Tiffany Earley-Spadoni is an associate professor in the Department of History at the University of Central Florida, specializing in ancient Near Eastern history and digital archaeology. She directs the Kurd Qaburstan Project in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and the Vayots Dzor Fortress Landscapes Project in Armenia, both of which use advanced technologies such as GIS and remote sensing to investigate ancient settlement patterns and political landscapes. Her research emphasizes state formation, empire, and frontier dynamics in antiquity, and she has published extensively on the application of digital methods in archaeology and history, contributing significantly to interdisciplinary approaches in the field.