Specialization:
Archaeology
Education:
M.A. in Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2024
B.A. in Near Eastern Civilizations and Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, 2022
A.A. in Anthropology, San Diego City College, 2019
Bio:
My research is deeply informed by my upbringing in a town on the border of the United States and Mexico, where I spent much time in my grandparents' garden. This experience sparked my long-standing interest in plants and the dynamics of cross-cultural interactions in frontier and borderland settings. I now apply these themes to the study of ancient Egypt and Nubia archaeobotany via cultural and material entanglements. Through my research, I aim to explore the similarities and differences in plant usage between Egypt and Nubia.
Research:
Archaeobotany, African plant domestication, Archaeology of Northeastern Africa, Nubia, Bronze age, Old World plant cultivation, Cultural and material entanglement
Projects:
Nubian Legacy Collection Database (N.L.C.D.)
Courses:
TA: Introduction to Archaeology, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Introduction to Biological Anthropology
Instructor of Record: Archaeology of Egypt