Profile
Research interests
- Archaeology of Cyprus
- Social Archaeology Theory and Practice
- Landscape Archaeology
- Archaeology of Forced Migration
- History of Archaeology
- Medieval Ecclesiastical Landscapes and Architecture
- Medieval Lapidary Practices
- Armenian Cilician, Late Roman and Byzantine Numismatics
- Byzantine Pottery
- Archaeology of Medieval Anatolia, Asia Minor, and the South Caucasus
Education
- MA, Early Medieval and Byzantine Archaeology, Newcastle University
- BA (honours), Archaeology and Religious Studies, Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Diploma, Heritage Resources, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Biography
I obtained my BA (hons) in Archaeology and Physical Anthropology with a Religious Studies minor from Memorial University of Newfoundland in 2012 and my MA in Early Medieval and Byzantine Archaeology from Newcastle University in 2014. Currently, I am a PhD Student in the Department of Archaeology at Simon Fraser University with a cross-appointment with the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies where I am working on questions surrounding identity, restorative nostalgia, social memory, and place-attachment in contexts of forced migration in 11th and 12th century Asia Minor. In addition to my ongoing research, I am also an active field archaeologist having worked on several excavation and survey projects in Turkey, Armenia, Macedonia, the United Kingdom and Canada.
Publications
Conference presentations
- ‘Armenian Cilician Coinage in Context’ Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Coins and Seals Summer Program Research Seminar, Washington D.C. (2019)
- ‘Landscapes of Restorative Nostalgia: Resettlement, Myth, and Memory in Armenian Cilicia’ People on The Land: SFU Archaeology Graduate Symposia: Vancouver, British Columbia (2019)
- ‘Introducing the Digital Mary Project: Digital Humanities and Mariology at Simon Fraser University’ The Virgin Beyond Borders: The Early Cult of the Mary in Byzantium, Egypt, and Syria: Vancouver, British Columbia (2018)
- ‘Finding Common Ground: Comparative Landscape Analysis and Rebuilding Home and Memory in Medieval Armenian Cilicia’ International Medieval Congress: Leeds, UK (2018)
- ‘Remembering Through Resettlement: The Archaeological Landscape of Medieval Armenian Cilicia’ International Young Archaeologists’ Conference: Vardzia, Georgia (2018)
- ‘Familiar Grounds: An Anthro-Archaeological Approach to Forced Migration through Landscape and Memory in Armenian Cilicia’ Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology (IEMA) Visiting Scholar Conference, Modelling Mobility and Migration in Human History: Buffalo, USA (2018)
- ‘Finding Familiarity: Forced Migration Archaeology and the Case of Medieval Armenian Cilicia’ Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations Graduate Student Association 22nd Annual Symposium: Toronto, Canada (2018)
- ‘Movement, Memory, and Rebuilding a Landscape of Legacy in Medieval Armenian Cilicia’ Narrative Exchanges Between Byzantium and Armenia: Contact, Conflict, & Connotation: Uppsala, Sweden (2017)
Guest Lectures
- ‘Rebuilding Memory: Landscapes of Resettlement and the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia’ Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies Spring Seminar Series, Simon Fraser University (2018)
Select awards
- 2022, SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies Graduate Research Assistant Scholarship
- 2022, Hellenic Studies Aegean and Mediterranean Societies and Cultures Graduate Research Award
- 2021, Stanley Morisse Memorial Scholarship, SFU SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies
- 2020, Stanley Morisse Memorial Scholarship, SFU SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies
- 2019, Stanley Morisse Memorial Scholarship, SFU SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies
- 2018, Stanley Morisse Memorial Scholarship, SFU SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies
- 2018, Travel and Minor Research Award, SFU Department of Archaeology
- 2017, Stanley Morisse Memorial Scholarship, SFU SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies
- 2017, Travel and Minor Research Award, SFU Department of Archaeology