I earned my B.A. from the University of Montana-Missoula with a concentration in Latin and Classical Civilizations (2002). My main interests are Roman archaeology in general--esp. military studies--numismatics, epigraphy, museology, and social identity formation. Since coming to Brown, I have undertaken specialist training in Roman epigraphy, GIS, ancient numismatics (American Numismatic Society summer seminar 2006), and human and animal bones in archaeology (at MIT's Center for Materials Research in Archaeology and Ethnography). One of my main projects as a graduate student has been working for the U.S. Epigraphy Project as the main content provider. I was the secretary of the AIA Narragansett Society from 2003 to 2006. From 2003 on, I have enjoyed working as an intern in the Ancient Art Department at the RISD Museum of Art. During fall semester 2006, I volunteered in the archaeology department of the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. I have excavated at Gesher, Israel; Tongobriga, Portugal; Tropaeum Traiani, Romania; and Suasa, Italy. I recently finished my dissertation, entitled 'The Roman Military Community as Expressed in Its Burial Customs during the First to Third Centuries CE.'

email: lisamanders@gmail.com

Section of Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, UK