ALYSON A GILL, Ph.D.
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EDUCATION:

             UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS, Memphis
             Ph.D. History, Fall 2004
             Advisor: Dr. Peter Brand

             UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Irvine
             Ph.D. program in Art History
             M.A. awarded in December ‘96
             Thesis: A Reinterpretation of the Arkteia: Redefining Artemis
             Advisor: Prof. Margaret M. Miles

             AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME SUMMER PROGRAM
                 IN ITALIAN ARCHAEOLOGY
             June-August 1995, site work at Musarna (Viterbo, Italy) 

             THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, Columbus, Ohio
             M.A. program, Ancient History, September 22-June
             1994
             Advisor: Prof. Nathan Rosenstein

             STUDY IN GREECE, Athens
             Study Abroad Program, January-March 1986                                     

            TRINITY UNIVERSITY, San Antonio, Texas
             B.A., December 1986
             Major: Psychology

             KENYON COLLEGE, Gambier, Ohio
             Major: Psychology
             Attended September 1982-June 1984 (Transferred)

 TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

             Arkansas State University
             Assistant Professor, Art Department, December 2005-present
             Instructor, Art Department, August 1999-December 2005               

Courses Taught

                                    Fine Arts Visual
                                    Survey I
                                    Survey II
                                    History of Non-Western Art
                                    20^th Century African-American Women Artists
                                    Modern Art
                                    Classical Art and Architecture (Internet)
                                    History of Graphic Design (Internet)
                                    Methodology
                                    Renaissance Art History
                                    Art History in situ (in Florence, Italy)
                                    Intensive Beginning Latin (Summer of 2002)  

              Arkansas State University, adjunct faculty
              Department of History, Summer Session 2000
              History of Western Civilization (Since 1550)
 
              Arkansas State University, part-time faculty                                   
              Department of English, January 1998-May 1998
              Freshman Composition

              Arkansas State University, adjunct faculty
              Honors, January 1997-May 1997
              Voices of the Roman World: An Introduction to Latin Sources
             
              Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of CA,    
              Irvine                                   
              September 1994-June 1996
              History of Western Art

              Isthmia Excavation Staff, Kyras Vrysi, Greece
              1991-1994
               Trench Supervisor

 PUBLICATIONS:  

"Aphrodite’s Bath: Mediating Difference in Classical Antiquity," in Themes in European History: Essays from the 2nd International Conference on European History, Nicholas C. J. Pappas, ed. Athens: December 2005.
  
“The Architectural Design and Practical Function of the Circular Bath in Antiquity: 500-86 BC,” forthcoming in Balnearia.

“Developing Probability Limits for Longitudinal Physiological Data,” Behavior Research Methods, Instruments & Computers, 1987, 19 (2), 139-41.

SELECT PAPERS/PRESENTATIONS:

"The Sanctuary Bath in Classical Antiquity," at the 4th International Water History Association Conference, Paris, France, December 1-3, 2005.

"Ritual Bathing: Mediating Difference in Classical Antiquity," at the Ancient Art Open Session of the 2005 SECAC Meeting, Little Rock, AR, October 26-29, 2005.

"Aphrodite’s Bath: Mediating Difference in Classical Antiquity," at the European History: From Ancient to Modern conference at the Athens Institute for Education and Research, Athens, Greece, December 29-31, 2004.

“The Mad Pursuit of the Gods: Images of Abduction in Antiquity,” at The Second Annual European History Conference sponsored by the History Department, The University of Memphis, March 15-16, 2002.

"A Reinterpretation of the Arkteia: Redefining Artemis,” at the Polis and Urbs: Interpreting Civic Space and Identity conference sponsored by the Department of Classics, Stanford University, February 27-28, 1998. 
                             
“Uprooting Tradition: A New Approach to the Past,” at the National Collegiate Honors Council Conference,Atlanta, GA, October 22-26, 1997.

 “The Architectural Design and Practical Function of the Circular Bath in Antiquity: 500-86 BC,” at the Second International Conference on Ancient Baths, Varna, Bulgaria, April 22-27, 1996.

FELLOWSHIPS/AWARDS:

NEH Summer Institute, “Models of Ancient Rome,” UCLA, July 9-21, 2006.

Faculty Development Grant to complete manuscript at the American School of Classical Studies, Athens, Greece, 2005.

Faculty Research Grant, Middle East Studies Committee to work in Karnak, Egypt
December 2005.

Faculty Research Grant, Middle East Studies    
Committee, Arkansas State University, June-July 2002

Major Wilson Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award, University of Memphis, April 2002.

FULBRIGHT Dissertation Research Fellowship,
Athens, Greece, 1998-1999

Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Department of Art History, University of CA, Irvine, 1996.

Regents’ Fellowship, University of CA, Irvine, July 1996.

Humanities Travel Grant, spring 1996.

Fine Arts Graduate Research Award, spring 1995.

American Academy in Rome, summer 1995, Partial Tuition Waiver

First Place in Undergraduate Research Competition at Southwestern Psychological Association Conference, New Orleans, LA (1987).

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
                     French (native speaker)
                     Ancient Greek
                     Modern Greek
                     Latin
                     German
                     Italian

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
                     American Institute of Archaeology
                      Phi Alpha Theta

TRAVEL:
                    Geneva, Switzerland (attended Swiss public
                     school)                                  
                     Traveled extensively throughout:
                     Canada, Cyprus, England, France, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy,
                      Japan, Malaysia, and Mexico. 

REFERENCES:

                   Upon request.