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EDUCATION
Brown University Providence, RI
PhD Candidate (estimated degree date: Spring 2009)
Dissertation research on the archaeology of the early period of Roman involvement in Southern Spain, with particular interests in issues of identity in this colonial context, and the potential of archaeological evidence to tell us about changing notions of ethnicity
University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI
Classical Art and Archaeology MA, 2006
Classical Studies-Latin MA, 2006
Extensive courses in anthropology, classical literature, classical archaeology, and ancient history, with a focus on literacy, identity, and anthropological theory
New York University New York, NY
Summa cum laude BA, 2004
Major: Anthropology and Classical Civilization
Minors: Religious Studies, Spanish, Chemistry
Senior honors thesis: “Colonial Origins: New approaches to history, archaeology, and ethnicity at Metapontum”
PRESENTATIONS
Conference paper: “Greek Identity in Southern Italy: Foundation Stories and Archaeology at Metapontum” at University of Michigan graduate student conference, February 2005
Respondent to discussion of The Invention of Racism in Classical Antiquity by Benjamin Isaac at University of Michigan, Martin Luther King Day symposium, January 2005
ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELDWORK
Via Sacra Excavation, Summer 2005 Rome, Italy
Student volunteer on the excavation of a late Republican/early Imperial laundry and its associated drainage system, located along the Via Sacra which connects the Roman Forum and the Colosseum
Metaponto Field Survey Metaponto, Italy
Summer/Fall 2003
Field walker on the University of Texas at Austin Institute of Classical Archaeology survey of the agricultural land associated with the Greek city of Metaponto, Italy, seeking to determine the settlement history of the area from Neolothic to Medieval times
John Milner, Assoc. Greenbelt, MD
Summer 2002
Field technician on Cultural Resource Management excavations of one pre-historic and two historic sites, in preparation for the construction of a new road at NASA facility
Alexandria Archaeology Alexandria, VA
Summer 2002
Volunteer excavator at Shuter’s Hill in Virginia on a late 18th/early 19th century site, and at the site of George Washington’s Distillery, on the Mount Vernon Estate
Silchester Roman Town Silchester, England
Summer 2001
Learned basic excavation techniques at field school run by the University of Reading
MUSEUM EXPERIENCE
Museu Nacional de Arqueologia Lisbon, Portugal
Summer 2005
Participated in a workshop on Roman osteology, in which I studied human anatomy, basic paleopathology, and aging and sexing of human remains
Worked on identification and cataloguing of the museum’s collection of fragmentary human remains from burials and cremations from the Roman site of Troia, Portugal
Brooklyn Museum of Art Intern Brooklyn, NY
2001-2002
Worked under the supervision of Dr. Edna Ann Russman of the BMA and Professor Larissa Bonfante on the identification and authentication of a miniature Roman bust in the museum’s collection which lacked provenance (Fall 2002)
Assisted in the maintenance of slide and photograph collections, general departmental office work, and preparation for the April 2003 reinstallation of the Egyptian Art galleries
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Brown University Teaching Assistant Providence, RI
Fall 2006
Prepared and delivered 50-minute lectures for an undergraduate course on “Food and Drink in Classical Antiquity” (enrollment 55); designed class activities, graded student work, helped prepare syllabus, and designed a course wiki for web-based information exchange as an extension of and preparation for classroom work
University of Michigan Graduate Student Instructor Ann Arbor, MI
Spring 2006
Designed and taught three weekly discussion sections of 15-20 students, in connection with a large lecture course; delivered one guest lecture to the entire class of approximately 200 students
Kaplan Test Prep New York, NY
SAT and GRE Prep Teacher, 2002-2004
Taught Kaplan SAT and GRE test-taking methods and strategies to classes of 10-30 students, ranging widely in ability and background
Primarily taught classes at public high schools Seward Park and Maury Bergtraum on the Lower East Side, where many students speak English as a second language
ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
National Trust for Historic Preservation Washington DC
Temporary Office Assistant, Summer 2002
Worked with the membership and development offices, updating databases, recording donations, and organizing files
New York University New York, NY
Office Assistant, 2001
Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality: coordinated the incoming and outgoing paperwork for an interdepartmental faculty search, in addition to maintaining and building the Center’s mailing list, and performing general office tasks
School of Law Student Records office: assisted in a busy office, responding to the needs of students and law faculty, preparing mass mailings, and typing letters
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Co-organizer for sessions “Living on the Edge: Cultural Intersections in Borders Zones” and “When Past and Present Collide: the Ethics of Archaeological Stewardship” at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America
Member of the Student Paper Award Committee and the Student Affairs Interest Group of the Archaeological Institute of America
MAJOR AWARDS AND HONORS
Joukowsky Presidential Fellowship, Brown University, 2006-2010
Mellon Fellowship for Humanistic Studies, 2004-2005
NYU College of Arts and Science Faculty Memorial Award, 2004
John J. Winkler Memorial Prize, 2004 (for work in a risky or marginal field of classics)
Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, May 2003
