Graduate Students

I encourage students applying to the graduate program to contact me directly in advance of or in the course of applying.

In supervising graduate students, I am eager to work with students on the history of archaeology and museums whether in Europe, North Africa, or the Middle East. I am also interested in supervising research topics in late antique and early medieval history of Western Europe, particularly those that examine Christianity, gender, or some theme related to archaeological evidence. Since work in the medieval field requires proficiency in Latin and at least two modern languages, and research on nineteenth-century archaeology and museums mandates proficiency in at least one modern language (but often more), students should begin this preparation as early as possible in their studies.

Current Students

Grace Mitchell (MA History 2023-present)
“Radegund’s Letters and Legacy: Her Voice, Agency, Authorship, and Power”, University of British Columbia

James Davison (PhD History 2021-present)
“Trans* Theory and Burials from Early Anglo-Saxon England”, co-chair, University of Liverpool

Former Students

Femke Lippok (PhD Archaeology 2025)
“Death and all its customers: Changing burial rites in Early Medieval Northern Gaul, 450-600 CE”, co-chair, Universiteit Leiden

Clara Blanchard (PhD Archaeology 2023)
“Être femme(s) et être homme(s) au haut Moyen Âge (Ve-VIIe siècles): Les pratiques funéraires au prisme du genre en Île-de-France”, co-chair, Université Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne

Catherine Bainbridge (MA History 2020)
“Collecting the Himalayas: British Women and Tibetan Material Culture, 1890-1910”, University of Liverpool

Maddie Collins (MA History 2018)
People Operations Manager, Harvard Bookstore
“Medieval Museum Studies", co-chair, University of Florida

Andrew Welton (PhD History 2018)
Blacksmith, Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton, NJ
“The Spear in Early Anglo-Saxon England: A Social-Technological Study", University of Florida

Timothy Blanton (MA History 2017)
Doctoral Student, Department of History, University of Florida
non thesis, co-chair, University of Florida

Rebecca Devlin (PhD History 2016)
Associate Professor (term), University of Louisville
“Bishops and Community in Northwest Hispania: Transforming Roman Society from c. 370 to c. 470 CE”, University of Florida

Matthew Delvaux (MA History 2013)
Assistant Professor, Department of History, Barnard College
"Textuality and Materiality of Burial Mounds in the Life of Saint Guthlac", University of Florida

Janice Racine Norris (PhD History 2004)
retired
“Anglo-Saxon Women who went to the Continent: A Group Study”, Binghamton University (SUNY)