Irene Bald Romano

Tel: (520) 626-1377
Email: ireneromano@email.arizona.edu

Education

  • Classical Archaeology – University of Pennsylvania, 1980
  • B.A. English/Classics – Manhattanville College, 1973

Positions

  • Deputy Director, Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona
  • Research Social Scientist, School of Anthropology
  • Research Professor, Department of Art History

Previous Positions

  • Executive Director, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2006-2012
  • University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 1980-2004
    • Consulting Scholar/Research Associate, Mediterranean Section, 1988-present
    • Co-curator and Coordinator, “Worlds Intertwined: Etruscans, Greeks, and Romans” exhibition, 2000-2004
    • Consulting Curator, “The Ancient Greek World” exhibition, 1992-1994
    • Coordinator of Exhibitions and Museum Services Division, 1985-1989
    • Registrar, 1984-1988
    • Acting Registrar, 1983-1984
    • Assistant Registrar, 1981-1983
    • Intern in Collections Management, 1980-1981

Other Academic Appointments

  • Research Associate, Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, Bryn Mawr College, 2004-2012
  • Instructor, College of General Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 2003
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Classics, Franklin and Marshall College, 1990
  • Lecturer, Graduate Group in Classical Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania, 1982-1987

Archaeological Field Work

  • Senior Archaeologist and Contributing Scholar, Mt. Lykaion Excavation and Survey Project, Arcadia, Greece, 2008-present
  • Director, University of Pennsylvania Museum Team in collaboration with Nordic Institutes in Rome, Excavations of the Villa Santa Maria, Lake Nemi, Italy, 2001-2002
  • Staff Member, Corinth Excavations, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Corinth, Greece, 1977; 1981
  • Staff Member, Corinth Computer Project, Corinth, Greece, 1989, 1990-1992, 1998-1999
  • Staff Member, University of Pennsylvania Excavations, Gordion, Turkey, 1978-1979
  • Staff Member, Deya Archaeological Project, Mallorca, Spain, 1973
  • Student Excavator, Alcudia Archaeological Project, Mallorca, Spain, 1973

Published Books

  • Jointly with Keith DeVries, David G. Romano, Yelena Stolyarik, and Donald White, The Ancient Greek World, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, 1995, reprinted 2003.
  • The Terracotta Figurines and Related Vessels, Gordion Special Studies, Vol. II, University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia, 1995.
  • Jointly with David Gilman Romano, Catalogue of the Classical Collections of the Glencairn Museum, Bryn Athyn, PA, 1999.
  • Jointly with Donald White, Ann Blair Brownlee, and Jean MacIntosh Turfa, Guide to the Etruscan and Roman Worlds at the University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia, 2002.
  • Classical Sculpture: Catalogue of the Cypriot, Greek, and Roman Stone Sculpture Collection, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, 2006.

Published Articles, Book Reviews, Contributed Chapters

  • Over 30 peer-reviewed, as single author, primary author, or co-author with scholars from Denmark, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, and U.S.

Research Interests

  • Archaeological and museum collections
  • Greek and Roman sculpture
  • Ancient Greek Religion and Cult Practices
  • Museology