Michael Zimmerman is an archaeologist, with a PhD from the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World at Brown University, and a member of the Archaeological Institute of America, American Schools of Oriental Research, Northeastern Anthropological Association, Council for Northeastern Historical Archaeology, Eastern States Archaeological Federation, and Society for Historical Archaeology. He also holds an MA in Classical Languages from the University of Florida. He has been involved in the past ten years in the analysis and publication of pottery, lamps and other ceramic material from 'Iraq al-Amir in Jordan, and the Joint Expeditions to Caesarea Maritima in Israel. His graduate work, centered on the analysis of Hellenistic and Roman period pottery from ‘Iraq al-Amir in Jordan, was published by the American Schools of Oriental Research in late 2019. He has excavated at a number of archaeological sites, including Caesarea Maritima in Israel, the Petra Great Temple Project in Jordan, and the Middleboro Little League Site in Massachusetts, as he expanded into the field of North American archaeology. His other work and research interests include antiquities trafficking, cultural heritage law and public policy, digitization and curation, social justice issues in archaeology, and archaeological pedagogy. He teaches introductory and upper level archaeology courses, Middle Eastern cultures, and myth and folklore courses. He plays board games and role-playing games for recreation, and lives in Rhode Island with his wife and 6-year old son.