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Research Fields
Research Fields
My work focuses on the intersection of architecture and the sociopolitical landscape of ancient Greece. In particular, I am interested in how architecture actively participates in the functioning of political regimes, the creation and perpetuation of ideological systems, and the efficacy of ritual action.
My other research foci include the origins and development of the Greek theater, the kinaesthetics of dramatic performance, ancient quarries, architectural sculpture, and mystery cults.
I have participated in numerous excavations in Greece and Italy. Currently, I am an Architecture & Quarry Specialist with the Naxos Quarry Project, and have also served as a Senior Archaeologist with the American Excavations Samothrace in the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on the island of Samothrace in Greece (since 2011), and was Field Director of the Contrada Mango Project at Segesta, Sicily (2016-2018).
Publications
Publications
forthcoming
“An Interdisciplinary Workflow for the Comprehensive Study of Ancient Quarried Landscapes,” Antiquity, co-authored (eighth author) with R. Levitan, E.I. Levine, D. Athanasoulis, I. Legaki, H. Indgjerd, R. Campbell, J. Vanden Broeck-Parant, V. Anevlavi, T. Jakobitsch, and F. Liard.
“Interior / Exterior in the Telesterion and Pantheon: Apprehending Sacred Space and Divine Epiphany,” in Space is the Place: Experiencing the Interplay of Architecture and Space in the Classical World, eds. C. Dominici, et al. (Archaeopress, Oxford).
“Visualizing the Invisible: The Power of the Seen and Unseen in the Eleusinian Mysteries,” in The Multi-Sensory Experience of Mystery Cults, eds. K. Rassia and K. Waldner (De Gruyter).
"Embodied Memory in the Panathenaia," in Memory, Ritual, and Identity in Ancient Greece and Rome (16th Trends in Classics), eds. W. Hutton and L. Panoussi (De Gruyter).
2025
entry for "Theatres, Greek and Roman, structures" for the Oxford Classical Dictionary online (DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.6332)
Review: R. Parker. 2024. Cleomenes on the Acropolis and Other Studies in Greek Religion and Society, Kernos suppl. 42, Presses universitaires de Liege. BMCR 2025.04.08.
2024
Review: R. Osborne. 2023. The Oxford History of the Archaic Greek World. Vol. II: Athens and Attica, Oxford: Oxford University Press. CR.
2023
"Architecture, Water, and the Sacred in the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on Samothrace," in Water and Sacred Architecture, ed. A. Geva (Routledge), pp. 69-83. Co-authored (second author) with Andrew Farinholt Ward and Bonna Wescoat.
Review: A. Pierattini. 2022. The Origins of Greek Temple Architecture, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. JSAH 82, pp. 335-336.
2022
Review: S. Roux. 2019. Reset in Stone: Memory and Reuse in Ancient Athens, Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press. Phoenix 74, pp. 363-365 (2020 [2022]).
2021
Building Democracy in Late Archaic Athens, Oxford University Press (released in paperback, 2023)
reviewed at BMCR, Classical Philology; Greece & Rome; JSAH
2020
“Interstitial Space in the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on Samothrace,” in Hellenistic Architecture and Human Action: A Case of Reciprocal Influence, Scales of Transformation 10, eds. A. Haug and A. Müller (Sidestone Press), pp. 41-62. Co-authored (fourth author) with Bonna D. Wescoat, Susan Ludi Blevins, Maggie L. Popkin, Andrew Farinholt Ward, Michael C. Page, and William Size.
2019
Entries for “Pnyx,” “Athenian Tribes (Phylai),” and “Stairs,” in The Encyclopedia of Greek Comedy, ed. Alan Sommerstein, Wiley-Blackwell Press.
Review: B. Barletta. 2017. The Sanctuary of Athena at Sounion, with architectural analysis by William B. Dinsmoor, Jr. and observations by Homer A. Thompson, Princeton / Athens, The American School of Classical Studies in Athens. AJA 123.
2018
Review: M. Emerson. 2018. Greek Sanctuaries and Temple Architecture: An Introduction, 2nd ed., Bloomsbury Press. Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2018.11.46.
2017
"Contested Space at the Entrance of the Athenian Acropolis," Journal for the Society of Architectural Historians (JSAH) 76, pp. 154-174.
"Coordination Problems, Social Architecture, and Causal Efficacy: The Case of the Old Bouleuterion," in Theory in Ancient Greek Archaeology, ed. Lisa Nevett, University of Michigan Press, pp. 189-211.
Review: R. Frederiksen, E.R. Gebhard, and A. Sokolicek, eds. 2015. The Architecture of the Ancient Greek Theater: Acts of an International Conference at the Danish Institute at Athens 27-30 January 2012, Monographs of the Danish Institute at Athens, Vol. 17. AJA 121.
2016
"The Archaic Temple of Poseidon at Sounion," Hesperia 85, pp. 657-710. Co-authored (first author) with Margaret M. Miles.
"The Greek Theater," in A Companion to Greek Architecture, ed. Margaret M. Miles, Wiley Blackwell, pp. 360-373.
"Attic Sanctuaries," in A Companion to Greek Architecture, ed. Margaret M. Miles, Wiley Blackwell, pp. 178-193.
2015
"The Southeast Fountain House in the Athenian Agora: A Reappraisal of its Date and Historical Context," Hesperia 84, pp. 355-387.
"The Claw-Tooth Chisel and the Hekatompedon Problem: Issues of Tool and Technique in Archaic Athens," Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Athenische Abteilung (AthMitt) 127/128 (2012/2013 [2015]), pp. 169-203.
“The Monumental Definition of Attica in the Early Democratic Period,” in Autopsy in Athens: Recent Archaeological Research on Athens and Attica, ed. Margaret M. Miles, Oxbow Monographs, pp. 108-125.
2014
Review: B.D. Wescoat and R.G. Ousterhout, eds. 2011. Architecture of the Sacred: Space, Ritual, and Experience from Classical Greece to Byzantium, Cambridge University Press. JSAH 73, pp. 592-594.
2010
"Deme Theaters in Attica and the Trittys System," Hesperia 79, pp. 351-384.
2009
Review: N. Kaltsas and A. Shapiro, eds. 2008. Worshiping women: ritual and reality in classical Athens. New York: Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA). Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2009.05.45.
Works in Progress, Under Contract, and Under Review
Works in Progress, Under Contract, and Under Review
Theatral Architecture and Dramatic Performance. Single-authored book-length manuscript, under contract with Cambridge University Press, Elements Series.
“Divine Manifestations: Gods and Machines in 5th century B.C.E. Greek Tragedy.” Single-authored article-length manuscript, revise & resubmit.
"Staging Aeschylus' Persians." Single-authored article-length manuscript, under review.
“An Abandoned Monolith in the Melanes Quarry, Naxos." Co-authored (first author) article-length manuscript, in preparation.
From Text to Performance: Reimagining Ancient Drama. Co-edited (first editor, author) volume of conference proceedings, in preparation.
“The ‘Altar Court’,” in Samothrace: Excavations conducted by the Institute of Fine Arts of New York University, Volume 8,1: Buildings on the Western Hill. Single-authored chapter in excavation volume, under contract with The American School of Classical Studies, in preparation.
“Research in the Sanctuary at Contrada Mango, Segesta, Sicily." Article-length manuscript, co-authored (second author) with M.M. Miles and T. Rose, in preparation.
The Kinesthetics of Ancient Architecture. Single-authored book-length manuscript, in research.
Grants, Fellowships, and Honors
Grants, Fellowships, and Honors
2024-2027 Gale & Steven Kohlhagen Associate Professor in Classical Studies
2025-2026 Reves Faculty Fellow (in support of Naxos Quarry Project)
2024-2027 Taylor W. Reveley, III Interdisciplinary Faculty Fellow
2023-2026 Provost Innovation Grant for the creation of a VR Collaboratory (co-PI with 4 collaborators)
2023 Society for Classical Studies Award for Excellence in Teaching
2023 Learn, Discover, Innovate Grant, the Studio for Teaching and Learning Innovation, William & Mary
2023-2024 Networking Archaeological Data and Communities, NEH Institute for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities, participant (supported by Faculty Grant, William & Mary, 2023)
2023 Faculty Research Grant, William & Mary
2023 Award for the Advancement of Scholarship, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha of Virginia Chapter
2022-2023 Coco Faculty Fellow, William & Mary
2021-2022 Robert L. Scranton Lecturer and Sheldon H. Solow Lecturer, Archaeological Institute of America
2019-2020 Robert L. Scranton Lecturer, Archaeological Institute of America
2019 Samuel H. Kress Grant for Research and Publication in Classical Art and Architecture
2019 AIA von Bothmer Publication Subvention Grant
2019 Princeton University Bar Ferree Publication Subvention Grant
2019, 2020 Arts and Sciences Annual Fund Grant, William & Mary
2018-2019 Center for Hellenic Studies Fellow
2016, 2023 Faculty International Travel Grant, William & Mary
2016, 2018 Summer Research Grant, William & Mary
2013-2015 Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry, Washington University in St. Louis
2014 Scott Opler Emerging Scholars Fellowship, Society of Architectural Historians
2011 Graham Foundation, Carter Manny Citation of Special Recognition
2010-2011 American School of Classical Studies in Athens, Gorham P. Stevens Fellow
2009-2010 American School of Classical Studies in Athens, Bert Hodge Hill Fellow
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