Papers Presented:
1. Shifting Boundaries: The Westward Political Expansion of the United Monarchy, Society of Biblical Literature, November 2021.
2. The Political Expansion of the United Monarchy based on Recent Archaeological Research, Evangelical Theological Society, Evangelical Theological Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, November 20, 2019.
3. From Canaanite Stronghold to Solomonic Administrative City: Results from the Recent Tandy Gezer Excavations. First International Conference on the Archaeology of Judah: State Formation Processes in the 10th Century BCE Levant, Jerusalem, Israel. April 2019. 4. Issues in Dating the Exodus, March 26, 2019. Egypt and Ancient Israel Conference, Fort Worth, TX, March 26, 2019.
5. The Westward Expansion of the United Monarchy in Light of Recent Excavations. Recent Evidence for Israel’s United Kingdom, Lanier Theological Library, Houston, TX, September 14, 2018.
6. Tandy Gezer Excavations: Research Design and Strategy (with Sam Wolff), Society of Biblical Literature, Denver, CO, November, 2018.
7. A Decade of Research at Tel Gezer: The Transformation of a Border City, Society of Biblical Literature, Denver, CO, November 2018.
8. Gezer Subdued: Egyptian Conquests of Merneptah and Shoshenq I, American Research Center in Egypt, Tucson, AZ, April 20, 2018.
9. Gezer Destructions: A Case Study of a Border City, International Congress Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Munich, Germany, April 2018.
10. Polities and Politics in the Judean Foothills: A Summary of Recent Excavations and Historical Reconstructions in the Shephelah from the LB to IA II, Southwest American School of Oriental Research., Irving Texas, March 11, 2018.
11. Christianity on the Silk Road: The Tandy Excavations at Ushural Ilyn Balik, with Steve Gilbert, Southwest American School of Oriental Research., Irving Texas, March 10, 2018.
12. 2016-2017 Ilibalyk Excavations: Methods, Research Design, and Results, with Tom Davis and Dimittry Voyakin. Christianity on the Silk Road Conference, Tandy Institute for Archaeology, Fort Worth, TX, March 8, 2018.
13. Recent Trends in the Archaeology of the Shephelah, Foothills of Judah Conference, Tandy Institute for Archaeology, Fort Worth, TX, November 13, 2017.
14. A Decade of Discovery-Tel Gezer, Foothills of Judah Conference, Tandy Institute for Archaeology, Fort Worth, TX, November 13, 2017.
15. Renewed Excavations at Tel Gezer (2006-2016), with Sam Wolff, 43rd Israel Archaeological Congress, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, April 6, 2017.
16. The Tel Gezer Excavations-The Transformation of a Border City in the Late Bronze and Iron Ages, Albright Institute for Archaeology, Jerusalem, Israel, February 23, 2017
17. Gezer and the Hazael Destruction, “And Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem” Following Hazael’s Campaign to the South- Archaeological Perspective. Minerva Center for the Relations between Israel and Aram in Biblical Times (RIAB), Workshop, Bar Ilan University, Israel, January 19, 2017.
18. Transformation of a Border City in the LB and Iron Age, American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meetings, San Antonio, November 2016.
19. Tel Gezer : The Transformation from the Canaanite city to Solomon’s Administrative Fortified City, Evangelical Theological Society Annual Meetings, San Antonio, November 2016.
20. Tel Gezer Excavations, American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meetings, Atlanta, November 2015.
21. Tel Gezer Four Room House, w. S. Wolff, C. Wilson. American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meetings, Atlanta, November 2015.
22. A Reevaluation of Gezer in the Late Bronze Age in Light of Renewed Excavations and Recent Scholarship LB Tel Gezer, Bar Ilan University. Conference, April 2015. (with S. Wolff).
23. The Late Bronze Age in the Aijalon Valley: Trends from Recent Excavations. Southwest Commission on Religious Studies [SW ASOR & SBL Regional Meetings], March, 2015.
24. The Tel Gezer Excavations—Iron Age Urbanization and City, Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meetings, New Orleans, January 2015.
25. “Panelists: Past and Present of the SWCRS,” Southwest Commission on Religious Studies, March 8, 2014.
26. Tel Gezer Excavations: Iron Age Urban Development, Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meetings, Baltimore, November 2013.
27. Excavations at Tel Gezer: The 2011 and 2013 Seasons, American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meetings, Baltimore, November 2013.
28. Gezer: Gateway to Jerusalem, The Sixteenth World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, July 28-August 1, 2013.
29. Archaeology and the Gospels: Recent Trends and Research, Southwest Regional ASOR Meetings, Irving, TX March 9, 2013.
30. The Search for Solomon: Recent Excavations at Tel Gezer, Evangelical Theological Society Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, November 2012.
31. Acquisition, Conservation, Publication, and Exhibition of Eight Dead Sea Scroll Fragments by Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Southwest Evangelical Theological Society, Fort Worth, March, 2012.
32. Tel Gezer: Iron Age Public Buildings and City Planning, American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meetings, San Francisco, November 2011.
33. Acquisition, Conservation, Publication, and Exhibition of Eight Dead Sea Scroll Fragments by Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, San Francisco, November 2011.
34. Dever at Gezer: Myth and Reality, American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meeting, San Francisco November 2011. (see CV for earlier academic presentations)
Academic Lectures, Symposia, and Seminars (invited): see CV