| Name: Joshua Aaron Roberson | Department:Art and Design |
| DEGREES | DISCIPLINE | INSTITUTION | YEAR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ph.D. | Egyptology | University of Pennsylvania | 2007 |
| B.A. | Anthropology | University of North Texas | 1997 |
| RANK/POSITION | DEPARTMENT/DIVISION | INSTITUTION/COMPANY/ORGANIZATION | PERIOD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor | Art / Art History (Egyptology) | University of Memphis, Institute of Egyptian Art & Archaeology | 2018–present |
| Assistant Professor | Art / Art History (Egyptology) | University of Memphis, Institute of Egyptian Art & Archaeology | 2015–2018 |
| Assistant Professor | History | Camden County College | 2011–2015 |
| Lecturer | Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Egyptology | University of Pennsylvnaia | 2006–2009, 2010–2011 |
| Lecturer | History, Anthropology | University of North Texas | 2009–2010 |
| HONOR/AWARD | INSTITUTION/COMPANY/ORGANIZATION | YEAR |
|---|---|---|
| Professional Development Assignment, one semester leave | University of Memphis, College of Communication and Fine Arts | 2020 |
| Dean's Outstanding Research Award | University of Memphis, College of Communication and Fine Arts | 2019 |
| Research Investment Fund Discovery Grant, co-recipient with P. Brand and A. Abdelnaby | University of Memphis | 2017 |
| Faculty Research Grant | University of Memphis | 2016 |
| Humanities grant | New Jersey Council for the Humanities | 2014 |
| Publication grant | Michela Schiff-giorgini Foundation | 2013 |
| Humanities grant | New Jersey Council for the Humanities | 2012 |
| Research fellowship | American Research Center in Egypt, US Dept. of State | 2008 |
| Featured scholar: "Fellow spotlight" | Louis J. Kolb Foundation | 2012 |
| Dissertation fellowship in the Arts & Sciences | University of Pennsylvania | 2006–07 |
| Felix J. Korsyn Prize in Egyptology | University of Pennsylvania | 2006 |
| Louis J. Kolb graduate fellowship | Kolb Society, University of Pennsylvania | 2001–05 |
| SUBJECT | INSTITUTION |
|---|---|
| Middle Egyptian I (ARTH 7115) | University of Memphis |
| Middle Egyptian II (ARTH 7116) | University of Memphis |
| Egyptian Literature (ARTH 7117) | University of Memphis |
| Egyptian Texts (ARTH 7118) | University of Memphis |
| Introduction to Ancient Egypt (ARTH 2000) | University of Memphis |
| World Art I (ARTH 2010) | University of Memphis |
| Old Egyptian (ANEL/AFST 563) | University of Pennsylvania |
| Middle Egyptian I (ANEL/AFST 460) | University of Pennsylvnaia |
| Middle EGyptian II (ANEL/AFST 460) | University of Pennsylvania |
| Late Egyptian (ANEL 560) | University of Pennsylvania |
| Coptic I (ANEL 664/RELS 616) | University of Pennsylvania |
| Coptic II (ANEL 664/RELS 616) | University of Pennsylvania |
| The Mind of Egypt in the New Kingdom (NEL/CGS 165) | University of Pennsylvania |
| Religion in Ancient Egypt (NELC 168/468) | University of Pennsylvania |
| History of Ancient Egypt (NELC 266/666) | University of Pennsylvania |
| Art and Architecture in Ancient Egypt (NELC 668) | University of Pennsylvania |
| Topics in African History: Ancient Egypt I (HIST 4263) | University of North Texas |
| Topics in African History: Ancient Egypt II (HIST 4263) | University of North Texas |
| Special Problems: Egyptian Religion (ANTH 5900) | University of North Texas |
| Special Problems: Egypt in Antiquity (HIST 5900) | University of North Texas |
| The Supernatural: Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion (ANTH 4700) | University of North Texas |
| World History to the 16th Century (HIST 1050) | University of North Texas |
| World Civilizations I (HIS 101) | Camden County College |
| World Civilizations I Honors (HIS 101H) | Camden County College |
| World Civilizations II (HIS 102) | Camden County College |
| Ancient Egyptian History I (HIS 135) | Camden County College |
| Ancient Egyptian History II (HIS 135) | Camden County College |
| CURRENT DEGREE | NAME | YEAR OF GRADUATION |
|---|---|---|
| M.A. | Paige Nehls | 2023 |
| M.A. | Luke Trull | 2023 |
| M.A. | Katherine Consola | 2021 |
| M.A. | JoLynne Minnick | 2021 |
| M.A. | Melissa Thiringer | 2019 |
| M.A. | Tanya Olson | 2018 |
| M.A. | Amber Ward | 2017 |
| M.A. | Jessica Johnson | 2016 |
2023. Rita LUCARELLI, Joshua A. ROBERSON, and Steve VINSON, eds. Ancient Egypt – New Technology. Harvard Egyptological Studies 17 (Leiden and Boston: Brill).
2020. A Lexicon of Ancient Egyptian Cryptography of the New Kingdom. Enigmatic Writing in the Egyptian New Kingdom, vol. 2. Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde Beiheft 12 (Berlin: De Gruyter).
2018. Ramesside Inscriptions: Historical and Biographical, volume IX (Wallasey, UK: Abercromby Press).
2013. The Awakening of Osiris and the Transit of the Solar Barques: Royal Apotheosis in a Most Concise Book of the Underworld and Sky, Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis, vol. 262 (Freiburg and Göttingen: Academic Press).
2012. The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Earth, Wilbour Studies in Egypt and Ancient Western Asia, vol. 1 (Atlanta: Lockwood Press).
2012. Co-author, with Guillaume Charloux, et al., Le parvis du temple d'Opet à Karnak. Exploration archéologique (2006–2007) (Cairo: IFAO).
2019. Review of J.C. Darnell and C.M. Darnell, The Ancient Egyptian Netherworld Books, for the Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 53: 210–213.
2018. Review of W. Sherbiny, Through Hermopolitan Lenses. Studies on the So-Called Book of Two Ways in Ancient Egypt, for the Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 54: 149–153.
2018. Review of F. Neveu, The Language of Ramesses, translated from the French by Maria Cannata, for Scribe 1.
2018. Review of S. Quirke, Exploring Religion in Ancient Egypt, for Scribe 1.
2017. Review of S. Quirke, Exploring Religion in Ancient Egypt, for the Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 53: 331–332.
2017. Review of F. Neveu, The Language of Ramesses, translated from the French by Maria Cannata, for the Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 53: 332–335.
2014. Review of N. Harrington, Living with the Dead: Ancestor Worship and Mortuary Ritual in Ancient Egypt, for Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 50: 237–239.
2014. Review of B. Gunn, Studies in Egyptian Syntax (second edition), for Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 50: 235–237.
2005–06. Review of M. Bárta, Sinuhe, the Bible, and the Patriarchs, for Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 42: 167–168.
2005–06. Review of J. Naydler, Shamanic Wisdom in the Pyramid Texts: The Mystical Tradition of Ancient Egypt, for Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 42: 166–167.
2004. Review of N. de G. Davies, The Rock Tombs of El Amarna, 3 vols., for Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 41: 203.
2003. Review of C. Manassa, The Great Karnak Inscription of Merneptah, for Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 40: 109–110.
2019. "Whose Error Anyway? Epigraphic and Orthographic Variation in a Book of the Earth as Evidence for Multiple Master Documents in the Sarcophagus Chamber of Ramesses VI," Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 55: 161–171.
2018. “Tête-à-tête: Some Observations and Counter-Arguments regarding a Contentious Phonological Value,” Lingua Aegyptia 26: 185–202.
2018. “A New Interpretation for a Supposed Hapax in Sinuhe, B 186.” Göttinger Miszellen 255: 5–8.
2018. Co-author, with S.J. Seidlmayer, F. Arnold, R. Bicker, et al., "Report on the Excavations at Elephantine by the German Archaeological Institute and the Swiss Institute from autumn 2015 to summer 2016," Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte, pre-publication copy available online from the German Archaeological Institute: http://www.dainst.org/project/25953).
2018. “A Brief Etymological Note on the Toponym Nefrusy / Neferusi,” Göttinger Miszellen 254: 6
2017. Co-author, with G. Charloux et al., “Le temple « primitif » de Ptah á Karnak,” Bulletin de l’Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale 117: 1–35.
2015. "A Season in Hell (with apologies to Arthur Rimbaud): The Annihilation of the Damned in Ancient Egypt," Expedition 57/2: 17–23.
2012. “A New Nautical Idiom for Hoisting Sails (in the Underworld)?” Göttinger Miszellen 233: 43–50.
2010. “The Trampled Foe: Two New Examples of a Rare Amuletic Form,” Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 96: 219–222.
2009. “Inside or at Home? An Observation on Syntax in the Serpent’s Prophesy, Shipwrecked Sailor 167–69,” Göttinger Miszellen 222: 51–56.
2009. “A Solar Litany from the Tomb of Ramesses IX,” Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 45: 227–232.
2009. Co-author, with G. Charloux et al., and French-English translator: “Recent Excavations at the Opet Temple in Karnak,” Kmt: A Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt 20/1: 18–26.
2009. Co-author, with G. Charloux et al., “Karnak: Sous le temple d’Opet,” Archéologia 463: 28–39.
2008. “The Rebirth of the Sun: Mortuary Art and Architecture in the Royal Tombs of New Kingdom Egypt,” Expedition 50/2: 14–25.
2007. “An Enigmatic Wall from the Cenotaph of Seti I at Abydos,” Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 43: 93–112.
In preparation. “Some Observations on the Transmission of the Book of the Earth in TT33,” in Isabelle REGEN, ed., proceedings of a conference on Theban Tomb 23.
In preparation. “Ancient Egyptian Conceptions of the Afterlife,” in Rita Lucarelli and Lara Weiss, eds., The Bloomsbury Handbook to Religion in Ancient Egypt: A Decolonized, Lived Perspective.
2023 in press. “Syntactic and Modal Markers (“Particles”) in the Texts of the Shabaqo Stone,” in Brian Muhs and Foy Scalf, eds., A Master of Secrets in the Chamber of Darkness: Egyptological Studies in Honor of Robert K. Ritner, Presented on the Occasion of His 68th Birthday. Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization 73 (Chicago: University press), 173–188.
2023. “The Iconicity of the Vertical in Egyptian Cosmological (Con-)Texts,” in Ilona Zsolnay, ed., Seen Not Heard: Composition, Iconicity, and the Classifier Systems of Logosyllabic Scripts. Oriental Institute Seminars 14 (Chicago: Oriental Institute), 31–62.
2023. Rita LUCARELLI, Joshua A. ROBERSON, Steve VINSON, “Looking back, looking forward: Ancient Egypt – New Technology,” in R. Lucarelli, J.A. Roberson, and S. Vinson, eds., Ancient Egypt – New Technology, Harvard Egyptological Studies 17 Leiden and Boston: Brill). ix–xi
2023. Heleen WILBRINK and Joshua A. ROBERSON. “Chapter 23. Cleo – The Artificial Intelligence Egyptology Platform,” in Ri. LUCARELLI, J.A. ROBERSON, and S. VINSON, eds., Ancient Egypt – New Technology. Harvard Egyptological Studies (Leiden and Boston: Brill), 592–604.
2020. "The 'Jackal Hymn of the West' in the Book of the Night," in Andréas Stauder and David Klotz, eds., Enigmatic Writing in the Egyptian New Kingdom. Revealing, Transforming, and Display in Egyptian Hieroglyphs. Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde Beiheft 12, 1 (Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter), 149–194.
2020. "A Brief Excursus on the Mechanisms of Cryptographic Sign Substitution," in Andréas Stauder and David Klotz, eds., Enigmatic Writing in the Egyptian New Kingdom. Revealing, Transforming, and Display in Egyptian Hieroglyphs. Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde 12, 1 (Berlin: De Gruyter), 141–148.
2016. "Chapter 21: The Royal Funerary Books," in K. Weeks and R. Wilkinson, eds., The Oxford Handbook of the Valley of the Kings (Oxford: University Press), 317–332.
2011. “Observations on the so-called ‘sw sdm=f,’ or Middle Egyptian Proclitic Pronoun Construction,” in Z. Hawass and J. Wegner, eds., Millions of Jubilees: Studies in Honor of David P. Silverman, SASAE 39, (Cairo: SCA), vol. 2, 185–205.
2011. “Egyptian Creation Myths,” “The Valley of the Kings,” “Egyptian Magic,” “Egyptian Solar Deities,” “Egyptian Hieroglyphs,” “Egyptian Scribal Academies,” “Tale of Sinuhe,” “Medinet Habu,” “Communicating the Environment in Egyptian Art,” “The Early New Kingdom,” and “The Later New Kingdom,” eleven articles in K. McGeough, ed., World History Encyclopedia. Era 2: Early Civilizations, 4000–1000 BCE, vols. 3 and 4 (ABC-CLIO).
2009. “The Early History of “New Kingdom” Netherworld Iconography: A Late Middle Kingdom Apotropaic Wand Reconsidered,” in D.P. Silverman, W.K. Simpson, and J. Wegner, eds., Archaism and Innovation (Yale, U. Penn), 427–445.
2019. “Language and Script”; “Decipherment”; “Cosmology”; “Seals and Seal Impressions”; “Amun,” five articles in Lisa Sabahy, ed., All Things Ancient Egypt: An Encyclopedia of the Ancient Egyptian World (ABC-CLIO).
2016. "Anatomy of a Palimpsest: The Not-So-Strange Case of the 'Abydos Helicopter'," Kmt: A Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt 27/1: 61–66.
2015. "God in the Flesh: The Role of the King in Ancient Egyptian Religion," perspectives essay for online database World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy (ABC-CLIO). Available online at http://www.abc-clio.com/ABC-CLIOCorporate/product.aspx?pc=WRELW.
2011. "Chapter 5: A Good Burial," in C. Routledge, ed., Quest for Immortality, The Bolton Collection (Taipei: China Media Sphere and United Exhibits Group).
2009. “The Book of the Earth: Photographic Collation of Lesser-Known Sources,” Bulletin of the American Research Center in Egypt 194: 17–20.
2008. “The Book of the Earth: New Interpretations and ’08 Fieldwork,” ARCE-PA Newsletter 3/1: 8–9.
2006. “Relief Fragment,” in G. Nosan and E. Feery, eds., Art of the Two Lands: Egypt from 4000 B.C. to 1000 A.D. (Verona: Mondadori), 86–87.
2017. “Stela of Chola”; “Terracotta head of a man, possibly Vespasian”; “Lion in repose”; “Nedjemu statue”; “Igeg shrine”; “Middle Kingdom offering tray”; and “Pre-Dynastic macehead,” seven 3D models of objects in the Art Museum of the University of Memphis, with descriptions and bibliography, published online at: https://sketchfab.com/joshuaaaronroberson/models.
2022. “Transmission of the Book of the Earth in the Tomb of Petamenopet (TT33).” Invited lecture for the conference Bibliothèque de pierre. Les tombes monumentales d’époque kouchito-saïtes à Thèbes. Université Paul Valéry Montpellier-3. Presented virtually.
2019. Moderator and discussant, roundtable on digital technology and Egyptology, for the conference ‘Ancient Egypt and New Technology: The Present and Future of Computer Visualization, Virtual Reality and other Digital Humanities in Egyptology.’ Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2018. "Tiny Texts: Sealing practice in ancient Egyptian archaeological contexts," invited speaker, eleventh annual Kolb Foundation Senior Scholars' Colloquium. University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA.
2018. “Tête-à-tête: Some observations and counter-arguments regarding a contentious phonological value,” presented at the sixty-ninth annual meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt. Tucson, Arizona.
2017. “The Iconicity of the Vertical in Egyptian Cosmological (Con-)Texts,” presented at the University of Chicago, post-doctoral conference ‘Seen Not Heard: Composition, Iconicity, and the Classifier Systems of Logosyllabic Scripts’. Chicago, Illinois.
2016. "The Jackal Hymn in the Book of the Night," presented at the sixty-seventh annual meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt. Atlanta, GA.
2015. “Whose error, anyway? Non-standard Orthography, Cryptography, and the Transmission of Texts: The Case of the Ancient Egyptian Book of the Earth,” invited lecture, international conference, ‘The Chinese Writing System and its Dialogue with Sumerian, Egyptian, and Mesoamerican Writing Systems’, presented on behalf of the Chinese Studies Program and Confucius Institute of Rutgers University (CIRU). New Brunswick, NJ.
2015. “Lessons from the Lexikon: (Re-) Reading the Cryptographic Jackal Hymn from the Book of the Night,” invited lecture, international workshop on New Kingdom Cryptography, on behalf of Eikones Modul A: Materialität und Semantik der Schrift. Basel, Switzerland.
2014. “Seal Impressions and Civil Administration in Ancient Egypt,” invited lecture, international workshop ‘Reality of Life. A Synthesis of Archaeology and Natural Sciences’, on behalf of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) expedition to Elephantine island. Aswan, Egypt.
2006. “Notions of Cosmos in the Ancient Egyptian Book of the Earth,” invited lecture, first annual Spring Conference of Kolb Fellows. Philadelphia, PA.
2022. “No One Should Brave the Underworld Alone: Traversing Eternity in the Age of Ramesses the Great.” Invited lecture, delivered in person for the De Young Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco.
2021. “Stranger than Hieroglyphs: Enigmatic Writing in Ancient Egypt.” Invited lecture. University of Mississippi. Presented virtually during the COVID pandemic.
2021. “An Introduction to the Principles of Egyptian Art,” invited lecture, presented on behalf of the Brooks Museum League. Memphis, TN.
2021. “Chthonic Magic in the Pyramid Texts (and Beyond): The Life History of an Obscure Earth God,” invited lecture for the course Love Spells, Oracles, Amulets: Ancient Egyptian Rituals of Magic and Divination, Bloomsbury Summer School. London, UK. Presented virtually during the COVID pandemic.
2021. “An Impossibly Brief Introduction to the Cryptographic Script of Ancient Egypt,” invited lecture, University of Liverpool, UK. Presented virtually during the COVID pandemic.
2021. “Cryptography in Ancient Egypt,” invited class lecture, EGYPT 201A, Middle Egyptian Texts, University of California, Berkeley. Presented virtually during the COVID pandemic.
2021. “The Bones of the Earth-Spawn Tremble: Re-Assessing the Aker Sphinx,” invited lecture, Redeeming Demons lecture event, ARCE-Orange County, San Bernardino, CA. Presented virtually during COVID pandemic.
2019. “The University of Memphis-Aincient collaboration: Egyptology, collections digitization, and artificial intelligence,” invited lecture, Institute for Intelligent Systems Speed Talks. University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
2019. “Secret Knowledge: Cosmology and Cosmography in the Egyptian Mortuary Cult,” invited lecture, American Research Center in Egypt, DC Chapter. Washington, DC
2019. “Practical Apotheosis: Becoming God and (De)constructing the Afterlife in Egypt’s New Kingdom,” invited lecture, American Research Center in Egypt, Arizona Chapter. Tucson, AZ
2017. “Worlds in Stone: Cosmic Architecture and Decoration of Royal Tombs in New Kingdom Egypt,” twelfth annual William J. Murnane memorial lecture, Institute of Egyptian Art & Archaeology, University of Memphis. Memphis, Tennessee.
2016. "Ancient Egyptian Royal Tombs and the 'Virtual Realities' of Life after Death," invited lecture, Roanoke College. Salem, VA.
2016. "Seals and Sealing Practice in Middle Kingdom Egypt," guest lecture, Introduction to Archaeology, presented on behalf of Dr. Leslie Warden, Roanoke College. Salem, VA.
2016. "Virtual Realities in Stone: Cosmography, Art, and Architecture in the Royal Tombs from the Valley of the Kings," invited lecture, University of Mississippi. Oxford, MS.
2015. "Practical Theology Here and After: Apotropaic Wands and Birth Magic in Ancient Egypt," guest lecture, ARTH 7125, Egyptian Art & Architecture, at the invitation of Dr. Lorelei Corcoran, University of Memphis. Memphis, TN.
2015. "Rending the veil: Fieldwork, Research, and Writing on Ancient Egypt 2001–2015," on behalf of the University of Memphis Egyptology Graduate Student Association. Memphis, TN.
2015. “Let Us Descend into the Sightless Depths: The Cosmology of the Ancient Egyptian Books of the Earth,” invited lecture, American Research Center in Egypt, North Texas Chapter. Dallas, TX.
2015. “Research on Writing in Ancient Egypt: Epigraphers, Philologists, Sigillographers, and Other Strange Bedfellows,” invited lecture presented on behalf of the Teaching and Learning Center at Camden County College. Blackwood, NJ.
2015. “Breaking the Seal: Administration and Sealing Practice at Thebes in the Middle Kingdom,” invited lecture, California State University San Bernardino. San Bernardino, CA.
2015. “Civil Administration and Sigillography in Middle Kingdom Thebes,” invited lecture, University of Memphis. Memphis, TN.
2014. “A Traveler [in] an Antique Land: Fragments of Memories and Notes from the Field, Egypt 2001–14,” invited lecture presented on behalf of the Literary Society of Camden County College. Blackwood, NJ.
2014. “It’s a Man’s World? Gender, Kingship, and the Afterlife in the Private Tomb of Mutirdis,” invited lecture, presented on behalf of ARCE, Pennsylvania chapter. Philadelphia, PA.
2013. “Descend, you gods… for I am Magic: Divine Hymns and Religious Poetry from Ancient Egypt,” delivered for the poetry series Literature Live, Camden County College. Blackwood, NJ.
2013. “A Season in Hell (with apologies to A. Rimbaud). Explorations in the Egyptian Underworld,” delivered for public lecture series Hidden Histories of Ancient Egypt, on behalf of the Center for Civic Leadership and Responsibility. Blackwood, NJ.
2011. “A Tomb for Osiris? Considerations on the Marriage of Architecture and Mythology,” invited lecture, presented on behalf of ARCE, Pennsylvania chapter. Philadelphia, PA.
2011. “Egypt’s Heretic King: Akhenaten and the Amarna Revolution,” invited lecture, presented at Camden Country College, Blackwood campus. Blackwood, NJ.
2010. “The Secret History of Karnak Temple: Civil Administration and Sigillography in Middle Kingdom Thebes,” invited lecture, presented at the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago.
2010. “(Re)-imagining the Underworld: Textual Transmission, Art, and Architecture at el-Asasif Necropolis,” invited seminar, presented at the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago.
2009. “Epigraphy and Sigillography: Three Seasons of Field Work in Upper, Middle, and Lower Egypt,” invited lecture, ANTH 001, Introduction to Archaeology. University of Pennsylvania.
2009. “Ancient Egyptian Magic: Gods, Myths, and Personal Practice,” invited lecture, NELC 468, Religion of Ancient Egypt. University of Pennsylvania.
2008. “An Introduction to Egyptian Hieroglyphs,” invited lecture delivered on behalf of ARCE, Pennsylvania chapter. Philadelphia, PA.
2006. “Akhenaten and the Amarna Heresy,” invited lecture, presented on behalf of the Women’s Committee Show and Sale, ‘Treasures... from the Silk Road to the Santa Fe Trail.’ University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
2006. “Sexual Architecture in the Theban Royal Necropolis: New Approaches to the Late Ramessid ‘Resurrection Machine’,” invited lecture and dinner engagement, presented for the benefit of ARCE, Pennsylvania chapter. Philadelphia, PA.
2004. “Enigmatic Writing in the Book of the Earth: A Topical Introduction to the Principles of Ancient Egyptian Cryptography,” invited lecture, University of Pennsylvania Graduate Student Colloquium. Philadelphia, PA.
2004. “Where the earth meets the sky: The history and evolution of netherworld iconography and its relation to the Egyptian Horizon from the Middle Kingdom through the Third Intermediate Period,” invited lecture, University of Pennsylvania Graduate Student Colloquium.
2002. “Ancient Egyptian Magical Practices,” invited lecture, AMES 166, Egyptian Religion. University of Pennsylvania.
2002. “Egyptian Cosmography in the Old and Middle Kingdoms,” invited lecture, AMES 166, Egyptian Religion. University of Pennsylvania.
2014. “Intimations of a Female Horus: Decorum and Gender Adaptation in an Early Saite Book of the Underworld and Sky,” presented at the sixty-fifth annual meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt. Portland, OR.
2012. “God’s Words: An Introduction to the Language of Ancient Egypt,” five-week lecture series and workshop presented on behalf of the Center for Civic Leadership and Responsibility. Blackwood, NJ.
2012. “The Awakening of Osiris: Interpretations and Observations on a Recalcitrant Sequence of Cryptographic Texts,” presented at the sixty-third annual meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt. Providence, RI.
2012. “Beyond the Pyramids: An Introduction to the Religion and Culture of Ancient Egypt,” five-week lecture series presented on behalf of the Center for Civic Leadership and Responsibility. Blackwood, NJ.
2010. “Observations on ‘proclitic’ use of the Dependent Pronouns in Middle Egyptian,” presented at the sixty-first annual meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt. Berkeley, CA.
2009. “A New Look at Old Sources for the Late Period Books of the Earth,” presented at the sixtieth annual meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt. Dallas, TX.
2007. “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs,” multiple lectures delivered by appointment on behalf of the Franklin Institute Science Museum for the Supreme Council of Antiquities Tutankhamun traveling exhibition. Philadelphia, PA.
2006. “Egyptian Religion,” invited lecture, presented for the benefit of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, “Egypt 101” lecture series.
2006. “An Early Saite Book of the Earth: Some Observations Regarding the Theban Tomb of Mutirdis (TT 410),” presented at the fifty-seventh annual meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt. Jersey City, NJ.
2005. ‘'Insignificant Remains'? Three Enigmatic Texts from the Cenotaph of Seti I at Abydos, Examined in Context,” presented at the fifty-sixth annual meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt. Cambridge, MA.
2003. “The Early History of New Kingdom Netherworld Iconography: A Late Middle Kingdom Apotropaic Wand Reconsidered,” presented at the first International Symposium on Ancient Egyptian Theology and Demonology. Rhodes, Greece.
2003. “The Early History of New Kingdom Netherworld Iconography: A Late Middle Kingdom Apotropaic Wand Reconsidered,” presented at the fifty-fourth annual meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt, Atlanta, GA.
| ACTIVITY | AGENCY/SOURCE | AMOUNT | PERIOD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant supporting publication of conference volume, Ancient Egypt – New Technology | Michela Schiff Giorgini Foundation, Switzerland | €2664 (approx. $2940 USD) | 2020 |
| Grant supporting public lecture series | New Jersey Council for the Humanities | 2014 | |
| Grant supporting publication of 2013 monograph. The Awakening of Osiris and the Transit of the Solar Barques | Michela Schiff Giorgini Foundation | 2013 | |
| Grant supporting public lecture series 'Hidden Histories of Ancient Egypt' | New Jersey Council for the Humanities | 2012 | |
| Research fellowship | American Research Center in Egypt, US Dept. of State | 2008 |
| ACTIVITY | AGENCY/SOURCE | AMOUNT | PERIOD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Co-recipient, Research Investment Fund Discovery Grant, "Karnak Hypostyle Hall Project" | University of Memphis | $20,000 | 2017–2018 |
| Faculty Research Grant, "Photogrammetry as a Tool for Digital Conservation" | University of Memphis | $5000 | 2016 |
| PROJECT | PARTICIPANTS | PERIOD | SPONSORSHIP |
|---|---|---|---|
| National board member, Academic Oversight Committeee of the American Research Center in Egypt | Leading scholars in Egyptology | 2019–2022 | |
| President, Tennessee chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) | Chapter members and board members; visiting lecturers and members of the public attending sponsored lectures and other events. ARCE is an international, private nonprofit organization recognized by the US Department of State since 1962. | 2016–2020 | American Research Center in Egypt |
| Consultation and site visit to Lauderdale Middle School, Ripley TN. | Met with school librarian, Ms. Tammy Pipkin to explain significance of papyrus replicas donated as teaching resource to the school library in the 1950s. | February 2016 | Lauderdale MIddle School |
| Ancient Egypt Family day | Faculty, staff, and graduiate students; visiting community members, familes, and their children | April 2016 | Institute of Egyptian Art & Archaeology |
| Public lecture, Roanoke College (Salem, VA) | Community members and students in attendance | March 2016 | Departments of Classics and Anthropology |
| Public lecture, University of Mississippi (Oxford, MS) | Community members and students in attendance | March 2016 | |
| Public lecture, Southern Methodist University (Dallas, TX) | Community members in attendance | July 2015 | North Texas chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt |
| Public lecture series "Museum Diariest: Art and Archaeology through the Curator's Eye | Camden County College, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, Rutgers University, Rowan University | 2013–2014 | New Jersey Council for the Humanities |
| Public lecture series, "Hidden Histories of Ancient Egypt" | Camden County College, University of Pennsylvania, Roanoke College | 2012–2013 | New Jersey Council for the Humanities |
| UNIVERSITY | COMMITTEE/ACTIVITY | PERIOD |
|---|---|---|
| University of Memphis | Chair, faculty search committee for curator of the IEAA Egyptian collection | 2023 |
| University of Memphis | Chair, Tenure and Promotion Committee, Department of Art | 2022–present |
| University of Memphis | Research Committee, College of Communication and Fine Arts | 2022–present |
| University of Memphis | President's appeals committee (university appointment) | 2022–present |
| University of Memphis | Graduate council, College of Communication and Fine Arts | 2020–2022 |
| University of Memphis | Committee for mid-tenure review of faculty member in the Department of Art | 2022 |
| University of Memphis | Faculty search committee, tenure-track position in Greek and Roman Art History | 2019–2020 |
| University of Memphis | Faculty search committee, Dorothy Kayser Hohenberg Chair of Excellence in Art History | 2017–present |
| University of Memphis | Faculty search committee, tenure-track position in Renaissance and Early Modern Art History | 2019–2020 |
| University of Memphis | Curriculum Committee, College of Communication and Fine Arts | 2019–2020 |
| University of Memphis | Art History Area Coordinator | 2019–2020 |
| University of Memphis | Graduate studies coordinator, Dept. of Art | 2020–2022 |
| University of Memphis | Acting director, Institute of Egyptian Art & Archaeology | 2017, Fall |
| University of Memphis | Assistant director, Institute of Egyptian Art & Archaeology | 2016–present |
| University of Memphis | Faculty Handbook revision committee | 2017–present |
| Unviversity of Memphis | Public relations and organization for Legacy of Egypt lecture, featuring Dr. David P. Silverman (University of Pennsylvania) | 2017, Spring |
| University of Memphis | Department of Art, Art History commimttee | Fall 2015–present |
| University of Memphis | Public relations and organization for IEAA annual alumni lecture lecture, featuring Dr. Jane HIll (Rowan University) | 2017, Fall |
| University of Memphis | Public relations and organization for Legacy of Egypt lecture, featuring Dr. Denise Doxey (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) | 2018, Spring |
| University of Memphis | Organizer and public relations for visiting scholar's workshop and public lecture, featuring Dr. Rita Lucarelli (UC Berkeley) | Fall 2016 |
| University of Memphis | University ad-hoc committee for review of the faculty handbook | Fall 2016 |
| University of Memphis | NCUR undergraduate conference organizing committee and abstract referee, Department of Art | Fall 2016–Spring 2017 |
| University of Memphis | Department of Art, ad-hoc committee for recruitment strategies | Fall 2016 |
| University of Memphis | Faculty librarian for the IEAA Egyptological library | Fall 2016–present |
| University of Memphis | Graduate recruitment fair, Department of Art representative | Fall 2016 |
| University of Memphis | Public relations for the annual Legacy of Egypt lecture, featuring Dr. Steve Vinson (University of Indiana, Bloomington) | Spring 2016 |
| University of Memphis | CCFA faculty representative, 2016 commemncement ceremony | Spring 2016 |
| University of Memphis | Public relations for the eleventh annual William J. Murnane Memorial Lecture, featuring Dr. Renee Friedman (British Museum). | Fall 2016 |
| University of Memphis | Public relations for the tenth annual William J. Murnane Memorial lecture, featureing Dr. Thomas Schneider (University of British Columbia) | Fall 2015 |
| ORGANIZATION/COMPANY | PERIOD |
| Academic peer reviewer for the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology (JEA) | 2022–present |
| Academic peer reviewer for Brill | 2021–present |
| Advisory editorial board member, Journal of the Hellenic Institute of Egyptology (JHIE), vol. 3–. | 2019–present |
| Academic peer reviewer for the Journal of Near Eastern Studies (JNES) | 2019–present |
| Assistant editor, Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections, vol. 20–. | 2019–2022 |
| Series editor, Material & Visual Culture of Ancient Egypt, Lockwood press. | 2018–2021 |
| Academic peer reviewer, Expedition magazine | 2013–present |
| Academic peer reviewer, Journal of Ancient Civilizations (JAC) | 2016–present |
| Academic peer reviewer, Bulletin de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale (BIFAO) | 2018–present |
| Academic peer reviewer, International Journal of Young Conservators and Restorers of Works of Art | 2016–present |
| Academic peer reviewer, Egyptological publications, Hodder & Stoughton publishing | 2016–present |
| Editorial board member, Egyptian Ministry of State for Antiquities, Department of Scientific Publications | 2016–present |
| University of Pennsylvania Museum, Egyptian section | 2011–present |
| German Archaeological Institute (DAI) expedition to Elephantine island, seal impressions analysis | 2014–present |
| French-Egyptian Expedition (CNRS/CFEETK) to the Opet precinct of Karnak temple, seal impressions analysis | 2008–2009 |
| Discovery channel and BBC (TV6) | 2008–2009 |
| Academic Year (please indicate year) | Course # | Course Name | Credit Hours | Percent Taught | Enroll | Labratory Supervised(S)/Instructed(I) | New Preparation (Y) /(N) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015, Fall | ARTH 7115 | Middle Egyptian I | 3 | 100 | 5 | Y | |
| 2015, Fall | ARTH 4197 | Advanced Individual Research | 3 | 100 | 1 | ||
| 2015, Fall | ARTH 7117 | Middle Egyptian Literature | 3 | 100 | 4 | Y | |
| 2016, Spring | ARTH 4197 | Advanced Individual Research | 3 | 100 | 1 | ||
| 2016, Spring | ARTH 7116 | Middle Egyptian II | 3 | 100 | 5 | Y | |
| 2016, Spring | ARTH 7118 | Egyptian Texts | 3 | 100 | 5 | Y | |
| 2016, Spring | ARTH 7996 | Thesis | 6 | 100 | 1 | Y | |
| 2016, Fall | ARTH 2010 | World Art I | 3 | 100 | 43 | Y | |
| 2016, Fall | ARTH 7115 | Middle Egyptian I | 3 | 100 | 10 | ||
| 2016, Fall | ARTH 7117 | Middle Egyptian Literature | 3 | 100 | 6 | Y | |
| 2017, Spring | ARTH 7116 | Middle Egyptian II | 3 | 100 | 9 | ||
| 2017, Spring | ARTH 7118 | Egyptian Texts | 3 | 100 | 5 | ||
| 2017, Spring | ARTH 7996 | Thesis | 6 | 100 | 1 | Y | |
| 2017, Fall | ARTH 7115 | Middle Egyptian I | 3 | 100 | 5 | Y | |
| 2017, Fall | ARTH 7117 | Middle Egyptian Literature | 3 | 100 | 6 | Y | |
| 2018, Spring | ARTH 7116 | Middle Egyptian II | 3 | 100 | 3 | Y | |
| 2018, Spring | ARTH 7118 | Egyptian Texts | 3 | 100 | 9 | Y | |
| 2018, Spring | ARTH 7996 | Thesis | 6 | 100 | 1 | Y |
| 2023. M.A. thesis advisee Paige Nehls (grad. 2023) accepted a position as research assistant to Dr. Zahi Hawass, the former cabinet-level head of the Ministry of Antiquities in Egypt, the most prominent Egyptian archaeologist currently working on the global stage, and notable television personality. |
| 2023. Egyptian language advisee and M.A. student in History, Charles Rhodes (grad. 2023), accepted to two top-tier Egyptology Ph.D. programs, at Brown University and UCLA, accepting the latter. |
| 2022. External Ph.D. dissertation advisee (U. Toronto), Dr. Silvia Zago (grad. 2019), accepted an academic position as Lecturer in Egyptology at the University of Liverpool, UK. |
| 2021. M.A. thesis advisee Katherine Consola (grad. 2021) accepted a position as Latin and History instructor at Grace St. Luke's Episcopal School, Memphis, TN. |
| 2021. M.A. advisee Katherine Consola awarded a research fellowship from the German Archaeological Institute for her work with me on seal impressions excavated from the site of Elephantine island, Egypt. |
| 2018. M.A. Thesis advisee Tanya Olson (grad. 2018) accepted to two top-tier Ph.D. programs in Egyptology, at Johns Hopkins University and The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, accepting the latter. |
| 2018. M.A. thesis advisee Jessica Johnson (grad. 2016) accepted to top-tier Ph.D. program in Egyptology at the University of California, Berkeley. |
| 2017. M.A. thesis advisee Amber Ward (grad. 2017) offered museum internship in the Egyptian collection of California State University, San Bernardino. |
| Applied for NEH Digital Humanities Advancement Grant, Level II, in co-operation with Dr. Rita Lucarelli (Dept. of Egyptology, UC Berkeley), for the purpose of organizing a conference and workshop to be titled "Toward a Union of Two (Virtual) Lands: Egyptology and the Digital Humanities." Confirmed contributors to the project included Dr. Peter Manuelian (Harvard), Dr. Foy Scalf (U. Chicago), Dr. Elaine Sullivan (UC Santa Cruz), Dr. Willeke Wendrich (UCLA), Marie Svoboda (J. Paul Getty Museum), Dr. Massimo Limoncelli (Catholic University, Milan), and Sebastian Olschok (Berlin Graduate School of Ancient Studies). Unfortunately, after many months or writing, editing, and co-ordination with speakers and venues, our grant proposal was ultimately unsuccessful. However, feedback from the NEH reviewers ranged from "Excellent" to "Very Good," indicating that our proposal was very strong. Dr. Lucarelli and I have begun plans to re-submit a similar proposal in the next two to three years, using our initial attempt as a guide and foundation. |