Stephanie Cooper
Hebrew Bible & Northwest Semitic Philology
s.l.cooper@jhu.edu
MA: Old Testament Studies, Denver Seminary (2018)
BA: International/Multicultural Studies, Evangel University (2005)
Interests: Material religion, literary objects, serpent imagery, Ugaritic studies
Kyle Dillon
Hebrew Bible & Northwest Semitic Philology
kdillo10@jhu.edu
MTS: University of Notre Dame (2023)
MTS: Harvard Divinity School (2021)
BA: Colgate University (2019)
Interests: Ancient Near Eastern literature and religions, material religion, gender studies, Ugaritic studies
Richard J. L. Essam
Assyriology
ressam1@jhu.edu
MA: Assyriology, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena (2015)
BA: Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto (2011)
Interests: Sumerian and Akkadian philology and grammar, history of ancient Near Eastern religions
Justin E. Estrada
Hebrew Bible & Northwest Semitic Philology
jestrad7@jhu.edu
MA: Durham University (2013)
MSt: University of Oxford (2010)
MDiv: Reformed Theological Seminary (2009)
BA: University of Pennsylvania (2006)
Tori Finlayson
Egyptology
tfinlay2@jhu.edu
MA: Leiden University (2016)
BA: University British Columbia (2011)
Marc Flores
Assyriology
mflore29@jhu.edu
MA: Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, Pompeu Fabra University (2019)
MPhil: Assyriology, University of Cambridge (2018)
BA: History, University of Barcelona (2017)
Interests: Cultural and intellectual history, linguistic anthropology and ancient Near Eastern religion
Lucas G. Freire
Assyriology
lfreire2@jhu.edu
PhD: Politics, University of Exeter (2013)
MA: International Relations, University of Exeter (2008)
BA: Economics, UFMG (2006), International Relations, PUC Minas (2006)
Interests: Economic history, diplomacy, the Near East in the liberal arts curriculum
Rania Galal Darwish Suliman
Egyptology
rgalald1@jhu.edu
MA: Johns Hopkins University (2014)
BA: Helwan University (2008)
Nicholas Gill
Assyriology
ngill9@jhu.edu
MA: Classics, Queen’s University (2017)
BA: Classical Studies, Queen’s University (2015)
Interests: Divination, ancient science and medicine, sacrifice, and Near Eastern religion
Chelsea Kaufman
Egyptology
ckaufm14@jhu.edu
MA: Archaeological Studies, Yale University (2017)
BA: Art History, Moravian College (2015)
Interests: Change, consistency, and maintenance of art and iconography in sacred and secular space with a focus on the 18th Dynasty
Faith Myrick
Near Eastern Art and Archaeology
fmyrick1@jhu.edu
BA: History and Art, George Mason University (2020)
Interests: Interactions between the ancient Near East and other Eurasian cultures
Morganne Ottobre
Hebrew Bible & Northwest Semitic Philology
mottobr1@jhu.edu
MDiv: Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, Princeton Theological Seminary (2021)
BA: Religious Studies; Economics, University of Virginia (2018)
Interests: Israelite religion, ethnicity and gender in the ANE
Paige Paulsen
Archaeology
ppaulse2@jhu.edu
MA: Anthropology, University of Central Florida (2018)
BA: Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations / Geography, University of Chicago (2014)
Laurel A. Poolman
Archaeology
lpoolma1@jhu.edu
BA: Archaeology, George Washington University (2014)
Interest: Zooarchaeology
Maarten Praet
Egyptian Art and Archaeology
mpraet1@jhu.edu
MA: Near Eastern Studies, KU Leuven (2018)
MA: Archaeology, KU Leuven (2016)
MA: Ancient History, KU Leuven (2015)
BA: History, KU Leuven (2014)
Interests: Art and archaeology of the Middle Kingdom
Xiaoye (Grace) Qi
Assyriology
xqi9@jhu.edu
MA: Bible and Ancient Near East, Brandeis University (2020)
MA: Ancient History, Fudan University (2016)
BA: History, Qufu Normal University (2013)
Ishbel S. Russell
Assyriology
irussel5@jh.edu
MSt: Cuneiform Studies, University of Oxford (2022)
BA: Assyriology & Egyptology, University of Cambridge (2021)
Interests: Philology, gender in Sumerian textual sources, interdisciplinary approaches, textual materiality
Matthew Saunders
Hebrew Bible & Northwest Semitic Philology
msaund20@jhu.edu
MA: Near Eastern Archaeology and Languages, Trinity International University (2021)
BA: History, Welch College (2018)
Interests: Northwest Semitic philology, Comparative Semitic linguistics, Aramaic studies
John Lafe Shannon
Archaeology
jshann12@jhu.edu
MA: Middle Eastern Studies, University of Chicago (2020)
BA: Sociology, Saint Xavier University (2018)
Interests: Archaeometallurgy, Human-Environment Interaction, Prehistory
Karlene Shippelhoute
Near Eastern Art and Archaeology
kshippe1@jhu.edu
BA: Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations and Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley (2016)
Zeynep Türker
Assyriology
zturker1@jhu.edu
BA: Archaeology, Bilkent University (2023)
Georgia H. Vance
Near Eastern Archaeology
gvance3@jhu.edu
MPhil: Assyriology, University of Cambridge (2021)
BA Honours: Archaeology & Ancient History, Monash University (2019)
BA: Ancient Cultures & Literary Studies, Monash University (2018)
Interests: Spatial archaeology, ritual and religion, trade and cultural exchange, longue durée approaches
Jason Weimar
Hebrew Bible & Northwest Semitic Philology
jweim494@jhu.edu
MA: Archaeology, Cornell University (2017)
MDiv: Reformed Theological Seminary (2016)
BA: History, University of Louisiana – Monroe (2012)
Interests: Ancient South Arabian, relationship between the southern Levant and Yemen, scribal practice and errors
Mason Wilkes
Assyriology
mwilkes4@jhu.edu
BA: English and Comparative Literature Studies, Occidental College (2009)
Interests: Sumerian myth and literature
Alison Wilkinson
Egyptology
awilki28@jhu.edu
MA: University of Liverpool (2019)
BA: University of Liverpool (2018)
Interests: Portrayal of women and gender in textual evidence, gender studies, linguistics, Deir el-Medina
Victoria Wilson
Archaeology
vwilso17@jhu.edu
MA: University of Chicago
BA: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill