Selected speaker for the Association of Academic Museums and Galleries 2025 annual conference in Albuquerque, NM: “Welcome In: Fostering Belonging Through Student Engagement in Academic Museums and Galleries”, June 2025
Selected Independent Curator, “Odyssey”, Spring/Break Art Show, Los Angeles Virtual show and New York City, May 2025
Invited speaker for “Navigating Donations - Legal and Ethical Aspects of Donations” presentation with the Appraisers Association of America and the Association of Academic Museums and Galleries, March 2025
Received travel grant from the Hollins University Community Subcommittee of the Faculty Senate, March 2025
Invited to be an International Professional Mentor for the Lazio Contemporaneo project (supporting artists under the age of 36 based in Rome, Italy), 2024-2025
Panel organizer and speaker for the Association of Academic Museums and Galleries 2024 Virtual Convening on Professional Practices: "They Did WHATTTTT!?: Responses and Best Practices Regarding Challenges to Artistic Freedom”, October 2024
Invited Speaker at “Giovani Artisti, come confrontarsi con la scena internazionale” conference, Sapienza University, Rome, June 2024
Invited to be Juror for the York Art Association’s 53rd Annual Open Juried Exhibition, York, PA, October 2024
Finalist for Independent Curation, Spring/Break Art Show, New York City, August 2024
Facilitated and accepted major donation of the artistic archive of works created at the New Arts Program of Kutztown, PA (1974-2024) in parallel with the donation of NAP’s documentation and ephemera to the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington D.C., July 2024
Invited to be Juror for the Adams County Arts Council 20th Anniversary Juried Art Exhibition, Gettysburg College, PA, June 2024
Awarded a Muhlenberg Center for Teaching and Learning New Course Development Grant, April 2024
Invited speaker, “Addressing Challenges to Cultural Expression in the Public Sphere,” Museum and Library Alliance of the Lehigh Valley, March 2024
Finalist and shortlisted for Independent Curation, Spring/Break Art Show, Los Angeles, January 2024
Member of the Month, Association of Academic Museums and Galleries, January 2024
Appointed to Allentown Arts Commission by Mayor Matthew Tuerk; became an officer of the Commission (Secretary) by nomination, 2023-2024
Talks/
Professional Experience/
Publications
Publications
Book Chapter
“Razed or Raised: The Building of Augustan Carthage,” in Samantha Martin-McAuliffe and Daniel MilleTe (eds.), Ancient Urban Planning in the Mediterranean: New Research Directions (New York: Routledge, 2017).
Article
“Genius Loci: Towards a Roman Understanding of Carthage,” Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Volume III (2013): 183197.
Book Review
Essays for Smarthistory’s Guide to Roman Art textbook
“Introduction to Ancient Roman Art”
“Introduction to Roman Architecture”
“Roman Wall Painting Styles”