Some of the world’s most accomplished leaders from academia, business, public affairs, the humanities, and the arts have been elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and joining them this year is UW-Madison professor Jonathan Mark Kenoyer.

Jonathan Mark Kenoyer

Kenoyer is a professor in anthropology, who teaches archaeology and ancient technology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has taught at Madison since 1985, and also serves as director of the university’s Center for South Asia.

Dr. Kenoyer has been excavating at Harappa, Pakistan since 1986 as field director of the Harappa Archaeological Research Project in collaboration with the Department of Archaeology and Museums of the government of Pakistan.  His main focus is on the Indus Valley Civilization and he has worked in both Pakistan and India since 1974. His interests are in ancient technologies and crafts and socio-economic and political organization, as well as religion.  These interests have led him to study a broad range of cultural periods in South Asia, as well as other regions of the world. His publications include monographs on the Indus civilization, as well as numerous articles, a grade school book on ancient South Asia, and even a coloring book on the Indus cities for children.