Jennifer Ramsay

Dr Jennifer Ramsay (PhD, 2008) is Associate Professor and chair of the anthropology department at SUNY Brockport (State University of New York).

Jennifer’s area of expertise centres on the use of archaeobotany, subsistence reconstruction, trade patterns, environmental change, and land-use patterns to gain insight into lifeways of past societies. Although she specializes in the Roman and Late Antique world, Jennifer has also analyzed and published plant material from the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages, and Islamic periods.

Over her career, she has participated in many archaeological excavation projects in Jordan, Israel, and Italy at such sites as Petra, Pompeii, and Caesarea Marittima. Jennifer received the Archaeological Institute of America’s Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award in 2019 and two State University of New York (SUNY) Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence in Teaching (2014) and Excellence in Faculty Service (2020).