Suzanne Richard, Ph.D.


Associate Professor, Theology Department and History Department
Director, Gannon University Institute for Archaeological Research
Principal Investigator and Co-Director, Archaeological Expedition to Khirbet Iskander, Jordan
Gannon University  Erie, PA 16541
Office PC 2216; Archaeology Lab PC 2203
 (814) 871-5605; richard@gannon.edu

Education

    B.A.     Languages, Gannon University 1971
    Ph.D.   Near Eastern Studies, The Johns Hopkins University 1978
              Post-Doctoral Studies.    Anthropology, The University of Pennsylvania 1985-86

Dissertation

(directed by William G. Dever)

"The End of the Early Bronze Age in Palestine-Transjordan:

  A Study of the Post-EB III Cultural Complex "

Research Interests

Archaeology of the Ancient Near Eastern World, with emphasis on the Southern Levant

Early Bronze Age complex societies, urbanism, nomadism, ceramics

Expedition to Khirbet Iskander, Jordan and Its Environs

Teaching Specialties

Near Eastern Archaeology; Ancient History;

 Old Testament; and Semitic Languages

Recent Publications
 

Near Eastern Archaeology: A Reader, ed. S. Richard.  Winona Lake, IN:        

    Eisenbrauns: 2003.

The Early Bronze Age in the Southern Levant.  Pp 280-296 in Near Eastern     

    Archaeology: A Reader, ed. S. Richard.  Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns:    

    2003.

Archaeology at the Dawn of History: the Khirbet Iskander Excavations, ed.

    N. Smith.  Erie: Erie Art Museum, 2001 (w/ J. Vanco).

Chronology vs. Regionalism in the Early Bronze IV Period: An Assemblage of

    Whole and Restored Vessels from the Public Building at Khirbet Iskander. 

    Pp.  399-417 in The Archaeology of Jordan and Beyond: Essays in Honor of

    James A. Sauer, ed. L.E. Stager, J.A. Greene, and M.D. Coogan.  Winona  

    Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2000.

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