Archaeology Faculty

Paul Nick Kardulias - Professor of Archaeology
(330) 263-2474 / pkardulias@wooster.edu

B.A., M.A. Youngstown State 1974, 1977; M.A. SUNY 1980; Ph.D. Ohio State 1988.

Paul Nick Kardulias is a professor of anthropology and archaeology at The College of Wooster, where he has been a member of the faculty since 1996. He also serves as chair of the archaeology program.

An expert in the archaeology and ethnography of the Mediterranean region, the archaeology of North America, political anthropology, world systems theory, ancient trade systems, and analysis of stone tools, Kardulias is the editor of four books, including World-Systems Theory in Practice: Leadership, Production, and Exchange and Written in Stone: The Multiple Dimensions of Lithic Analysis.

Kardulias received his B.A. (1974) as well as his M.A. (1977) from Youngstown State University. He also earned an M.A. from The State University of New York at Binghamton (1980) and a Ph.D. at The Ohio State University (1988). He has received grants from the National Science Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, and the Greater Wayne County Foundation.

Currently, he serves as field coordinator of The Ohio State University Excavations at Isthmia in Greece, associate director of the Athienou Archaeological Project in Cyprus, and director of the Kokosing River Basin Archaeological Survey in Central Ohio. He is also on the executive board of the Central States Anthropological Society and president of the Oberlin-Wooster Chapter of the Archeological Institute of America (AIA). In 2002, he received the AIA National Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.

Robert R. Sands - Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology
(330) 263-2532 / rsands@wooster.edu

B.S. Illinois State 1978; M.A. Iowa State 1986; Ph.D. Illinois 1991.

Robert Sands joins the College as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthro¬pology and Archaeology. He earned his B.S. from Illinois State University, Normal, and his M.A. from Iowa State University. After receiving his Ph.D., also from Illinois State University, Normal, he launched into a career of teaching, working with cultural resource management for the U.S. Forest Service, and environmental management for the Department of Defense. He has also written extensively on the subject of sport and culture. Most recently, he taught at Moorpark College in Moorpark, California.