Dr. Amr Al Azm is an associate professor of Middle East History and Anthropology at Shawnee State University in Ohio.From 1999-2004, Al Azm was the director of Scientific and Conservation Laboratories at the General Department of Antiquities and Museums in Syria. He taught at the University of Damascus until 2006, when he became a visiting assistant professor at Brigham Young University. Al Azm is an active member of the Syrian opposition and serves on the executive committee of the Day After Project.Al Azm received his B.A. in Archaeology of Western Asia and his M.Sc. in Bioarchaeology from the University of London Institute of Archaeology, and his Ph.D. in Archaeologyfrom the University of London.