BA - Smith College
MA, PhD - University of California, Berkeley
Campus phone: 573.651.2720
Campus email: srmartin@semo.edu
Office: River Campus CAC046

Becky Martin's work looks at the idea of art as both a reflection and creator of cultural, national and individual identity.  To date, her research has concentrated on the ancient eastern Mediterranean and the artistic interaction of its various groups.  "Hellenization", or the supposed spread of Greek culture to the East, was the topic of her dissertation.  Research was supported by the Kress Foundation and a Getty Collaborative grant; writing was funded by the Mabelle McLeod Lewis Memorial Fund.  She spent two years and several summers researching abroad at the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (Jerusalem), the Hebrew University Jerusalem, and the American School of Classical Studies in Athens.  She has published articles related to the dissertation project in several journals.  Soon a popular article on a mosaic she excavated will appear in "Biblical Archaeology Review".  Current research projects include revising portions of the dissertation for publication, revisiting the question of artistic personality in Greek art, and co-editing a volume on Phoenician culture pursuant to a conference at the American Schools of Oriental Research.  Next spring, she will be serving on a panel at the College Art Association on the topic of bi-culturalism in art.

Up to 2006, Martin spent many summers conducting archaeological field work at the ancient Phoenician site of Tel Dor, Israel: http://micro5.mscc.huji.ac.il/~dor/.  At Dor she has served as museum director, assistant field supervisor, and field school coordinator.  Martin is currently exploring several excavations and hopes to include Semo students in one of them very soon.

Martin has taught at U.C. Berkeley and North Central University (Minnesota).  Her courses include the ancient and modern art surveys, portraiture and biography, Greek vase painting, and archaeological field methods: http://s.beckymartin.googlepages.com.  She has just joined the Semo art faculty from Minneapolis and looks forward to getting to know Semo, its students, and a new stretch of the Mississippi.