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254 White Oak Shade Road ¨ New Canaan, CT 06840 Elizabeth C. Robinson Due Santi Rome Campus University of Dallas Rome Program Via dei Ceraseti, 12 00047 Marino (RM) Italy Email: [email protected] Website : https://sites.google.com/site/ecrobinsonunc/ EDUCATION Ph.D. Classical Archaeology (2013). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dissertation: “The Impact of Roman Expansion in Central-Southern Italy: The Case of Larinum” (Director: N. Terrenato). M.A. Classical Archaeology (2007). UNC-Chapel Hill. Thesis: “Rural Settlement Patterns and Sanctuaries in the Middle Volturno Valley” (Director: N. Terrenato). Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Classics (2004). UNC-Chapel Hill. B.A. Physics (Archaeology minor) cum laude (2003). Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME. Independent Study: “Phonon Propagation in Crystals” (Director: M. Msall). PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND APPOINTMENTS Affiliate Assistant Professor of Art History (2015-Present). Rome Program (Due Santi Rome Campus), University of Dallas, Marino, Italy. Lecturer in Art History (Fall 2016). John Cabot University, Rome, Italy. Assistant Professor of Classics (2014-2015). Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York. Assistant Professor (2013-2014). Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies, Rome, Italy. Assistant Director (2011, 2012). Summer Program in Archaeology, American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy. On-site assistant (Spring 2012). Harvard Sophomore Excursion Seminar to Rome, Department of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. (Professors Joseph Connors and Ioli Kalavrezou). Adjunct Professor (Fall 2011). Department of Archaeology and Classics, Department of Art History, The American University of Rome, Rome, Italy. Acting Director (2007-2009). Ancient World Mapping Center, UNC-Chapel Hill. (awmc.unc.edu). Research Assistant (2006-2009). Department of Classics, UNC-Chapel Hill. Instructor (Summer 2008). Department of Classics, UNC-Chapel Hill. Instructional Assistant (2005-2007). Department of Classics, UNC-Chapel Hill. Intern (2005). Department of Archaeology (GIS spatial analysis of Tiber Valley Project data, Supervisor: R. Witcher), Durham University, Durham, England. Tutor (2000-2003). Department of Physics, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME. Research Assistant (2002). Department of Physics, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME. Research Assistant (2000). Department of Philosophy, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME. Elizabeth C. Robinson 1 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Art and Architecture in Rome. Affiliate Assistant Professor, Fall 2015 to present. University of Dallas Rome Program. Ancient Rome and its Monuments. Lecturer, Fall 2016. John Cabot University. Archaeology of Ancient Italy. Assistant Professor, Spring 2015. Binghamton University. Intermediate Latin. Assistant Professor, Fall 2014. Binghamton University. Ancient Cities. Assistant Professor, Fall 2014. Binghamton University. The Ancient City. Assistant Professor, Fall 2013; Spring 2014. Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies, Rome. Intermediate Latin: The Life and Deeds of Augustus. Assistant Professor, Fall 2013; Spring 2014. Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies, Rome. Roman Imperial Art and Architecture. Adjunct Professor, Fall 2011. Department of Archaeology and Classics, Department of Art History, The American University of Rome. Summer Program in Archaeology. Assistant Director, Summer 2012; Summer 2011. American Academy in Rome. Ancient Cities. Instructor with full responsibility, Summer 2008. Instructional assistant, Spring 2006; Fall 2006. Department of Classics, UNC-Chapel Hill. The Archaeology of Italy. Instructional assistant, Fall 2005; Spring 2007. Department of Classics, UNC- Chapel Hill. FIELDWORK Regional Topography and Digital Data Coordinator (2016-Present); Part-time chief topographer (2010); Staff member on Topography Team (2009-2013). The Gabii Project, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI. (Director: N. Terrenato). Team member (2013-2016). The “Gabii Goes Digital: 21st c. Data, 21st c. Publications. Rich Digital Data and 3D Model Publication” project (Directors: R. Opitz, N. Terrenato, F. Limp). Director (2010-2011). Re-Survey of Biferno Valley Survey and Forma Italiae Sites around Larinum, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. Consultant providing expertise on subject matter (2010). United States Department of Defense research and site reconnaissance on minimizing impacts to archaeological sites during global operations, Jordan. (Director: L. Rush). Staff member (2008). The Gabii Core-Sampling Project, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI. (Director: M. Mogetta). Staff member in charge of GIS (2006-2007). The Upper Simeto Valley Project, Durham University, Durham, England. (Directors: A. Leone and R. Witcher). Volunteer (2003). Bowdoin College/University of Michigan excavations at Santa Venera in Paestum, Bowdoin College, Brunswick ME and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI. (Director: J. Higginbotham). Elizabeth C. Robinson 2 FELLOWSHIPS AND ACADEMIC HONORS John Cabot University Faculty Development Committee Grant 2016 Milligan Rome Faculty Development Fellowship, University of Dallas 2016 Werner P. Friederich Off-Campus Dissertation Research Fellowship, UNC- 2012-2013 Chapel Hill Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa Exchange Fellowship (declined) 2012-2013 Irene Rosenzweig / Samuel H. Kress Foundation Pre-Doctoral Rome Prize, 2010-2012 American Academy in Rome Graduate Tuition Incentive Scholarship, UNC-Chapel Hill 2011-2012 2010-2011 2009-2010 Olivia James Traveling Fellowship, Archaeological Institute of America 2009-2010 U.S. Fulbright Graduate Student Full Grant to Italy 2009-2010 Elected to Frank Porter Graham Honor Society, UNC-Chapel Hill 2008 William R. Kenan, Junior Fellowship, UNC-Chapel Hill 2004-2013 Elected Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Chapter of Maine, Bowdoin College 2003 Surdna Undergraduate Research Fellow, Bowdoin College 2002 Edwin Herbert Hall Prize in Physics, Bowdoin College 2001 Sarah and James Bowdoin Book Award, Bowdoin College 2001 Sarah and James Bowdoin Scholar (Dean’s List), Bowdoin College 2000-2002 NATIONAL GRANTS NEH Collaborative Research Grant (Co-Principal Investigator), 2017-2019. Gabii Project. $250,000. NEH Collaborative Research Grant (Participant), 2012-2014. Gabii Project. $250,000. DEPARTMENTAL GRANTS Suskin Fund Travel Award, UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Classics 2011-2012 J.P. Harland Fund for Archaeology, UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Classics 2006-2010 George L. Paddison Professorship Fund, UNC-Chapel Hill Department 2005 of Classics William R. Kenan Fund for Classics, UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Classics 2005 LANGUAGE AND TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES Foreign Languages Italian (fluency in reading and speaking) Latin (reading proficiency at graduate level) Ancient Greek (reading proficiency at graduate level) German (reading proficiency at graduate level) French (reading proficiency) Spanish (reading proficiency) Programming Languages C/C++ Java Selected Applications: ArcGIS, ArcView, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, SurvCE Elizabeth C. Robinson 3 SERVICE ACTIVITIES Associate editor for the Pleiades Project (http://pleiades.stoa.org/home), 2015-Present. Pleiades won the Archaeological Institute of America Award for Outstanding work in Digital Archaeology in 2017. Admissions volunteer for Bowdoin Alumni Schools and Interviewing Committee, 2007-Present. Representative of the American Academy in Rome to the Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica, 2010-2011. Presenter for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Graduate Student Ambassadors and Speakers Bureau, 2005-2008. Presenter for the Carolina Navigators, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for Global Initiatives, 2006-2009. Graduate and Professional Student Federation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Alternate Senator for the Department of Classics, Fall 2004; Senator for the Department of Classics, 2005-2007; Finance Committee Member, 2005-2006. PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND COMMITTEES College Art Association Member, 2010-Present. Archaeological Institute of America Member, 2004-Present Membership Secretary, North Carolina Triangle Chapter, 2006-2008 Programming Coordinator, North Carolina Triangle Chapter, 2007-2008 Student Affairs Interest Group Member, 2005-2013. Women in Archaeology Interest Group Member, 2008-Present. Women’s Classical Caucus Member, 2011-Present. The Society of Fellows of the American Academy in Rome Member, 2012-Present. The British School at Rome Subscriber, 2009-2010. American Philological Association Research Committee Member ex officio, 2008-2009. PUBLICATIONS Books [Urban Transformation in Ancient Molise: The integration of Larinum into the Roman state. Approved for contract by Oxford University Press (in progress).] E.C. Robinson, ed. Supplement 97: Papers on Italian Urbanism in the First Millennium B.C. Portsmouth, R.I. (Journal of Roman Archaeology). “Introduction” and chapter “Non-Greek Urbanism in Southern Italy in the 4th and 3rd c. B.C.” in the same volume. 2014. Reviews: S. Roselaar, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2015.02.09 M. A. Anderson, American Journal of Archaeology 120.3 Elizabeth C. Robinson 4 Articles and Book Chapters [“The Shrinking of Gabii in the Imperial Period: The integration of survey and excavation data” (in progress).] [“A New Identification for the Statuettes of Attis found in Larinum (Molise)” (in progress).] [“Empress Livia (58 BCE - 29 CE) on the Palatine Hill.”
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