SAS Student Ambassadors
The SAS Student Ambassador program has been a key part of our professional development and outreach efforts since 2019. These positions provide invaluable opportunities for students to develop leadership, science communication, and recruitment skills and advance our profession through collaboration with other students and senior scholars. If you are interested, please send a brief statement about how you would like to get involved in our outreach programs and/or other activities, along with a CV, to
Introducing the SAS Student Ambassador Program
Program Description
The Society for Archaeological Sciences (SAS) wants to help create the next generation of leadership in archaeological sciences by selection of SAS Student Ambassadors. The SAS Student Ambassador would be a part of our new professional development and outreach programs. This position will provide invaluable opportunities for students to learn how to take initiatives for advancing our profession through collaboration with other students and senior scholars. SAS Board members will support student-led activities with varying capacities.
Eligibility
Any student members of SAS, including undergraduate and graduate students in any country.
Activities
You can propose any activities that help to advance and promote archaeological sciences, including, but not limited to:
- Organize regional conferences and workshops
- Organize symposia and forums at international conferences, such as the SAAs
- Participate in membership recruitment initiatives
- Assist in developing social media and website content
- Organize and run virtual journal clubs and workshops
Board members will assist your proposed activities in various aspects, including securing funding if needed.
Terms
One-year term, but renewable contingent upon the decision of the Executive Board.
How to apply
Send a brief statement about your interests and how you would like to get involved in our outreach programs and/or other activities, along with a CV, to Tatsuya Murakami (
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Panagiotis Koullouros, PhD candidate (Archaeobotany at the Science and Technology in Archaeology Research Center (STARC) – The Cyprus Institute).
Panagiotis Koullouros PhD candidate (Archaeobotany at the Science and Technology in Archaeology Research Center (STARC) – The Cyprus Institute) Panagiotis is a PhD candidate in Archaeobotany at the Science and Technology in Archaeology Research Center (STARC). He has received his Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science from Queen Mary University of London (2017) and his Master’s degree in Environmental Archaeology from the University of Reading (2018). His research focuses on the study of charcoal materials from Greece and Cyprus during the 1 st Millennium BCE. He is interested in the reconstruction and evolution of past vegetation cover in the region of the Eastern Mediterranean during this period with emphasis on its impact on human societies and their practices. Research interests: Anthracology, 1 st Millennium BCE, Eastern Mediterranean, Paleoclimate, Climate Change and Human Societies. FB: Panagiotis Koullouros (https://www.facebook.com/pkoullouros); X: Panagiotis Koullouros/ @PanKoull (https://twitter.com/PanKoull).
Alana Pengilley, Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas at Austin.
Alana Pengilley is an archaeology PhD student at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests include the application of geochemical techniques to archaeological and geological assemblages to study
past trade and exchange systems and how they impacted inter and intra-regional community interaction. Her current research is focused on understanding the lithic economy of the Preclassic Lowland Maya, with a focus on the procurement and distribution of chert utilitarian tools. She is currently developing a methodology of the sourcing of Mesoamerican chert artifacts that employes geoarchaeological techniques, primarily focused on petrological, mineralogical, and geochemical methods. This research is currently supported by grants from the Geological Society of America, The Society for American Archaeology, and the University of Texas.
Gavriela Logothetou, PhD Candidate, Laboratory of Archaeometry (University of the Peloponnese)
Gavriela Logothetou is a PhD candidate at the Laboratory of Archaeometry at the University of the Peloponnese. She studied Chemistry at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and completed her BSc in Science for the Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage at the University of Bologna. Her research focuses on the archaeometallurgical characterization of oxidized metal artifacts from the Early to Late Byzantine period in the Peloponnese, utilizing both conventional and non-conventional (e.g., TEM) analytical techniques and data science. Her aim is to trace trade influences and technological developments of ancient metalworking practices in the Peloponnese across this timeline. Recently, she is also applying electron-microscopic techniques for the archaeomagnetic dating of ancient ceramics at the nanoscale.
Department of Classics, Archaeology, and Religion & Archaeometry Laboratory at MURR, University of Missouri
Caitlyn Pallas is a PhD candidate in classical archaeology at the University of Missouri. Her research focuses on Roman concrete, and she is particularly interested in examining how communities of practice came together to adapt the new technology of concrete to their built environment. She wants to elucidate how these communities initially began adopting this new technology in construction and how they modified the material, both chronologically and contextually, to fit their needs within the surrounding landscape. Her current research focuses on sites in central and southern Italy (Gabii and Pompeii), largely in the Late Republican and Early Imperial periods, and uses a combination of archaeometric techniques to examine the composition and mineralogy of Roman mortars.
Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois Chicago
Maria Isabel Guevara-Duque is an Ecuadorian archaeologist and Ph.D. candidate in Anthropology at the University of Illinois Chicago, currently the Women in Science Graduate Fellow at the Field Museum. She holds an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Degree in Archaeological Materials Science from the Universidade de Évora, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and Sapienza University of Rome. Maria Isabel has conducted archaeological fieldwork in Ecuador and the U.S. and contributed to collections-based research at the Field Museum. Her research focuses on copper acquisition, consumption, and circulation in precolonial Ecuador, where she is building the country’s first comprehensive metallurgical database. Using pXRF, LA-ICP-MS, and Pb isotope analyses, she studies Andean metallurgy and Ecuador’s role in broader social and political networks. She promotes inclusive, interdisciplinary research and collaborates at the Field Museum’s Elemental Analysis Facility.
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/maisaguevara-duque
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maria-Isabel-Guevara-Duque
Academia: https://uic.academia.edu/MariaIsabelGuevaraDuque