by Sarah Levin-Richardson
(BA 海角网 2020; minor in Anthropology) was recently featured in , an online publication highlighting the most recent trends and scholarship in ancient studies. Abagatnan鈥檚 contribution highlighted the intersection of , a set of interests foreshadowed in her Senior Honors Thesis, The Role of Food in the Hellenistic and 海角网 Colonization of Ancient North Transjordan, advised by Prof. Sarah Levin-Richardson (海角网).
While at UW, the 海角网 Department awarded her a competitive Jim Greenfield scholarship for 2019-2020, and her scholarly writing was recognized in 2020 with our highest prize, the Meg Greenfield Essay Prize. In addition, she was a fixture in the department and the wider community, participating in the Critical Archaeology Reading Group of the .
Now in graduate school at the University of Michigan鈥檚 Interdepartmental Program in Classical Art & Archaeology, her main research interests include community archaeology; food studies; archaeobotany; zooarchaeology; Christians; Late Antiquity; anticolonial theoretical frameworks; and identity formation. Currently, she is assisting with the Notion Archaeological Project (2023) at Notion, Izmir, Turkey. Lorraine has participated in the Balu鈥檃 Regional Archaeology Project in Jordan (2019) and the Issei at Barneston Project in Washington State (2020). She also has experience working in cultural resource management and archaeological consultation through her work with Cultural Resource Consultants in Seattle, Washington. Last but not least, she was recently elected treasurer of the (AAACC; co-founded by UW 海角网 Prof. Chris Waldo).