Education

  • Ph.D. Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA, 2020
  • C.Phil Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA.
  • M.A. Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA.
  • B.A. Ancient Cultures and Civilizations, Dartmouth College.

Research

  • Egyptian Religion
  • Magic and Healing
  • Private Statuary
  • Religious Rituals
  • Late Period
  • Museum Studies

Publications

Dissertations

Healing Statues in Late Period Egypt: Creating Elite Commemoration in a Religious Context (2020)

Honors & Awards

2019-2020 University of California, Los Angeles Graduate Division Dissertation Year Fellowship

2018-2019 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York J. Clawson Mills Scholarship

2016-2017 University of California, Los Angeles Graduate Division Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship of Distinction (also received in 2013-2014)

2016 University of California, Los Angeles Graduate Division Graduate Summer Research Mentorship (also received in 2014)

2014-2015 University of California, Los Angeles Graduate Division Graduate Research Mentorship Program

2011-2012 Fulbright Commission, USA Research Fellowship to Germany (Freie Universität Berlin)

Courses

Instructor of Record

  • Ancient Egyptian Religion
  • Art & Architecture of Ancient Egypt, Predynastic to the New Kingdom
  • Elementary Ancient Egyptian: Intensive

Teaching Assistant

  • Ancient Egyptian Civilization I
  • Ancient Egyptian Civilization II
  • Ancient Egyptian Religion
  • First Civilizations
  • Jerusalem: Holy City (Writing II)
  • Medicine, Magic, and Science in Ancient Times (Writing II)
  • Visible Languages: Study of Writing
  • Women and Power in the Ancient World