Our Teams

Working with SASA opens up more opportunities for me to learn about new things. For example, learning an interesting fact about the ancient world or designing the SASA website with WIX. My experience is made better with the support of everyone on the SASA team.

Sarah Aina Shamsul Azhar - Communications Intern

All of our staff and interns are students and/or early career scholars/professionals who volunteer their time to bring SASA projects and content to you!

WHAT WE DO

COMMUNICATIONS

Designed SASA branding and website
Create SASA Oracle and mass emails
Design social media posts, in collaboration with the social media campaign team
Brainstorm and research about social media strategies to reach wider audiences

RESEARCH

Research and gather evidence of The Downward Trend in Ancient Studies
Create a white paper about the state of Ancient Studies
Research and gather evidence of the negative views about Ancient Studies
Create material about the importance of Ancient Studies

FUNDRAISING

Grant writing and research
Fundraising campaigns, crowdfunding
Nonprofit organizational development
Nonprofit administration

VIRTUAL CONFERENCE

Schedule, organize, and develop virtual conference
find potential speakers and participants

Learn more about SASA’s virtual conference: Opening the Ancient World, here.

ACCESS

Provide greater ease of access for Ancient Studies information
compiling and developing a platform listing online resources in all Ancient Studies fields
research to discover, evaluate, and categorize Ancient Studies websites

INSPIRE CAMPAIGN

Conduct research on a variety of ancient world subjects to create content for the year long social media campaign
Write, record, film and edit social media content
Find reliable sources (such as articles, podcasts, videos) about the ancient world to accompany the social media content
Design social media posts in collaboration with the communications team

OUTREACH

First point of contact for SASA community
Initiate and develop partnerships with others with similar goals and manage Port Ancient: a hub for Ancient Studies
Pave the way for SASA to become present at events and begin conversations about SASA resources
Drive SASA's growth by involving educators in elementary and secondary schools and providing materials and tools to increase interest in Ancient Studies.

ARCHAEOGAMING

SASA's newest project!
Helping promote Ancient Studies in schools through the creation of specially crafted Archaeogaming modules.
Collaborating with archaeogamers to script short videos, draft module outlines, and write lesson plans.
Researching and writing supplementary information packs for teachers.
Research and write grants to raise funding.
Contacting teachers and archaeogamers to help grow the project and spark increased interest in SASA and Ancient Studies.

NORTH TEXAS

Working to generate interest in Ancient Studies among high school and college students in North Texas.
Coordinating interactive programming and collaboration with local organizations and institutions.
Creating a network of organizations and educators in North Texas who utilize Ancient Studies content to encourage higher education and intellectual growth.
Add SASA North Texas on Facebook!

EXECUTIVE TEAM

This Team is the engine that keeps SASA running smoothly.
Handling SASA’s administration,
Recruiting, finances, legal matters, productivity software, internal processes, and more.
Since SASA is a fast-growing start-up organization, the Executive Team innovates new processes, procedures, and tools to support the development of all the other Teams.
Participating in the Executive Team is an excellent opportunity for anyone interested in exploring non-profit management and administration.

LIVE EVENTS TEAM

We develop, plan, and run SASA’s live events, including Expert Q&A’s, Archaeogaming, and Monthly Book Club.
Interns participate in the entire event creation and production cycle, from soliciting new presenters to organizing events, assisting in live event production, to post-event communications, video editing, and posting.

WHAT WE OFFER

1-on-1 mentorship programme to support our interns
Work experience - great for anyone interested in working within the ancient world or with nonprofit
Receive college credit for SASA Internships