Editing Lawrence S. Coben (section)

==Archaeology/not for profit career==
Coben is a consulting scholar and archaeologist at the [[University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology]] and the founder and Executive Director of the Escala Initiative.  His most recent work focuses on Inca imperial strategy and the archaeology of performance.<ref>{{cite book|last=Inomata, Takeshi and Coben, Lawrence|title=Archaeology of Performance:Theaters of Power, Community and Politics|year=2006|publisher=Altamira Press|location=Walnut Creek, CA|isbn=978-0-7591-0876-9}}</ref> He directs a multidisciplinary archaeological project in the Canete Valley of Peru and was director of a project at the monumental site of ''[[Incallajta]]'' in [[Bolivia]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Coben|first=Lawrence|title=Some Roads Do Lead to Incallajta: The Double Road from Vacas|journal=[[Ñawpa Pacha (journal)|Ñawpa Pacha]]|year=2010|volume=30|pages=53–64|doi=10.1179/naw.2010.30.1.53|s2cid=129577114}}</ref>  With [https://web.archive.org/web/20080418000830/http://anthropology.arizona.edu/people/display_fac_details.php?id=29 Takeshi Inomata], he co-authored the book [https://web.archive.org/web/20110707130228/http://www.altamirapress.com/Catalog/SingleBook.shtml?command=Search&db=%5EDB%2FCATALOG.db&eqSKUdata=0759108773&thepassedurl ''Archaeology of Performance: Theater, Power and Community'']. [[Richard Schechner]] described this work as "an important work integrating performance theory, forensics, and classical archaeology to describe and analyze not a "dead past" but pasts that continue to operate as rich repositories of living behaviors."  <ref>{{cite journal|last=Schechner|first=Richard|title=Review of Archaeology of Performance|journal=TDR|date=Summer 2007|volume=51|issue=2|pages=197}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Undereiner|first=Tamara|title=Inomata and Coben's Archaeology of Performance: Theaters of Power, Community, and Politics|journal=E-misferica|date=June 2007|volume=4|issue=1|url=http://hemi.nyu.edu/hemi/en/e-misferica-41/e41-review-inomata-and-coben-archaeology-of-performance}}</ref>  Coben has published articles on the Inca, archaeological site museums,<ref>{{cite book|last= The Museums Object(ive)s. In Silverman|first=Helaine|title=Site Museums in Latin America|year=2006|publisher=University of Florida Press|isbn=0-8130-3001-3|pages=249–255}}</ref> and the role of performance and spectacle in ancient society.  Coben recently delivered a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVwokDAu1Qg TED talk] about alleviating poverty, empowering women and saving cultural heritage entitled "Build Futures, Save Pasts".

He also runs the aforementioned ESCALA Initiative. The ESCALA Initiative is focused on helping women entrepreneurs in developing countries build a better future for themselves, their families, and their communities. Through its 10-month formalized Business School and Capacity Building Program, ESCALA empowers women entrepreneurs to hurdle economic and social barriers as business owners. The comprehensive and proven curriculum teaches critical entrepreneurial and business skills through workshops and mentoring sessions that prepare students for success. All of the students have either started their own small business or plan to do so while enrolled in the program. They are engaged in a variety of industries such as textiles, food, and tourism.  ESCALA presently works in Peru, Mexico, Tanzania, and Guatemala. This paradigm, designed by Coben, has been suggested by the [[Milken Institute]] as an optimal solution to preserve and develop Israel's cultural heritage<ref>{{cite web|title=Milken Release on Israeli Cultural Heritage|url=https://www.dhs.gov/sustainability-and-efficiency-task-force-membership-list}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Milken Institute|title=Cultural Heritage as an Economic Development Resource in Israel|url=http://www.milkeninstitute.org/publications/view/456|access-date=26 February 2017}}</ref>
Coben gave a TEDx talk on this subject in 2016. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVwokDAu1Qg Coben Tedx Talk]

Coben is an expert member of the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Archaeological Heritage Management ("ICAHM").  He is Chairman of ICAHM's Nominations Assistance Committee and Vice Chairman of its Standards Board.<ref>{{cite web|title=Coben ICAHM Bio|url=http://www.icomos.org/icahm/bios_coben.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130804145723/http://www.icomos.org/icahm/bios_coben.html|archive-date=2013-08-04}}</ref> He was recently named to the jury of the prestigious Cotsen Prize in Archaeology<ref>{{cite web|title=Cotsen Prize Jury|url=http://cotsenprize.org/jury/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022235642/http://cotsenprize.org/jury/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-22}}</ref>