My interests are broad, ranging, from the ancient world, specifically Ancient Egypt, to modern history. I am especially interested in looking at the interaction between cultures and societies, material culture, globalization and cultural diffusion, and how cultures adapt (or not) to changes.

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT:

History 2010, Survey of US History I

History 2020, Survey of US History II

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Cengage Ebooks in US History entries: “OVER THERE: AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN FRANCE DURING WWI,” and “THE FRENCH IN VIETNAM.”

Routledge Dictionary of Ancient Mediterranean Religions, edited by E. Orlin, L.S. Fried, N.D. Lewis, and M. Satlow. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge: AMUN, ANUBIS, ATUM, MIN, OPENING OF THE MOUTH, SELKHET, TAWARET and WADJET. 

“Observations on the Status of Women in the 21st and 22nd Dynasty, Thebes, Egypt”, in the Journal of the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities, Volume 35 (2008), 207 – 216.

“The Transition from the 21^st to the 22^nd Dynasty in Thebes, Egypt as manifested in Changes in the Wooden Funerary Stelae of the 22^nd Dynasty”, in Journal for Semitics, Volume 16, Number 2 (2007), 518 – 538.

EDUCATION:

D.Phil., Stellenbosch University, South Africa

M.A.N.E.S, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

B.F.A. Rhodes University, South Africa

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