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EDUCATION
Ph.D., Classical Archaeology, Brown University, degree expected spring 2011
B.A., Magna Cum Laude, Archaeology and Art History, Tufts University, 2003
The Winsor School, Boston MA, 1999
FIELD EXPERIENCE
2009: Österreischisches Archäologisches Institut Ephesos (Mag. Dr. Sabine Landstätter, ÖAI), Independent research
2009: Deutches Archäologisches Institut Pergamon (PD Dr. Felix Pirson), Independent research
2008: Event Place Performance directed by Omur Harmansah, Brown University
2008: Gordion Excavation Project under the direction of G. Kenneth Sams, UNC Chapel Hill, and the University of Pennsylvania Museum, research assistant to Omur Harmansah
2001 - 2006: Anglo American Project in Pompeii directed by Dr. Rick Jones, University of Bradford (UK) and Dr. Damian Robinson, Oxford
2005: Ostia Antica, under the direction of Evelyne Bukowiecki, Ecole Francais de Rome
2000: Combined Caesarea Expedition, Caesarea Isreal, directed by Dr. A. Raban, University of Haifa and Dr. Ken Holum, University of Maryland
PUBLICATIONS
In press: “Performativity of Place: Movement and water in second century A.D. Ephesus,” in TRAC 2009: Proceedings of the 19th Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference Southampton & Michigan 2009. A.J. Moore, E. Harris, P. Girdwood, G. Taylor & L. Shipley (eds.). Oxbow.
In press: “Bodies in motion: civic ritual and place-making in Roman Ephesus,” Journal of Roman Archaeology
PAPERS PRESENTED
Upcoming: “Reconsidering Kapıkaya: a rock-cut sanctuary near Pergamon.” AIA Annual Meeting. January 6-10, 2010
“Allianoi: site of archaeological inquiry and site of contestation.” Mellon Graduate Workshop: Fluid thinking: explorations of water in society, Brown University. October 1, 2009
“Where is the Colosseum?: an enquiry into the multiplicity of relations with an “emblem of Imperial Rome.” Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG), Stanford University. May 1-3, 2009.
"Gods, bodies, and water: investigating Kapikaya, a rock-cut sanctuary near Pergamon." Brown Bag Series in Archaeology Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, Brown University. April 23, 2009.
“Performativity of Place: Explorations of Movement in the Ancient cityscape of Ephesus.” Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference (TRAC), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. April 3-5, 2009.
"Performance, Memory, Place: Civic performance and placemaking in Second Century Ephesus" presented at the Critical Roman Archaeology Conference (CRAC), Stanford University. March 2-3, 2008.
GUEST LECTURES
2009: “Ruins: abandoned places, haunted memories.” Architecture and Memory, Brown University
2009: “The House of the Surgeon: excavation with the Anglo-American Project in Pompeii (and other cool stuff).” Pompeii, Brown University
2007: “Fashion and (Socio)Politics: Male and Female (un)dress in Archaic and Classical Athens.” Archaeologies of the Greek Past, Brown University
2007: “Field methods.” Field Archaeology in the Ancient World, Brown University
PUBLICATIONS
Under review: "“Performativity of Place: Explorations of Movement in the Ancient cityscape of Ephesus”
Under review: "Bodies in motion: civic ritual and place-making in Roman Ephesus"
E-PUBLICATIONS
Dove il Colosseo? An enquiry into the multiplicity of relations with an "emblem of imperial Rome". Archaeolog. Feburary 3, 2008.
"Farewell". Archaeogoraphy. March 9, 2009
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teaching Assistant: Architecture and Memory, Brown University, Dr. Omur Harmansah
Teaching Assistant: Classical art at the RISD Museum, Brown University, Dr. Gina Borromeo
Teaching Assistant: Archaeologies of the Greek Past, Brown University, Dr. Christopher Witmore
Teaching Assistant: Field Archaeology in the Ancient World, Brown University, Dr. Susan Alcock
Sheridan Teaching Certificate, Level 1: Focus is on Reflective teaching methods, awarded May 2008
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2005 - 2006: Developed, designed, and mounted exhibit, ''Believing Africa'' at Brown University's Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology as part of classes Museums and Material Culture, Fall semester 2005 and Exhibitions in Museums, Spring semester 2006
2006 - 2008: Joukowsky Institute Collections Proctor, organized Joukowsky Institute collections and collections archive and developed web catalogue
2003 - 2005: Tour guide and trip co-ordinator, Terra Vista, Ltd., a tour company that organizes educational itineraries to major sites of interest in Europe and the Middle East. Rome, Italy and Arlington, MA.
2003 - 2004: Tour Guide, Scala Reale and Context Rome, tour companies that organize educational walking tours. Rome, Italy
SKILLS
Languages: Italian, Spanish (reading fluency and speaking proficiency), Latin, German, French (reading only)
Computing: proficient in GIS
FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS
Mellon Graduate Workshop Grant
2009-2010
Graduate Fellowship, Brown University
2005-2006, 2009-2010
The Mariane J. Witherby scholarship for study in Italy
2003
Dorot Foundation grant for study in Israel
2000