Education

  • PhD, Hebrew Bible, UCLA, (In Progress)
  • MATS, Biblical Studies, George Fox University, (2014)
  • BA, Liberal Arts Engineering, Wheaton College (2009)
  • BS, Architectural Engineering, IIT (2009)

Research

  • Persian Period Economy
  • Book of Chronicles
  • Inner-biblical Exegesis

Publications

Articles

  • Article featuring Digital 3D Model of the Egyptian Fortress at Jaffa, Near Eastern Archaeology (Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press for the American Schools of Oriental Research, In Progress)
  • “Scribal Practices in Ethiopic ” International Voices in Biblical Studies. (Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, Forthcoming)
  • “Gopher Wood” in the Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception, H. Spieckermann and C.L. Seow, eds. (Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2015)
  • “Hare Hebrew Bible/Old Testament” in the Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception, H. Spieckermann and C.L. Seow, eds. (Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2015)

Courses

  • Teaching Assistant – UCLA NELC Department; Los Angeles, CA
    • Visible Language: Study of Writing – Jeremy Smoak (Spring 2016)
    • Jerusalem, Holy City – for Jeremy Smoak (Winter 2016)
    • First Civilizations – for Aaron Burke (Fall 2015)
  • Teaching Assistant – George Fox University; Portland, OR
    • Life of Christ (2014)
    • Interpreting the Hebrew Testament (2013)
    • Introducing Biblical Hebrew (2012)

Fields of Interest

  • Hebrew Bible
  • Levantine Archaeology
  • Ancient Economy
  • Northwest Semitics
  • Aramaic
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Dead Sea Scrolls
  • Economic Anthropology
  • Digital Humanities
  • Digital Modeling