[1] He served as the director of the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem (2014–2022),[2][3] and is the current president of American Archaeology Abroad, Inc.[4][5][6] He has worked on several archaeological projects in the past, and is currently director of the Jezreel Valley Regional Project,[7] Co-Director of the Megiddo Expedition along with Israel Finkelstein and Mario Martin,[8] and co-director of the Solomon's Pools Archaeological Project with Mark Letteney.
[9][10][6][11] Adams' work in Tel Megiddo has been extensively covered in the press in relation to Christian eschatological interest in Armageddon.
[12][13][14][15] His discoveries at the site of the Roman military camp at Legio has attracted public attention,[16][17] including the uncovering of a legionary burial.
[18][19] In 2014, Adams and his colleagues revealed that Megiddo's proto-historic Great Temple contained evidence for mass animal sacrifice and the dawn of urbanization in the Levant.
[20][21] In 2018, excavators led by Adams announced the discovery of an undisturbed Canaanite royal tomb, for the first time in over a century.