Expertise

My research focuses on questions of imperialism, ethnicity and race, and identity formation in the Roman Empire.

My teaching is grounded in a commitment to representing the diversity of the ancient Mediterranean world through careful critical engagement with ancient objects and primary texts. My courses emphasize skills development and multivocality.

My research focuses on issues of race, ethnicity, identity, change, and materiality in the Roman Empire. Growing up in Southern California, I was always interested in the immigration and social hierarchies (spoken and unspoken) that defined my world. But even more interesting to me were the diverse range of strategies and choices that individuals and communities made to cope with the constantly-shifting world around them. I began to apply these interests to the study of the ancient Mediterranean during my undergraduate work at UC Berkeley, where I was introduced to both Greek and Roman literature and material culture.

I am a scholar, archaeologist, art historian, writer, and assistant professor at Indiana University.

Research Areas

  • Roman sculpture
  • Provinces
  • Ancient religion
  • Roman Imperialism
  • Race and ethnicity in antiquity

My research explores questions of ethnicity, religion, landscape, and change in the Roman provinces, particularly how the inhabitants of Rome’s provinces reconfigured their own ideas of themselves and their world in response to Roman rule.


Research Areas

  • Roman art and archaeology in the provinces; ancient religion
Degrees
Ph.D., Duke University, Art History, 2016
M.A., Duke University, Art History, 2012
B.A., University of California at Berkeley, Classical Languages, 2008