ABR Staff
Daniel J. Mearns
In July 2025, Daniel J. Mearns was appointed President of Associates for Biblical Research for both the USA and Canada…
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Abigail Van Huss
Abigail Van Huss has been engaged in the world of biblical archaeology since 2007, working at numerous archaeological projects including…
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Gary Byers
Gary Byers currently serves as the Co-Director of the Shiloh excavations for ABR and as the Dean of the College…
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Rick Lanser
Rick Lanser earned a BS degree in medical technology in 1976 from Penn State. After subsequently working for two years…
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Dr. Scott Stripling
Scott Stripling is the Director of Excavations for the Associates for Biblical Research at ancient Shiloh (2017 to present). He…
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Bryan Windle
Bryan Windle is the Director of Marketing and Public Relations for ABR. He is also an archaeologist who serves on…
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Dr. Scott Stripling
Scott Stripling is the Director of Excavations for the Associates for Biblical Research at ancient Shiloh (2017 to present). He…
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Henry B. Smith Jr.
Henry B. Smith Jr. is the Administrative Director of the Shiloh Excavations. He served as the Director of Development for…
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Dr. Gary Byers
Dr. Gary Byers serves on the ABR dig staff as Co-Director and Senior Archaeologist of the Shiloh Excavations, Israel. He…
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Gayle Byers
Gayle Byers serves as the Ceramic Registrar of the Shiloh Excavations. She has also excavated at Khirbet el-Maqatir, Israel (1999)…
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Orna Cohen
Orna Cohen is widely seen as one of the top conservationists in the world. In 1986, Orna Cohen became famous…
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Dr. Yoav Farhi
Dr. Yoav Farhi specializes in numismatics. Yoav completed his PhD in Archaeology at Hebrew University in Jerusalem and is widely…
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Rodger Young
Rodger Young received his bachelor’s degree in physics from Reed College and his BA and MA in mathematics from Oxford…
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Ted Wright
Ted Wright currently serves as the founder and Executive Director of EpicArchaeology.org. He has a B.A. in Anthropology & Archaeology…
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Jerry Taylor
Jerry Taylor is a life-long resident of Northern Michigan, where he lives with his wife, 3 of his four adult…
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Justin Singleton
Justin earned a Ph.D. in Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology in 2024 from Andrews University. His dissertation entailed ceramic analysis of…
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Eric D. Schwartz
Eric D. Schwartz is a high school humanities teacher at Dayspring Christian Academy, Mountville PA, where his courses include New…
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Dr. John Roskoski
John was born and raised in New Jersey in the Roman Catholic tradition. He was interested in the Bible from…
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