Alumni
Meet our alumni and explore their current careers, projects and research!
Vanessa Linares
PhD candidate at Tel Aviv University
Dissertation Title: Organic Residue Analysis of Small Closed Containers from The Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages: Tel Azekah, Tel Shadud, and Tel Megiddo as a Case Study.
The aim of this research is the application of organic residue analysis on the small closed containers from Tel Azekah, Tel Shadud, and Tel Megiddo during the Late Bronze and early Iron Ages. The goal is to better understand the cultural practices of the local inhabitants, and possible trade networks within the Levant.
Supervisors: Oded Lipschits, Yuval Gadot, and Ronny Neumann.
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Gennadiy Shoykhedbrod
Teacher and lecturer at Anne Arundel Community College, Maryland
Upon completing his MA with the International Program at Tel Aviv University, Gennadiy commenced his carrer as a field archaeologist for the Israeli Institute of Archaeology, followed by his current position as an adjunct faculty member for the Department of History and the Department of Anthropology at Anne Arundel Community College, in Maryland.
Gennadiy teaches courses of Ancient Western Civilizations and Introduction to Archaeology, which are directly linked to the academic education and the unique fieldwork experience he gained while studying at TAU.
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Zach Dunseth
PhD candidate at Tel Aviv University
Dissertation Title: The Negev Highlands During the Intermediate Bronze Age (c. 2500 – 1950 BCE): A Geoarchaeological Perspective.
Zach’s research is an integrated micro- and macro-archaeological study of settlement in the Negev Highlands during the Intermediate Bronze Age (c. 2500-1950 BCE). Using three sites as case studies, Zach applies various geoarchaeological methods including micromorphology, petrography, and radiocarbon dating, to reconstruct the subsistence practices, trade, and absolute chronology, of the southern Intermediate Bronze Age phenomenon.
Supervisors: Israel Finkelstein and Ruth Shahack-Gross.
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Phillip Tobin
Teacher and lecturer at Cardinal Gibbons High School, North Carolina.
After completing the MA program, Phillip returned to North Carolina to begin his career in teaching. He currently teaches Church History at Cardinal Gibbons High School, and draws upon his classwork at TAU to provide his students with an in-depth look at the material cultures of the Bible and the Catholic Church. Phillip finds that by drawing upon the various artifacts, architectures, and cultural landscapes within the archaeological record students come to learn how history is made, and come to better understand the rich faith tradition that has been passed down to them.
He is also ecstatically enjoying his new life as the father of an energetic little boy and is pleased to report that he too loves digging in the dirt.
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Sabine Kleiman
PhD candidate at Tel Aviv University
Dissertation Title: “The Potters of the Shephelah: Between Tradition and Innovation”: Technology, Typology, and Symbolism of Pottery during the Bronze and Early Iron Ages
The research aims to investigate the production, style, and movement of ceramic in the Shephelah during the Late Bronze and early Iron Ages, through a holistic and long-term study of pottery production. The project will utilize the methods of petrography, xeroradiography, and typology, which will provide information about the provenance, production technique, and tradition of the examined ceramics.
Supervisors: Oded Lipschits, Yuval Gadot, and Anat Cohen-Weinberger.
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