Main Research Topics
- Scholarly rivalry and collaboration in the ancient Near East in the second and first millennia BCE
- Scholarship in ancient Mesopotamia
- Scribes and religious professionals in the Hebrew Bible
- Citation of sources in ancient Near Eastern texts
Academic Career
- 8/2017–10/2019 Postdoctoral Researcher at the SFB 1136, conducting research on "Educated Colleagues or Ignoramuses? Scholarly Rivalry and Collaboration in Ancient
West Asia"
- 2016-2017 Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion, Department of Religion, Wofford College (Spartanburg, SC)
- 2016 Visiting Assistant Professor, Liberal Studies Program (Religious Studies), University of Montana (Missoula, MT)
- 2015-2016 Lecturer in Religion, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Clemson University (Clemson, SC)
- 2015 Instructor in Religion, Department of Religion, University of Georgia (Athens, GA)
Academic Degrees
- 2014 Brown University, Ph.D. in Religious Studies (Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean), Areas of Specialization: Hebrew Bible and Israelite Religions; Ancient Judaism; Religions, Languages, and Cultures of Ancient West Asia; Theory and Method in the Study of Religion
Dissertation: Non-Anthropomorphic Gods? Manufactured Entities and Divine Qualities and Attributes Characterized As Gods in the Textual Evidence from Ancient Mesopotamia, Syria, North Arabia, Palestine, and Elephantine, Committee: Saul Olyan (supervisor), Stanley Stowers, Matthew Rutz
- 2007 Brown University, M.A. in Religious Studies (Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean)
- 2005 Pennsylvania State University, M.A. in English, Areas of Specialization: Religious Literature; History of Biblical Interpretation
- 2002 Boston University, B.A. in Philosophy and Religion
Publications
- Book Under Contract: Esteemed Colleagues or Ignoramuses? Rivalry and Collaboration in Ancient Near Eastern Divination. Ancient Magic and Divination; Boston/Leiden: Brill (expected 2020)
- Edited Volume Under Contract: "As It Is Written"? Uses of Sources in Ancient Mediterranean Texts, co-edited with Chiara Meccariello. SERAPHIM; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (expected 2019)2018 Regional Scholar Award, Society of Biblical Literature (National)
Fellowships, Grants and Awards
- 2019 Fellowship, Mapping Ancient Gods Summer School, ERC Advanced Grant MAP Project (Mapping Ancient Polytheisms) and the French Research Center in Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, July 9-19
- 2018 Regional Scholar Award, Society of Biblical Literature (National)
- 2017 Society of Biblical Literature Regional Scholar Award, New England/Eastern Canada Region
- 2017 Duke Research Fellowship in Jewish Studies and the Hebrew Bible, Center for Jewish Studies, Duke University
- 2011-2012 Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Brown University
- 2011 Gorgias Book Grant, Gorgias Press
- 2011 Graduate School Award for Travel, Brown University, to attend the 221st Meeting of the American Oriental Society, Chicago, IL, March 11-14
- 2010-2011 Dissertation Fellowship, Brown University
- 2009-2010 Graduate Fellowship, Brown University
- 2008 Judaic Studies Department Award for Travel, Brown University, to attend the European Association of Biblical Studies, Lisbon, Portugal, August 3-7
- 2008 Summer Study Graduate Fellowship, Brown University
- 2007-2008 Graduate Fellowship, Brown University
- 2007 Summer Study Graduate Fellowship, Brown University
- 2007 American Oriental Society Graduate Student Award for Travel to attend the 217th Meeting of the American Oriental Society, San Antonio, TX, March 16-19
- 2007 Graduate School Award for Travel, Brown University, to attend the 217th Meeting of the American Oriental Society, San Antonio, TX, March 16-19
- 2006-2007 Graduate Fellowship, Brown University
- 2006 Summer Study Graduate Fellowship, Brown University
- 2005-2006 Ernest Frerichs Graduate Fellowship, Brown University
- 2003-2005 Graduate Teaching Fellowships, Pennsylvania State University
- 2002-2003 Graduate Research Assistant Fellowship, Clemson University
- 2002 Senior Work for Distinction, Department of Religion, Boston University
- 2002 Peter A. Bertocci Award for Philosophical Excellence, Department of Philosophy, Boston University
- 2002 Richard E. Katz Award, Department of Religion, Boston University
- 2002 College Prize for Excellence in Religion, Department of Religion, Boston University
- 2001 Summer Research Award, Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, Boston University
- 2001 Alice M. Brennan Humanities Fellowship, The Humanities Foundation, Boston University
- 2001 Peter M. Nelson Award for Distinguished Work by a Junior, Department of Philosophy, Boston University
Languages
- Ancient: Akkadian (all periods/dialects); Aramaic (Old, Imperial, and Middle); Ancient Greek; Hebrew (Biblical,
Mishnaic, and Dead Sea Scroll); Hittite; Sumerian; Ugaritic; Middle Egyptian (elementary)
- Modern: English, French, German
Professional Associations
- Society of Biblical Literature
- American Schools for Oriental Research
- Association of Ancient Historians
- American Academy of Religion
