Kay S. Sunahara

Assistant Professor; Collections Technician, Dept. of Art & Culture: Ancient Greece & Rome at the ROM
Art and Culture: Ancient Greece and Rome, Royal Ontario Museum, Room 530, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, ON, M5S 2C6
416-586-5624

Fields of Study

Areas of Interest

  • Archaeology, Archaeometry
  • Ceramic analysis, Ceramic petrology
  • Research Design in Archaeology
  • Regional studies and socio-economies

Biography

An anthropologically trained archaeologist, Dr. Sunahara’s research and fieldwork has predominantly focused on Mesoamerica with specific emphasis on the ancient Maya of Belize and Mexico. Joining the Royal Ontario Museum Department of Art and Culture in 2010, she currently manages collections of material culture from ancient Greece, Rome, Etruria, Byzantium, and Prehistoric Europe. Dr. Sunahara also oversees the day to day operation of the Royal Ontario Museum’s Ceramic Petrology Laboratory research facility including the training of graduate student researchers at the lab. 

In 2019, Dr. Sunahara was cross appointed to the University of Toronto as Assistant Professor in the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations. In this capacity, Dr. Sunahara teaches courses on the applications of polarized light microscopy in archaeological research, ceramic analyses, and archaeometry.
 

Education

PhD, McMaster University

Publications