I am a PhD candidate in Classical Archaeology at Stanford, and my research is focused on the dynamic social worlds of the Hellenistic and early Roman Eastern Mediterranean. I am broadly interested in the political and social change that characterizes this period, and how we can assess the effects of sociopolitical shifts on ancient communities through archaeological materials. To that end, my dissertation work explores the maritime archaeological record to understand how ships, sailors and exchange reshaped social and economic life in the Hellenistic Mediterranean. I explore the social world of Mediterranean ships, the rhythms of daily life lived out by sailors, and the active role that these historically obscure figures played in the making of the Hellenistic world.
I work primarily with ceramics, and have authored chapters on the ceramic materials from the Hellenistic harbor at Akko and the ancient suburb of Daphne. I also serve as the assistant editor of The Levantine Ceramics Project, an open-source database for the publication of ceramic data from the Mediterranean. I have conducted fieldwork, both underwater and on-land, in Turkey, Israel and Sicily.
