Archaeology Program Faculty

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Contributing Faculty

Contributing faculty teach courses that count for the Archaeology major and minor and help guide the program as members of the Steering Committee. 

(*) indicates member of the Steering Committee

Allison Sterrett-Krause, Director*
Associate Professor of Classics
Roman North Africa, Roman Glass, Ancient Topography and Urban Development, Gender in Antiquity
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Erin Beutel
SC Earthquake Education and Preparedness Program
Associate Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences
Tectonic Geology
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Christophe Boucher
Associate Professor of History
Native American History, History of the American West, Atlantic World History, French Colonial America
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James Deavor
Professor of Chemistry
Atomic Spectroscopy; Molecular Spectroscopy, Chemical Education
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Allison Foley
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Ancient Health and Wellness, Mortuary Practices, Evolutionary Medicine
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Behrang Forghani
Associate Professor of Data Science
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Jay Forsythe*
Associate Professor of Chemistry
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R. Grant Gilmore III*
Director, Historic Preservation and Community Planning
Associate Professor and Addlestone Chair in Historic Preservation
Carribbean and Southeast North American Archaeology, Heritage Management
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Joanna Gilmore
Adjunct Instructor of Anthropology
African Descendant Lives and Burial Grounds, Community Archaeology, Museum Interpretation/Exhibition
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Kristin Halvorson
Adjunct Instructor of History
Egyptian New Kindom, Morturary Practices
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Scott Harris*
Associate Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences
Geoarchaeology, Landscape Evolution, Habitat Delineation, Seafloor Mapping
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Maureen Hays*
Professor of Anthropology
Old World Archaeology, Prehistoric Art and Archaeological Methods, Prehistoric Hunters and Gatherers, Microscopic Lithic Usewear Analysis, St. Paul's Church and Parsonage
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Norman Levine*
Director, Santee Cooper GIS and Remote Sensing Laboratory and Lowcountry Hazards Center
Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences
Geoarcheaology, Geospatial Informatics and Visualizations, Natural/Environmental Hazards
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Rana Mikati
Associate Professor of History
Early Islamic Frontiers and Warfare, Islamic Archaeology, Intellectual History of the Early Medieval Eastern Mediterranean
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Ralph Muldrow
Associate Professor of Historic Preservation
Historic Preservation, Community Planning
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James Newhard*
Director, Center for Historical Landscapes
Professor of Classics
Landscape Archaeology, Mediterranean Archaeology, Geoinformatics
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Peter Piccione*
Associate Professor of History
New Kingdom Egypt; Mortuary Practices; Ancient Egypt, the Near East, Nubia and Cush; Landscape Archaeology; Geographical Information Systems
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Sarah Platt*
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
South Carolina Lowcountry, Urban Archaeology of the American Southeast, Legacy Collections, Archival Silences and Memory, Open Science/Digital Humanities
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Tara Prakash*
Associate Professor of Art and Architectural History
Old and New Kingdom Egypt, Ethnicity and Identity, Foreign Interactions, Artistic Agency, Pain and Emotions
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Douglas Rivet
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Urban Environments, Policy, Development and Rehabilitation Outcomes
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Hayden Smith
Instructor of History
Environmental History, Carolina Lowcountry, Technology and Culture
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Barry Stiefel
Professor of Historic Preservation
Sustainability in Heritage Preservation; Cultural-Ethnic Architectural History; Human-Centered Historic Preservation; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Historic Preservation
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Jessica Renee Streit
Associate Professor of Art and Architectural History
Medieval and Islamic Art and Architecture; Religious Architecture of Medieval Spain, Morocco, and France; Cultural Intersections in the Medieval Mediterranean
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Noelle Zeiner-Carmichael
Professor of Classics
Roman Material Culture, Women and Gender Studies, Roman Epistolography and Imperial Literature, Translation Studies
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Friends of Archaeology

Friends of Archaeology teach and research topics or methods applicable to archaeological study.