SARAH CRAFT
170 Prospect St | Providence, RI 02906
Phone: 574.286.2955 | Fax: 401.863.9423 | Email: sarah_craft@brown.edu
Phone: 574.286.2955 | Fax: 401.863.9423 | Email: sarah_craft@brown.edu
EDUCATION
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2008 - present
2003 - 2007 2001 - 2003 |
Ph.D. Candidate, Joukowsky Institute of Archaeology and the Ancient World, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
Dissertation Title: Early Christian Pilgrimage Pragmatics: Travel Infrastructure, Movement and Connectivity in Late Roman and Early Byzantine Anatolia Advisor: Professor Susan E. Alcock, Brown University Bachelor of Arts (summa cum laude) in Latin and Ancient Greek, with a minor in Classical Archaeology. DePauw University Classics Department, Greencastle, Indiana. Honors Diploma. Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics and Humanities, Muncie, Indiana. |
HONORS, AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
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2012 - 2013
2011 2011 2011 2008 - 2009 2007 2003 - 2007 2003 - 2007 2006 - present 2005 2004 |
Junior Fellowship at Koç University's Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, Istanbul, Turkey.
Brown University International Affairs Traveling Fund (IATF) Summer Fellowship in Byzantine Studies at the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C. Brown University Graduate School Research Travel Grant Brown University Graduate Fellowship Council of American and Overseas Research Center (CAORC)'s Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to Ankara, Turkey DePauw University Merit Scholarship National Merit Scholarship Phi Beta Kappa DePauw University Faculty / Student Summer Research Grant Collaboratory for GIS and Mediterannean Archaeology's (CGMA) Summer Research Grant |
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
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2011
2007 - 2008 |
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) intern for the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
DePauw University Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Center intern, Greencastle, Indiana. |
PUBLICATIONS
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In preparation
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'Travel and Communications,' in Euchaïta: A Late Roman and Byzantine City, ed. John Haldon, Hugh Elton, and James Newhard.
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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
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2011
2011 2010 |
'Dynamic Landscapes: Movement, Pilgrimage and Travel Infrastructure in the Landscape,' Brown Bag Series, Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, Brown University. September 29, 2011.
'Intertwining Roads and Settlements in Late Antique Northern Anatolia,' in the session Late Antiquity of the 112th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA), San Antonio, Texas. January 8, 2011. 'Being on the Road: Paths as Places,' in the session Archaeological Ambulations of the Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG) conference at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. May 1, 2010. |
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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2011 - 2012
2011 - 2012 2011 2010 - 2011 2009 - 2010 |
Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning Certificate IV: Teaching Consultant Program.
Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning Certificate III: Professional Development Seminar. Intern for the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning Certificate II: Tools for the Classroom. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning Certificate I: The Sheridan Teaching Seminar. |
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
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2012
2011-2012 2011-2012 2011 2010 |
State of the Field: Turkey (organizer), Joukowsky Insitute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. March 2-3, 2012.
Graduate student liaison (GSL) to the Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning for the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World. Secretary, Narragansett Society of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA). BIG: Monumentality and Meaning in the Ancient World (co-organizer), Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. February 25-26, 2011. Community and educational outreach intern for the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World at Brown University, in collaboration with the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology at Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Museum. |
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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2012
2012 2011 2011 2010 2009 |
Guest presentation: 'The Pragmatics of Pilgrimage,' for Prof. Alessandra Ricci's Anatolian Civilizations III (Late Roman - Byzantine) at Koç University.
Teaching Assistant for Water, Culture, & Power, under the instruction of Prof. Ömür Harmanşah. Guest lecture: 'Byzantine Art and Archaeology,' for Prof. Amanda Lahikainen's Prehistoric to Renaissance Art at Rhode Island College. Guest lecture: 'Archaeology of Pilgrimage in Byzantium,' for Prof. John Marston's East Meets West: Archaeology of Anatoliaat the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, Brown University. Teaching assistant for Geofizz!: Archaeo-Geophysical Data Visualization, under the instruction of Prof. Margaret Watters. Teaching Assistant for Food and Drink in Classical Antiquityunder the instruction of Prof. Susan E. Alcock. |
TEACHING INTERESTS (outlined in more detail on my teaching interests page)
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TOPICAL
REGIONAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL METHOD AND THEORY SKILLS |
archaeology of travel and communications; archaeology of early Christianity; monastic archaeology; food and drink in the ancient world; archaeology of pilgrimage; city and country in the eastern Mediterranean; archaeology of the body; the late antique and medieval city
Anatolian archaeology; near Eastern art and archaeology; Romans in the eastern Mediterranean; Roman archaeology; late antique and Byzantine archaeology archaeological survey; landscape archaeology; place theory; movement and connectivity in the Mediterranean; network theory; archaeology and the sacred; history of archaeological thought Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for archaeologists (introductory and advanced); historical GIS |
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FIELD EXPERIENCE
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2012
2008 - 2010 2010 2006 2006 2005 |
Fieldwalker, Team Leader and Features Recording, Brown University Petra Archaeological Project, Umm Sayhoun, Jordan
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Specialist, Avkat Archaeological Project, Mecitözü, Çorum, Turkey Fieldwalker, Central Lydia Archaeological Project, Tekelioğlu, Manisa, Turkey Excavator, Monte Polizzo Archaeological Project, Salemi, Turkey Fieldwalker, Göksu Archaeological Project, Alahan, Mersin, Turkey Survey and GIS intern, Hacımusalar Archaeological Project, Elmalı, Antalya, Turkey |
Brown University Petra Archaeological Project,
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LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
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TURKISH
ITALIAN GERMAN LATIN ANCIENT GREEK |
Spoken: Intermediate
Spoken: Basic Spoken: Basic Reading: Advanced Reading: Advanced |
Written: Basic
Written: Basic Written: Basic Written: Intermediate Written: Intermediate |
Reading: Basic
Reading: Intermediate Reading: Intermediate |
