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Douglass Bailey is Professor of Visual Archaeology in the Department of Anthropology at San Francisco State University, a position he has held since 2008. In this role, he has also served as Department Chair from 2008 to 2011, Graduate Coordinator from 2013 to 2018, and Undergraduate Coordinator since 2018. Previously, he was Professor of Archaeology at Cardiff University from 1993 to 2007, where he progressed from Lecturer to Senior Lecturer, Personal Chair, and Head of Archaeology from 2004 to 2008. Bailey holds a Ph.D. in Archaeology from the University of Cambridge (1991), an M.Phil. from the same institution (1986), and an A.B. in Classical Archaeology from Dartmouth College (1985).

Bailey's research focuses on art and visual culture, prehistoric art and archaeology, representation, and the archaeology of the contemporary past, with particular emphasis on prehistoric Europe, Neolithic figurines from southeast Europe, and sedentism and mobility in the Balkan Neolithic. He is co-Principal Investigator of the Southern Romania Archaeological Project (since 1998) and the Podgoritsa Archaeological Project (1993-1995). His major publications include the monographs Balkan Prehistory: Exclusion, Incorporation and Identity (Routledge, 2000), Prehistoric Figurines: Representation and Corporeality in the Neolithic (Routledge, 2005), and Breaking the Surface: An Art/Archaeology of Prehistoric Architecture (Oxford University Press, 2018). Other notable works are Unearthed: A Comparative Study of Jomon Dogu and Neolithic Figurines (Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, 2010), and edited volumes such as (un)settling the Neolithic (Oxbow, 2005) and Living Well Together: Sedentism and Mobility in the Balkan Neolithic (Oxbow, 2008). Bailey has published extensively on topics including the ethics of visual archives, art/archaeology collaborations, and prehistoric corporeality. He received the Adrian Radulescu Prize from the Romanian Ministry of Culture in 2002 for outstanding contributions to Romanian prehistoric archaeology. Additionally, he has held prestigious fellowships, including Research Fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences (2017) and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (2007-present). Bailey has directed funded projects such as the European Union’s Măgura Past and Present (2007-2011) and the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council’s Dogū: Spirits of Clay (2008-2010).