Bryan R. Just's research focuses on the relationships among art, language, and writing, particularly in ancient Maya political art and Pre-Columbian Mexican codices. His recent publications include "Modifications of Ancient Maya Sculpture" in the journal Res: Anthropology and Aesthetics and "In Extenso Almanacs in the Madrid Codex" in The Madrid Codex: New Approaches to Understanding an Ancient Maya Manuscript (2004). He has worked for a number of major art museums, including the Yale University Art Gallery, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art, and the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore.  Bryan received a B.A. in archaeological studies and the history of art from Yale University (1995) and an M.A. (1999) in art history and a Ph.D. (2006) in art history and linguistics, both from Tulane University.