Personal Information
Address: 29 Lewis St., Unit 3, Somerville, MA 02143
Phone: 214-636-2720
Email: erin_anderson@g.harvard.edu
erinanderson1494@gmail.com
Education
August 2021-Present
PhD Harvard University—Cambridge, Massachusetts
Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations–Egyptology
Dissertation: forthcoming
Advisor: Dr. Peter der Manuelian
GPA: 4.0
October 2021
Master of Arts Indiana University—Bloomington, Indiana
Major: Egyptology
Thesis: “An Egyptian Cippus in the Eskenazi Museum of Art: A Study of Methods and Dating”
Advisor: Dr. Steve Vinson
GPA: 3.985
May 2016
Bachelor of Arts Hendrix College—Conway, Arkansas
Major: Sociology/Anthropology with an emphasis in Anthropology
Thesis: “Hieroglyphic and Cuneiform Writing in the Hittite Empire”
Advisor: Dr. Brett Hill
GPA: 3.6899
Research Interests
- Trade and its implications on cultural connections with particular interest in small luxury goods
- The intersectionality of technology, including 3D digital models, and their use in public education
- Late Period Egypt and first millennium BCE
Honors and Fellowships
2018-2020
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship
Indiana University; Department of African Studies
Language: Arabic
2016
Graduated with Distinction
Hendrix College
Skills
- Computer-aided design/engineering: Agisoft Metashape, ZBrush, Reality Capture, CloudCompare, ArcGIS, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop, Rhino
- Other: excellent time management, detail oriented, Microsoft Office proficient, data management, team management, great organizational skills
Research Experience
2018-2021
Brooklyn Digitization Project
Brooklyn Museum and Indiana University
- Working to photograph artifacts in the Egyptology wing of the Brooklyn Museum for photogrammetric processing
- Processing images to create 3D digital models including state and restoration models
- Assisted training of new students in the technology used
- Created and maintained management system for metadata and progress of processed models
Conference Attendance and Presentation
2021
2021 Statewide Summit on Women and Tech
Indiana University
Panelist
Anderson, A. Galambus, J. and Puglisi, J. “What Can Technology Offer the Ancient Past?
2019
Ancient Egypt and New Technology Conference
Indiana University
Poster Presentation
Anderson, A., Ladd A. From Ostraca to Operating Systems: Using Anki to facilitate mastery of Middle Egyptian vocabulary
2016
Arkansas Sociological and Anthropological Association Undergraduate Symposium
Arkansas State University
Oral Presentation
Anderson, A. “Hieroglyphic and Cuneiform Writing in the Hittite Empire”
Memberships
2019-present
American Research Center in Egypt
2016-present
Lambda Alpha Honors Society
2015-2018
Arkansas Archaeological Society
Languages
Native Speaker
English
Modern Research Languages
French: advanced reading; novice speaking, writing, listening
German: advanced reading
Research Languages
Old Egyptian: beginner
Middle Egyptian: intermediate
Late Egyptian: beginner
Demotic: intermediate
Coptic: intermediate
Arabic: high novice
Attic Greek: novice
Professional Service
2019
Ancient Egypt and New Technology Conference
Indiana University
- Assisted with setting up and tearing down conference locations
- Directed participants to appropriate locations
- Assisted with registration and check-in
2016
Sociology/Anthropology Department Aid
Hendrix College
- Promoted the department by updating the website and preparing materials for Majors Fair
- Assisted professors with preparing classwork
- Graded Assignments for professors
- Assisted professors with data organization and digitization
Educational Travel
June 2014
Turkey
- Travelled with other students through western Turkey visiting various archaeological and historical sites while simultaneously learning about modern Turkish culture
- Studied the divide between Eastern and Western cultures in a single country
- Learned about decisive historical moments in Turkish history
- Final paper: “Hittites in Anatolia”