Joey L. Williams
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Positions Held

2022 - present
2021 - 2022
2016 - present
2016 - 2022
​2012 - 2016
2011 - 2012
2011
2010
2009
2007 - 2011
2005 - 2007
2004 - 2007
Lecturer, Department of Classics and Letters, University of Oklahoma
Adjunct, Department of Classics and Letters, University of Oklahoma
Lecturer, Department of Humanities and Philosophy, University of Central Oklahoma
President, Western Iberia Archaeology, 501(c)(3) nonprofit
Instructor of Classics and Latin, BASIS Tucson North School
Doctoral Assistant, Faculté des Lettres, Université de Lausanne
Research Assistant to Stanford University Archaeology Laboratory and Oxford University Press
Interim Director of Programs, PortAnta Archaeological Research Cooperative
Summer Program Instructor, Museu Nacional de Arqueologia, Lisbon, Portugal
Graduate Teaching Associate, University at Buffalo, SUNY
Humanities Seminar Assistant, University of Arizona
Graduate Assistant in Teaching, University of Arizona

Education

2007 - 2014

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2007

2004 - 2007


2000 - 2004
Ph.D. in Classics – Mediterranean Archaeology, University at Buffalo, SUNY
Dissertation: "Surveillance, Visibility, and the Colonial Encounter in the Early Roman Central Alentejo, Portugal: 100 B.C.E. – 100 C.E."

Comprehensive exams:
  • Archaeology: the ancient economy, archaeological approaches to colonialism, Augustan public building projects, Bronze Age collapse, domestic architecture, Greek painted pottery, Greek & Roman sculpture, landscape archaeology, Mediterranean ceramics, mining and metallurgy, Mycenaean palaces, Roman wall painting, and the topography of Athens.
  • History: Athenian democracy, Macedonian imperialism, the Punic Wars, Roman law, and the Senatus Consulta.
  • Literature: ancient biography, Cicero's letters, Roman historians, and Latin epigraphy.

Howard Comfort FAAR '29 Summer Program in Roman Pottery, American Academy in Rome, Italy

M.A. in Classics – Classical Archaeology, University of Arizona
Thesis: "Laboring at the Edges of Empire: The Division of Labor in Romano-British Pottery Workshops."

B.A. cum laude in Interdisciplinary Studies – Anthropology & History, Hendrix College

Teaching Experience


2022, 2023, & 2024
2021 & 2024
2022, 2023, & 2024
2022 & 2024​
2024
2024
2023
​2023
2023
2023
2022
​2022 & 2023
2020
2020
2019
2019
2017 - 2022
​2016 - 2021
2015 - 2016
2014 - 2016
2013 - 2016
2013 - 2016
2012 - 2016
2013 - 2015
2013 - 2014
2012 - 2013
2011 - 2012
2010 - 2011
2009
2009


2007 - 2010
2007
2006
2005
2005
2004 & 2006
As Primary Instructor:
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Beginning Latin I, University of Oklahoma (20 students)
Classical Art & Archaeology: Hellenistic to Roman, University of Oklahoma (36 students)
The Roman Forum & Its Monuments, University of Oklahoma (14 students)​
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Classical Art & Archaeology: Bronze Age to Classical Greece, University of Oklahoma (35 students)
Rise and Fall of Rome, University of Oklahoma (25 students)
​Introduction to Classical Archaeology, University of Oklahoma (25 students)
Archaeologies of Ancient Espionage, University of Oklahoma (25 students)
Intermediate Latin Prose, University of Oklahoma (27 students)
Latin Epigraphy, University of Oklahoma (independent study, 2 students)
Beginning Latin II, University of Oklahoma (20 students)
The Rise and Fall of Ancient Greece, University of Oklahoma (30 students)
Classical Mythology, University of Oklahoma (30 students)
Non-Western Humanities, University of Central Oklahoma (25 students)
The Archaeology of Mobile Hunter-Gatherers, University of Central Oklahoma (independent study)
Archaeological Artifact Analysis, University of Central Oklahoma (20 students)
Introduction to Archaeology, University of Central Oklahoma (32 students)
Lithics Analysis, University of Central Oklahoma (independent study)
General Humanities: Renaissance to Modern, University of Central Oklahoma (2 to 5 sections, 28 students per section)
General Humanities: Ancient to Medieval, University of Central Oklahoma (3 to 5 sections, 28 students per section)
Late Republican Literature (seminar), BASIS Tucson North School (6 students per semester)
Introduction to Classical Archaeology, BASIS Tucson North School (25 students per semester)

Introductory Latin, BASIS Tucson North School (20 students per semester)
Classical Civilizations, BASIS Tucson North School (150 students per semester)
Latin Epigraphy (seminar), BASIS Tucson North School School (8 students per semester)

Senior Research Projects in Classics, BASIS Tucson North School (individual tutorials)
Rhetoric & Logic, Basis Tucson North (90 students per semester)
English Composition I & II, Université de Lausanne (20 students per semester)
Latin I & Latin II, University at Buffalo (30 students per semester)
The Epigraphy of Roman Lusitania, Museu Nacional de Arqueologia de Lisboa (7 students)
Introduction to Classical Archaeology, University at Buffalo (17 students)

As Teaching Assistant
World Civilizations I & World Civilizations II, University at Buffalo (preceptor, 75 students per semester)
Ancient Athletics, University of Arizona (500 students)
Art History and the Cinema, University of Arizona (500 students)
Art and the Classical Ideal, University of Arizona (500 students)
America and Antiquity, University of Arizona (200 students)
Archaeological Roots of Western Civilization, University of Arizona (280 students)

Field Experience

2023 - present
​2022
2016 - present
2013 - present
2010 - present
2009
2008
2006
2005
2003
Field Director, Romans in Umbria Archaeological Project, Ficulle, Italy
Co-Director, Summer School in Roman Pottery, Lugnano in Teverina, Italy
Analysis of Pottery from the DAI-AAR Excavation, Ostia Antica, Italy
Co-Director, Santa Susana Archaeological Project, Santa Susana, Portugal
Co-Director, Caladinho Archaeological Project, Redondo, Portugal
Supervisor, Évoramonte: Axis Mundi Excavation, Évoramonte, Portugal
Supervisor, Torre de Palma Cemetery Intervention, Torre de Palma, Portugal
Supervisor, Roman Villa of Matança Excavation, Vaiamonte, Portugal
Field School Student, Troía Necropolis Excavation, Troía, Portugal
Field School Student, Anglo-American Project in Pompeii, Pompeii, Italy

Internships & Workshops

2008
2006
2005
Metal Artifact Analysis Intern, Roman Villa of Torre de Palma Excavation, Museu Nacional de Arqueologia, Lisbon, Portugal
Ceramics Analysis Intern, Roman Villa of Torre de Palma Excavation, Museu Nacional de Arqueologia, Lisbon, Portugal
PortAnta Roman Ceramics Workshop, Museu Nacional de Arqueologia, Lisbon, Portugal

Publications

Forthcoming


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2011


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In prep.
“To See and Be Seen: Watch Towers and Signal Towers in the Western Roman Empire,” Sending the Message: Beacons and Military Communications from Antiquity to Early Modern Times. Brill.

“What's Roman about Fish Sauce?: Garum and Garum Containers in Early Roman Portugal,” Sauce and Identity in the Western World, edited by A. Donnelly, B. Forrest, and D. Murphy. Oxford University Press.

"Towers, territory, and the negotiation of a colonial landscape in the early Roman Central Alentejo," proceedings of the conference The Archaeology of Roman Portugal in its Western Mediterranean Context, with R. Mataloto and K. Sheldon.

 “'Are You Local?': Imported and Locally Produced Amphorae in Alto Alentejo during the First Century B.C.: Three Case Studies at Soeiros, Rocha da Mina, and Caladinho,” The Ovoid Amphorae in the Central and Western Mediterranean: Between the last two centuries of the Republic and the early days of the Roman Empire. Archaeopress: Roman and Late Antique Mediterranean Pottery 13: 376-390, with R. Mataloto and C. Roque.
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The Archaeology of Roman Surveillance in the Central Alentejo, Portugal
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 California Classical Studies.
Reviews: American Journal of Archaeology, European Journal of Archaeology, and Journal of Roman Archaeology


“Amphorae at the Origins of Lusitania: Transport Pottery from Western Hispania Ulterior in Alto Alentejo,” Lusitanian Amphorae: Production and Diffusion. Archaeopress: Roman and Late Antique Mediterranean Pottery 10: 139-52, with R. Mataloto and C. Roque. 
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​"Nas Origens da Lusitânia: As Ânforas da Ulterior Ocidental no Interior Alto Alentejano," Cadernos do Endovélico​ 2: 19-29, with R. Mataloto and C. Roque.

“Terra Sigillata Italica from Caladinho (Redondo, Portugal),” Contextos Estratigráficos na Lusitania (do Alto Império à Antiguidade Tardia), edited by J. C. Quaresma & J. A. Marquez: 13-24. Associação dos Arqueólogos Portugueses, with R. Mataloto.

"'E dahí desceo a dar-lhe batalha…': a ocupação prerromana e a romanização da região da Serra d’Ossa (Alentejo Central, Portugal),” Anejos de Archivo Español de Arqueologia 70: 17-43, with R. Mataloto and C. Roque.

"Caladinho 2010: A Preliminary Report on the Excavation of a First-Century B.C.E. Tower in Alto Alentejo, Portugal," Chronika 1: 22-6, with R. Mataloto. 

"The Environmental Effects of Populonia’s Metallurgical Industry: Current Evidence and Future Directions," Etruscan Studies 12: 129-48. 


"A Child’s Graffito from the Villa of Santa Susana, Portugal," Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, with E. Ljung and R. Mataloto.

"The Excavation of the Roman Villa of Santa Susana, Redondo, Portugal: 2013 – 2019 Seasons," with E. Ljung and R. Mataloto. (For submission to Revista Portuguesa de Arqueologia.)

"Pottery from the Capanna Murata Excavations in Ostia Antica," with A. Donnelly, J. Leidwanger, E. Ljung, E. Macauley-Lewis, and A. Martin. (For submission to the Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome.)

"Common, Cooking, and Coarse Wares from the DAI-AAR Urbanistic Project at Ostia (1996 – 2001)," with A. Donnelly and A. Martin.

Book project: Roman Spycraft: Surveillance, Espionage, and Internal Security in the Ancient World. 

Field Reports

2017


2017

​​2016


​2015


2014


2013

2012

2011​

"Santa Susana Campanha 4/2016: Relatório de Escavação,” report for the Direção-Geral do Património Cultural with R. Mataloto and E. Ljung.

"Caladinho Campanha 4/2013: Relatório de Escavação," report for the Direção-Geral do Património Cultural with R. Mataloto. 

"Santa Susana Campanha 3/2015: Relatório de Escavação,” report for the Direção-Geral do Património Cultural with R. Mataloto and E. Ljung.

"Santa Susana Campanha 2/2014: Relatório de Escavação,” report for the Direção-Geral do Património Cultural with R. Mataloto and E. Ljung.

"Santa Susana Campanha 1/2013: Relatório de Escavação,” report for the
Direção-Geral do Património Cultural with R. Mataloto and E. Ljung.

"Caladinho Campanha 3/2012: Relatório de Escavação," report for the
Direção-Geral do Património Cultural with R. Mataloto.

"Caladinho Campanha 2/2011: Relatório de Escavação," report for the
Direção-Geral do Património Cultural with R. Mataloto.

"Caladinho Campanha 1/2010: Relatório de Escavação," report for the
Direção-Geral do Património Cultural with R. Mataloto. 
 

Presentations

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2006


“Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?: Visibility and Invisibility in Roman Colonial Portugal.” Society for American Archaeology, with R. Mataloto and K. Sheldon. 

"All Along the Watchtower: Surveillance, Invisibility, and Indigenous Resistance in a Roman Colonial Landscape." Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Panel on Surveillance Cultures, University of Arkansas. Invited Speaker. 

​“Recent Archaeological Reconnaissance in the Pian di Mealla, Umbria.” The Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, with S. Alcock, A Regnier, S. Hammerstedt, and C. Bizzarri. 

“Romani Ite Domum: becoming Roman in Eastern Central Alentejo in the 1st century BC.” TRAC 2023, University of Exeter, with R. Mataloto, A. Elliott, and C. Roque.

“Formation Processes and the Creation of Pompeii: No Such Thing as a City Frozen in Time.” Texas A&M University – Commerce. Invited Speaker.

​“Surveillance and Signaling Towers in the Roman Empire.” Oklahoma Anthropological Society. Invited Speaker.

​“Practicing As and Bs in the Brickyard: A Child’s Graffito from Villa Santa Susana, Portugal.” The Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, with E. Ljung and R. Mataloto

“Pottery, Roman Identity, and the Mediterranean Economy in Alentejo, Portugal: Contrasting Assemblages from an Empire’s Hinterland.” Oklahoma Archaeology Conference 2020. University of Tulsa, with R. Mataloto, K. Sheldon, E. Ljung, and C. Haughin.

"Coarse and Cooking Ware Pottery from the DAI/AAR Excavations at Ostia Antica: Preliminary Thoughts on Trade and Regionality." The Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, with A. Donnelly.

"Evidence for Transhumance among the Early Roman Towers of the Central Alentejo, Portugal." The Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, with K. Sheldon and R. Mataloto.

"Towers, territory, and the negotiation of a colonial landscape in the early Roman Central Alentejo." The Archaeology of Roman Portugal in its Western Mediterranean Context, Faculty of Archaeology, University of Leiden, June 13-15, 2018.

"Amphorae, Fish Sauce, and the Colonial Encounter in Roman Portugal." Oklahoma Archaeology Conference 2018, University of Oklahoma.

"The Archaeology of Surveillance and Colonization in Early Roman Portugal." Department of Classics, University of Mississippi. Invited Speaker.

“A Villa Romana de Santa Susana (Redondo): Balanço das Intervenções 2013-2016.” IX Encontro de Arqueologia do Sudoeste Peninsular, with R. Mataloto and E. Ljung.

​"An Early Roman Watchtower in Central Lusitania: Colonial Negotiation, Cultural Exchange, and Surveillance Archaeology." Poster. The 12th Roman Archaeology Conference, with R. Mataloto.

"The Santa Susana Archaeological Project: Field Report 2013 – 2015." The Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, with E. Ljung and R. Mataloto.


"Roman Watchtowers, Surveillance Systems, and Espionage.” Archaeological Institute of America, Society of Tucson and Southern Arizona, University of Arizona. Invited Speaker.

"Surveillance and Espionage in the Roman Empire." TEDx BTNSchool. Public lecture.

"Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?: Watchtowers, Surveillance, and the Roman Colonization of Central Portugal." Department of Classics and Near Eastern Studies, Binghamton University. Invited speaker.

“Imperial Visions: Surveillance and the Colonial Encounter in the Early Roman Alentejo, Portugal.” Department of Classics, Brock University. Invited speaker.

"Excavating Caladinho: A Report on the First Three Seasons of Fieldwork.” The Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, with R. Mataloto.

“Introducing Santa Susana: A New Field Project In the Central Alentejo, Portugal.” The 114th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, with E. Ljung and R. Mataloto.

“Aproximação cronológica ao fortim do Caladinho (Redondo): questões estratigráficas e tipológicas.” Contextos Estratigráficos Romanos na Lusitania, with R. Mataloto.

"A Consolidação da Presença Romana no Território Centro Alentejano: Fortificação e Povoamento no séc. I a.C." II Reunião Científica as Paisagens da Romanização: Fortins e Ocupação do Território nos séc. II a.C. – I d.C., with R. Mataloto and C. Roque.

"Translation and the Uncanny: Interpreting Image, Material, and Text from Ancient Mediterranean Magical Documents." Annual Doctoral Student Colloquium, English Department, Faculté des Lettres, Université de Lausanne.

"Preliminary Results of the 2010 Excavation of the Fortified Structure at Caladinho, Portugal." The Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, with R. Mataloto, R. Clemente, and R. Vennarucci.

"Worked to Death: Slaves, Mines, and Industrial Safety in the Roman World." A Sickness unto Death: Pain, Suffering, and Despair in the Ancient World, Classics Graduate Student Association Conference, University at Buffalo.

"Reading an Ancient Magician’s Code: the Case of the Amulet from Lisbon." Murphy Program Humanities Lecture Series, Hendrix College. Invited speaker.

“Caladinho 2010: A Report on the Excavation and Field School,” University at Buffalo’s Department of Classics Brown Bag Series.

“Reconsiderations of a Greco-Egyptian Magical Amulet in the Museu Nacional de Arqueologia, Lisbon.” Confronting the Supernatural: Magic, Myth and Ritual, AIA Toronto Society Centenary Graduate Student Symposium.

"The Social Variability of Metallurgical Pollution: Slaves, Metalworking, and Exposure to Environmental Contamination in the Roman World." Servi sunt. Immo homines: Graduate Student Conference on Ancient Slavery, University of Colorado at Boulder.

“Pollution at Populonia: The Environmental Effects of an Etruscan Metallurgical Industry.” What a Waste: Polluting Spaces, Bodies, and Minds in the Ancient World, Classics Graduate Student Association Conference, University at Buffalo.

“The Orientation, Space, and Landscape of Early Mycenaean Tholoi in the Argolid.” Society for American Archaeology, University of Texas at Austin.

“Temple Architecture and the House of Epidius Rufus.” Classics Association of the Middle, West, and South, University of Florida.

“The Ideology of Women’s Adornment in Archaic Athenian Black Figure Pottery.” Association of Women Faculty Graduate Symposium, University of Arizona.


“An Analysis of Space and Architecture in the House of Epidius Rufus, Pompeii." Annual Graduate Symposium, Department of Classics, University of Arizona.

Fellowships, Grants & Awards

2021 - 2022

2021
2020 - 2021

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2017
2016
​2011 - 2012
2011
2011
2011
2010
2008 - 2011
2007 - 2011
2007 - 2011
2007
2006
2005
2004 - 2007
2004
2000 - 2004
2000 - 2004
Research, Creative, and Scholarly Activities Grant for the student project "Analysis and 3D Modeling of Artifacts from the Department of Humanities and Philosophy" (supports one student with tuition waiver and research stipend), University of Central Oklahoma
Outstanding Lecturer of the Year, College of Liberal Arts, University of Central Oklahoma
Research, Creative, and Scholarly Activities Grant for the student project "
A Statistical Analysis of Economic Inter-connectivity from Two Archaeological Sites in Portugal" (supports one student with a tuition waiver and research stipend), University of Central Oklahoma
Temporary Faculty Start-Up Grant for "Roman Pottery Fabrics from Ostia Antica, Italy," University of Central Oklahoma ($400)
Chambers Library Books & Materials Grant, University of Central Oklahoma ($1,000)​
Doctoral Assistant Exchange Fellowship, Université de Lausanne, Faculté des Lettres ($25,000)
Loan of a Portable XRF Instrument, Bruker Elemental ($8,000 value)
Graduate Student Association Conference Fund, University at Buffalo ($400)
AIA Annual Meeting Travel Grant, Archaeological Institute of America ($150)
Mark Diamond Research Fund, University at Buffalo ($1,090 total)
Classics Department Summer Research Funds, University at Buffalo ($1,750 total)
Presidential Fellowship, University at Buffalo ($6,000 per year)
Tuition Scholarship, University at Buffalo ($10,000 per year)
Norman Austin Outstanding M.A. Thesis Award, University of Arizona ($650)
CAMWS Institutional Membership Award, University of Arizona
Departmental Travel Grant, University of Arizona
Classics Fellowship Graduate Tuition Award, University of Arizona ($11,000 per year)
Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society, Hendrix College
Chairman’s Scholarship, Hendrix College
Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship, Hendrix College

Professional & Community Service

2022 - present
2023 - present
2021 - 2022
2020 - present
2019 - present
2017 - present
​2017 - 2018
2014 - 2015
2014
2012 - 2016
2013 - 2014
2011 - 2012
2011
2011
2009 - 2010
2008 - 2011
2007 - 2009
2006 - 2007
2004 - 2007
2004
2003 - 2004
2002
Vice-President, Oklahoma City Chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America
Faculty Advisor, Eta Sigma Phi Classics Honor Society, University of Oklahoma​
​President, Oklahoma City Chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America
Faculty Advisor, Archaeology Society student organization, University of Central Oklahoma
Therapy Dog Partner, Broncho Barkers, University of Central Oklahoma
Scholarships & Awards Coordinator, Dept. of Humanities and Philosophy, University of Central Oklahoma
​Abstract Reviewer, National Conference on Undergraduate Research 2018, University of Central Oklahoma
Freelance Editor, Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, University of Arizona
Latin Pedagogy Roundtable, Department of Classics, University of Arizona

National Junior Classics League Faculty Sponsor, Basis Tucson North School
Classics Subject Area Advisor, BASIS Educational Group
Theoretical Archaeology Group Buffalo 2012 Conference Organizing Committee
Mark Diamond Research Fund Grant Disbursement Committee
Volunteer, AIA 2011 Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX
Classics Graduate Student Association Webmaster, University at Buffalo
Secretary, Western New York Society of the AIA
Secretary, Classics Graduate Student Association, University at Buffalo
Classics Department Graduate Student Representative, University of Arizona
Secretary, Tucson Society of the AIA
Volunteer, Greek Kiln Project, Tucson Society of the AIA
Latin Tutor, Hendrix College
Student Representative, Anthropology Faculty Search Committee, Hendrix College
 
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