Occupation: Research Professor; Archaeologist; Humanities Educator
Education:
PhD, Institute of Archaeology, University College of London (1972)
BA, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (1964)
Career:
Research Professor, Archaeologist, Humanities Educator; Research Professor, Colgate University (2011-Present)
O’Connor Visiting Professor of Humanities, Colgate University (2007-2009)
Senior Research Associate, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY (1986-2003)
Visiting Professor, University of Trento, Italy (1994-1999)
Visiting Professor, University of Parma, Italy (1982-1993)
Assistant Professor, Binghamton University, State University of New York, Binghamton, NY (1978-1983)
Senior Research Associate, Lecturer in Human Biology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (1972-1977)
Career Related:
Director, Venice Study Group, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY (1999-2013); Director, Archaeology Summer School, American Academy in Rome (2001)
Civic:
On the Scientific Committees for the 4th coming exhibitions on Giacomo Boni
Creative Works:
Author, “Island Archaeology and the Origins of Seafaring in the Eastern Mediterranean” (2013-2014); Editor, “The Widening Harvest” (2003); Author, “The Acconia Survey (1985); Author, “The Neolithic Transition and…” (1984); Contributor, Articles, Professional Journals; Guest Speaker, Invited Lectures; Contributor, Antiquity; Contributor, Science; Contributor, Journal of Roman Archaeology; Contributor, American Journal of Archaeology; Contributor, Journal of Field Archaeology; Contributor, World Archaeology
Awards:
Grantee, Institute for Aegean Prehistory (INSTAP) (2004-2012); Fellow, Full Professor Level, Origins of Rome, American Council of Learned Societies (2003-2004); Kress Senior Fellow, Reconstructing Ancient Rome, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art (1995-1996); Grantee, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation (1990-2018); Guggenheim Foundation Fellow, Environmental Studies in Ancient Rome, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1990-1991); Mellon Fellow in Classical Studies, Early Rome, American Academy in Rome (1987-1988); Grantee, National Geographic Society (1985-2002); Research Fellow, Vico’s Anthropology, National Endowment for the Humanities (1984); Recipient, Writing Awards, University of Michigan (1964)
Memberships:
Member, International Strategic Committee, University of Nice (2016-Present); Member, Managing Committee, The American School of Classical Studies of Athens (1990-Present); Member, Science Committee, Archaeological Institute of America (1992-1998)
Family:
Son of Albert Merlin Ammerman and Ruth Lennox Ammerman
Married: Rebecca Lynne Miller (7/16/1983)
Children: Richard Albert; Dora Q.
Hobbies:
Winemaking; Rowing
Biography Sources:
Who’s Who in America – 2016, 70th Edition (pub. 2016)
Who’s Who in America – 2015, 69th Edition (pub. 2014)
Who’s Who in America – 2014, 68th Edition (pub. 2013)
Who’s Who in America – 2013, 67th Edition (pub. 2012)
Who’s Who in America – 2009, 63rd Edition (pub. 2008)
Who’s Who in America – 2008, 62nd Edition (pub. 2007)
