1SANDRA ARNOLD SCHAM _____________________________________________________________ CONTACT INFORMATION 3125 Quebec Place, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20008 Telephone: (202) 363-6094 (home) (202) 258-5538 (work) E-mail: sscham@ird.org, sandrascham@gmail.com EDUCATION Ph.D. Anthropology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., 2000 M.A. Anthropology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., 1976 B.A. English Literature and Classics, University of Colorado at Boulder 1969 EXPERIENCE (INCLUDING CONSULTANCIES( 2003 (Continuing) LECTURER, Department of Anthropology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. 2012 (Continuing) CO-EDITOR, Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies (JEMAHS), Pennsylvania State University Press. 2001 (Continuing) WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT, Archaeology Magazine. 2016-2017 EVALUATION TEAMLEADER, USAID/Middle East Bureau, Evaluation of Further Advancing the Blue Revolution Initiative 2016 GENDER AND ENVIRONMENT SPECIALIST, USAID/Burma, USAID/Burma Democracy and Governance Programs 2015-2016 GENDER EVALUATION SPECIALIST, USAID/Policy, Planning and Learning, Evaluation Consultant, USAID/GEFE Assessment 2014-2015 DEPUTY DIRECTOR, Department of State, Countering Violent Extremism Evaluation Project 2 2013-2014 EVALUATION ADVISOR, DFID, World Bank, AusAid, USAID 2008-2013 EVALUATION ADVISOR, United States Agency for International Development 2012 VISITING SCHOLAR, Archaeology Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California. 2010-2013 RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, Center for International Development and Conflict Management, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. 2011 ADVISOR, Jerusalem Project, The Council of the Religious Institutions of the Holy Land. 2010-2011 VISITING SCHOLAR, Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies and Department of Anthropology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. 2006-2009 FACULTY, Iskenderun Survey Project, Southeastern Turkey. 2003-2008 EDITOR, Near Eastern Archaeology (NEA), a journal published by the American Schools of Oriental Research. 2003-2007 PROJECT CO-LEADER, Negev Bedouin Development Project, Washington, DC and Beersheba, Israel. 2001-2005 PROJECT LEADER, Wye River People to People Grant, U.S. Department of State, “Recognizing and Preserving the Common Heritage of Israel and the Palestinian National Authority.” 2001-2002 LECTURER AND RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT, Department of Anthropology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. 1998-2001 INSTRUCTOR, Department of History and Archaeology, Jerusalem University College, Jerusalem, Israel. 1998-2000 PROJECT LEADER, Management Planning for Heritage Sites. Getty Conservation Institute and the Rothschild Foundation. 1999-2000 PROGRAM ADVISOR, Yakar Interfaith Center for Social Concern, Jerusalem. 1998-2000 PROJECT ADVISOR, Three Villages Project, Palestinian Center for Rapprochement, Beit Sahour, Palestinian Authority. 31998-2000 GRANTS WRITER, Jerusalem YMCA Interfaith Youth Programs, Jerusalem, Israel. 1996 to 2001 ASSOCIATE CURATOR, Pontifical Biblical Institute Museum, Jerusalem. 1986-1996 SUPERVISOR, Division of Fiduciary Regulations, Office of Regulations and Interpretations, Employee Benefits Security Administration, United States Department of Labor, Washington, D.C. 1984-1986 SUPERVISOR, Division of National Employment Discrimination Investigations, Office of Systemic Programs, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D.C. 1970-1984 PROGRAM ANALYST, Office of Equal Pay and Age Discrimination, Wage and Hour Division, United States Department of Labor, Washington, D.C. ANTHROPOLOGICAL FIELDWORK 2014 Akko, Israel (Tourism Study) 2013 Kabul, Afghanistan (Research on Women’s Rights Organizations) 2012 Jakarta, Indonesia (Research on Effects of Economic Growth) 2011 and 2012 Colombo, Sri Lanka (Post-Conflict Research) 2010 Laamu, Raa and Thaa Atolls, Maldives (Culture and Global Climate Change Study) 2009 Sana’a, Yemen (Conflict and Stabilization Research) 2009 Cairo, Egypt (Cultural Heritage of Islamic Cairo Study) 2009 Vientiane, Laos; Manila, Philippines; Bangkok, Thailand (Environmental Governance Research) 2007, 2008 and 2009 Summer Field Schools in Hatay, Turkey (Ethnorchaeological Fieldwork) 2004 Istanbul, Turkey (Summer Cultural Heritage Workshop/Institute) 2002 Karak and As-Salt, Jordan and Akko, Israel (Cultural Heritage Study) 2002 Catal Hoyuk, Turkey (Israeli/Palestinian Workshop) 42000-2005 Akko, Israel; Beitin and Al-Jib, Palestinian Authority (Cooperative Israeli/Palestinian Education and Heritage Project) 2000 Loutraki, Greece (Cultural Heritage Management in Israel and Arab Countries Cooperative Workshop) 1996-2000 Telielat Ghassul, Jordan and Jerusalem, Israel (Dissertation Research) 1990 Caesarea, Israel (Archaeological Fieldwork) 1976 Lima, Peru and La Paz, Bolivia (Ethnographic Master’s Thesis Study) AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS 2008-2010 American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science and Technology Policy Fellowship. 2009 Co-Recipient, Loeb Classical Research Library Research Grant (With Ann Killebrew). 2007 Co-Recipient, National Geographic Society Research Grant (With Ann Killebrew). 2004 Fellowship for the Summer Institute on Constructing the Past in the Middle East, The Cotsen Institute and the Getty Conservation Institute, Istanbul, Turkey. 2002 Council for American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) Research Grant, American Center for Oriental Research, Amman, Jordan. 2001-2005 Wye River People to People Grant (Working With the University of Haifa and the Palestinian Association for Cultural Exchange) U.S. Department of State. 2000 Associate Research Fellowship. W. F. Albright Institute, Jerusalem, Israel. 1999-2000 International Conference Grant from the Rothschild Foundation and Getty Conservation Institute, Jerusalem. 1998 Dorot Travel Grant to present papers at the Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research. 1996-1997 USIA Research Grant, American Center for Oriental Research, Amman, Jordan. 5PUBLICATIONS Books (Authored and Co-Authored) 2017 (Author) Ancient Extremists: Insurgency, Terror and Empire in Middle East Antiquity, Routledge Press. 2017 (Co-Author) Inside Affirmative Action: Experiences With America’s Greatest Social Experiment, Routledge Press. Books (Edited) 2017 Akko: The Past and Present of a Multi-Confessional World Heritage Site, Pennsylvania State University Press. 2005 Connectivity in Antiquity, Equinox Press. Longer Articles and Chapters in Books: 2017 “Educating Students about the Modern Realities of Exploring the Ancient Middle East,” in Pedagogies of Heritage. 2016 “The Stranger at Emmaus—Remembrance and Human Rights,” Journal of Community Archaeology and Heritage. 2016 (In Press) “The Legacy of Vietnam and Today’s Counterinsurgency Programs,” Unity of Mission, Center for Complex Operations, National Defense University. 2013 “The Political Theater of the Past: Visits by State Leaders to Archaeological and Historic sites in the Eastern Mediterranean,” Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies. 2010 “By the Rivers of Change—Strategists on the Heritage Front,” Filtering the Past: Archaeology and Nationalism in the Middle East, University of Arizona Press. 2009 “Diplomacy and Desired Pasts,” Journal of Social Archaeology. 2009 “’Times Wheel Runs Back’—Conversing With the Middle Eastern Past,” Cosmopolitan Archaeologies, Duke University Press. 2009 “Public Archaeology’s Message in the Bottle,” Public Archaeologies, Altamira Press. 2009 “Mesopotamia” and “The Search for Origins,” The Middle East: Cradle of Civilization Revealed, Global Publishing. 62009 “Biblical Archaeology: History and Methods,” The Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception, Walter de Gruyter. 2008 “Disinheriting Heritage,” Archaeology and the Postcolonial Critique, Altamira Press. 2006 “ From Dialogue to Polylogue: Exploring the Israeli and Palestinian Past in the Present,” Archaeologies, Volume 2/2 (with Ann E. Killebrew, Hanna Abu-Uqsa, Walid Atrash, Ron Be'eri, Rachel Hachlili, Hanan Halabi Abu Yusef, Orna Nagar-Hillman, Vered Raz-Romeo, and Mina Weinstein-Evron). 2003 “From the River Unto the Land of the Philistines: The ‘Memory’ of Iron Age Landscapes in Modern Visions of Palestine,” Revisioning Landscapes and Politics, Black Dog Press. 2003 “Egypt and the Archaeology of the Disenfranchised,” Encounters With Ancient Egypt: Views of Egypt Since Napoleon, University College London. 2003 “High Place: Symbolism and Monumentality on Mount Moriah, Jerusalem, Antiquity, Volume 78/301. 2003 “Heritage and Reconciliation,” Journal of Social Archaeology, Volume 3/2. 2002 “The Days of the Judges: When Men and Women Were Animals and Trees Were Kings,” The Journal for the Study of the Old Testament (97) March 2002. 2001 “The Archaeology of the Disenfranchised,” The Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, Volume 8/2. 2000 “Perforated Rods: A New Chalcolithic Ivory Type” (with Y. Garfinkel, Hebrew University), Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Number 319. 1998 “The Meaning of Recycling in a Changing World: Reused Pottery and Ceramic Production at Teleilat Ghassul, Jordan,” Newsletter of the Department of Pottery Technology, Leiden University, The Netherlands Volume 16/17. 1998 “Mediating Nationalism and Archaeology: A Matter of Trust?” American Anthropologist, Volume 100/ 2. 1997 “Teleilat Ghassul Survey, Archaeology in Jordan,” American Journal of Archaeology, Number 101. Other Articles: 2015 “The Renaissance Prince of Mount Lebanon,” Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies. 72013 “The Making and Unmaking of European Cairo,” Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies, Volume 1/4. 2013 “Politics and Middle Eastern Archaeology,” Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. 2006 "The Birth of Religions Inspiration" (Review) The Wilson Quarterly, Spring. 2010 “President Obama in Cairo,” American Association for the Advancement of Science Newsletter, September. 2008 “The World’s First Temple,” Archaeology, Volume 61/6. 2008 “Off the Grid—Karatepe, Turkey,” Archaeology, Volume 61/4. 2007 “Colony or Conflict Zone,” (Response) Archaeological Dialogues. 2007 “The ‘Jesus Tomb’ on TV,” (Online Review) archaeology.org 2006 “The Reopened Museum of the Ancient Orient,” Near Eastern Archaeology. 2006 “Trial by Statistics: the Jesus Family Tomb,” Near Eastern Archaeology. 2006 “An Apology for Judas,” Archaeology. 2006 “In the Beginning-Bibles Before the Year 1000,” (Online Review) Society of Biblical Literature Forum. 2005 “A Native Take on Jamestown,” Archaeology. 2005 “The Fate of Martin’s Hundred,” (Online Report) archaeology.org 2005 “Bible Science” (Review), Archaeology. 2005 “The Lost Goddess of Israel,” Archaeology. 2004 “St. John’s Cave?” (Review) Archaeology. 2003 “Sacred Geography: A Tale of Murder and Archaeology in the Holy Land” (Review) Near Eastern Archaeology. 2003 “Hollywood Holy Land and the Archaeology of the Passion,” Archaeology. 2002 “West Bank Thriller” (Review), Archaeology. 2002 “Legacy of the Crusades,” Archaeology. 82002 “Hope Amid the Carnage: As conflict rages in the Middle East, a handful of Palestinians and Israelis have joined forces to protect endangered sites,” Archaeology,Volume 55/4. 2001 “A Fight Over Sacred Turf—Who Controls Jerusalem’s Holiest Shrine,” Archaeology. 1997 “Shiqmim’s Violin-Shaped Figurines and Ghassulian Bone Artifacts,” Biblical Archaeologist. 1996 “Survey of Teleilat Ghassul,” Bulletin of the American Center of Oriental Research. Government and NGO Publications and Reports (Single Author): 2013 Gender and Third Party Monitoring in Yemen, International Relief and Development. 2013 A Survey of Health Programs in Yemen, International Relief and Development. 2012 Gender Inequality in the Central Asian Republics, United States Agency for International Development. 2012 Gender Inequality in South and East Asia, United States Agency for International Development. 2012 Poverty and Inequality in South and East Asia—A Trends Analysis, United States Agency for International Development 2011 Cultural Analysis in Development Programming, United States Agency for International Development. 2011 Cultural Adaptation to Climate Change in the Maldives and India, United States Agency for International Development. 2011 Counter-Insurgency Programming, United States Agency for International Development. 2009 Civil/Military Cooperation in Asia and the Middle East, United States Agency for International Development. 2009 Environmental Governance Programs in Asia, United States Agency for International Development. 1996 401(k) Plans and the Regulators, Prentice-Hall. 91994 The Regulation of Health and Welfare Plans, The United States Department of Labor. 1995 The Retirement Equity Act, United States Department of Labor. 1989 Age Discrimination and the Older Worker, American Association of Retired Persons. 1987 Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and the Equal Pay Act, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Edited Special Issues of Near Eastern Archaeology: 69/2 The Prehistory of the Middle East: Jordan, Syria and Anatolia 68/3 Archaeology in Iran 68/1-2 The Persian Period in Palestine 67/2-3 Eating and Drinking in the Ancient Near East 66/3-4 Dance in the Ancient World INVITED LECTURES AND SEMINARS 2013 “Intangible Cultural Heritage and Sea Level Rise in Asian Cities—A Study of Adaptive and Maladaptive Responses in the Maldives and India,” International Conference on The conservation of historic urban landscapes and sustainable development, Stanford University. 2012 “Islamic Cairo,” Archaeology Series, Stanford University. 2012 “Evaluating Economic Development Programs,” International Finance Committee Seminar, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 2011 “Civil/Military Cooperation and Counterinsurgency” United States Department of State Annual Evaluation Conference, Washington, DC. 2011 “The Legacy of Akhenaten,” Biblical Archaeology Society. 2010 “Ancient Egyptian Civilization,” Biblical Archaeology Society. 2008 Invited Chair, Economies of Heritage Session, Critical Roman Archaeology Conference, Stanford University. 2007 “Anatolian Civilizations,” Smithsonian Institution Seminar. 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