Updated Curriculum Vitae Dr. David Soren Research Contributions n Director of Archaeological Excavations at Chianciano Terme, Italy n Editor emeritus of the national journal of the Etruscan Foundation known as Etruscan Studies n Helped to pioneer the field of Seismic Archaeology n Discovered the oldest physical evidence of Plasmodium falciparum malaria and documented the initial spread of it to Europe in the fifth century A.D. (Source: BBC) n Archaeological discoveries at Kourion on the island of Cyprus named among 75 most important in history (Source: Oxford Press) n Currently one of 3 professors participating in the Yale College malaria study program to identify new information on the history of malaria in Europe. n Named producer and director of three hour long documentaries for Oxford University Press concerning Roman Archaeology, due for release in 2013 Teaching Contributions Currently teaching more than 1500 students per year at the UA Created and still head the Orvieto, Italy, which serves over 120 students per year and includes the areas of Classics, Anthropology, Art and Art History, English, Political Science, Communications, Photo Journalism. Principal Investigator of the new UA excavations at Populonia, Tuscany Co-sponsor new UA archaeological excavations at Orvieto Winner of 5 Star Teaching Award 8 Time Winner of Humanities Seminars Outstanding Teacher Award
2 Time Winner of Mortar Board Outstanding Teacher Award Lifetime Achievement Award in Teaching from Mortar Board Bobcat Teacher of the Year Award, U of A 2008 Outreach Activities Member of Executive Committee of national Etruscan Foundation - currently Editor in Chief of the national journal Etruscan Studies 2008-2012 Executor in Chief The American Vaudeville Museum as such, I organized the acquisition and transfer of the collection to the UA Main Library. It is one of the largest vaudeville collections in America. Lugnano in Teverina Museum Committee Supervising the reorganizing of an antiquarium in Umbria, Italy which is dedicated to my excavations at Lugnano, Italy. This project is being coordinated through the office of the mayor of Lugnano and the Italian antiquities department of Umbria and the Orvieto. Evaluator of Grants for the European Research Council which is headquartered in Brussels. Evaluator of Grants and Article Submissions for the Etruscan Foundation Evaluator of Grants for National Geographic Society Tenure evaluator for professors at: University of Oklahoma
DAVID SOREN Regents Professor of Anthropology and Classics Adjunct Regents Professor of Art History EDUCATION Dartmouth College A. B. 1968 Major: Greek and Roman Studies Harvard University M.A. Fine Arts 1972 Harvard University Ph.D. 1973 Classical Archaeology RESEARCH INTERESTS Roman Archaeology and Art, Seismic Archaeology, Malaria and the Fall of Rome, Cinema and Vaudeville, Dance AWARDS AND HONORS Ongoing - Fellow, Great Britain s Royal Institute of International Affairs Ongoing Fellow, Johns Hopkins Schools of International Research Ongoing Honorary Italian Citizen by proclamation of Italian government Ongoing- Regents Professor, University of Arizona Ongoing Resident, American Academy in Rome Chief Executor American Vaudeville Museum 2005, 2007 Mortar Board, University of Arizona Teacher of the Year Award 2008 Mortar Board Faculty Lifetime Teaching Achievement Award
2009 University of Arizona Bobcat Faculty Member of the Year Award 2010 (and 8 other times) Humanities Seminars Program Outstanding Teacher Award CURRENT GRANTS AND CONTRACTS 2012- Recipient of 3 grants from the Cacioppo Foundation totaling $20,000 2012- Frontier Oil (Jean Angle) $10,000 grant for the Orvieto 2011 Frontier Oil (Jean Angle) $10,000 grant for the Orvieto 2011 - $25,000 Publication Grant from Oxford University Press. 2011 - $3,200 grant from the Cacioppo Foundation for the Orvieto 2010 Frontier Oil (Jean Angle) $10,000 grant for the Orvieto 2009 Frontier Oil $10,000 grant 2009 2010 - $4500 grant from the Joseph and Mary Cacioppo Foundation for the Orvieto 2009-2010 - $10,000 grant to catalog the newly obtained American Vaudeville Museum collection 2009 $5000 grant for the Orvieto
2010 and Ongoing Contract with the Italian government to direct and operate the Orvieto in Umbria, Italy. This operates year round through the U of A, the Comune of Orvieto and the Italian national government and has an annual budget in excess of $400,000, serving over 100 students and 15 faculty members. 1984-2012 Overall coordinator and Program Director of the U of A s Humanities Seminars Program. This serves more than 1000 seniors each year with academic classes taught by UA professors. 2010 Outside Evaluator for SUNY-Buffalo Promotion and Tenue of Classical Archaeology professor 2009 $6000 Grant from UA for promotion of Humanities Week PUBLICATIONS SINCE 2004 Invited co-author and editor, Roman Art and Archaeology (Oxford University Press Textbook of 400 pages) scheduled for release in 2013. Nearing completion. Co-authored with Dr. Archer Martin. To be accompanied by 3 films I am directing, producing and for which I have composed the music. Editor and co-author, Archaeological Excavations at Chianciano Terme Vol. 2 (British Archaeological Reports, Oxford, 2010) Author, Art, Popular Culture and the Classical Ideal in the 1930s (Marquee Press, Baltimore, 2010) Editor, Etruscan Studies Volume 13 (Etruscan Foundation, 2010) 230 page volume. Co- Author, Etruscan Cults in Roman Times, New Perspectives on Etruria and Early Rome (University of Wisconsin Press, 2010) pages 45 64. Co-authored with student Erin Nell. Editor and co-author, Archaeological Excavations at Chianciano Terme (British Archaeological Reports, Oxford, 2006)
Editor, Etruscan Studies, Volume 12 (Etruscan Foundation, 2009) 230 pages Author, Chianciano Terme (Siena). Mezzomiglio, Archaeologiae, Scavi Stranieri 2008 5 pages. Author, Lugnano in Teverina (Terni). Poggio Gramignano, Archaeologiae, Scavi Stranieri 2008 5 pages Author David Soren- Confessions of a Vaudevillian, Vaudeville Times (American Vaudeville Museum, Boston) 2007 Co-Author, Gli Scavi di Chianciano Terme 2006 Archaeologiae 2007, co author with Paola Mecchia- 12 pages Co- Author, Gli scavi in localita Mezzomiglio, Archaeologiae (University of Pisa) 2006- with graduate student Erin Nell Co-author, Gaby Deslys: Her American Tour of 1912- article for the American Vaudeville Museum Times in Boston published with Emily Caskey, undergraduate student 2005 Author, TV Archaeology, Archaeology Odyssey 2004 5 pages Co-Author, Gli Scavi in Localita Mezzomiglio, Archaeologiae 2004, with my University of Florence student Annalisa Calapa Author, Augustus Takes the Waters, Archaeology Odyssey 2004 10 pages RECENT INVITED LECTURES Keynote Speaker, Archaeology of the Child Internation Conference, SUNY Buffalo 2010 National Meetings AIA 2010 Guest Lecturer and Presenter of my new Documentary film Forgotten Lives Freshman Convocation Featured Lecturer, University of Arizona 2010 Archaeological Institute of America Guest Lecturer National Meetings 2008 Archaeological Institute of America National Tour Lecturer 2007 Guest Presenter, 3 episodes of History Channel one hour series Where Did
It Come From? also served as script consultant 2007 Discovery Channel Internet 2006 Interview on Malaria and the Fall of Rome MAJOR SERVICE OR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS Etruscan Foundation Excecutive Committee 2006 2010 American Academy in Rome Archaeology Project Evaluation Committee 2002 2007 American Academy in Rome Delegate Orvieto Umbria, Italy. Director and Founder Humanities Seminars Program, Tucson Founder member, Program Director Editor, Etruscan Studies Journal