Kevin R. Cole                                                                                                 curriculum vita

 

McIntire Department of Art

Charlottesville, VA 22903

University of Virginia

 

Fayerweather Hall

 

Charlottesville, VA 22903

 

pompeii@virginia.edu

http://www.pompeiana.org/Misc/KFC_CV2007Jan.htm

 

Fields of Specialization

·         Archaeology of Pompeii and Roman Italy

·         Archaeology of Sicily

 

Education

2000 - Present

University of Virginia: PhD in Classical Art and Archaeology

 

1998 - 2000

SUNY Buffalo: MA in Art History

1995-1998

Boise State University: MA in Ancient History

1991-1995

Boise State University: BA in History; Minor in Latin ; Minor in Computer Information Systems

 

Major projects

May 2007 (anticipated)

Dissertation: Reading the Walls of Pompeii: The forum surroundings, urban development and the meaning of space (Advisor, John Dobbins)

http://www.web.virginia.edu/~pompeii (under construction)

In Progress

Visualizing the Forum Romanum, database and website concerned with the history of the perception of Rome’s Forum – in conjunction with the Institute of Advanced Technology in the Humanities, University of Virginia (Advisor, Bernard Frischer) Responsible for web design, database and dynamic web page creation.

http://www.classicalarchaeology.org/Roman_Forum/Intro.htm

May 2005

Online search catalogue for the Teaching Resource Center Library, University of Virginia a searchable catalogue of the TRC’s Library holdings.  Responsible for database and dynamic web page creation.  http://www.trc.virginia.edu/Library/Library.htm

2000

Master’s Thesis:  Image and Text in the Odyssey Landscape Frescoes (Advisor, L. Vance Watrous)

1998

Master’s Thesis: Ritual and Belief in the Mysteries of Mithras: evidence from the ancient texts and monuments (Advisor, Charles Odahl).

 

 


Teaching

2007

University of Virginia McIntire Department of Art, Adjunct Faculty

        Etruscan and Roman Art and Archaeology – ARTH 214

         Swimming I – PHYE 130

 

2006

University of Virginia McIntire Department of Art, Lecturer

        Image and Text in the Ancient World – ARTH 491

 

2001-2003

University of Virginia McIntire Department of Art, Teaching Assistant

Classes taught: History of Western Art I (Paleolithic to Gothic); Roman Art and Archaeology

 

Summer 2000

SUNY Buffalo, Department of Art History, Lecturer

Class taught: History of World Art

1998-2000

SUNY Buffalo, Department of Art History, Teaching Assistant

Classes taught: Western Civilization I, II; History of World Art I, II

1997

Foothills School of Arts and Science, Boise, ID. Instructor

Classes taught:  Latin I; and Greek and Latin Roots

1996-1997

Meridian School District, Meridian, ID

·               Substitute Instructor in Latin, American Government, and History

1995-1997

 

 

Boise State University, Department of History, Teaching Assistant

·         Classes taught: World History I, II; Problems in U.S. History I, II.

·         Tutor – Art Department – Art History I, II

 

Archaeological Experience

2006 Summer

Isthmia, Greece: East Isthmia Archaeological Project

Pompeii, Italy: Dissertation research

2005 Summer

Pompeii, Italy: Dissertation research

2004  Summer

Morgantina, Sicily, Italy: University of Virginia, Excavation Supervisor

Pompeii, Italy: Dissertation research

2003 Fall

Morgantina, Sicily, Italy (University of Virginia) American Supervisor for site preservation (E.U. Grant – through the Soprintendenza di Enna, Sicily)

 

2003 Summer

Morgantina, Sicily, Italy: University of Virginia, Excavation Supervisor

Pompeii, Italy: Dissertation research

2002 Summer

Pompeii Forum Project (University of Virginia)

Pompeii, Italy: Dissertation research

2001 Summer

Pompeii Forum Project, Pompeii (University of Virginia) Excavation Staff

Morgantina, Sicily, Italy: University of Virginia) Excavation staff

 

 


Work Experience

2004-2006

Teaching and Technology Support Partner, Teaching Resource Center (Major project: create a searchable online catalogue for the TRC library:  http://nmc4.itc.virginia.edu/TrcCatalogue/trclibrary/)

 

2005

Topic Specialist – Ubiquity International Cultural Exploration www.ubiquityinternational.com

 

2002-Present

American Liason, Art and Archaeology section of Digressus (Online journal dedicated to the classical world (www.digressus.org)

 

1998

Archival Assistant - Idaho State Historical Society, Library, Museum and Archives

 

1996

Research Assistant for Professor Charles Odahl

1996

Researcher/Contributing Editor for John Anderson Travel Journalist

 

Computer Skills

Languages

ColdFusion Mark Up Language; HTML

Applications

AutoCAD; Adobe Photoshop; Adobe Illustrator; Adobe Acrobat; Macromedia Dreamweaver; Macromedia Fireworks; Office suite; WordPerfect; OpenOffice

Databases

Access; OpenOffice Base; FilemakerPro

 

 

Professional Responsibilities

2007

Full Delegate, Executive Council meeting, San Diego, Archaeological Institute of America

2006

Proxy Delegate, Executive Council meeting, Montreal,   Archaeological Institute of America

2004

Proxy Delegate, Executive Council meeting, San Francisco, Archaeological Institute of America

2003-2004

Student Vice President, AIA Charlottesville Chapter

2003

Proxy Delegate, Executive Council meeting, New Orleans, Archaeological Institute of America

2002

Proxy Delegate, Executive Council meeting, Philadelphia, Archaeological Institute of America

 


Papers Presented

“ Practical Matters: Infrastructure, Ornamentation and Connective Architecture around the Forum at Pompeii” presented at the Archaeological Institute of America’s 108th Annual Meeting, Montreal, January, 2007

 

“Investigating Urban Change: Examining Insula VII.9 at Pompeii” presented at the Archaeological Institute of America’s 107th Annual Meeting, Montreal, January, 2006

 

“Negotiating Roman Space: the Northwest Corner of Pompeii’s Forum” presented at the Archaeological Institute of America’s 106th Annual Meeting, Boston, January, 2005

 

The Interaction of Public and Private Space: The Forum and Insula VIII.2 at Pompeii” presented at the Archaeological Institute of America’s 105th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, January, 2004

 

 “Where’s the Hero?  Narrative Differences in the Odyssey Landscape Frescoes and Homer.”  University of Virginia Graduate Student Symposium, Charlottesville, VA. November, 2001

 

“Mithraism and Christianity, Symbolic Similarities?” Phi Alpha Theta History Conference, Boise, ID April 1997

“The Polis as Idea in Homer and Thucydides” Phi Alpha Theta History Conf., Bozeman, MT April 1996

 

Languages

Italian

Competent reading, passable spoken.  Passed reading competency exam in September 2002 (University of Virginia)

German

Competent reading, passable spoken.  Passed reading competency exam in January 1999 (SUNY Buffalo)

French

Passable reading

Latin

Competent reading

Ancient Greek

Passable reading

 

Awards and Grants

2006

Carl H. and Martha S. Linder Center for Art History Travel Grant, Dorot Foundation Travel Grant, First Place Research Poster: Graduate School of Arts and Science Research Exhibition, University of Virginia

2005

Carl H. and Martha S. Linder Center for Art History Travel Grant, Robert J. Husky Travel Fellowship

 

 

2000-2003

Presidential Fellowship for Classical Archaeology, DuPont Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Fellowship

2001

McIntire Department of Art Travel Award