Chandler Collins lived in Jerusalem for five years and is the former Dean at Jerusalem University College. He is a Ph.D. student at Bar Ilan University and holds M.A. degrees in Near Eastern archaeology, Old Testament, and Semitic languages from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Chandler has taught historical geography courses to students throughout Israel, the Palestinian Territories, and Jordan. He has also excavated at Khirbet Qeiyafa and Abel Beth Ma’acah.

Chandler loves to introduce people to the physical world of the Bible and to explore the rich connections between land, text, and life. His research interests include historic Jerusalem with a focus on the Bronze and Iron Ages, as well as the 19th century Ottoman city.