Teaching Experience

• Full-Time Art History Faculty in the Art Department at Santa Rosa Junior College (2005 - present)
• Instructor for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Sonoma State University (2017 - 2018)
• Graduate Student Instructor in the Departments of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, Classics, History, and History of Art at University of California, Berkeley (2000 - 2005)

Selected Teaching Awards

• Tauzer Teaching Excellence Award, Santa Rosa Junior College (2019)
• Outstanding Faculty Award for Innovative Use of Technology, SRJC (2010)
• Teaching Effectiveness Award, University of California, Berkeley (2003)
• Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, University of California, Berkeley (2002)

Selected Fellowships & Grants

• Randolph Newman Cultural Enrichment Endowment for the Middle Eastern and North African Association (2025)
• Curriculum Development Grant from the US Department of Education and Center for Latin American Studies at UC Berkeley for Mesoamerican Art (2022 - 2024)
• Faculty Funds for Advanced Studies Grant, SRJC Travel Research, Peru (2022)
• Educational Partnership for Internationalizing Curriculum (EPIC) Fellowship, Stanford University (2020 - 2021)
• Multi-Country Research Fellowship, Council of American Overseas Research Centers, Smithsonian (2003 - 2004)
• Jacob Javits Fellowship, U.S. Department of Education (1998 - 2002)
• Introduction to the Humanities (IHUM) Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Stanford University (awarded in 2005 but declined for SRJC full-time position)
• Mellon Travel Grant, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of California, Berkeley (2003 - 2005)
• Stahl Grant, Archaeological Research Facility, University of California, Berkeley (2003 - 2004)
• Humanities Research Grant, University of California, Berkeley (2001)

Museum Experience

• Egyptology Consultant/Intern, Giza Archives Project at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2005)
• Visiting Researcher, 26 museums in 11 countries, including the Egyptian Museum, Cairo; Le Musée du Louvre, Paris; British Museum, London; Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin; and Museo Egizio, Turin (2003 - 2004)
• Student Curator, "Sites along the Nile: Rescuing Ancient Egypt" exhibit at the Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley (1999 - 2000)

Archaeological Excavations

• El-Hibeh Excavation Project, University of California, Berkeley (2002)
• Giza Workmen’s Cemetery Excavation Project, Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities (2001 and 1996)
• Tell el-Muqdam Research Project, University of California, Berkeley (1998)
• Mesopotamian Pottery Project, J.J. Pickle Research Center, University of Texas at Austin (1997)
• Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory, J.J. Pickle Research Center, University of Texas at Austin (1996)
• Archaeological Techniques Field School at the Eckols Site, University of Texas at Austin (1996)

Selected Conference Presentations and Public Lectures

• "Monet and Venice: A Companion Lecture to the De Young Exhibit," presented at SRJC, Petaluma Arts Center, and AAUW Healdsburg (2026).
• “Egyptian Blue: An Eternal Color Made for the Divine,” delivered at the Petaluma Arts Center (2025)
• "Unwrapping the Many Meaning of Mummification: A Cross-Comparative Look at Burial Practices in Egypt and the Andes," presented to the Lanzamiento Lecture Series, SRJC (2024)
• "Rediscovering King Tutankhamun: A Celebration of 100 Years," presented to the Lanzamiento Lecture Series, SRJC (2022)
• “Bright as the Sun: A Look at the Lives of Women in Ancient Egypt,” presented to the Lanzamiento Lecture Series and the MENAA Heritage Month, SRJC (2022)
• "We Are Beautiful: A Global Perspective of the Human Body in the History of Art," Tauzer Lecture delivered at SRJC's Professional Development Activities Day (2019)
• "Life, Prosperity, & Health: Religion, Ritual, and Egyptian Art," presented at the SF Legion of Honor Museum (2018)
• "Art and Activism," co-presented at the We the Future: Social Justice Conference at SRJC Petaluma (2017)
• "Walls of Freedom: Street Art of the Egyptian Revolution," presented at Santa Rosa Junior College as part of the Arts and Lectures series (2017)

Committees & Administrative Roles

• Robert F. Agrella Art Gallery Committee (2019 - present)
• Committee for the Tauzer Awards for Teaching Excellence (Chair 2019 - 2024; member 2025 - present)
• MENAA (Middle Eastern and North African Association) (Founding Member and Co-Chair 2022 - 2024; member 2025 - present)
• Umoja Supported Faculty (2021 - present)
• Lanzamiento Initiative Instructor (2021 - 2025)
• Faculty Mentor for the SRJC Teaching Fellows Program (2012 - 2013; 2021 - 2022; 2022 - 2023; 2023 - 2024)
• Faculty Mentor for the SRJC New Faculty Mentorship Program (2022 - 2023)
• Art Department Chair at Santa Rosa Junior College (2017 - 2019)
• Professional Growth Increment Committee at Santa Rosa Junior College (2017 - 2019)
• Supervisor of the Art Department's Visual Resources Librarian (2010 - 2017)
• District Online Committee at Santa Rosa Junior College; served as Co-Chair from 2013 - 2015 (2011 - 2016)
• Cluster Tech Curriculum Review Committee at Santa Rosa Junior College (2008 - 2011)
• Multi-cultural Events Committee at Santa Rosa Junior College (2005 - 2008)
• Global and Intercultural Education Committee at Santa Rosa Junior College (2005 - 2008)
• Outreach Speaker, Center for Middle Eastern Studies & International and Area Studies Program, University of California, Berkeley (2002 - 2005)