Paolo Visonà

Paolo Visonà (laurea in lettere antiche, Università di Padova 1976; M.A. in Art History, University of California, Santa Barbara 1980; Ph.D. in classical art and archaeology, University of Michigan 1985) is Associate Professor Adjunct in the School of Art and Visual Studies, University of Kentucky (USA), an officer of the Archaeological Institute of America, a member of the American Numismatic Society, and a Fellow of the Royal Numismatic Society. He has participated in archaeological projects in Nevada (University of California, Berkeley 1974), Trentino Alto-Adige (Università di Ferrara 1975 e 1977), Israel (University of Michigan 1981) and Tunisia (University of Georgia / University of Michigan 1983-1984) and has been Field Director of the excavations at Oppido Mamertina (1987-2001), Monte Palazzi (2005-2010) and contrada Bregatorto (2017-2018) in Calabria. Since 1993 he has been President of The Foundation for Calabrian Archaeology, Inc.; he is a Tytus Fellow (2011) and a Fulbright Specialist (2017-2023).