Rick Roberts

Rick Roberts earned a MA, M.Phil. and Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Kansas. After 10 years as a professional archaeologist, he joined the U.S. Foreign Service and spent 28 years doing applied anthropology as a diplomat in American embassies, primarily in the Middle East. His last two overseas assignments were in Iraq where he led a Provincial Reconstruction Team, which included helping to preserve historic Babylon and other Iraqi cultural heritage sites. Rick returned to Iraq in 2023 and became Dean of the School of International Studies at the American University of Iraq in Baghdad. He has now returned to Mississippi and with his lovely wife, Kathy, is pursuing his life-long passion for community theater.