Oberlin College Department of Classics

Education
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. PhD 2005.
Dissertation: Materia Magica: The Archaeology of Magic in Egypt, Spain and Cyprus.
University of Maryland, College Park, MD M.A. in Latin and Greek, 1998
Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, VA B.S. in Religious Studies, Greek and History, 1996

Publications

2007  "Excavating Magical Practice at Roman Karanis," in M. Capasso and P. Davoli (eds.), Proceedings of the International Meeting of Egyptology and Papyrology: New Archaeological and Papyrological Researches on the Fayyum, Lecce 8th-10th June 2005. forthcoming.

2005  Co-author with Traianos Gagos and Jennifer Gates.  "Material Culture and Texts of Graeco-Roman Egypt: Creating Context, Debating Meaning." Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 42. 171-188. 

2005  Guest co-editor with Jennifer Gates, Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 42, Special Section: "(Con) Textual Encounters in Egypt: Bridging the Disciplinary Divide Between Archaeology and Papyrology".

2005  "Shamans, Seals and Magic" in This Fertile Land: Signs and Symbols in the Early Art of Iran and Iraq.  Ann Arbor: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. 65-71.

2000  "The God of the Vine: A Note on Nomenclature." in The Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii: Ancient  Mystery, Modern Muse. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. 14-15.

2000  "The Geography and History of Campania and Pompeii." in The Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii: Ancient Mystery, Modern Muse. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. 16-23.

2000  "The God of the Fertility in Room 5 of the Villa of the Mysteries." in The Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii: Ancient Mystery, Modern Muse. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. 50-58. 

Presentations

2007  "Re-Mapping Karanis: Geographic Information Systems and Site Analysis." XXV International Congress of Papyrology, Ann Arbor, MI.

2006  "Investigating Communities of Magicians through the Curse Tablets from Roman Amathous, Cyprus." CAMWS Southern Section, Memphis, TN. 

2006  "Spellbound by Love: A Case Study in Magic at Karanis in Egypt." AIA/APA annual meeting, Montreal.

2005  "Archaeological Context in Papyrological Research: A Study of Magic in the Graeco-Roman Fayum" Invited Lecture at the conference "Papyrology: New Directions in a New Generation." University of California at Berkeley.

2005  "The Magical Power of Things: Towards an Archaeology of Ritual Practice." Invited lecture, University of Chicago, Ancient Societies Workshop.

2005  "Excavating Magical Practice in Roman Karanis."  Invited lecture at the conference "New Archaeological and Papyrological Researches in the Fayyum."  Lecce University, Italy.  June 8-10. 

2005  "Magic and Resistance in a Port Town on Roman Cyprus." AIA/APA annual meeting, Boston.

2005  "(Con)textual Encounters in Egypt: Bridging the Disciplinary Divide between Archaeology and Papyrology." co-organized session with Jennifer E. Gates.  AIA/APA annual meeting, Boston; "Material Culture and Texts of Graeco-Roman Egypt: Creating Context, Debating Meaning."  Co-authored paper with Traianos Gagos and Jennifer E. Gates.

2004  "Magic on Roman Cyprus."  Invited lecture, Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus. 

2004  "The Curse Tablets of Empuries and the Ramifications of Archaeological Evidence."  AIA/APA annual meeting, San Francisco.

2003 "Magic in the Roman World."  Invited lecture for the Western Sovereign Base Area Archaeological Society in Episkopi, Cyprus. 

2003 "Regionalism in the Religious Landscape of Greco-Roman Egypt." AIA/APA annual meeting, New Orleans.  American Society of Papyrologists Session.

2002 "Portrait of Regionalism: Crocodile Cult and the Sacred Landscape of the Fayum."  Classical Association of the Midwest and South annual meeting, Austin

2001 "Painted Bones from Karanis: Archaeological Evidence of Magic?"  AIA/APA annual meeting, San Diego.

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