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Amanda Ball

Amanda Ball

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Fellow at Kenyon College; PhD Candidate at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Education

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

      2017 -
      Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Classical, Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology

    • General Assembly

      2015 - 2015
      Introduction to Digital Marketing

    • The Graduate Center, City University of New York

      2016 - 2016
      German Language

    • University of Pennsylvania

      2014 - 2015
      Master’s Degree Art and Archaeology of the Mediteranean World

      Master's Paper entitled "Custom Leaves Us Only at the Tomb: A Study of Burial Mounds in Aegean Thrace", May 2015.

    • University of Pennsylvania

      2012 - 2014
      Bachelor’s Degree Classical and Ancient Studies

      Activities and Societies: Penn Singers, TSO

    • The Johns Hopkins University

      2010 - 2012
      Archaeology

      Activities and Societies: The Digital Media Center, Barnstormers

  • Experience

    • Stratton Mountain School

      Nov 2005 - Dec 2013
      Ski Instructor

    • Brown Foundation Digital Media Center

      Sept 2010 - May 2012
      Front Desk Staffer and Lab Coach

      Taught Media Lab patrons skills in digital design computer programs and the technology within the lab, rented and maintained digital media equipment, established familiarity with much of the software and digital equipment in the lab.

    • The Annenberg Public Policy Center

      Sept 2012 - Dec 2012
      Video Research Archivist

      Catalogued and organized the APPC’s collection of archival video recordings, created guides to the recordings, converted the format of recordings from VHS to DVD.

    • Expedition Magazine

      Jan 2013 - May 2013
      Editorial Assistant

      - Edited content in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign- Edited articles for upcoming issues of Expedition magazine- Assisted in the writing of "Culinary Expeditions"

    • University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

      Apr 2013 - Sept 2013
      Museum Archives: Center for Undergraduate Research Fellowship Humanities Internship (Summer 2013)

      Organized archival collections, wrote reasearch aids, created protective encapsulation for delicate documents, managed with the museum archive image database, and authored “Mystery in the Stacks”, “Archival Pursuit”, and “It Was All Quite Different: the friendship of Lisa Lyons and Vicki Baum”, for the Penn Museum Blog.

    • University of Pennsylvania

      May 2014 - May 2015
      Masters Student

      Terminal Masters in Classical Archaeology in the Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World program. Researched and wrote Masters Thesis "Custom Leaves Us Only at the Tomb: A Study of Burial Mounds in Aegean Thrace” (2015)

    • Penn Museum Library

      Nov 2014 - Aug 2015
      Museum Library Supervisor

      - Supervised student workers- Reviewed new publications in classical archaeology for acquisition- Organized and shelved books- Assisted library patrons in research in the fields of anthropology and archaeology

    • Molyvoti, Thrace Archaeological Project

      Jun 2015 - Aug 2015
      Survey Team Leader

      Survey Archaeologist for the Princeton University Synergasia with the 19th Ephorate of Greece.- Conducted archaeological survey, managed survey database- Established the excavation’s finds database - Guided students in excavation and survey practice and techniques

    • General Assembly

      Aug 2015 - Oct 2015
      Student

    • Dynasty Financial Partners

      Sept 2015 - Jan 2016
      Marketing Associate

      - Managed corporate social media accounts and email marketing campaigns- Wrote copy for messages from the CEO and firm executives- Interpreted data from Google Analytics, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube- Edited the company’s website- Created multiple graphic design projects for Dynasty and its Network Partners

    • Westcott Associates Marketing & Media

      Feb 2016 - May 2017
      Network Marketing Associate

      - Manages corporate social media accounts and websites- Directs project schedules as Project Manager- Designs and creates marketing graphics- Writes for advertisements, websites and messaging documents

    • The Azoria Project

      May 2017 - Jul 2017
      Trench Assistant

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

      Aug 2017 - now

      • PHD Candidate

        Jul 2022 - now

      • Graduate Teaching Assistant

        Aug 2017 - Jan 2024

    • Archaeological Institute of America

      Jul 2021 - Jul 2022
      Olivia James Traveling Fellow

    • American Excavations Samothrace

      Jun 2022 - now
      Survey Team Supervisor

    • Kenyon College

      Jul 2023 - now
      Dissertation / Teaching Fellow

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Volunteer-In-Training

      Issued by The Metropolitan Museum of Art on Aug 2016
      The Metropolitan Museum of ArtAssociated with Amanda Ball