I am the Senior Lecturer in Ancient History at the Centre for Ancient Cultures at Monash University. I graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 2015 with a PhD in Classics (Ancient History). I completed an MA in Classics (Ancient History) from the University of Cincinnati and a BA in History from the Honors Tutorial College at Ohio University (Athens, OH).  My areas of interest are the Roman Empire and the Hellenistic world, and in particular Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt. 

I am currently working on a program of research studying the fate of Egyptian religion under the Roman Empire. I have recently published a book, Confiscation or Coexistence: Egyptian Temples in the Age of Augustus (University of Michigan Press, 2022), re-examining the supposed Roman persecution of Egyptian temples launched under Augustus, and the narrative constructed by modern scholars to interpret those confiscations. The Roman period was a time of massive cultural and religious change throughout Egypt, and the relationship between the state and the temples is key to understanding this time and the subsequent events. 

As a papyrologist, I am active in the editing and publication of ancient documentary papyri and ostraka (pottery sherds with writing on). I have published on aspects of Egypt from the Ptolemaic to Byzantine period, with an emphasis on religious, economic, and legal practice, especially in the countryside. This forms part of a broader interest in social, economic, and religious life in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt, and particularly in the Fayum depression and Dakhleh Oasis. 

I teach units on Greek and Roman history, language, and archaeology, as well as classical civilisation and ancient history more broadly, from first-year to honours. I teach at the Monash Clayton campus and (occasionally) through the Prato Centre in Italy. I am proud to serve as the Head of Orion College at Monash University, as well as holding the roles of Co-Director of the Egyptology Society of Victoria and Honorary Secretary of the Classical Association of Victoria. I also represent Monash University on the councils of the Australasian Society for Classical Studies and MAARC. Beginning in 2023, I am serving as the Honours Coordinator for the School of Philosophical, Historical, and International Studies. 

Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt, papyrology (especially documentary), and life in the Roman provinces. More generally, I would be happy to discuss potential topics relating to the the history, culture, literature, and culture of the Roman Empire, ancient Greece, and the Hellenistic world.

ATS 1247 Ancient Cultures 1 / Introducing Archaeology 1 (tutorials)
ATS 1248 Ancient Cultures 2 / Introducing Archaeology 2
ATS 2344 Archaeology in Italy (co-taught)
ATS 2349 Golden Age of Athens 
ATS 2748 Introductory Greek A / Introductory Ancient Greek
ATS 2750 Introductory Greek B / Intermediate Ancient Greek
ATS 3344 Archaeology in Italy (co-taught) 
ATS 3346 Imperial Rome
ATS 3350 From Alexander to Kleopatra
ATS 4345 Research Methods in Classical Antiquity

I also teach modules on Ancient History and the Roman world in in ATS 2110 Slavery: A History (in the History Department) and ATS 3338 Understanding Ancient Cultures. I am the coordinator for ATS 1267 and ATS1269.