Professional Summary
Orion Whitcher is a second-year PhD candidate in classical archaeology, who will be writing his MA thesis in the 2025-2026 academic year. His primary area of research is Greek funerary archaeology, with interests spanning from the Aegean bronze age to the Hellenistic period. Orion's undergraduate honors senior thesis, "Gestures of Liminality: The Significance of the Dexiosis in Classical Athenian Funerary Art," was published in the 2024 edition of the Harvard Undergraduate Journal of Classics. Orion graduated with honors from his undergraduate program at Lewis & Clark College in 2024 with a double major in Art History and Classics. He has participated in a study season with the Anavlochos Project on Crete (2025), excavations at a Roman Villa in Vacone, Italy (2023), and two extended programs in Greece through Harvard University (2022) and College Year in Athens (2023).
Education
Bachelor's: Lewis & Clark College Portland, OR, 2024 (Classics, Art History)