Faculty and Staff

Dr. Kyle Clark

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Sampson Hall
812-488-2057
kc441@xgcr.net

Dr. Clark has his BA in anthropology from the University of Oregon, an MA in International Affairs from Florida State University, and a Phd in anthropology from the University of Missouri, Columbia. His area of expertise is the anthropology of religion and he conducted fieldwork in Indonesia among the Iban studying ancestor worship, as well as on the island of Vanuatu examining the impact of adoption on health outcomes.

Dr. Jennie Ebeling

Associate Professor of Archaeology

Sampson Hall
812-488-1019
je55@xgcr.net

Jennie Ebeling earned a Doctor of Philosophy in the archaeology of the Near East from the University of Arizona and specializes in the archaeology of Israel and Jordan. A former Fulbright scholar, Ebeling has been awarded fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Lady Davis Trust and was appointed Annual Professor of the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem in 2015-16. She co-directed the Jezreel Expedition survey and excavation project with Norma Franklin (University of Haifa) 2012-2018 and is currently preparing the results for publication. A popular public speaker, Ebeling lectures for the Biblical Archaeology Society as well as the Archaeological Institute of America and numerous other organizations. She is co-editor of The Woman in the Pith Helmet (Lockwood, 2020), The Old Testament in Archaeology and History (Baylor, 2017), Household Archaeology in Ancient Israel and Beyond (Brill, 2011), and New Approaches to Old Stones: Recent Studies of Ground Stone Artifacts (Equinox, 2008) and the author of Women's Lives in Biblical Times (T&T Clark, Int'l, 2010). She recently contributed to the fourth edition of Ancient Israel: From Abraham to the Roman Destruction of the Temple (Biblical Archaeology Society, 2021). More information about her publications can be found on her Amazon author page.

Dr. Alan Kaiser

Professor of Archaeology

Sampson Hall
812-488-1049
ak58@xgcr.net

Alan Kaiser, who earned a Doctor of Philosophy in archaeology from Boston University, specializes in Roman archaeology and the application of geographic information systems (GIS) to site analysis. He has conducted fieldwork at a number of sites in Spain, Italy, Greece, England, and on the Caribbean island of Nevis as well as in the US in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Indiana. Kaiser is the author of three books, The Urban Dialogue: An Analysis of the Use of Space in the Roman City of Empuries, Spain (Archaeopress, 2000), Roman Urban Street Networks (Routledge, 2011), and Archaeology, Sexism, and Scandal: The Long-Suppressed Story of One Woman’s Discoveries and the Man Who Stole Credit for Them (Rowman and Littlefield). The book is now in its second edition, which Kaiser has thoroughly revised.

Dr. Rebekah McKay

Assistant Professor of Archaeology

Sampson Hall
812-488-2226
rm364@xgcr.net

Rebekah McKay earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Classical Archaeology from the University of California, Berkeley and specializes in Aegean Prehistory. Specifically, she investigates the ecological and economic history of Mycenaean Greece and the ways in which resource management strategies intersect with power, social institutions, and group identity. Passionate about fieldwork, McKay has been working on archaeological projects in Greece since 2016. These projects include the Panhellenic Sanctuary of Zeus at Nemea, Petsas House at Mycenae, and the Mt. Lykaion Excavation and Survey Project. Most recently she holds the position of project archaeobotanist at the Tombs of Aidonia Preservation, Heritage and Exploration (TAPHOS) and the Director of Finds at the Mt. Lykaion Excavation and Survey Project.

Adjunct Faculty

Mrs. Christine Lovasz-Kaiser

Instructor of Archaeology

812-488-2953
cl42@xgcr.net

Christine Lovasz-Kaiser earned an MA in archaeology from Boston University with an emphasis on the Middle Ages in Europe. She is particularly interested in the Picts and Anglo-Saxons of early medieval Scotland and England as well as the Vikings. She has extensive fieldwork experience having worked on sites in Colorado, Massachusetts, Indiana, Spain, Hungary, England, Scotland, Ireland, Italy, and Israel. She has served as a member of the History Committee for the Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science and she teaches history and archaeology part-time at the University of Southern Indiana where she received the USI Foundation Award for Outstanding Teaching by Adjunct Faculty in 2008.

As an adjunct lecturer for the department Mrs. Lovasz-Kaiser teaches courses on the archaeology of medieval England, Viking archaeology, and occasionally the archaeology of Pompeii. She also co-teaches the archaeological field techniques course here on campus and is the social media coordinator for the department.

Emeriti Professors

Dr. Pat Thomas

Professor Emeritus of Archaeology

Prof. Thomas holds a PhD in Classical Archaeology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He specializes in the Greek Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Ceramics and Greek Prehistory. Over the years, Prof. Thomas has worked for excavations in Egypt, Turkey, and Greece, most recently at Iklaina in the Peloponnesus and Mitrou on the east-central coast of the Greek mainland. His idea of a great time in the summer is sorting through a big table of freshly excavated pottery shards and writing up a preliminary analysis with his colleagues.

In 2000 he received the Archaeological Institute of America’s Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, and in 2002 he was the University’s Teacher of the Year. In his spare time, he assists in supporting activities at Angel Mounds State Historic Site in Evansville.

Staff

Mrs. Marisa Patterson-Knox

Administrative Assistant for Languages and Cultures, Archaeology, and First Year Seminar

Room 350, Olmsted Administration Hall
812-488-2165
mk52@xgcr.net

Academic Programs Archaeology and Anthropology