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Hossein Badamchi

Ancient Law
LL.B.; B.A.: Islamic Law and Jurisprudence, Razavi University of Islamic Sciences (2001)
LL.M.: Criminal Law and Criminology, Shahid Beheshti University, Iran (2004)
Interests: theory and method in ancient Near Eastern law; comparative legal history
mlbadamchi@yahoo.com

 

 

 

Christopher Brinker
Archaeology
B.A.: Archaeology and Biological Anthropology, Boston University (2006) Interests: Early and Middle Bronze Age Syria-Palestine, Archaeological Population Studies, Bone Pathologies
cdbrinker@jhu.edu

 

 

 

Isabel Cranz
Hebrew Bible
icranz@jhu.edu

 

 

 

John Crawford
Hebrew Bible
johncrawford53@hotmail.com

 

 

 

Andrew R. Davis
Hebrew Bible
Samuel H. Kress Fellow, W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (2007-08) 
Master of Theological Studies: Weston Jesuit School of Theology (2004)
B.A.: Classics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2000)
Interests: ancient Israelite religion, archaeology of Syria-Palestine, biblical criticism
adavis58@jhu.edu

 

 

 

Heath D. Dewrell
Hebrew Bible
M.A.R.: Yale Divinity School (2006)
B.A.: Oral Roberts University (2003)
Interests: religions of ancient Israel and Judah, relationship of Israel and Judah to one another and their neighbors during the monarchic period
hdewrell@jhu.edu

 

 

 

Dina El Gabry
Egyptian Art and Archeology
Interests: Egyptian Art in the era between the old kingdom and the new kingdom
delgabr1@jhu.edu

 

 

 

Yasmin El Shazly
Egyptology
yasminms@hotmail.com

 

 

 

Ashley Fiutko
Egyptian Art and Archaeology
B.A.: Ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern Art and Archaeology and Classics, University of California, Berkeley (2007)
a.fiutko@jhu.edu

 

 

 

Erin Fleming
Hebrew Bible
Master of Divinity: Union Theological Seminary (2007)
B.A.: English and History, Texas A&M University (2003)
Interests: Israelite religion, divine-human communication, feminist biblical criticism
erinfleming@jhu.edu

 

 

 

Meredith Fraser
Egyptian Art and Archaeology
B.A.: Classical Archaeology, The University of Texas at Austin (2006)
merefraser@jhu.edu

 

 

 

Ronan Head
Assyriology
M.Phil.: Oriental Studies. University of Oxford (2002)
B.A.: Ancient History, University of Birmingham (2000)
Interests: legal texts, slavery, late Babylonian history, the Bible and Mesopotamia, Mormon studies
ronan@jhu.edu

 

 

 

Al-Hussein A. Hussein
Egyptology, Egyptian Art and Archaeology
M.A.: Near Eastern Studies, The Johns Hopkins University (2004)
Prehistory Diploma: Cairo University (1998)
B.A.: Egyptology, Cairo University (1994)
Interests: predynastic and archaic Egypt; art and archaeology of the Old and Middle Kingdoms; literature and religion and cultural history of the Middle and the New Kingdoms and Third Intermediate Period and Late Period; the Twenty-first Dynasty; Libyan Period; the funerary architecture and beliefs and mummification of Greco-Roman Egypt; Nubia; the Egyptian oases; the Delta; Giza, Saqqara, and Memphis; Heliopolis; Sinai; museulogy; and saving Egyptian heritage
husseinbassir@jhu.edu
husseinbassir2001@yahoo.com

 

 

 

Fatma Ismail
Egyptian Art
fatmatalat@hotmail.com

 

 

 

Seung Il Kang
Hebrew Bible
seungilkang@hotmail.com

 

 

 

Alexandra Kleinerman
Assyriology
akleine3@jhu.edu

 

 

 

Andrew Knapp
Hebrew Bible
M.T.S.: University of Notre Dame (2007)
B.A.: Seattle Pacific University (2004)
aknapp2@jhu.edu

 

 

 

Sarah Koplik
Archaeology
B.A.: Anthropology and Jewish Studies, University of Pennsylvania (2004)
Interests: Bronze Age Syria-Palestine
skoplik1@jhu.edu

 

 

 

Donggyw Lee
Hebrew Bible
donggyw.lee@jhu.edu

 

 

 

Adam Maskevich
Near Eastern Archaeology
M.A.: Near Eastern Studies, Johns Hopkins University (2004) B.A.: Anthropology, Religion, Rutgers University (2000) Interests: Synthesis of archaeological and textual data, transition from the Early to Middle Bronze Age, the ancient urban landscape, abandonment of cities in late 3rd millennium Syria, Assyria in the 2nd millennium, cross-cultural analysis, Mesopotamian perspectives of their own past, ancient Mesopotamian cuisine
Email: maskevich@jhu.edu

 

 

Jake McCarty
Hebrew Bible
Th.M.: Dallas Theological Seminary (2005)
B.A.: Biola University (2001)
Interests: ancient Israelite religion, northwest Semitic epigraphy, biblical criticism, prophetic literature, and Iron Age Syria-Palestinian archaeology
jake.mccarty@jhu.edu

 

 

 

Shaina Norvell
Egyptology
B.A.: Art History, Emory University (2007)
Interests: medicine, epidemiology, religion, magic, language

 

 

Heather Dana Davis Parker
Hebrew Bible/Northwest Semitic
M.A.R.: Hebrew Bible & Semitic Studies: Emmanuel School of Religion (2005)
Interests: Northwest Semitic Epigraphy
hparker5@jhu.edu

 

 

 

Jeremy Pope
Egyptology
Jacob K. Javits Fellow
Carol Bates Fellow, Walters Art Museum
M.A.: African History, Johns Hopkins University (2002)
B.A.: History, University of Virginia (1998)
Interests: Egypto-Nubian relations in all periods; political and cultural history of Egypt's Third Intermediate and Late Periods; Middle Kingdom art and literature; Napatan inscriptions, Meroitica
jeremypope@jhu.edu

 

 

 

David Rosenstein
Hebrew Bible
helix2k@aol.com

 

 

 

Scott Rufolo
Archaeology
M.A.: Near Eastern Studies, The Johns Hopkins University (2004) 
Mphil.:  Archaeological Heritage Management and Museum Studies, University of Cambridge (2000)
M.S.:  Paleobiology, Brigham Young University (1998)
B.A.: Geological Sciences and Anthropology, Rutgers University (1994)
Interests: complex society, origins of agriculture, zooarchaeology, the archaeology of Mesopotamia and surrounding regions, modern and ancient languages, museology srufolo1@jhu.edu

 

 

 

Elaine Sullivan
Egyptian Art and Archaeology
M.A.: Near Eastern Studies, Johns Hopkins University (2002) B.A.:  History, Duke University (1998)
Interests: urbanism in Egypt, gender, and archaeology of the individual
elainesullivan1@hotmail.com

 

 

 

Jacquelyn Williamson
Egyptology, Egyptian Art
jwilliamson@jhu.edu

 

 

 

Laura Wright
Hebrew Bible
Master of Divinity: Princeton Theological Seminary (2004)
B.A.: Classics with primary emphasis in Greek, University of Missouri at Columbia (2001)
Interests: Northwest Semitic Iconography and Epigraphy
lwrigh27@jhu.edu

 

 

 

Andrew Yun
Northwest Semitic Philology, Hebrew Bible
andrewyun@jhu.edu