Dyson Elected President of Archaeological Institute of America

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Archaeologist and art historian Stephen L. Dyson, professor and chair of the Department of Classics at the University at Buffalo, has been elected president of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA).

The AIA is a non-profit, cultural, scientific and educational organization founded in 1879. Its 11,000 members are dedicated to the encouragement and support of archaeological research and publication, and to the protection of the world's cultural heritage.

A UB faculty member since 1991, Dyson specializes in Roman archaeology, Roman social and economic history, and archaeological theory.

His field work includes excavations at Buccino and Cosa in Italy, Oristano Province in Sardinia, and Soisson, France. He is the author of "The Creation of the Roman Frontier" and "Community and Society in Roman Italy."

He has published widely in classics journals, including The American Journal of Archaeology, where he was the former assistant editor. He has lectured at universities and archaeological conferences throughout the United States, often under the auspices of AIA.

Dyson has received many academic honors during his career, including several fellowships and research grants from both the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Council of Learned Societies.

A summa cum laude graduate of Brown University with highest honors in classics, he received a diploma in classical archeology from Oxford University (England) as a Fulbright scholar. He holds master's and doctoral degrees from Yale University.

He lives in Buffalo.