Amanda Ball joined Kenyon in 2023 as a Marilyn Yarbrough Dissertation-Teaching Fellow and teaches in the Department of Classics. She is a Ph.D. candidate in Greek archaeology in the Classics Department at UNC Chapel Hill. Her dissertation concentrates on the archaeology of ancient Greek sanctuaries of the northeast Aegean and the practices of their multicultural worshiping communities. She is currently a senior team member of the archaeological project American Excavations Samothrace, where she recently acted at field supervisor. Additionally, Ball researches material aspects of magic in the ancient Mediterranean world.
Ball taught courses on topics of Classics, archaeology and art history at UNC Chapel Hill. She lived in Greece for the 2021-2022 academic year as the Archaeological Institute of America’s Olivia James Traveling Fellow. Before joining American Excavations Samothrace in 2018, Ball excavated in Crete with the Azoria Project and in Thrace with the Molyvoti, Thrace, Archaeological Project.
Areas of Expertise
Ancient Greek religion, Mediterranean archaeology, ancient colonization
Education
2019 — Master of Arts from UNC Chapel Hill
2015 — Master of Arts from University of Pennsylvania
2014 — Bachelor of Arts from University of Pennsylvania