Sarah Whitcher Kansa

As Executive Director of the nonprofit Alexandria Archive Institute (AAI), Sarah collaborates on projects that advance data publishing and data literacy in various archaeological and cultural heritage communities. She has a Ph.D. in archaeology (University of Edinburgh) and has spent more than 25 years conducting zooarchaeological research at sites in the Middle East, Europe, and the United States. She served as Vice President of the International Council for Archaeozoology (ICAZ) from 2014-2018, and President from 2018-2023. Sarah is Chair of the Digital Technology Committee of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) and served on the Publications Committee for the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) and the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR). She is also the series co-editor for Archaeobiology (Lockwood Press) and Executive Editor of Open Context.