Professor of Archeology in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, received a grant from the US Department of State–Kabul Embassy for the “Afghan Heritage Mapping Project: Documenting Archeological Looting in Afghanistan.” He received a planning grant from the Carnegie Corporation for “Preserving the Cultural Heritage of States in Transition: The Chicago Center for Archeological Heritage Preservation (CCAHP),” and received a grant from UChicago’s Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society for the project “Past For Sale.”