Dr Joanne Murphy

Joanne M. A. Murphy is a Bronze Age archaeologist whose work focuses on two main areas: ritual and mortuary practices and theory and methods. Her work on rituals and and mortuary practices explore how these practices help us understand the related society. Her work on theory and methods focuses on examining the value of survey as a primary archaeological method. After receiving her BA and MA from UCD, she earned her PhD at the University of Cincinnati in Classical Archaeology. As an MA student she taught tutorial in Greek and Roman Civilization at UCD and since receiving her Phd she has worked at the University of Akron and the University of North Carolina Greensboro, where she is currently a professor of Classical Studies. In her position as IIHSA Director she oversees the activities of the Institute, and the running of the Athens office in collaboration with the Assistant Director. She is also a member of the board’s fieldwork sub-committee. She is director of the Kea Archaeological Research Survey (KARS) a multi-period and multi-disciplinary archaeological project (2012- ), on the Cycladic island of Kea.