Post on 21-Jun-2020
Elizabeth M. Greene
The University of Western Ontario
Department of Classical Studies
Lawson Hall, Room 3209
London, Ontario N6A 5B8
Phone: 519-661-2111 x84571; 226-973-2344
egreene2@uwo.ca
FIELDS OF RESEARCH AND INTERESTS
Roman archaeology and social history, women and families in the Roman world, western
Roman provinces, Romanization and imperialism, Roman military, Latin epigraphy.
EDUCATION
University of North Carolina, PhD, Classical Archaeology, May 2011
Dissertation: Women and Family in the Auxiliary Military Communities of the Roman West
in the First and Second centuries AD (Supervisor: W. Riess; Readers: N. Terrenato, D.
Haggis, L. de Jong, T. Parker)
Tufts University, MA, Classical Archaeology, May 2004
Thesis: The Assemblage of Intaglios from the Roman fort at Vindolanda
Tufts University, MA, Classical Philology, May 2003
Qualifying papers: Ovid and Augustan Ideology, Jews in Greek and Latin Literature
Boston University, BA, Classical Civilization, May 1996
Römisch-Germanische Kommission, Frankfurt, Research Fellow, 2010, 2009
Kommission für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik des Deutschen Archäologischen
Instituts, Munich Germany, Research Fellow, 2008
Harvard University Extension, Greek and Latin language study, 1999-2001
Arcadia University semester in Athens, 1995
TEACHING APPOINTMENTS and COURSES TAUGHT
The University of Western Ontario, Dept. of Classical Studies, Assistant Professor of
Roman Archaeology (tenure-track), July 2011-present; Dept. of Women’s Studies and
Feminist Research, Affiliate faculty member
The Archaeology of Italy and Rome (CS 3550; year-long, upper-level undergrad)
The Urban Revolution in the Ancient Mediterranean (CS 2902; half-year)
Roman Imperialism: Ancient and Modern perspectives (CS 9552; Graduate Seminar)
The Vindolanda Field School (CS 4850; Summer study abroad)
Archaeology of the Roman Empire (CS3555; year-long, upper-level undergrad)
Ancient Cities in the Mediterranean (CS 2500; half-year)
Topography of Rome (CS 9552; Graduate seminar)
Roman Britain (CS 9552; Graduate seminar)
The Bay of Naples (CS 9351; Graduate seminar)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Graduate Instructor (2005-10)
Ancient Cities, UNC-CH, Spring 2010, (Primary instructor, 150-student lecture course,
supervision of 3 TAs, covering urbanization in the Mediterranean, 8000 BC-AD 350,
Mesopotamia, Near East, Aegean, Greece, Etruria-early Italy, Roman Empire)
Ancient Cities, UNC-CH, Fall 2007, (Partial term instructor, 300-student lecture course,
supervision of 3 TAs, half semester covering urbanization in the Mediterranean, 1000
BC-AD 350, Greece, Etruria-early Italy, Roman empire)
Archaeology of Italy, UNC-CH, Spring 2007, (Lectured a portion of 400-student lecture
course, covering Late Republic, Flavian, Trajanic, Hadrianic, Antonine periods)
Ancient Cities, Fall 2006, (Partial term instructor, 400-student lecture course, supervision
of 2 TAs, covering urbanization in the Mediterranean, 500 BC-AD 350, Greece,
Etruria-early Italy, Roman empire)
The Greeks (recitation instructor), Fall 2005, (2 sections of 30 students, literature-based
approach to Greek civilization)
University of North Carolina, Graduate Teaching Assistant (2005-9)
Ancient Cities, Spring 2009, Spring 2006
Barbarians in the Ancient world, Spring 2007
Archaeology of Italy, Spring 2007
Tufts University, Graduate Teaching Assistant (2002-4)
Introduction to Classical Archaeology, Spring 2004
History of the Archaeology of Egypt, Spring 2003, Fall 2003
Judaic Studies: Intro to Yiddish Literature, Spring 2003, Fall 2002
Classics of Greece, Fall 2002
STUDENT SUPERVISION
Primary Supervisor
Sarah Taylor, MA, University of Western Ontario, 2014-15 (expected)
Thesis: “Frontiers of Food: Identity and Food Preparation on the Roman Frontier”
Sarah VanderPloeg, BA Honors Thesis, 2013-14
Title: “Reconciling a revolt: The Discrepancies between the Archaeological and
Textual Evidence of the Boudican Revolt”
Paulina Wegrzyn, BA Honors Thesis, 2013-14
Title: “Barbarians of the Przeworsk and Wielbark territories: an archaeological,
historical, and anthropological investigation of Roman influence on the
territory of Barbaricum” Kaitlyn Pettigrew, MA, University of Western Ontario, 2013
Thesis: “Foreign Women in Latin Literature: The representation of Boudicca”
Summer research paper (2012): “Foreign Women in Latin Literature”
Simeon Ehrlich, MA, University of Western Ontario, 2012
Thesis (2012): “Horae in Latin Funerary Inscriptions: On measuring Death in the
Roman world”
Summer research paper (2011): “Horae in Latin Funerary Inscriptions: The Data”
Committee Member/Examiner
Mary Deminion, PhD, 2012-15 (completion expected in 2016), “Gender in Justinian’s
Digest”
Joseph Davis, August 2012, “Moral Revision in Latin Ethnography: A Reassessment of
Tacitus’ Germania and Caesar’s Bellum Gallicum”
Alicia Donis, Anthropology, December 2013, “Exploring the movement of people in
postclassic and historic period Lamanai using stable isotopes,”
Graduate Faculty Mentor
Susan Grouchy, 2012-13
Odessa Cadieux-Rey, 2012-14
Ben Moser, 2012-13
Michelle Sugar, 2013-15
Meagan Cleveland, 2014-15
FIELD WORK and RESEARCH
Excavations at Vindolanda Roman Fort (Director: Andrew Birley, Vindolanda Trust)
2013-17 Area Supervisor for the Vindolanda North Field Project. Directing team
excavating the North Field for a 5-year permit cycle.
2011-15 Vindolanda Field School, Archaeological Director. Responsible for the
archaeological curriculum and field training of field school students.
2009-12 Area Supervisor. Project: North field excavation to sink test trenches in
previously unexplored territory. Investigating potential early fort and road to the
north-west of the currently known site.
2008-9 Field Supervisor. Project: Directed environmental sampling of the 3rd century
military granaries. May-August.
Visiting Research Specialist: Documentation and research of assemblage of
leather artifacts. September-February.
2007 Field Supervisor. Project: excavation of deep, waterlogged trenches below the
vicus buildings.
2006 Field Supervisor. Project: Excavation of fort wall and rampart.
2005 Area Director. Project: Locating the northern rampart and gate of the early timber
forts, ca. 92-120 AD, below later stone remains of 2nd – 3rd centuries.
2004 Field Supervisor. Project: Open area excavation on large vicus courtyard building
and exposed profile of a section of early-3rd century fort ditch below.
2003 Field Supervisor. Project: Anaerobic excavation of timber built hospital within a
timber fort of the early 2nd century.
2002 Excavation volunteer. Project: Excavation of anaerobic layers in timber buildings.
Other Project Participation
2012-15 Co-Principal Investigator: Area Sacra di Sant’Omobono Project, Rome, Italy.
Specialist consultant for excavation of waterlogged archaeological environments
and preservation of organic material remains.
2010 Castra Albana excavations, Rome (Albano), Italy. (Directors: Dr. Alexandra Busch,
Deutsches Archäologisches Institut; Silvia Aglietti, Soprintendenza Archeologica).
Excavation team member.
2009 Birdoswald Roman Fort Cemetery Mitigation, Hadrian’s Wall, England.
(Directors: Ian Haynes, Newcastle University and Tony Wilmott, English
Heritage) Excavation team member and student supervisor.
2003-4 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Giza Pyramids Project. Digitization of George
Reisner’s excavations on the Giza Plateau (Director: Peter der Manuelian). Project:
Identification and digitization of maps and plans.
2003 Poggio Civitate (Murlo), Italy (Directors: Eric Nielson and Anthony Tuck). Field
School Trench Supervisor (June-July)
PUBLICATIONS
Monographs
2006. Co-authored with B. Birley. The Roman Jewellery from Vindolanda. Research Report New
Series, Volume IV, Fascicule V: The Beads, Intaglios, Finger Rings, Earrings & Bracelets,
Roman Army Museum Publications. ISBN: 1873136099. 158 pages.
(In progress) Co-edited with L.L. Brice. Present but Not Accounted For: Women and the
Roman Army. Contracted by Cambridge University Press (completion expected in
2015)
(In progress) The Roman Shoe Assemblage from the Vindolanda Roman Fort (expected
completion in 2016)
Articles and Contributions
2014c. “The Gemstones and Finger Rings from the 2007-12 Excavations in the vicus at
Vindolanda,” in J. Blake, Vindolanda Excavations. The campaigns of 2007-2012 in the
vicus or extramural settlement (‘Area B’). Greenhead: Roman Army Museum
Publications. 187-196.
2014b. “Impressions of Identity: Choosing a Signet Ring in the Roman Army" in L. Brody
and G. Hoffman (eds.), Roman in the Provinces: Art on the Periphery of Empire (Yale
University Press) 111-126.
2014a. “If the shoe fits: Style and function of children’s shoes from Vindolanda” in
R. Collins and F. McIntosh (eds.), Life in the Limes: Studies of the People and Objects of
the Roman Frontiers. Oxford: Oxbow. 29-36.
2013b. “Female Networks in the Military Communities of the Roman West: A view from
the Vindolanda Tablets” in E. Hemelrijk and G. Woolf (eds.), Women and the Roman
City in the Latin West. Mnemosyne Journal Supplement, Brill. 369-90.
2013a. “Before Hadrian’s Wall: Early military communities on the Roman frontier in
Britain,” in R. Collins and M.F.A. Symonds (eds.), Breaking Down Boundaries: Hadrian’s
Wall in the 21st Century, Journal of Roman Archaeology. 17-32.
2012. “Sulpicia Lepidina and Elizabeth Custer: A Cross-cultural Analogy for the Social
Roles of Women on a Military Frontier,” in M. Duggan, F. McIntosh, and D. Rohl
(eds.), Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference 2011, Oxbow. 105-14.
2009. “Leather artefacts in the Hadrian’s Wall region,” in M.F.A Symonds and D.J.P.
Mason (eds.), Frontiers of Knowledge: A Research Framework for Hadrian’s Wall, English
Heritage, Durham County Council and Durham University. 136-8.
2008. “Social Commentary in the Metamorphoses: Apuleius’ Play with Satire,” in W. Riess
(ed.), Ancient Narrative 11. Paideia at Play. Learning and Wit in Apuleius, Barkhuis
Publishing. 175-93.
2007. “The Intaglios and Finger Rings,” in A. Birley and J. Blake, The Excavations of
2005-2006 at Vindolanda, Roman Army Museum Publications. 50-6.
2005. “The Intaglios,” in A. Birley and J. Blake, Vindolanda: The Excavations of 2003-2004,
Roman Army Museum Publications. 187-93.
Articles In Press
“Review: P. Allison. 2013. People and Spaces in Roman Military Bases. Cambridge Univ.
Press” Journal of Roman Studies 105 (2015).
“Before and After Battle: The families of auxiliary soldiers in Roman military
communities,” in L.L. Brice (ed.), Companion to New Directions in Military History
(Wiley-Blackwell)(20 pages, 2015)
“Roman military pay and soldiers’ families: The household contribution to subsistence”
in N. Sharankov and L. Vagalinski (eds.), Proceedings of the XXIInd International Limes
Congress 2012 (12 pages, 2015).
“The Families of Roman Auxiliary Soldiers in Military Diplomas,” in P. Bidwell (ed.),
Proceedings of the XXI International Limes Congress 2009, Archaeopress, (4 pages,
delayed in publication).
Articles Submitted
“Conubium cum uxoribus: Wives and Children in the Roman Military Diplomas,” under
review with Journal of Roman Archaeology (41 pages).
“Personal relationships of Roman soldiers: The maintenance and creation of
cultural connections in the auxilia” in T. Schierl and G. Schörner, Materialising
Diasporas in the Roman Empire (Submitted Jan. 2015) “The footwear from excavations at Piercebridge,” in P. Walton, The Piercebridge Finds.
(submitted March 2014).
Entries for The Encyclopedia of Conflict (“Britain”, “Britons”, “British Revolt”,
“Conquest of Britain”, “Families of Soldiers”, “Hadrian’s Wall”, “Marriage of
Soldiers”, “Vindolanda”. 5000 words total) (Submitted Sept. 2012, delayed)
Articles In Progress
“The North Field Excavations at Vindolanda: Interim Report on the 2009-12 Exploratory
Field Seasons,” (18 pages, co-author with A. Meyer) to be submitted to Mouseion
“Human remains from an early ditch at Vindolanda: A taphonomic study,” co-authored
with Dr. Trudi Buck and Dr. Deb Bennett for submission to the Journal of
Archaeological Science.
“The role of women in Roman military religion,” in L.L. Brice and E. Greene, Present but
not accounted for: Women and the Roman army (Cambridge: University Press)
“The Intaglios and Rings from the excavations in the Fort at Vindolanda, 2008-2012” in A.
Birley, The Excavations in the Vindolanda Fort, 2008-12 (Roman Army Museum
Publications)
“The Intaglios and Rings from the vicus excavations in 2005 and 2007” in A. Birley, The
Excavations in the vicus from 2005 and 2007 (Roman Army Museum Publications)
“A military kiln in the North Field at Vindolanda,” co-authored with Dr. Andrew Birley
and Dr. Alexander Meyer
FELLOWSHIPS and GRANTS
POST-DOCTORAL GRANTS
(Pending 2014-15 competition) Early Researcher Award (Ontario), The Vindolanda North
Field Excavation and Field School, Principal Investigator, $100,000.
SSHRC Insight Grant (Canada), Principal Investigator, The Vindolanda North Field
Excavation and Field School, 2013-2018, $236,985.
National Science Foundation Grant (USA), Co-principal Investigator, Area Sacra di
Sant’Omobono Project, Rome. 2013-15. $244,484.00.
Large Academic Development Fund Grant (Western Ontario), start-up year of research
and excavation at Vindolanda Roman fort in England, 2012-13, $42,369.00
International Curriculum Fund, Western University, support for Field School Students’
international travel, 2012-14, $27,579.00
SSHRC Conference Travel Grant, for Roman Archaeology Conference, Frankfurt,
Germany, April 2012, $2209.00
Western Mentoring Micro Grant, UWO Teaching Support Center, 2011-12, $1000.00
PRE-DOCTORAL GRANTS
Royster Society of Fellows Dissertation Completion Fellowship, UNC-CH Graduate
School, 2010-11 ($21,000)
Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD: German Academic Exchange
Service), Fall 2009 ($5565.00 plus housing)
Graduate and Professional Student Federation Travel Award, UNC-CH, Graduate
Student Federation, 2009 ($400)
German Archaeological Institute (DAI), Jacobi Fellowship, Kommission für Alte
Geschichte und Epigraphik (€1,950 and Housing), Spring 2008
Graduate Tuition Incentive Scholarship, UNC-CH Graduate School (Tuition and fees),
2009, 2008
Smith Graduate Research Award, UNC-CH Graduate School, 2008 ($1,000)
Off-Campus Dissertation Research Fellowship, UNC-CH Graduate School ($7,350 plus
tuition and health insurance), Fall 2008
Graduate Student research Award, Tufts University Graduate School, Spring 2003 ($500);
Fall 2003 ($500)
Departmental Grants (UNC-CH Classics Dept; Tufts University Classics)
Harland fund for Archaeological Research, UNC-CH Department of Classics, 2010
($1000); 2009 ($800); 2009 ($400); 2005 ($720)
Suskin Fund Travel Award, UNC-CH Department of Classics, 2010 ($464)
Berthe Marthi Award for Latin Literature Studies, UNC-CH Department of Classics, 2009
($400); 2008 ($1,168)
Timothy P. Mooney Fellowship for Archaeological research, UNC-CH Department of
Anthropology, 2008-9 ($1,200)
Fund for Excellence in Classics, UNC-CH Dept. of Classics, 2007 ($2,200); 2006 ($800)
William R. Kenan Fund for Classics, UNC-CH Department of Classics, Summer 2006
($610); Spring 2006 ($900); 2005 ($330)
George L. Paddison Professorship Fund, UNC-CH, Classics, 2005 ($2,800)
Graduate Teaching Fellowship, UNC-CH, Department of Classics, 2005-10 ($16,000
yearly stipend with tuition and health insurance)
Graduate Assistantship, UNC-CH, Classics, 2004-5
Concordia Research Grant, Tufts University Classics, 2003 ($1,200); 2002 ($1,200)
Full Tuition scholarship and stipend for MA in Classical Archaeology, Tufts University
Department of Classics, 2003-4
Half Tuition Scholarship for MA degree in Classical Languages, Tufts University Classics
Department, 2001-3
AWARDS and HONORS
Teaching Honour Roll Award of Excellence, Univ. of Western Ontario, 2011-12, 2013-14
Tanner Teaching Assistants Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, UNC-CH,
2011
Best Poster Award, Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting, 2011
Presidential Award for Outstanding Graduate Paper, Honorable mention, Classical
Association of the Midwest and South, March 24-27, 2010
Award for Outstanding Accomplishment in Classical Studies, CAMWS, 2009-10
Best Poster in the Humanities, University Research Day, UNC-CH, 2010
Best Poster Award, 2nd place graduate, AIA Annual meeting, Montreal, 2006
Guertin Graduate Student Leadership Award, Tufts Graduate School, 2004
PAPERS DELIVERED
Refereed Conference Papers and Posters
Boys or Girls on the Column of Trajan? A reassessment of religious figures (poster),
Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, January 8-11, 2015,
New Orleans, LA
Boys or Girls on the Column of Trajan? A reassessment of religious figures (poster),
Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, March 27-30, 2014, Reading UK
Women and Religion in the Roman Army, Archaeological Institute of America annual
meeting, January 2-5, 2014, Chicago
Children’s Shoes in the Archaeological Record of the Roman Army, Archaeological
Institute of America, Annual Meeting, January 3-6, 2013, Seattle WA
Roman Military Pay and Soldiers’ Families: the household contribution to subsistence, XXII International Limes Congress, Ruse, Bulgaria, Sept. 6-11 2012
The social lives of Roman auxiliary soldiers and the maintenance of tribal bonds, Roman
Archaeology Conference, Frankfurt, Germany, March 29-April 1, 2012
Female Networks in military communities in the Roman west, “Gender and the City”
conference, University of Amsterdam, Dec. 14-17, 2011 (poster)
Sulpicia Lepidina and Elizabeth Custer: A Cross-cultural Analogy of Military Wives in a Frontier
Context, Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Newcastle UK, April 2011
The Manufacture and Construction of Leather Goods in the Roman World, Awarded Best Poster,
Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting, January 6-9, 2011, San Antonio
Female Voices in a Male World: Women and the Roman Army in the Vindolanda Tablets, UCLA
Graduate Student Conference, November 12, 2010
Roman Military Wives: The Evidence of Latin Epigraphy, Classical Association of the
Midwest and South Annual Meeting, March 24-27 2010, Oklahoma City (Presidential
Award winner)
New Approaches to Archaeological Footwear: Roman Shoes from the Fort at Vindolanda
(co-author with Trudi Buck), Poster, Archaeological Institute of America, Annual
Meeting, January 6-9, 2010, Anaheim CA
The Families of Roman Auxiliary Soldiers in the Military Diplomas, XXIst International Limes
Congress, August 17-23, 2009, Newcastle, England
Shoes in the Wall Zone: Insights into Frontier Populations, Roman Archaeology Conference,
April 3-5, 2009, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI
Material Culture and Ethnicity of the Roman Auxilia: A case study from the Western frontier,
Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica, September 22-26, 2008, Rome
Apuleius and Juvenal: Satirical Elements in the Metamorphoses, International Conference on
the Ancient Novel, July 21-26, 2008, Lisbon, Portugal
Agency and the Individual: Women in the material record of Rome (Session co-organizer),
Women in the Roman Military Community: Sulpicia Lepidina and the Archaeology of Women
at Vindolanda, Archaeological Institute of America, Annual meeting, January 3-6, 2008,
Chicago IL
The Potential of Anaerobic Preservation in Archaeological Environments: The Early Occupation
Layers at Vindolanda Roman Fort, poster, Archaeological Institute of America Annual
meeting, January 5-8, 2006, Montreal, (award winner)
Social Commentary in the Metamorphoses: Apuleius’ Play with Satire, Apuleius and the
Second Sophistic Conference, March 2007, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Ovid and Augustan Ideology: Amores and Ars Amatoria, Classical Association of New
England, March 2004
Invited and Public Lectures
Excavations at Vindolanda and the Archaeological Landscape of Hadrian’s Wall, University of
Manitoba and the AIA Winnipeg Society, March 22, 2015
The Military Community at Vindolanda: Current excavations and past finds from a Roman
frontier fort, University of Toronto Classics Society Lecture, March 13, 2015
Families and the Roman Army, Mellon seminar presenter, Brown University Joukowsky
Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, Feb. 27 2015
Women, Children and Families in the Military Communities of the Western Roman
Empire, Brown University and AIA Narragansett Society, Feb. 26 2015
The Children’s Shoes from the Roman Fort at Vindolanda, Memorial University Dept. of
Classics lecture series, Nov. 21, 2014
Food and Society in the Vindolanda Writing Tablets (with Alexander Meyer), Memorial
University, guest lecturer for senior student seminar, Nov. 20, 2014
Women, Children and Families in the Military Communities of the Western Roman Empire, AIA
Walla Walla Society lecture series, Nov. 6, 2014
The Anaerobic Levels at Vindolanda: Leather and wood in the archaeological record, Gonzaga
University, Nov. 5, 2014
Women, Children and Families in the Military Communities of the Western Roman Empire, AIA
Spokane Society lecture series, Nov. 5, 2014
The Life Cycle of an Archaeological Trench: Recent Excavations at Vindolanda, Authors @
Google lecture series, Oct. 30, 2014, New York, NY
Footwear and Families in a Roman Fort: The shoes of women and children at Vindolanda, AIA
Toronto chapter speaker, Sept. 17, 2014
Children’s Shoes at Vindolanda: Style, status and the public role of families, Vindolanda Public
Lecture Series, May 22, 2014
The Anaerobic Levels at Vindolanda: Leather and wood in the archaeological record, Brock
University, AIA Niagara Peninsula chapter speaker, Jan. 19, 2014
Women and children in the material record of Roman military communities, Waterloo
University, Dept. of Classics lecture series, Jan. 17, 2014
Women, Children and Families in the military community at Vindolanda, McMaster University,
Dept. of Classics lecture series, Jan. 16, 2014
Digging up the Past: Roman Archaeology on Hadrian’s Wall and Western’s Field School at
Vindolanda, Western’s Senior Alumni Lecture Series, October 25, 2013
Women, Children and Families in military Communities in the Roman West, Univ. of British
Columbia Department of Classics Lecture Series, March 21, 2013
In the Footsteps of Roman Soldiers: Shoes and other fabulous finds from the Roman frontier,
Parlitalia Lecture series of the Italian Cultural Institute, Vancouver, March 22, 2013
Digging up the Past: The Archaeological Field School at Vindolanda, Senior Alumni Lecture
Series, Western University, February 26, 2013
These Boots are made for Marching: Shoes and other Archaeological Finds from the Roman
Frontier, Retired Academics Lecture Series, December 14, 2012
Women and the Roman Army in Northern Britain, SUNY Buffalo, AIA lecture series, Dec. 3,
2012
The Roman army and military communities on Hadrian’s Wall, Guelph Public Lecture Series,
Sept. 24, 2012
In the Footsteps of the Roman Army: Military communities on Hadrian's Wall, Keynote Speaker,
Windsor Undergraduate Classics Conference, March 2-3, 2012
The Roman Army on the British Frontier: Excavations at the fort of Vindolanda, Ontario
Archaeological Society, London chapter, Museum of Ontario Archaeology, Nov. 2011
In the Footsteps of Roman Soldiers: Shoes and other fabulous finds from the Roman frontier, UWO
Arts and Humanities Homecoming Lecture, October 1, 2011
In the Footsteps of the Roman Army: The Vindolanda shoe and leather assemblage, The
Vindolanda Trust Lecture Series, Bardon Mill, England, June 16, 2011
Neue Ausgrabung in Vindolanda. Die Nordfeld-Ausgrabungen in den Jahren 2009 und 2010,
Römisch-Germanische Kommission, Frankfurt, October 2010
Families in Roman Military Communities, Hauskolloquium, Römische-Germanische
Kommission des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Frankfurt, Nov 2009
Methodological Approaches and Problems for Finding Women in the Archaeological Record,
Guest lecture in Archaeology of the Roman Provinces Graduate Seminar, UNC-CH
Department of Classics, October 2009
Roman Footwear in Archaeological Contexts: Recent finds from Vindolanda, Centre for
Interdisciplinary Artefact Studies, November 2008, Newcastle University
The Roman Military Community: The Presence of Women, Children and Families, Mare
Nostrum lecture series, May 2008, Leiden University, Netherlands
The Roman Military Community: Seeking roles of women in the social structure of the Roman
army, Kommission für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik des Deutschen
Archäologischen Instituts, Munich, March 2008
Women and Children in the Roman Military Community, Tufts University Lunchtime Lecture
Series, February 27, 2008
University and Department Presentation of research
The Vindolanda Field School Season, 2014 (with Field School students), Classics Dept.
lecture series, Oct. 23, 2014
Boys or Girls on the Column of Trajan? A reassessment of religious figures, Arts and
Humanities Research Day, Western Ontario, March 31, 2014 The 2013 Season at Vindolanda, Classics Dept. Research Series, Oct. 17, 2013 (with A.
Meyer)
Style and Status of the Children’s Shoes at Vindolanda, Western Arts & Humanities Research
Day, 2013
Female Networks in military communities in the Roman west, Western Arts & Humanities
Research Day, 2012
New Approaches to Archaeological Footwear: Roman Shoes from the Fort at Vindolanda
(co-author with Trudi Buck), Poster, UNC-CH, Research Day, March 15, 2010 (Award
Winner, Best Poster in the Humanities)
The Women and Children of Roman Auxiliary Soldiers in the Military Diplomas, UNC-CH
Department of Classics, Brown Bag lecture series, October 2010
The Potential of Anaerobic Preservation in Archaeological Environments (poster), University of
North Carolina Research Day, April 3, 2009
Sulpicia Lepidina and the Archaeology of Women at Vindolanda, UNC-CH Department of
Classics, Brown Bag lecture series, December 2007
Current excavations at Vindolanda Roman Fort: Anaerobic preservation in the early occupation
levels (AD 85-120), UNC-Chapel Hill Brown Bag lecture series, March 2006
A Military Valetudinarium on the Northern Frontier of the Roman Empire, Concordia
Foundation lecture series, Tufts University, September 2003
Workshops and Roundtable Discussions
Panelist, Undertaking Fieldwork: Funding, Permits, and the Logistics of Research Abroad, AIA
annual meeting, Jan. 3, 2014, Chicago IL
Panelist, The Job Search: From start to finish, AIA annual meeting, Jan. 3-6, 2013, Seattle WA
Finding Classical Archaeology: The Practical Implications of our Interdisciplinary Status
(workshop coordinator and moderator) Archaeological Institute of America Annual
Meeting, January 6-9, 2005, Boston MA
To Dig or not to Dig?: Current issues and debates in field excavation, Classics Round Table
Discussion Series, Tufts University, September 2002
YOUTH OUTREACH and PUBLIC SERVICE
What do archaeologists actually do? Getting into the field of archaeology, Sessions with
Highschool students, St. Andre Bessette Catholic Secondary, Dec. 2014
Planning for Careers in Archaeology and Classics, Sessions with Grade 11-12 at St. Thomas
Highschool, April 2013
How do we know what we know? Brooks Middle School, Lincoln Massachusetts,
Presentations to 6th Graders about archaeological evidence and our knowledge of the
Greeks and Romans, Spring 2009, 2007
Talks with an Archaeologist, Public presentations about the Roman fort at Vindolanda
the Roman army, and the frontier, Summer 2004-2012
School group presenter, Vindolanda Roman Fort, archaeology talks with school groups
about the site and archaeological practice, Summer 2007-2010
Home School Instructor, Unit on Ancient Greece, Spring 1999
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE (External profession wide)
Chair, Graduate Student Paper Award, Archaeological Institute of America,
2012-2015
Editorial work, article reviewer, American Journal of Archaeology, May 2013 AIA Liaison to the Women’s Classical Caucus, APA, 2012-present
Editorial Board Member, Cloelia (Journal of the Women’s Classical Caucus of the APA),
2011-present
Chair, Women in Archaeology Interest Group, AIA, 2011-present
Student Affairs Interest Group, AIA, member and secretary, 2003-2011
Editorial work, Chiron (Journal of the DAI Commission for Ancient History and
Epigraphy) and for DAI publications, 2008 and 2012
Women’s Classical Caucus, life member (since 2008)
Graduate student paper award committee, Graduate representative (judge), AIA,
2005-2009
Postgraduate Day, Newcastle University, Dept. of Archaeology, Focus group moderator,
Seeking Identity in the Archaeological Record, 2008
Archaeological Institute of America, North Carolina chapter, Programs coordinator,
2006-2008
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE (Internal University)
Panelist, TSC Workshop on International Research Opportunities, Jan. 24, 2014
Panelist, Teaching in the Humanities, TSC workshop, March 4, 2013
University faculty representative on the Board of Directors, Museum of Ontario
Archaeology, London Ontario, 2012-present Panelist, TSC Workshop on International Research Opportunities, Nov. 16, 2012
Presenter for United Way “Lunch and Learn” Series, Nov. 16, 2012
Western University, Classics Appointments Committee member
University of Western Ontario, Outreach Committee Dept. representative
University of Western Ontario, Graduate Affairs Committee, Classics Department
Undergraduate Classics Society, Faculty liaison
Annual UNC-CH and Duke University Graduate Colloquium, Director, Lies, Deception,
and Misdirection: Manipulation of Image and Text in the Ancient World, 2005-6
Annual UNC-CH Graduate Colloquium, Treasurer and Organizer, House, Home, and
Household in the Ancient World, 2004-5
Classics Library Assistant, UNC-CH, Department of Classics, 2004-5
Classics slide collection supervisor, Art Dept./Classics collection, UNC-CH, Department
of Classics, 2004-5
Tufts Graduate Student Council, Secretary, 2003-4
Graduate Student Mentoring Program, creator and coordinator, Tufts University,
Classics Department, 2003-4
Past and Present Organization, Vice-president, Tufts University, Joint Classics and
History organization for coordinating visiting lectures, 2002-4
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
University of Western Ontario, Teaching Support Center training workshops
2013 Writing and Research: Getting it going
2012 Getting Started with Scholarly Blogging: Blogs as a Research and Teaching Tool in
the Humanities
Writing Multiple Choice Questions
2011 Instructional Skills Workshop, 4-day intense training on teaching skills
Teaching with Technology (half-day course on technology in the classroom)
Fall perspectives on teaching (full day lecture series on Internationalization)
Teaching Squares Program (peer observation and feedback on teaching skills)
UNC-Chapel Hill, Center for Faculty Excellence courses in pedagogical training:
2010 Interactive Lecturing
Skills for developing large course participation
Group Work: Developing Skills for Learning and for Life
Leading Class Discussion
Teaching Large Lecture Classes (Online resources)
2009 Managing Classroom Conflict
Enhancing Critical Thinking Skills in Students
Effective Collaborative Writing Projects
Grant Writing Workshop,
Creating a Teaching Portfolio
University of Oxford, Professional Training in the Historic Environment courses:
2009 Archaeology Survey Week: Analysing and Recording Historic Landscapes
Post-excavation Assessment
2008 Making the Most of Community Archaeology
Heidelberg University, Germany
2007 Seminar in Ancient Studies: The German Limes
Modern language studies (formal):
2005-present Private tutoring in German language (speaking and reading)
2006 French for Reading, UNC-CH
2005 Goethe Institute, Prien, Germany, Intensive German language study
2002 German for reading, Tufts University
1992-96 Modern Greek, Boston University
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Classical Association of Canada
Archaeological Institute of America
American Philological Association
Association of Ancient Historians
Society for American Archaeology
Classical Association of the Middle West and South
The Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK)
Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society (UK)
The Archaeological Leather Group (UK)
The Small Finds Group (UK)
North Carolina Archaeological Society
Massachusetts Archaeological society