Philip Stinson is an assistant professor of classics at the University of Kansas. He earned his Ph.D. in the history of art and classical archaeology from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. He works as an excavator and architect at the archaeological sites of Aphrodisias and Sardis. He is finishing a book on the monument known as the Civil Basilica at Aphrodisias. His interests include Greek and Roman public space, wall painting and Roman society, and the digital humanities.