I graduated with my B.A. in Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology from Bryn Mawr College in 2020, and I completed my MA in Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology here in AMNE. I also studied Classical Archaeology and Ancient History as a visiting student at St. Anne’s College at University of Oxford from 2018-2019.
My research focuses on the intersections of religion, food, and labour in Roman Britain. I am particularly interested in how communities used food and the labour of food-making to create and maintain a sense of identity within a ritual context.
Before coming to UBC, I worked for two years as a History and Latin teacher at a small private school in Massachusetts, where I designed a new Latin curriculum and facilitated an on-campus archaeological excavation. I also have experience in archaeological collections management, historical interpretation, and museum education. My archaeological fieldwork experience has included digs in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Bulgaria, and Romania.

Research Interests

• Roman archaeology
• Roman provincial archaeology
• Ancient religion and ritual practice (especially Roman Mithraism)
• Food/foodways
• Labour

Current Projects

I am the founder and project lead for Experiencing Antiquity, a student-run initiative to preserve and maintain around 300 artefacts in the AMNE collection. Currently the project is working to digitize the collection and create object-based educational materials for use by the UBC community, local K-12 educators, and members of the interested public.