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Randall W. Younker (PhD University of Arizona 1996) is Professor of Archaeology and History of Antiquity and Director of the Institute of Archaeology at Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan. He received his MA and PhD in Near Eastern Archaeology from the University of Arizona under William G. Dever. Randy has been a field archaeologist for the last 40 years in Israel, Jordan, Cyprus, Sicily, and Turkey where he has directed, co-directed, or served as a field specialist. Currently, he is senior director for excavations at Tall Jalūl, part of the Madaba Plains Project, and Senior Co-director of the San Miceli excavation in Sicily. He also presently co-directs a survey in Eastern Turkey. He has served on the Board of the American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) and chaired their Nominations and Outreach committees. He has co-authored and co-edited 12 books and published or co-published over 100 scholarly and professional articles and reviews.