,650 awarded
- Gia Chilingarashvili, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University and Georgian National Museum, “Rescue Excavation of a Chalcolithic Settlement in Southwest Georgia”
- Rajwan Al-Maiyali, University of Al-Qadisiyah, “Restoration of Umm al-Qurun’s Minaret on the Hajj Pilgrimage Routes: The Darb Zubaydah”
2023: $30,000 awarded
- Paula Sconzo, University of Palermo, “Rescue Operations at the Site of Cham Pashaya, II”
- Murat Akar, Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, “Post-earthquake Action at Tell Atchana/Alalakh (Hatay, Turkey)”
- Mariam Eloshvili, Ilia State University, “Emergency Excavation for Data Collection from the Late Neolithic Settlement at Khramis Didi Gora, Georgia”
- Anke Weber, Humboldt University of Berlin, “Stabilizing History. Emergency documentation and consolidation of the pillars in the burial chamber of the tomb of pharaoh Ramesses III in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt”
2022: $7,125 awarded
- Maria Elena Ronza, SELA for Training and Protection of Heritage, “Emergency Conservation of the Roman Bathhouse in Petra, Jordan”
2021: $7,500 awarded
- Wahid Omran, Fayoum University, “Safeguarding and Documentation the Akhmim Tomb C4, Egypt”
2020: $15,000 awarded
- Tobin Hartnell, American University of Iraq, Sulaimani, “The Tabira Gate Stabilization Project at Ashur”
- Lindy Crewe, Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute, “Stabilisation and refurbishment of a Chalcolithic roundhouse visitor centre at the archaeological site of Kissonerga-Mosphilia, Paphos District, Cyprus”
Research Fellowships for ASOR Members
2024: $2,500 awarded
- Caroline Angle Maguire, University of Maryland,“Decolonizing Knowledge: Reclaiming Colonial Museums in Francophone North and West Africa”
2023: $2,500 awarded
- Brien Garnand, Netherlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten, “ASOR Punic Project—3D Modelling of Stelae and Cippi from Carthage”
2023: $7,000 awarded
- Kathryn Medill, University of Washington
2022: $7,000 awarded
- Krysta Fauria, University of Southern California
2019: $7,000 awarded
- Lisa Cleath, George Fox University
2018: $7,000 awarded
- Heath D. Dewrell, Princeton Theological Seminary
2017: $7,000 awarded
- Katherine Shaner, Wake Forest University School of Divinity
2016: $7,000 awarded
- , Wingate University
2015: $6,000 awarded
- , Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
2024/2025: $13,000 awarded
Elizabeth Gibbon (PhD Student, University of Toronto): “The Halaf-Ubaid Transition at Tepe Gawra”
Jeiran Jahani (PhD Student, Columbia University): “Animal Art: Domesticating Wild Ecologies of the First Cities”
2023/2024: $18,000 awarded
2022/2023: $18,000 awarded
2021/2022: $18,000 awarded
Christine Mikeska (PhD Student, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill): “Feeding the City, Feeding the Gods: Animal Economies at Bronze Age Hattuša”
Yalda Razmahang (PhD Student, Maison d’Orient, Lyon): “Assessing Community Perspectives on Cultural Heritage in post-ISIS Iraq: The Case of Ashur”
2019/2020: $9,000 awarded
Elise Jakoby Laugier (PhD Student, Dartmouth College): “Shakhi Kura: A 4th millennium BC site in the Upper Diyala (Iraqi Kurdistan)”
2018/2019: $9,000 awarded
Sara Pizzimenti (Post-Doctoral Fellow, Sapienza University of Rome): “From the 4th Millennium to the 3rd Millennium BC in Southern Mesopotamia. The Late Uruk-Early Dynastic I Sequence of Area A at Tell Zurghul/Nigin”
2017/2018: $9,000 awarded
Steven Renette (PhD Student, University of Pennsylvania): “Documenting Threatened Archaeological Heritage in the Bazyan Basin, Sulaimaniyah (Iraqi Kurdistan)”
2016/2017: $18,000 awarded
Tiffany Earley-Spadoni (Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida): “New Foundations: a Comparative Study of the Creation of Neo-Assyrian and Urartian Landscapes”
Stephanie Rost (Post-Doctoral Fellow, The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago): “Ancient State Economies: The Case Study of the Umma Province of the Ur III State (2112-2004 B.C.”
2015/2016: $9,000 awarded
Agnete Wisti Lassen (Post-Doctoral Fellow, Yale University): “Glyptic Encounters: A Stylistic and Social Study of the Seal Impressions from the Šalim‐Aššur Archive”
2014/2015: $9,000 awarded
Antonietta Catanzariti (Ph.D. Candidate, University of California, Berkeley): “Landscape and Settlement Survey of the Qara Dagh Valley (Iraqi-Kurdistan)”
2013/2014: $18,000 awarded
Abdulameer Al-Dafar (Ph.D. Candidate, SUNY Stony Brook): “Integration between town, village and marsh: Settlement system and Socio-economic relationships between small and large sites in the Eridu Basin during the early second millennium BCE”
Dr. James Osborne (Post-Doctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University): “The Iron Age Diaspora: Forced Resettlement in the Near East, 900-600 B.C.E.”
2012/2013: $9,000 awarded
C. Jay Crisostomo (Ph.D. Candidate, University of California, Berkeley):“Bilingual Education at Nippur: The Exemplars at the Istanbul Archaeological Museum”
2011/2012: $9,000 awarded
Gökçe Bike Yazicioglu (Ph.D. Candidate,University of Chicago): “Tracing the Merchants’ Trail between Assur and Kanes”
2010/2011: $9,000 awarded
Melissa Rosenzweig (Ph.D. Candidate, University of Chicago): “The Politics of Late Assyria’s Agricultural Practices: An Archaeobotanical Case Study from Ziyaret Tepe”
2009/2010: $7,500 awarded
Nicole Brisch (Ph.D., University of Michigan): “The King as God: Divine Kingship in Early Mesopotamia: Isin-Larsa Period Sacrifice Lists”
2006/2007: $7,500 awarded
Aubrey Baadsgaard (Ph.D. Candidate, University of Pennsylvania): “The Social Social Dynamics of Dress in Early Dynastic Mesopotamia ”
2005/2006
Jacob Lauinger (Ph.D. Candidate, University of Chicago): “Unpublished Old Babylonian/Middle Bronze Age Tablets from Alalakh (Level VII), their Archival Context, and their Chronological Implications”
2004/2005
Sevil Baltali (Ph.D. Candidate, University of Virginia):“Domestic Architecture, Use of Space and Social Organization in Uruk period Northern Mesopotamia”
2003/2004
Bekir Gürdil (Ph.D. Candidate, University of California, Los Angeles):“Degirmentepe Social Organization and the Ubaid Period of Greater Mesopotamia”
2002/2003
Sarah Graff (Ph.D. Candidate, University of Chicago): “Production and Distribution in Spatial and Historical Context: the Case of Northwestern Syria”
2001/2002
Jennifer Pournelle (Ph.D. Candidate, University of California, San Diego):“The Littoral Foundations of the Sumerian State: Southern Mesopotamian Alluvial Landscapes”
2000/2001
Jason Ur (Ph.D. Candidate, University of Chicago):“Upper Khabur Basin Archaeological Survey”
Britt Hartenberger (Ph.D. Candidate, Boston University), supplemental fellowship (declined): “Analysis of the Organization of Household and Specialized Craft Production at Titris Höyük in the Context of Regional Chipped Stone Industries”
1999/2000
Seth Richardson (Ph.D. Candidate, Columbia University): “The Collapse of a Complex State: The End of the Old Babylonian Period at Sippar, 1641 – 1621 B.C.E.”
1998/1999
Christopher Edens (Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania Museum):“Technological Style and Chipped Stone: Sickle Blades and the Uruk Expansion in Southeast Turkey”
Tonia Sharlach (Ph.D. Candidate, Harvard University), supplemental fellowship: “Bala: Economic Exchange between Center and Provinces in the Ur III State”
1997/1998
Cheryl Coursey (Ph.D. Candidate, SUNY Binghamton): “Pretty Pots for Hot Shots? Intrasite Variability in Ceramic Production and Consumption during the Halaf Period (c. 6000-5200 B.C.)”
1996/1997
Michael Danti (Ph.D. Candidate, University of Pennsylvania):“An Archaeological Survey of the Tell es-Sweyhat Region, Syria”
1995/1996
Kathryn Slanski (Ph.D. Candidate, Harvard University):“The Form and Function of the Babylonian kudurrus”
1994/1995
Bradley Parker (Ph.D. Candidate, University of California, Los Angeles):“Economics and Empire: The Role of Commercial Interaction in Imperial Expansion on the Northern Frontier of Assyria”
1993/1994
Eleonora Cussini (Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University):“A Paleographic Study of the Imperial Aramaic Argillary Script”
1992/1993
Stephen Lumsden (Ph.D., Bilkent University, Turkey):“Applications of Remote Sensing for the Study of Nineveh”
1991/1992
Melody Pope (Ph.D. Candidate, SUNY Binghamton): “The Economy and Organization of Chipped Stone Tool Production and Use During the Uruk and Jemdet Nasr Periods in Alluvial Mesopotamia”
1990/1991
Asli Ozyar (Ph.D. Candidate, Bryn Mawr College):“The Program and Context of Southeast Anatolian Relief Orthostats”
1989/1990
John Russell (Assistant Professor, Columbia University):“Sennacherib’s Palace: An Archaeological Test of Cuneiform Sources”
1987/1988
Dianna Bolt (Ph.D. Candidate, University of California, Berkeley):“Archaeological and Osteological Analysis of Tell Mohammed ‘Arab Burials: A Study in Social, Occupational and Health Status”
1986/1987
Zainab Bahrani (Ph.D. Candidate, New York University):“The Pottery of al Hiba, Area C”
1985/1986
Edward M. Luby (Ph.D. Candidate, SUNY Stony Brook): “Social Class and Burial Data in Early Dynastic Mesopotamia”
1984/1985
Diana Stein (Harvard Semitic Museum/Oriental Institute, London):“An Archaeological and Sociological Study of the Cylinder Seal Impressions from Nuzi in Iraq”
1983/1984
Susan Pollock (University of Michigan):“Artifacts and Social Categories in the Royal Cemetery of Ur”
1982/1983
Glenn Schwartz (Ph.D., Yale University): “The Tell Leilan Sequence Applied: A Relative Chronology for Northern Mesopotamia and Syria-Palestine”
1980/1981
Daniel Potts
1979/1980
Richard L. Zettler
1978/1979
Yoko Tomabechi
1974/1975
Elizabeth Jewell
1973/1974
Coreitha Qualls
1972/1974
Norman Yoffee
1971/1972
Elizabeth Carter
1970/1971
Stephen Lieberman
2024: $4,000 awarded
- Jennie Ebeling, University of Evansville, “Analysis of Ground Stone Artifacts from Tell en-Nasbeh, Palestine” Badè Museum of Biblical Archaeology”
- Holly Winter, University of Sydney, “The Land Behind Aleppo: Urban Life and State Formation in Bronze Age Syria” Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East”
2023: $4,000 awarded
- Helen Dixon, East Carolina University, “Study of Punic inscribed stelae with maritime iconography in the collection of the Carthage National Museum, Tunisia”
- Jon Paul Heyne, University of Dallas, “Social Mobility of Religious Minorities in the Medieval Mediterranean: The Case of the Franciscans of the Holy Land Custody”
2022: $8,000 awarded
- Joseph A. Greene, Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Kelsey Museum Archives-Michigan Excavations in the Carthage Sanctuary of Tanit (US)
- James D. Moore, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Cabinet du Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum in the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres-Semitic Artifacts Database (France)
- Michael Press, University of Agder, The Antiquities Market in Late Ottoman Palestine (London, Paris, and Jerusalem)
- Matthew J. Suriano, University of Maryland, Cabinet du Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum in the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres-Clermont-Ganneau Collection(France)
2019: $4,000 awarded
- Katherine Larson, Corning Museum of Glass, “The Roman Glass Workshop at Jalame, Israel: A Traveling Exhibition”
- Joanna Smith, University of Pennsylvania, “Textile production in first millennium BCE Cyprus’”
2018: $4,000 awarded
- Melissa Cradic, University of California, Berkeley, “Decoding Death: The Investigation of Bronze Age Tombs in the Levant”
- Morag Kersel, DePaul University, “Follow the Pots – Locating Early Bronze Age Tomb Groups from Bab adh-Dhra’”
2017: $6,000 awarded
- Lesley Gregoricka, University of Notre Dame, “Identity and Place of Burial in Early Bronze Age Jordan: A Biogeochemical Comparison of Charnel House Human Remains”
- Samuel Wolff, Palestine Exploration Fund, London, “Alan Rowe’s 1934 Excavation at Tel Gezer”
- Gina Konstantopoulos, Iraq Museum, “Beyond the Frontier: the Construction of Distant and Imagined Lands in the Ancient Near East”
Resources and Grants for Early Career Scholars
Pottery Lottery: The Ancient Pottery of Israel and Its Neighbors from the Iron Age through the Hellenistic Period. Vol. 3
Pottery Lottery: The Ancient Pottery of Israel and Its Neighbors from the Iron Age through the Hellenistic Period. Vols. 1 & 2
Annual Meeting Scholarships
2021: $3,500 awarded
- Jaime Bennett, La Sierra University
- Adellina Cini, University of Haifa
- Charles Everhardt, University of Haifa
- Geoffrey Hedges-Knyrim, University of Connecticut
- Bryton Smith, Oberlin College
2019: $4,200 awarded
- Hend Elsayed, University of Bonn
- Tzilla Eshel, University of Haifa
- Jacob H. Finegan, University of Central Florida
- Julian Hirsch, Oberlin College
- Tracy L. Spurrier, University of Toronto
- Samantha Suppes, University of Chicago
2018: $4,200 awarded
- Jaime Bennett, La Sierra University
- Brigid Clark, University of Haifa
- May Hajj, Lebanese University
- Brady Liss, University of California, San Diego
- Jennifer Markowitz, University of Central Florida
- Gabrielle Sines, University of Michigan
2017: $4,200 awarded
- Dawn Acevedo, La Sierra University
- Florencia Fustinoni, University of British Columbia
- Aimee Hanson, College of St. Benedict
- Madaline Harris Schober, University of Melbourne
- Golan Shalvi, University of Haifa
- Amanda Wissler, Arizona State University
2016: $4,200 awarded
- Irene Chiramova, Yale Divinity School
- Brandy Forrest, Trinity Southwest University
- Stephanie Grant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Vanessa Juloux, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes
- Emma Kerr, University of Toronto
- Nitsan Shalom, Tel Aviv University
2015: $4,200 awarded
- Shlomit Bechar, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- David Culclasure, North Carolina State University
- Amanda Gaggioli, Cornell University
- Andrew Johnson, Yale University
- Justin Mann, East Carolina University
- Nitsan Shalom, Tel Aviv University
2014: $4,200 awarded
- Kevin Caldwell, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- Craig Harvey, University of Michigan
- Sabine Metzer, Tel Aviv University
- Barak Monnickdam-Givon, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Tommas Pace, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Mehrnoush Soroush, New York University
2013: $5,600 awarded
- Austin Glock Andrews, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Jared Chatfield, Tandy Institute for Archaeology, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Bradley Erickson, Duke University
- Christina Grobmeier, Houston, TX
- Pamela Koulianos, North Carolina State University
- Inbar Ktalav, University of Haifa
- Jessica Walker, University of Pittsburgh
- Eric Welch, The Pennsylvania State University
2012: $4,900 awarded
- Tiffany Earley-Spadoni, Johns Hopkins University
- Julia Fridman, Tel Aviv University
- Harris Greenberg, Boston University
- Thomas Hart, The University of Connecticut
- Shulamit Miller, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Brian Stachowski, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Sarah Wenner, North Carolina State University
2011: $5,600 awarded
- Michael Allen, Mount Royal University
- Christina Carlson, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
- Josh Cannon, University of Chicago
- Mike Ellingsen, Trinity International University
- Erica Hughes, University of Liverpool
- Darren Joblonkay, University of Toronto
- Pamela Koulianos, North Carolina State University
- Josephine Verduci, University of Melbourne
2024: $2,250 awarded
- Zoe Bernier, Wilfrid Laurier University
- Stephanie Cooper, Johns Hopkins University
- Jake Hill, Baylor University
- Heidi Hilliker, University of Michigan
- Christopher Jenkins, Lipscomb University
- Zeynep Kuşdil Sak, University of Toronto
- Maryan Ragheb, University of California, Los Angeles
- Kaitlyn Satelmayer, La Sierra University
- Yuwei Zhou, University of Chicago
2023: $2,500 awarded
- Anawar Mahagoub Ali Mohamed, University of Michigan
- Graham Braun, University of Cincinnati
- Bede Carpenter, Lipscomb University
- Tucker Deady, University of Toronto
- Maddy Green, Mississippi State University
- Ellie Martin, Brigham Young University
- Crystal Melara, University of California, Los Angeles
- Keri Porter, University of Notre Dame
- Karlene Shippelhoute, Johns Hopkins University
- Marc Marin Webb, University of Pennsylvania
2022: $2,500 awarded
- Matthew Bronson, Lipscomb University
- Larra Diboyan, Mississippi State University
- Natalia Handziuk, University of Toronto
- Jake Hubbert, Brigham Young University
- Luiza Osorio Da Silva, University of Chicago
- Robyn Price, University of California, Los Angeles
- India Pruette, University of Michigan
- Sarajane Smith, Notre Dame
- Isabel Srour, Andrews University
- Sarah Wenner, University of Cincinnati
2021: $2,250 awarded
- Kayla Dang, Yale University
- Hanna Erftenbeck, University of Notre Dame
- Bianca Hand, Johns Hopkins University
- Nathan Lovejoy, New York University
- Sara Mohr, Brown University
- David Mulder, University of Pennsylvania
- Iman Nagy, University of California, Los Angeles
- Bruno Soltic, Lipscomb University
- Emily Yankura, Brigham Young University
2019: $2,500 awarded
- Jaime Bennett, La Sierra University
- Cecelia Chisdock, University of Notre Dame
- Quinn Daniels, New York University
- Jordan Galczynski, University of California, Los Angeles
- Craig Harvey, University of Michigan
- Kara Larson, Mississippi State University
- Sara Mohr, Brown University
- Summer Shives, North Carolina State University
- Bruno Soltic, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Cale Staley, Cornell University
2018: $2,500 awarded
- Andrew Burlingame, University of Chicago
- Owen Chesnut, Andrews University
- Eli Dolarhide, New York University
- Jonathan Gardner, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
- Timothy Hogue, University of California, Los Angeles
- Jake Hubbert, Brigham Young University
- Megan Lewis, Johns Hopkins University
- Golnaz Hossein Mardi, University of Toronto
- Samuel Martin, University of Arkansas
- Bruno Soltic, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
2017: $2,500 awarded
- Kathleen Bennallack, University of California, San Diego
- Brian Coussens, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Jacob Damm, University of California, Los Angeles
- Craig Harvey, University of Michigan
- Golnaz Hossein Mardi, University of Toronto
- Katherine Hudson, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Veronica Morriss, University of Chicago
- Christina Olson, East Caroline University
- Jessica Rentz, Yale Divinity School
- Avary Taylor, Johns Hopkins University
2016: $2,500 awarded
- Dawn Acevedo, La Sierra University
- Caroline Joan Arbuckle MacLeod, UCLA
- Catherine Bonesho, University of Wisconsin
- Petra Creamer, University of Pennsylvania
- Kathleen Forste, Boston University
- Amber Hutchinson, University of Toronto
- Dylan Karges, Mississippi State University
- Vivian Laughlin, Andrews University
- Samantha Lindgren, Johns Hopkins University
- Emily Wilson, University of Chicago
2015: $2,500 awarded
- Melissa Cradic, University of California, Berkeley
- Pinar Durgun, Brown University
- Tiffany Earley-Spadoni, Johns Hopkins University
- David Gurevich, Harvard University
- Craig Harvey, University of Michigan
- Brady Liss, University of California, San Diego
- Thomas Middlebrook, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
- Kaitlyn Solberg, University of British Columbia
- Brian Stachowski, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Jody Washburn, University of California, Los Angeles
2014: $2,000 awarded
- Adam Bean, Johns Hopkins University
- Katherine Burge, University of Pennsylvania
- Betty Hensellek, Cornell University
- Amanda Lanham, Harvard University
- Kristina Reed, La Sierra University
- Abelardo Rivas, Andrews University
- Akiva Sanders, University of Chicago
- Sarah Wenner, North Carolina State University
2013: $2,250 awarded
- Kathleen Bennallack, University of California, San Diego
- Jennifer Carrington, Cornell University
- Caitlin Chaves Yates, Boston University
- Amy Cromartie, University of California, Los Angeles
- Amanda Foley, The Ohio State University
- Ian Jones, University of California, San Diego
- Tiffany Key, North Carolina State University
- Jesica Jayd Lewis, North Carolina State University
- Mackenzie Litwin, Lycoming College
2012: $2,500 awarded
- Lydia Dwyer, Lycoming College
- Steven Edward, University of Toronto
- Timotheus Frank, Mississippi State University
- Kyra Kaercher, Boston University
- Kyle Knabb, University of California, San Diego
- Joseph Lehner, University of California, Los Angeles
- Brita Lorentzen, Cornell University
- Kiersten Neumann, University of California, Berkeley
- Trey Thomas, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Julia Troche, Brown University
2011: $2,500 awarded
- Shirly Ben-Dor Evian, Tel Aviv University
- Carrie A. Fulton, Cornell University
- Craig Harvey, The University of Victoria
- Seung Ho Bang, Baylor University
- Tiffany Key, North Carolina State University
- Katherine Larson, University of Michigan
- Robyn Le Blanc, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Heather Parker, Johns Hopkins University
- George A. Pierce, University of California, Los Angeles
- Tracy Spurrier, University of Toronto
2010: $2,500 awarded
- Abigail Buffington, New York University
- Evan Carlson, University of California, Los Angeles
- Adam Dodd, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Ian Jones, University of California, San Diego
- Alaina Kaiser, Cornell University
- Veronica Morriss, Texas A&M University
- Tate Paulette, University of Chicago
- Steve Renette, University of Pennsylvania
- Omer Sergi, Tel Aviv University
- Anna Wieser, University of Arkansas
2009: $2,500 awarded
- Seung Ho Bang, Baylor University
- Andrea Creel, University of California, Berkeley
- Helen Dixon, University of Michigan
- Michael Ellingsen, Trinity International University
- Andrea Gatzke, Pennsylvania State University
- Russell Gentry, North Carolina State University
- Jeffrey Hudon, Andrews University
- Stephanie Selover, University of Chicago
- Anna Wieser, University of Arkansas
- William Zimmerle, University of Pennsylvania
2008: $3,000 awarded
- Erez Ben-Yosef, University of California, San Diego Chicago
- Benjamin Bradshaw, Pennsylvania State University
- Christopher Brinker, John Hopkins University
- Robert Darby, University of Missouri, Columbia
- Christopher Gohm, University of Toronto
- Jody Michael Gordon, University of Cincinnati
- Jason Herrmann, University of Arkansas
- Stephanie Langin-Hooper, University of California, Berkeley
- Justin Leidwanger, University of Pennsylvania
- Adam Maskevich, Johns Hopkins University
- Virginia Rimmer, University of Chicago
- Steven Werlin, University of North Carolina
2009
- Abdel Latif Afandy, Cairo University
- Moawiyah M. Ibrahim, Society of Friends of Archaeology and Heritage, Jordan
- Mohamed Marouf, Sohag University
2008
- Benjamin Arubas, Hebrew University
- Stella Demesticha, University of Cyprus
- Liora Freud, Tel Aviv University
- Yuval Gadot, Hebrew Union College and Tel Aviv University
- Duncan Howitt-Marshall, University of Cambridge
- Hamed Salem, Birzeit University
- Omer Sergi, Tel Aviv University
- David Stacey, Independent Scholar
- Joe Uziel, Bar Ilan University
2009
- Melissa Cradic, The George Washington University
- Austin (Chad) Hill, University of Connecticut
- Andrea Kay, University College London
- Linda Meiberg, University of Pennsylvania
- Joshua Trampier, University of Chicago
- Ian Wilson, University of Alberta
2008
- Helen Dixon, University of Michigan
- Sara Rich, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
- Leigh Stork, University of Edinburgh
- Benjamin Wiggershaus, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
- Jason E. Wilhelmi, Western Michigan University
- Polly Yorioka, University of Washington
2010: $1,500 awarded
- Seung Ho Bang, Baylor University
- Jody Michael Gordon, University of Cincinnati
- Lesley Gregoricka, The Ohio State University
- Jacob Moody, Andrews University
- Amanda Rose, The University of Melbourne
- Tracy Spurrier, University of Toronto