The Alexandria Archive Institute is delighted to welcome Dr. Leigh Lieberman to our Board of Directors. Leigh brings a deep understanding of the AAI’s work, having served as our Director of Professional Development since 2021. In her work with the AAI and Open Context, Leigh launched the Digging Up Data program; directed Networking Archaeological Data and Communities, an Institute for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities; and directed Disciplinary Improvements for Past Global Change Research: Connecting Data Systems and Practitioners, a Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable Open Science Research Coordination Network funded by the National Science Foundation.
Leigh is currently the Digital Project Specialist in the Department of Art & Archaeology at Princeton University. A Roman archaeologist, she designs programs around, consults on, and supports data management strategies, digital scholarship, and computational methods for archaeological and cultural heritage research and teaching.
Her archaeological research explores how and why artifacts and spaces were recycled and repurposed, especially in the ancient Roman world. She has taught extensively at the university, secondary, and primary levels in both the United States and Italy. From 2018-2020, she directed the development of the Digital Humanities Initiative at The Claremont Colleges, a Mellon-funded program that aimed to create a robust curriculum in the digital methods for faculty, staff, and students across a seven-institution academic consortium. She currently serves as the Manager of Data and Information Resources for the Pompeii Archaeological Research Project: Porta Stabia (PARP:PS) where she’s leading the publication of the artifact assemblages from the excavation; as the Head of Materials for the Tharros Archaeological Research Project (TARP); and as the Data Management Director for the American Excavations at Morgantina: Contrada Agnese Project (AEM:CAP).
We are grateful for Leigh’s continued dedication to our mission and her inspiring and insightful leadership!
