James C. Wright held the William R. Kenan, Jr. chair and is professor emeritus in the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania. From 2012–2017 he was the Director of American School of Classical Studies at Athens. He is Director of the University of Toronto Excavations at Kommos in Crete leading a master plan of conservation. He was Director of the Nemea Valley Archaeological Project from 1981. He has excavated in Wharram Percy in Yorkshire, Poggio Civitate in Tuscany, ancient Corinth, ancient Nemea, and Kommos (Crete) in Greece. Wright’s primary research is in the evolution of complex societies in the Aegean with special interests in architecture, urbanism, mortuary customs, and foodways. He has authored, edited, and co-edited six books and proceedings, 69 articles, and numerous book reviews.
