Education

• Ph.D., The University of Chicago
• M.A., The University of Chicago
• B.A., The University of Toronto

Research & Academic Interests

• Ancient Egyptian language and literature

Publications

• Orality and Literacy in the Demotic Tales, Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 81 (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2016)
• “Narration, Description, and the Space Between: Linguistic Approaches to Ancient Egyptian Literature,” Proceedings of the conference Linguistic Method and Theory and the Languages of the Ancient Near East, Christopher Woods and Andréas Stauder, eds. (Chicago: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, forthcoming)
• “Five Demotic Marriage Contracts,” P. Tebtunis VI, Oriental Institute Publications (Chicago: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, forthcoming)
• “Egyptian Literature and Orality in the Roman Period,” in Aspects of Orality and Greek Literature in the Roman Empire, C. Ruiz-Montero, ed., Pierides, Studies in Greek and Latin Literature 8 (Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019), 263-280.
• “The Syntax and Semantics of the Particle ist in the Middle Egyptian Tales,” in Essays for the Library of Seshat: Studies presented to Janet H. Johnson on the occasion of her 70th birthday, Robert K. Ritner, ed., SAOC 70 (Chicago: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2017), 63-74.
• “Djedhor son of Usirwer in the Valley of the Kings” (third author with Steve Vinson and Eugene Cruz-Uribe) in Essays for the Library of Seshat: Studies presented to Janet H. Johnson on the occasion of her 70th birthday, Robert K. Ritner, ed., SAOC 70 (Chicago: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2017), 381-398.

Associations, Affiliations & Work History

• American Research Center in Egypt, Egypt Exploration Society, Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities

• Trustee of the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities
• Editor of the Journal of the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities, 2014-2017
• Co-chair, Academic Planning and Assessment Committee, 2017-present

Awards & Accolades

• Winner of EKU’s Critical Reading Teaching Award 2018-2019
• EKU University Fellow, 2016-2017
• EKU College of Arts & Sciences Excellence in Research & Creative Activities Award (recipient for the Social & Behavioral Sciences), 2014-2015