Richard Mertz served on the faculties of George Washington University, American University, University of Virginia, Dartmouth College and Visitor at the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study. His areas of expertise include the following: Linear A decipherment; Ancient Egyptian Autobiography before the New Kingdom; Diplomacy of Rise of Hitler, 1930-1933; Computer Applications in Archaeometry; early digital history. He also published a travel volume jointly with Barbara Mertz entitled, Two Thousand Years in Rome (U.S., U.K. and Italian editions)