Jerolyn E. Morrison, PhD

Education

Post Doc, Institute for Aegean Prehistory Study Center for East Crete 
Ph.D., University of Leicester (PhD in Archaeology and Ancient History)
M.A., University of Houston (Anthropology with Emphasis in Archaeology) 
B.F.A., Baylor University Ceramic Studio Arts. Minors in Art History and Anthropology

Dr. Jerolyn E. Morrison is an art historian, archaeologist, and potter with a passion for making and cooking in pots. She is an Assistant Professor of Art History and teaches Introduction to Art, Survey of Western Art I and II, and upper-level classes. These upper-level art history courses examine art and objects of the Ancient Mediterranean World and the Aegean Bronze Age. She is the recipient of The College of Arts & Sciences inaugural Core Curriculum Virtues Award for 2021-2022 for her commitment to teaching the virtue of humility. 

Dr. Morrison has been awarded grants from the Fulbright Foundation, American-Scandinavian Foundation, and the Institute for Aegean Prehistory. Her early scholarship Focuses on the Iron Age and Early Christian Transition in North Jutland. Since 1998, she has participated as a Minoan ceramic expert in Greece on projects under the auspices of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, the British School at Athens, Italian Archaeological School of Athens, and the Greek Ministry of Culture. By joining the Baylor-led San Giuliano Archaeological Research Project (SGARP) as Laboratory Director and Ceramic Specialist in 2023, Dr. Morrison expanded her Mediterranean research and teaching to include the Etruscan civilization. 

Dr. Morrison serves on the Managing Committee of The Institute for Aegean Prehistory Study Center for East Crete and chairs the Harriet Body Hawes Fellowship for gender studies that support scholarship searching for how men and women of all ages lived and worked during the Aegean Bronze Age. She is founder of Minoan Tastes, a social-minded enterprise in Greece that promotes the culinary history of the Aegean by working with a network of food and craft experts and scholars. Whether souring above the landscape in a hot air balloon or tending her garden at home in Texas, she loves finding beauty in nature. 

Morrison CV

Professional Work: 

• Baylor-led Archaeological Team Discovers Second Intact Etruscan Chamber Tomb in Italy.

• Rare Intact Etruscan Tomb in Italy Discovered by International Baylor-led Archaeological Research Team Extraordinary 7^th century BC find highlights power of global collaboration and student research

• Students Explore Roman and Baylor Monuments, Revealing Art’s Role in Community Identity Memory. Art History course brings students outside of the classroom to discover the art on Baylor campus