I am a specialist in early Mesopotamian and Iranian writing and culture, with a focus on advancing decipherment of the proto-cuneiform and Proto-Elamite scripts– two of the earliest writing systems in the world. My research explores how writing was used as a tool to help organize resources and labour in the early cities and towns of southern Mesopotamia and Iran, as well as exploring issues of gender and class within the workforce.
University of British Columbia
Doctoral
2012-2018
Oriental Studies, Assyriology
University of Oxford
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of British Columbia
2018-2019
Research Associate
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology - Simon Fraser University
2018-2018
Research Associate
University of Oxford
2016-2017
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