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and Staff Bios Curriculum VitaeElspeth R.M. DusinberreContact Information:Classics Department, 248 UCB University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309-0248 tel.: (303) 735-5550 / fax: (303) 492-1026 e-mail: ermd@colorado.edu Current Employment:Current Employment:8/2000 - Assistant Professor, Classics Department, University of Colorado at Boulder Education:12/1997 Ph.D. awarded, Interdepartmental Program in Classical Art and Archaeology, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor Dissertation: "Satrapal Sardis: Aspects of Empire in an Achaemenid Capital" Advisor: M.C. Root 8-12/1996 Fellow of the American Research Institute in Turkey 1994 - 1995 Regular Member, American School of Classical Studies at Athens 5/1991 A.B., summa cum laude in Classical Archaeology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Senior Honors Thesis: "The Commoner in Homeric Society" Advisor: E.D.T. Vermeule ResearchAcademic Prizes, Awards, and Fellowships:4/2005 Awarded grant from Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program, to hire team of three students over the summer of 2005 to help with research for new textbook on the art and archaeology of Egypt, the Near East, Greece, and Rome 9/2004 Graduate Committee on the Arts and Humanities Visiting Scholar grant, to bring David Gilman Romano of the University of Pennsylvania to speak on Roman Corinth and the Ancient Olympic Games 6/2004 Graduate Committee on the Arts and Humanities grant, to study the Seals from Midas' Capital at the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara, Turkey Summer 2002 Junior Faculty Development Award for research on the seals and sealings of Gordion in Turkey 2/2002 Postdoctoral Fellow, the American Research Institute in Turkey, for research on the seals and sealings of Gordion in Turkey (declined) 11/2001 Selected as CU-Boulder's Junior Faculty nominee for the NEH Summer Stipend 1-4/2000 Postdoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, conducting research in the Freer Gallery Archives on Ernst Herzfeld's work at Persepolis 7-8/1999 Postdoctoral Fellow, the American Research Institute in Turkey/United States Information Agency, conducting research in Turkey on the seals and sealings of Gordion (declined) 4/1997 Awarded Dissertation/Thesis Grant by the University of Michigan, for research in Turkey Summer 1996 Awarded predoctoral fellowship by the American Research Institute in Turkey/United States Information Agency, for study/research in Turkey 4/1996 Awarded Fulbright-IIE Fellowship, for study/research in Turkey (declined) 1994 - 1995 John Williams White Fellow, American School of Classical Studies at Athens 5/1994 Awarded Robert F. Goheen Prize in Classical Studies by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 1991 - 1994 Jacob Javits Fellow 5/1991 Awarded Smyth Prize for best undergraduate honors thesis at Harvard University written on a Greek topic 5/1991 Awarded Bryant Prize for best paper written in a science Core class at Harvard University 3/1991 Awarded Andrew Mellon Fellowship (declined) 5/1990 Elected as a Junior to Phi Beta Kappa 1988 - 1990 John Harvard Scholar, Harvard University 1987 - 1990 Elizabeth Cary Agassiz Scholar, Radcliffe College 5/1987 Awarded Detur Book Prize, Harvard University 1986 - 1987 National Merit Scholar 5/1986 National Scholar, Harvard University Travel Grants:4/2002 Travel grant from the Dean's Fund for Excellence, University of Colorado at Boulder, to deliver a paper at the Fourth Biennial Conference on Iranian Studies, Bethesda, MD 3/2002 Graduate Committee on the Arts and Humanities small travel grant, University of Colorado at Boulder, for research trip to Ann Arbor MI to work on an archive of ancient seal impressions and in the university library 12/2000 Travel grant by the Dean's Fund for Excellence, University of Colorado at Boulder, to deliver a paper at the conference "Histoire achéménide et bases de données sur Internet: bilan des expériences et perspectives de développement," Paris, France 5/1997 Travel grant by Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, to give a talk at Cambridge University, Cambridge, England 11/1995 Travel grant by Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, to present a paper at the ASOR convention, Philadelphia 4/1994 Travel grant by Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, to give a talk at Yale University 2/1993 Travel grant by Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, to attend a lecture and exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum, New York Books:Aspects of Empire in Achaemenid Sardis (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2003) Gordion Seals and Sealings: Individual and Society (forthcoming, Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Press 2005) Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals:"An Excavated Ivory from Kerkenes Da?, Turkey: Transcultural Fluidities, Significations of Collective Identity, and the Problem of Median Art," Ars Orientalis 2002 (appeared 2003), special volume: "Medes and Persians. Fresh Assessments of the Arts and Archaeologies of Empire," pp. 17-54 "Satrapal Sardis: Achaemenid Bowls in an Achaemenid Capital," American Journal of Archaeology 103 (1999):73-102 "Imperial Style and Constructed Identity: A 'Graeco-Persian' Cylinder Seal from Sardis," Ars Orientalis 27 (1997):99-129 Refereed Conference Proceedings:"Herzfeld in Persepolis," in Ernst Herzfeld and the Development of Near Eastern Studies, 1900-1950, eds. A.C. Gunter and S.R. Hauser (Leiden: E.J. Brill 2005). "King or God? Imperial Iconography and the 'Tiarate Head' Coins of Achaemenid Anatolia," Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Vol. 57 (2000) (appeared 2003), pp. 157-171 Invited Publications:"Western Asia 500-300 BC," pp. 78-79 in John Onians (ed.) Atlas of World Art (London: Laurence King Publishing 2004) "The Kerkenes Da? Survey: Interim Report," co-author with G.D. Summers, Anatolian Studies 46 (1996):201-234 "The Archaeology of Achaemenid Anatolia" and "Greco-Persian Art," both forthcoming in G.K. Sams (ed.), The Archaeology of Anatolia: An Encyclopedia, 2,000 words each Works in Progress:Trash and Treasure, Temples and Tombs of the Ancient World: Art and Archaeology of Ancient Civilizations in the Near East and Mediterranean Basin "Anatolian Crossroads: Achaemenid Seals from Sardis and Gordion" "Achaemenid Elite at Gordion: Seal 100" Scholarly Presentations at Invited Conferences:3/2004 "Cultural Interactions in Achaemenid Anatolia," by invitation to the Johns Hopkins University annual international colloquium sponsored by the Classics Department and the Department of Near Eastern Studies, this year on the archaeology of the Achaemenid empire, Baltimore, Maryland 5/2002 "Lydia in the Persian Empire," by invitation to the plenary session, "The Persian Empire and the West: Cultural Interactions" at the Fourth Biennial Conference on Iranian Studies, Bethesda, MD 5/2001 "Herzfeld in Persepolis," by invitation to conference "Ernst Herzfeld and the Development of Near Eastern Studies, 1900-1950," Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 11/1995 "Persianizing Sardis?" American Schools of Oriental Research, session: "The Archaeology of Society in Ancient Anatolia," University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 3/1994 "What is Graeco-Persian Art? Perspectives on the Construct and a Case Study from Sardis," with M.C. Root at symposium, "Culture and Ethnicity in the Hellenistic East: Issues, Problems, and Approaches," University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Other Scholarly Presentations at Conferences:12/1999 "Lydian Ivory from a Median Site," Archaeological Institute of America convention, session: "Anatolia, the Black Sea, and the Balkans," Dallas, Texas 2/1998 "Post-Colonial Barbarism? Art and Society in Achaemenid Sardis," College Art Association, session: "Art in Post-Colonial Periods in the Ancient Mediterranean," Toronto, Canada 4/1994 "Constructing an Art of Empire: An Achaemenid-Period Cylinder Seal from Sardis," symposium "Mediterranean Interactions," Yale University, New Haven Other Scholarly Presentations:1/2005 "Cultural Dynamism in the Western Persian Empire, 550-330 BCE," Archaeological Institute of America guest lecturer, Denver Society 3/2003 "Imperialism in Ancient Persia: Rhetoric and Reality," Archaeological Institute of America guest lecturer, University of Colorado, Boulder 3/2000 "Construing Persepolis: The Ernst Herzfeld Archive at the Smithsonian Institution's Freer Archives," Smithsonian Lecture Series, Sackler Gallery, Washington, DC 10/1999 "Lydian Ivory from a Median Site," Archaeological Institute of America guest lecturer, University of Colorado, Boulder 11/1998 "Sardis (Turkey): Aspects of Empire in an Achaemenid Persian Capital," Archaeological Institute of America guest lecturer, University of Colorado, Boulder 5/1997 "Achaemenid Bowls and Achaemenid Sardis," by invitation of the Classics Faculty, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England 3/1994 "Constructing Empire: Persians in the West," Department of the Classics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 3/1994 "Achaemenid Art as Political Propaganda," University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology, Ann Arbor Museum Projects/Research Assistantships:5/2005-8/2005 Overseeing real and virtual exhibit of CU Museum's Greek vases, in collaboration with Deborah Confer (Museum) and Deborah Hollis (Libraries); now available online at http://www.colorado.edu/Classics/exhibits/ (this involved creating 3D images of the Greek, Roman, and Iranian collections in the University of Colorado Museum, and putting up an on-line exhibit with virtual reality images of the Greek vessels in coordination with the Museum and a graduate seminar, CLAS 7109) 1-4/2000 Postdoctoral Fellow, Freer Gallery Archives, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 5/1998 Consultant on Achaemenid art to the Freer and Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; by invitation of A.C. Gunter, Associate Curator of Ancient Near Eastern Art 1-5/1997 Artist and research assistant, collating and drawing all the seal impressions for Seals on the Persepolis Fortification Tablets, Vol. III: Studies of Animals, Animal-Creatures, Plants, and Abstract Devices, by M.B. Garrison and M.C. Root 1-5/1996 Research Assistant, interactive computer lab for Near Eastern art history, Department of Art History, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 9/1989 - 6/1991 Research Assistant, Greek texts, art and archaeology, Perseus Project, Classics Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Archaeological Field Experience:Archaeological Exploration of Gordion, Turkey; field directors G.K. Sams, M.M. Voigt, and T.C. Young 6/2004 Specialist for Seals and Seal Impressions (in Ankara) 6-7/2002 Specialist for Seals and Seal Impression 6-7/1997 Expedition Artist and Specialist for Lydian and Achaemenid Ceramics 6/1996 Specalist for Lydian and Achaemenid Ceramics
Kerkenes Da_ Archaeological Project, Turkey, British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara; project director G.D. Summers 8/1996 Assistant Director 8/1995 Staff Member and Computer Liaison 8-9/1994 Staff Member and Computer Liaison Harvard University Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, Turkey; field director C.H. Greenewalt, jr. 7/1996 Specialist for Achaemenid Sardis 6-8/1995 Senior Archaeologist 6-8/1994 Senior Archaeologist 6-8/1993 Senior Archaeologist and Epigraphist 6-8/1992 Senior Archaeologist and Epigraphist 6-8/1991 Trench Supervisor Corinth Excavations, Greece; field director C.K. Williams III 4/1995 Trench Supervisor University of Michigan Excavations at Coptos (Qift) and Survey in the Eastern Desert, Egypt; field directors S.C. Herbert and H.T. Wright. 12/1993 Surveyor in the desert and assistant to pottery analyst Andrea Berlin 5/1992 Trench Supervisor Brown University Excavations in Corfu, Greece; field director M.S. Joukowsky 6-7/1990 Archaeologist and pottery analyst Other archaeological projects: 12/1994 Travel to archaeological sites and museums in Syria 8/1990 Photographic assistant in a study of archaeological sites in Thessaly, Macedonia, Thrace, Epeiros, and Acharnania, Greece; funded by the Perseus Project, Harvard University Languages: Ancient: Greek and Latin (fluent reading knowledge), Lydian (reading) Modern: German and Turkish (fluent reading, writing, and speaking); Greek and French (reading and basic conversational); Arabic (basic conversational); Italian and Spanish (reading) TeachingPrevious Academic Employment:1-5/1999 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of the History of Art, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor 9-12/1998 Lecturer, Humanities Department, University of Colorado at Boulder 6-7/1998 Instructor, Classics Department, University of Colorado at Boulder 9-12/1997 Lecturer, Humanities Department, University of Colorado at Boulder 9-12/1995 Teaching Assistant, Ancient Greek Literature, Honors Program Great Books, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 9-12/1992 Teaching Assistant, Greek Art and Archaeology, Classics Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Teaching Awards:4/2005 Boulder Faculty Assembly Award for Excellence in Teaching (faculty-nominated award) 3/2004 Residence Life Academic Teaching Award, for the Fall 2003 Semester, by the Committee on Learning and Academic Support Services 3/2002 Excellence in Teaching Award, for the Fall 2001 Semester, by the Department of Housing and the Committee on Learning & Academic Support Services 9/2001 Chancellor's Faculty Recognition Award, University of Colorado at Boulder, for outstanding positive impact on students' lives (one award granted per year, out of a pool of 300 student-nominated faculty members) Pedagogical Presentations on Teaching with Technology:
8/2005 "Wining, Dining, and Dying in Ancient Greece: A Virtual Reality Exhibit of Greek Vases from the CU Museum of Natural History," at the Tenth Annual Teaching With Technology Conference, CU-Boulder 8/2005 "Electronic Portfolios and Teaching the Humanities," joint presentation at the Tenth Annual Teaching With Technology Conference, CU-Boulder8/2004 "Osiris, the Virtual Archaeological Dig Video Game: Digging for Pedagogical Treasure," at the Ninth Annual Teaching With Technology Conference, CU-Boulder 8/2003 "Educational Technology House: A New Paradigm for Supporting Teaching with Technology," at the Eighth Annual Teaching with Technology Conference, CU-Boulder. Co-presenters Clayton Lewis, Mike Klymkowsky, Beth Dusinberre, Brian Toom, Timsy Bir, Gaurav Raje, Eliot Armstrong,homas Brecht 6/2002 "Classics and Computers: A Departmental Initiative in Teaching with Technology," at the Seventh Annual Teaching with Technology Conference, CU-Boulder 12/2000 "Weaving the Web: Achaemenid Anatolia and Problems of Archaeological Web-Site Construction," by invitation to conference "Histoire achéménide et bases de données sur Internet: bilan des expériences etperspectives de développement," Paris, France Other Pedagogical Presentations2/2005 "Projects for Active Learning," for the Faculty Teaching Excellence Program at CU-Boulder Grants for Technology in Pedagogy:12/2004 President's Fund for the Humanities grant, to purchase equipment for creating 3D images of artifacts in the CU Museum, in connection with a graduate seminar CLAS 7109 that is both mounting a real exhibit and creating a virtual exhibit, on line, of the Museum's two dozen Greek vases Spring 2003 Grant, as Faculty Liaison for Teaching with Technology, by the Faculty Teaching Excellence Program for purchasing software for the department Spring 2002 Grant, as primary investigator and grant-writer for the Classics Department, by the Faculty Teaching Excellence Program for thedepartment'snew Program in Technology and Teaching Initiatives Spring 2002 Grant, as Faculty Liaison for Teaching with Technology, by the Faculty Teaching Excellence Program for purchasing hardware for the department Ph.D. Thesis Committees:8/2004 - present Member of Dissertation committee for Marc Levine in Anthropology (writing a thesis on ancient imperialism and the interactionsbetween Tututepec and the Aztecs) M.A. Thesis Advisor:2004-2005 Rachel Gothberg (Thesis title: "Royal Women in the Court of Darius I"), 2-semester independent study, graduate May 2005 M.A. Exam and Advising Committees:2004-2005: Megan Aikman 2003-2004: Holly Scripter 2002-2003: Jude Morris 2001-2002: Jaime Griffiths 2000-2001: Chad Hutchens Senior Honors Thesis Committees: Fall 2004 Mario Fresquez, Classics (primary advisor) (Distinguished Colorado Graduate) Spring 2004 Ryan Travis, Film Studies Christina Zigler, Distributed Studies (College of Arts & Sciences Outstanding Graduate) Fall 2002 Elissa Lunney, Political Science (College of Arts & Sciences Outstanding Graduate) Courses Taught at CU-Boulder:
New Courses Introduced into University of Colorado Curriculum:
Other Teaching Activities:Fall 2003, 2004 Supervision of five graduate student TAs for Trash & Treasure, including weekly meetings, discussions of extra pedagogy readings, visiting classes and talking with students about pedagogical issues, assisting in grading exams and assignments, and consultations. Spring 2003 Inviting and acting as liaison for Michael Vickers, Ashmolean Museum and Oxford University, Visiting Professor at CU-Boulder 3/2003 Inviting and hosting Kevin Glowacki, of Indiana University, as part of the department's Outcomes Assessment Initiative, to review the department's use of technology and make suggestions for future directions 2001-present Running a series of workshops for the department's graduate students on how to write grant proposals, on how to write syllabi, on the first day of class, on teaching a lecture, and on active learning assignments 2001 Introducing and getting approved (together with Diane Conlin) a new M.A. track in Classical Art and Archaeology 2000-2001 Complete revision of the entire Classical Art and Archaeology Curriculum (together with Diane Conlin) 2000-2002 Cross-listing courses with Fine Arts and Anthropology 2000-2002 Advisor and mentor for the Association of Students of the Classical World for the symposium as well as advisor for individual student presentations Independent Studies (other than theses):2001-2002 Jude Morris, "Archaeological Systematics" (2 semesters) Spring 2002 Jaime Griffiths, "Graduate readings in Greek archaeology" Spring 2003 Rachel Kahn, "Graduate readings in Greek sculpture" Spring 2003 Jude Morris, "Graduate readings in Greek architecture and vase painting" Spring 2003 Melissa Johnson, "Graduate readings in Greek archaeology" Fall 2004 Summer Trentin, "Archaeological Theory" Fall 2004 Jessika Akmenkalns, "Archaeological Theory" Fall 2004 Megan Aikman, "Museum pedagogy" Fall 2004 Sarah Thomas, "Museum pedagogy" Steps taken to improve teaching skills:CLIP consultation for Greek Cities and Sanctuaries, thanks to FTEP, 10/2004 Video consultation for Trash & Treasure, thanks to FTEP, 10/2004 Participant in four-day LEAP workshop: "Introduction to Leadership," 7/2004 Participant in the LEAP workshop: "The Art of Listening," 1/2004 Participant in the intensive two-week 2003 Summer Institute for New Media Pedagogy, Scholarship and Learning Technologies at CU-Boulder, 5/2003 Participant in one-afternoon FTEP seminar: "The Nuts & Bolts of Pedagogy," 3/2003 CLIP consultation for Greek Vase Painting, thanks to the Faculty Teaching Excellence Program, 11/2002 Consulted with Mark Werner about Web construction and student response in order to implement students' feedback in course website for Art & Arch of the Ancient Near East, 3/2002 Consulted with Mary Ann Shea, Director of the Faculty Teaching Excellence Program, about teaching with technology, 2/2002 Participated in a month-long acting workshop: "Discovering your Creative Self," led by Prof. Emerita Lee Potts and extremely useful for conveying sense and meaning, 1/2002 Video consultation for Trash & Treasure, thanks to the Faculty Teaching Excellence Program, 11/2001 Participated in the two-meeting "Performance in a Nutshell" workshop offered by the Faculty Teaching Excellence Program, 10/2001 Attended all but one Area Teaching Scholars Program meetings offered by the Faculty Teaching Excellence Program, 2000-2001 Participated in various workshops on teaching with technology, sponsored by the Faculty Teaching Excellence Program and the DATC representatives (esp. Mark Werner and Jenifer Martin) Participated as a graduate student in teaching workshops at the University of Michigan, 1992-1995 ServiceService to the Department of Classics:Associate Chair for Graduate Studies, 2005 - 2006 Member of department self-study committee, fall 2004 Member of the Graduate Committee, 2003 - 2004 Classics Department web overseer, 5/2003 - Classics Department student course fees coordinator, 8/2002 - Member of the Diversity Committee, 2001 - 2003 FTEP computer liaison, 2001 - Member of the Lecture Committee, 2000 - 2003 Member of the Undergraduate Committee, 2000 - 2003, 2004 - 2005 Participant in departmental fund-raising group Service to the University of Colorado at Boulder:Co-Presenter for the Office of Faculty Affairs on "Having It All? Managing Academia with Young Children," 11/2004 Member of the Steering Committee, Center for Humanities and the Arts, 8/2004 - Member of committee determining the University's Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship nominee, 3/2004 Member of the Advisory Board, Faculty Teaching Excellence Program, 1/2004 - Speaker at the New Faculty Orientation, August 2001, 2002, 2003 Speaker on behalf of the Faculty Teaching Excellence Program to members of the Foundation, various deans and vice chancellors, 2001 Delivered Welcome Address at Parents' Weekend, September 2001 National Service:Invited lecturer, Archaeological Institute of America National Lecture Program, 2005-2006 (declined) Appointed Member, Committee on Archaeology in Higher Education, for the national Archaeological Institute of America (1/2004 - ) Managing Committee Representative to the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, from the University of Colorado (5/2003 - ) President, Boulder Society of the Archaeological Institute of America (2002 - 2004); faculty advisor (2004 - ) Service to the Profession:Referee for article in the American Journal of Archaeology, 11/2004 Referee for article in the Classical Journal, 8/2003 Referee for proposal for a volume of the Monographs in Mediterranean Archaeology, 9/2003 Outreach:Two lectures offered to a group of ca. 400 docents-in-training at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, in preparation for the traveling exhibit "In Quest of Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt," 8/04 "Archaeology: Dig Egypt," an all-morning presentation and series of projects at Crestview Elementary School, 10/03 "The Iraq That Was: The Baghdad Museum," part of a conference put on by the Boulder Public Library on Iraq, Afghanistan, war, and cultural heritage, 10/11/03 Regular participant and speaker at the Alexander-the-Great Study Group, Boulder, CO (9/2000 - ), including "The Alexander Sarcophagus" (2/2004) and "The Art of Kingship in Achaemenid Persia" (4/2002) Speaker for the Ludi Augusti of the Colorado Junior Classical League, 1/2003 Participant in outreach projects to Denver Middle Schools (Spring 2002)
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