Our research team includes Kelsey Museum conservators and curators, University of Michigan (U-M) undergraduates and graduate students, and advisors from across the U-M campus and around the world. A few of our key team members are listed below, and we’ve also highlighted our sponsors: the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, and U-M’s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.
Team members
Harrison Biggs is a University of Michigan undergraduate majoring in materials science and engineering, with a minor in museum studies. He has provided research assistance and data analysis for the project.
Suzanne Davis is an archaeological conservator by day and a knitter, seamstress, and weaver by night. She conducts much of the textile analysis and also provides overall project management support.
Laurel Fricker is a PhD candidate in the Interdepartmental Program in Ancient Mediterranean Art and Archaeology (IPAMAA), a technical research assistant to the project, and an ancient color enthusiast with a strong interest in domestic archaeology.
Carrie Roberts is the project director for “Investigating Color in Roman Egypt.” She has a long history of polychromy research and has been especially interested in color in Roman Egypt since a chance discovery, more than a decade ago, of green earth pigment on a stela from Terenouthis.
Laurel Fricker is a PhD candidate in the Interdepartmental Program in Ancient Mediterranean Art and Archaeology (IPAMAA), a technical research assistant to the project, and an ancient color enthusiast with a strong interest in domestic archaeology.
Carrie Roberts is the project director for “Investigating Color in Roman Egypt.” She has a long history of polychromy research and has been especially interested in color in Roman Egypt since a chance discovery, more than a decade ago, of green earth pigment on a stela from Terenouthis.
Sponsors
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is the project’s primary sponsor. Established by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, the NEH is dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities.
The Kelsey Museum of Archaeology supports teaching and research on Classical, Egyptian, and Middle Eastern archaeology through stewardship of its rich collections, an active exhibitions program, and sponsorship of ongoing field research.
The College of Literature, Science and the Arts (LSA), a public liberal arts college within U-M, is the Kelsey’s parent college and provides administrative and operational support to the Museum.
Advisory Board Members
Christina Bisulca is a conservation scientist in the Detroit Institute of Art’s Conservation Department and a frequent scientific collaborator with the Kelsey.
Marieka Kaye is the head of conservation and book repair at the University of Michigan Libraries and a specialist in the conservation of papyri.
Terry Wilfong is a professor of Egyptology at the University of Michigan and the curator for Graeco-Roman Egyptian Collections at the Kelsey Museum.