Education

Ph.D., Egyptian Art and Archaeology, Johns Hopkins University (2002)
B.A.,  German and Humanities, University of Texas at Austin (1994)

Research

  • 21st Dynasty funerary practice – reuse, robbery, innovation in a time of crisis, and the 21st Dynasty Egyptian Coffins Database.
  • Craft specialization, socioeconomic value, reception history and taste change in funerary arts; anthropology of funerary rituals and belief; transformative funerary rituals.
  • Gender studies of rule (Hatshepsut) and gender studies of funerary belief (coffins).
  • New Kingdom socioeconomic texts in western Thebes.
  • Sketching, figured ostraca, and communities of practice.
  • Contextual architectural studies, particularly focusing on Theban region.
  • Afro-centrism and Egyptological agendas; the socioeconomics of the Egyptian blockbuster exhibition.
  • Material culture studies: coffins and funerary objects of the Ramesside and early Third Intermediate Periods; Late Period bronze votive statuettes; scarabs, sealings, molds and faience amulets.

Publications

Books

Courses

Undergraduate
  • Women and Power in Ancient World (Ancient Near East 15)
  • Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt, Predynastic Period to New Kingdom (Ancient Near East/Art History CM101A)
  • Ancient Egyptian Civilization (Ancient Near East/History M103A)
Graduate
  • Late Egyptian (Ancient Near East 210)
  • Seminar: Ancient Egypt (Ancient Near East 220)
  • Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt, Predynastic Period to New Kingdom (Ancient Near East C267A)
  • Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom to Greco-Roman Period (Ancient Near East C267B)