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CURRICULUM VITAE Rita P. Wright New York University Department of Anthropology New York, New York 10003 Office: 212-998-8568 EDUCATION Harvard University Ph.D. 1984 Department of Anthropology M.A. 1978 Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138 Wellesley College B.A. 1975 Department of Anthropology Wellesley, Massachusetts 02181 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Academic Positions 2011-Present Professor of Anthropology, New York University. 1990-2010 Associate Professor of Anthropology, New York University 1985-1989 Assistant/Associate Professor of Anthropology, The College of William and Mary. Honors and Awards 2015 Ohio State University, Department of History, Seminar Speaker 2011 The Fred Wendorf Distinguished Lecture, Southern Methodist University 2007 Visiting Scholar, Western Michigan University, October 2007 2006 Keynote Speaker, British Association of Near Eastern Archaeology, Edinburgh, Scotland. 1997 Charles K. Wilkinson Lecturer for Ancient Near Eastern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art 1997 Golden Dozen Teaching Award, New York University 1988-1993 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellow 1991-1993 Columbia University, Southern Asian Institute, Research Associate 1985-1991 Smithsonian Institution, Research Associate, Department of Anthropology and Conservation Analytical Laboratory 1983-1984 Smithsonian Institution, Post-Doctoral Fellow in Materials Analysis. 1982-1984 Brookhaven National Laboratory, Technical Collaborator Research and Other Grants 2011 United States Embassy Cultural Heritage Fund, Kabul, Research at Mes Aynak, Afghanistan 2008 Center for Ancient Studies and CAS at NYU, Archaeological Collections Project 2003 Center for Teaching Excellence, Advanced University Learning Fund, NYU Rita P. Wright December 2014 1 1999 National Geographic Society, for the Upper Indus Valley Settlement Project 1999-2000 Wenner-Gren Foundation, International Collaborative Grant 1999-2000 National Endownment for the Humanities for the Upper Indus Valley Settlement Project 1998 Archaeological Institute of America for the Symposium, Forgotten Cities 1998 New York Council for the Humanities for the Symposium, Forgotten Cities 1998 National Geographic Society, for the Upper Indus Valley Settlement Project 1995-1997 Wenner-Gren Foundation, International Collaborative Grant. 1993-1994 New York University, Research Challenge Grant, Harappa Archaeological Research Project. 1991-1993 New York University, Humanities Council Faculty Colloquium Grant (with Owen Lynch)- Discourses of Identity in Asian Studies 1991-1993 New York University, Curricular Enrichment Grant-Archaeological Research on Gender and Human Evolution 1990-1991 NEH Travel-to-Collections Grant. 1985-1988 Smithsonian Institution, Scholarly Studies Research Grant. 1980-1983 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Supervised Research, Department of Materials Science. 1983 Harvard University, Milton Fund Grant. 1982 Harvard University, Jens Aubrey Westengaard Fellowship. 1980-1983 Harvard University Fellowship - 1980 - 1983 1979-1980 Harvard University Scholarship Field Research Director - Beas River Settlement Survey (Upper Indus Valley). January 2002 – present – Database development and analysis, using GIS and Arch-view Protocols, photo archives, illustrations and line drawing and small finds libraries. Field research and laboratory analyses of selected finds. Co-Principal Investigator with Joseph Schuldenrein. Mes Aynak Landscapes. A Baseline Cultural Heritage Assessment at Mes Aynak, Logar Pronvince, Afghanistan. July 2011-present. Director - Beas River Settlement Survey (Upper Indus Valley) February - April 2001, January - May 1999, January 1998, March 1997, January 1996- Field Research. Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, National Geographic Society, International Collaborative Grant, Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. Assistant Director - Harappa Archaeological Research Project, Harappa, Pakistan; Jan-April 1996, 1995, 1994, 1992, 1990, 1988; March 1989, Jan 1993.,1992 - present – Excavations at Harappa funded by Harvard University, University of California, University of Wisconsin, National Geographic Society, the Smithsonian Institution Foreign Currency Fund, NSF, NEH, New York University Research Challenge Grant and private donations. Feb. 1984, 1988; Dec. 1981-March 1982; Dec 1980-Feb 1981. Field Research. Mehrgarh and Nowsharo, Pakistan. Funded by Mission Archeologique de l'Indus, C.N.R.S. and Smithsonian Institution. June-Aug 1978 Field Research. Tal-i Malyan, Iran. University of Pennsylvania Museum sponsored. May-June 1976 Rita P. Wright December 2014 2 Whitman and Howard, Wellesley, Mass., Consultant and Contract Archaeologist June-Aug 1975 Field Research. Archaeological Survey of Badakshan, Takhar, Kunduz and Baghlan Provinces, Afghanistan.- May-Aug 1974 Field Research. Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Attleboro, Mass. Memberships, Offices and Activities: Member, Committee on Gender Equity (CoGEA), American Anthropological Association – 2010 – present Wenner Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Archaeology Review Panel – 2013 - present Chair, Committee on Gender Equity in Anthropology, CoGEA Award 2010 Member, Staley Prize, School of American Research 2012 Member, Advisory Council, Green Mountain Academy, 2012 - present Visiting Committee, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Near Eastern Art, 2002-present Gold Medal Award Committee Member, Archaeological Institute of America, 2004-present Beas River Settlement Survey (Upper Indus Valley), Director. 1996 - present Harappa Archaeological Research Project, Assistant Director. 1992 – present Associate Member, Columbia University Near Eastern Seminars, 2000-present Member, Publications Committee, Society for American Archaeology, 2006 – 2010 Governing Board, Archaeological Institute of America, New York Society, 2007 - present President, Archaeological Institute of America, New York Society, 2004 – 2007 Vice-President, Archaeological Institute of America, New York Society, 1996-2002 Near Eastern Studies Committee, Archaeological Institute of America, 2000 - present American Anthropological Association, Ethics Committee, 1996-1999; Executive Board, Middle East Section 1999; Member, Committee on Gender Equity in Anthropology (elected) 2010 - present Society for American Archaeology, Ceramics Award Committee, 1996-1998; and Chair, 1997-98 and Committee on the Status of Women in Archaeology, 1996-2001; and Chair, 1998-2001 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Committee – 4 years Fulbright Committee – External, 1995, 1996 Sigma Xi, Member American Anthropological Association, Member Columbia University Seminar on the Archaeology of Eastern Mediterranean, Eastern Europe and the Near East, Member Society for Mesopotamian Studies, Member American Anthropological Association, Member Archaeological Institute of America, Member Society for American Archaeology, Member PUBLICATIONS Books 2010 The Ancient Indus. Urbanism, Economy and Society in South Asia. Cambridge University Press. Nominated for the Council of British Archaeology, Archaeological Book Rita P. Wright December 2014 3 Award and Archaeological Institute of America Book Award. 1998 Craft and Social Identity, editor [with Cathy Costin]. American Anthropological Association, Archaeology Division Monograph 8. 1996 Gender and Archaeology, editor. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. Nominated for SAA Book Award (1998-1999) Books/Monographs in Preparation Cemetery R-37: An Account of the Excavations of the Cemetery in 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1994. Authored with the Harappa team: G. F. Dales, B. E. Hemphill, K.A.R. Kennedy, J. M. Kenoyer, N. B. Lovell, J. R. Lukacs, R. H. Meadow, L. J. Miller and R. P. Wright. Cambridge: Peabody Museum Press [expected Still Pending]. The Beas Settlement Survey: Urbanism and Rural Settlements in the Upper Indus co- Authored with collaborators, R. Wright, J. Schuldenrein, M. Afzal Khan. Reflections on Gender in Archaeology: Conversations with Feminist Scholars [University of Pennsylvania Press; Single author, edited – Accepted Summary, Requested Full proposal. Editorships Founding Editor - Case Studies in Early Societies. A major archaeological series written by scholars actively engaged in research in early societies. I proposed this series to the Press and am its sole editor. Cambridge University Press. 2015 Ancient Teotihuacan George Cowgill 2014 Plantation History in Jamaica. James Delle 2013 Ancient Inca. Alan Kolata 2013 Ancient Central China: Centers and Peripheries along the Yangzi River. Rowan Flad and Pochan Chen 2010 The Ancient Indus: Urbanism, Economy and Society. Rita Wright 2009 Ancient Egyptian Civilization. Robert Wenke 2007 Ancient Tiwanaku J. Janusek 2005 Ancient Middle Niger. Urbanism and the Self-organizing Landscape R. McIntosh 2004 Ancient Maya: Civilization in a Tropical Rain Forest. Arthur Demarest 2004 Ancient Jomon of Japan. Junko Habu 2004 Ancient Puebloan Southwest. John Kantner. 2004 Ancient Cahokia. Timothy R. Pakutet 1999 Ancient Mesopotamia: The Eden that Never Was. Susan Pollock 1999 Ancient Oaxaca: The Monte Alban State. Richard Blanton, G. Feinman, R. Kowalewski, L. Nicholas In Prep Ancient Greece, David Small In Prep Ankgor: The Living City Roland Fletcher In Prep Ancient Inner Asia, Michael Frachetti In Prep Ancient Mongolia . William Honeychurch In Prep Medieval Britain. Pam Crabtree Rita P. Wright December 2014 4 In Prep. Ancient Maya, Arthur Demarest, 2nd edition In Prep. Ancient Mesopotamia, Susan Pollock, 2nd edition Journal