Employment
Brigham Young University, Department of Ancient Scripture, Full Professor (Ancient Christianity) Sept. 2021 – present
Brigham Young University, Department of Ancient Scripture, Associate Professor (Ancient Christianity) Sept. 2016 – 2021
Brigham Young University, Department of Ancient Scripture, Assistant Professor (Ancient Christianity) July 2010 – Aug. 2016
Tulane University, Department of Classical Studies, Visiting Assistant Professor (Ancient Christianity) July 2009 – June 2010
Education
Ph.D. University of Toronto, 2009 (Religious Studies, Ancient Christianity)
Dissertation: Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus
Supervisor: John Kloppenborg External Examiner: Eldon Epp
M.St. Christ Church, University of Oxford, 2004 (Jewish Studies)
Thesis: Galilean Social Bandits? An Examination of Galilean Brigandage from Herod the Great to the Outbreak of the First Jewish Revolt Against Rome
(First Class Hons.)
Supervisor: Sir Fergus Millar
M.A. University of Calgary, 2003 (Religious Studies, Specialization in Western Religions) Thesis: The Early Roman Emperors and the Christians: An Examination of the Early Emperors’ Ascribed Position as “Persecutors” of the Christians
Supervisor: Wayne McCready
B.A. (Hons.) University of Calgary, 2001 (Classical Studies)
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Spring Semester 2000
Professional Administration
President, Canadian Society of Patristic Studies (Mar. 2016 – Mar. 2018)
Steering Committee, Canadian Society of Patristic Studies (June 2016 – present 2016)
Chair of the Papyrology and Early Christian Backgrounds Section, Society of Biblical Literature (Jan. 2014 – 2019)
Committee Member of the Papyrology and Early Christian Backgrounds Section, Society of Biblical Literature (Sept. 2013 – Dec. 2014; Jan. 2020 – present)
President Rocky Mountain-Great Plains Region of the Society of Biblical Literature (Mar. 2018 – Mar. 2019)
Vice President Rocky Mountain-Great Plains Region of the Society of Biblical Literature (Mar. 2017 – Mar. 2018)
Committee Member for Rocky Mountain-Great Plains Region, Society of Biblical Literature (Sept. 2011 – present)
Professional Societies
American Society of Papyrologists
Association Internationale de Papyrologues
Canadian Society of Biblical Studies
Canadian Society of Patristic Studies
International Association for Coptic Studies
Society of Biblical Literature
Society for Classical Studies