2024 - present                                                                                                                                                               Director:  MU Global Research Study Abroad Program - Monteleone Sabino Field School in Italy
Co-Director: Monteleone Sabino Archaeological Field School at Trebula Mutuesca, Italy
Established and am co-directing a new archaeological field school and study abroad program as a collaborative effort between the University of Missouri and the University of Rochester. Excavation will be ongoing for at least three years at the ancient Roman town and amphitheater at Trebula Mutuesca near the modern town of Monteleone Sabino for the Italian archaeological superintendency. Undergraduate students are provided with hands-on training in archaeological field and laboratory work, including remote sensing in archaeology, on-site surveying, excavation techniques, field documentation, and artifact identification and processing. Students will also receive training in Public History and Museum Studies, where excavated materials from the program will be processed and put on display at the Museo Archeologico Trebula Mutuesca, Italy.

2008 – present
Assistant Field Director, Numismatist: San Martino Field School, Torano di Borgorose, Italy
Staff position for an ongoing excavation of a Roman villa in central Italy.  Undergraduate students are provided with hands-on training in archaeological field and laboratory work, including remote sensing in archaeology, on-site surveying, excavation techniques, field documentation, and artifact identification and processing.  Excavated materials currently on display at the Museo Archeologico Cicolano (MAC) in Corvaro di Borgorose, Italy.
 

ACADEMIC SERVICE

Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of History, University of Missouri, 2022-present
Chair: Fordyce Mitchel Lecture Series, University of Missouri, 2017-present
President, Archaeological Institute of America - Central Missouri Society, 2018-2021                                        Vice-Chair: Ad Hoc Committee on Mentoring, Association of Ancient Historians, 2017-2021
Committee Representative: Ancient Studies Program, University of Missouri, 2015-2018

Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of History, University of Missouri, 2024-present 

Review Board Member: Missouri Higher Education Core Transfer Curriculum (CORE 42)

State of Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development

Member: University of Missouri, A&S, CIA Committee, 2022-2023

Member: University of Missouri, A&S, Non-Tenure Track (NTT) Committee, 2019-2023

Member: University of Missouri, A&S, Humanities Working Group, 2024-presentFaculty Award Review 

Member: Provost’s Junior Faculty Teaching Award, 2022-2024

Visiting Fellow in Assessment: College Board Advanced Placement Exam, 2022-2023

MEDIA PROFILE - PROFESSIONAL HISTORICAL CONSULTATION:

2023 - present                                                                                                                                                      Historical Consultant: "Spartacus: House of Ashur" (Season One), forthcoming on STARZ    Currently serving  in a consultation capacity to provide staff writers and executives with information on the ancient Roman world to include in the fictional television series about the aftermath of the Third Servile War involving Spartacus.   

2024

Featured Guest for ‘The Ozymandias Project: The Reading Party’ Podcast: red Guest for ‘The Ozymandias Project: The Reading Party’ Podcast: https://www.theozymandiasproject.com/thereadingpartypodcast/episode/86c57a90/spartacus-2010  In this podcast, I discussed my past work on select episodes of Spartacus: Blood and Sand involving modern media portrayals and reception of a variety of themes presented in the show, from state sanctioned violence, to portrayals of various groups within the Roman hierarchical system, including the complex hierarchy within the institutions of slavery and gladiatorial games in the ancient Roman world. Podcast release date: December 3, 2024

2021  

Featured Guest for ‘The Ozymandias Project: Connecting Modern Societies to Ancient Worlds’ Podcast: https://www.theozymandiasproject.com/podcast-guests/-dr.-jeffrey-stevens In this podcast, I discussed recent issues and trends in academia within the fields of ancient history, classics, and archaeology. This included an examination of some of the new approaches to integrate diverse subjects, topics, and materials into the classroom. The Ozymandias Project’s mission is to connect modern societies to ancient worlds by facilitating conversations about the ancient world through the lens of contemporary storytelling and to improve and expand accessibility to information about the ancient world and the people who are influenced by it. Podcast release date: November 10, 2021

             
2016 - 2017
Historical Consultant: “Roman Empire: Reign of Blood” (Season One), 2016-17 on NETFLIX
Served as a historical consultant and appeared on camera in multiple episodes for the docudrama series on the reign of the Emperor Commodus.

2008 - 2013
Historical Consultant: “Spartacus: Blood and Sand” (Season One), 2008-10 STARZ
   “Spartacus: Gods of the Arena” (Prequel), 2010 STARZ
   “Spartacus: Vengeance” (Season Two), 2010-12 STARZ
   “Spartacus: War of the Damned” (Season Three), 2012-13 STARZ

Served in a consultation capacity to provide staff writers and executives with information on the ancient Roman world to include in the fictional television series of Spartacus.