Rebecca Levitan studies the art and architecture of the ancient Mediterranean world. Her research centers around Greek sculpture, as well as the reception of classical antiquity in Europe and the United States. She has excavated and surveyed in Greece (American excavations at the Athenian Agora; Sanctuary of the Great Gods, Samothrace; Small Cycladic Islands Project) and Italy (Gabii Project, Pompeii Archaeological Research Project: Porta Stabia). She has held pre-doctoral fellowships at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens and the American Academy in Rome and is currently finishing her Ph.D. in the History of Art Department at the University of California, Berkeley (2023).