Teaching
Household Archaeology
Primary Instructor
Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley (Spring 2009)
This undergraduate seminar is an introduction to a growing theoretical sub-field in archaeology that focuses on the economic, political, and cultural framework of houses and households. As the basic unit of society, household groups are not only a reflective microcosm of their larger communities, but play a vital and active role in determining social relationships, economic systems, and cultural norms. This course surveys the theoretical underpinnings of Household Archaeology drawn from anthropological literature and explores methods by which archaeologists investigate houses and households of the ancient Near East with comparative examples drawn from Mesoamerica and North America.
Daily Life in the Upper Tigris: Micro-Debris Analysis at Kenan Tepe, Turkey
Graduate Research Assistant/Laboratory Manager
Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley (2007-2008)
This project, part of the Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program, gives students the opportunity to be involved with micro-debris analysis of samples derived from Late Chalcolithic Period (3600-3000 BCE) domestic contexts at the site of Kenan Tepe, Turkey.
Introduction to Near Eastern Art and Archaeology
Graduate Student Instructor
Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley (Spring 2007, 2008)
This course surveys the major archaeological sites and monuments from the earliest settlements in the Neolithic (10,000-6000 BCE) to the conquest of the Near East by Alexander the Great in 330 BCE.
Introduction to the Middle East
Graduate Student Instructor
Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley (Fall 2002, 2003, 2004)
This course traces the modern and ancient socio-political history of ethnic and religious groups in the Arab states, Turkey, Israel, and Iran.