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1 MEGAN DANIELS 3718 West Bradway, #403, Vancuver, BC V6R 2C1 Telephne: (Canada); (USA); Website: RESEARCH INTERESTS The Eastern Mediterranean in the Brnze and Irn Ages; crss-cultural exchange between the Near East and Mediterranean; sanctuaries and vtive material in the ancient wrld; Phenician culture; Rman prvinces; ceramic analysis TEACHING INTERESTS Greek and Rman histry and archaelgy; ancient religin; ancient empires; ancient Greek (intrductry t advanced); Latin (intrductry t advanced, with a special interest in late Republican/Augustan literature) EDUCATION Ph.D. Classics, Stanfrd University, (degree t be cnferred September 2016) Dissertatin: The Queen f Heaven and a Gddess fr All the Peple: Kingship, Religin, and Cultural Evlutin between Greece and the Near East ; Advisr: Ian Mrris; Cmmittee Members: Jsiah Ober, Richard P. Martin; External Cmmittee Member: Carlina López-Ruiz (The Ohi State University) M.A. Classical and Near Eastern Archaelgy, The University f British Clumbia, Majr research paper: Religin and Universality: Empric Cults in the Mediterranean Wrld, Ninth-Sixth Centuries BCE ; Supervisr: Franc De Angelis B.A. Hnurs B.A. in Archaelgy, Wilfrid Laurier University, Fcus: Classical Archaelgy; graduated with High Distinctin EDUCATION (OTHER) 2016 Certificate in Multimedia and Web Develpment, University f British Clumbia Cntinuing Educatin, Vancuver, BC 2014 Visiting Student Assciate Member, American Schl f Classical Studies at Athens, Athens, Greece 2011 Hward Cmfrt Summer Prgram in Rman Pttery, American Academy in Rme, Rme, Italy 2007 Archaelgical Drawing, Hellenic Educatin and Research Center, Kythera, Greece 2006 TEFL Certificatin, Peking University Schl f Freign Languages and the Centre fr Teaching and Learning in China, Beijing, Peple s Republic f China ACADEMIC HONOURS, GRANTS, AWARDS EXTERNAL FELLOWSHIPS: ACLS/Melln Fundatin Dissertatin Cmpletin Fellwship, Dissertatin Writing Fellwship, Pierre Ellitt Trudeau Fundatin, (declined) Trudeau Schlar, Pierre Ellitt Trudeau Fundatin, Scial Sciences and Humanities Research Cuncil Dctral Fellwship, Clarendn Schlarship, Oxfrd University, (declined) Scial Sciences and Humanities Research Cuncil Canada Graduate Schlarship, Ontari Graduate Schlarship, (declined) MEI Internatinal Academy Schlarship, 2001

2 Megan Daniels 2 STANFORD UNIVERSITY: Stanfrd Humanities Center Melln Fundatin Fellwship, (declined) Stanfrd Humanities Center Geballe Research Wrkshp Grant, Humanities and Sciences Fellwship, THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA: UBC Student Leader Recgnitin, 2009 Crdula and Gunter Paetzld Fellwship, Faculty f Arts Award, 2008 Faculty f Arts Grant Supplement Award, 2008 WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY: Alumni Gld Medal fr the Faculty f Arts, fr highest academic standing in the Faculty f Arts graduating class at Fall Cnvcatin, 2005 Banner Carrier fr the Faculty f Arts, Fall Cnvcatin, 2005 Alvin J. Pauli Schlarship in Archaelgy (highest GPA in third-year archaelgy), 2004 Faculty Assciatin Schlarship (academic achievement and cmmunity service), 2003 Faculty f Arts Award ( GPA n 12 pint scale), 2002, 2003, 2004 PUBLICATIONS 2015 Higgins, S. C. and M. Daniels Alternative Academics: Mving Beynd the Academy. Frum: Investigating the Future, Jurnal f Eastern Mediterranean Archaelgy and Heritage Studies 3.3: Daniels, M Sacred Exchange: The Religius Institutins f Empria in the Mediterranean Wrld f the Later Irn Age. In Urban Dreams and Realities in Antiquity: Remains and Representatins f the Ancient City, edited by A. Kemezis, Leiden: Brill. PUBLICATIONS IN PROGRESS (Accepted, revised, and submitted) Daniels, M. Hercules and Symblic Pwer in Rman Hispania: Apprpriating a Glbalized Discurse. In City f Plunder: Apprpriatin in Rman Culture, edited by C. MacDnald, M. Lar, and D. Padilla-Peralta. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Under review) Daniels, M. The Queen f Heaven in Irn Age Greece: Analyzing Religius Idelgy and Symblism n Multiple Scales. In Untangling the Intangible: Recnstructing Idelgies, Beliefs, and Religin in the Past, edited by K. MacFarland and E. Jhannessn. Bulder: University f Clrad Press. (In preparatin) Baker, C. K., M. Daniels, U. Fusc, E. Hestand, J. L. Muslin, S. A. Rus, and F. Tbin. Frmatin Prcesses and Residuality n the Palatine: An Assemblage frm the Cryptprticus f the Dmus Tiberiana, Rme. Fr submissin t Memirs f the American Academy in Rme. UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND (FORTHCOMING): TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2016 Instructr, Intrductin t Mediterranean Archaelgy, fall semester STANFORD UNIVERSITY: 2014 C-Instructr (thrugh mentred teaching assistantship) with Michael Shanks and Thea De Armnd: Intrductin t the Archaelgy f Greece, fall quarter 2013 Departmental Tutr in Ancient Greek, fall quarter 2013 C-Instructr and Writing Tutr fr Ian Mrris: Majrs Seminar: Wh Needs the Greeks and Rmans?, spring quarter 2013 Teaching Assistant and Discussin Leader fr Ian Mrris: The Greeks, winter quarter

3 Guest lecture: The Greek Wrld in the 4 th Century BCE 2012 Teaching Assistant and Discussin Leader fr Walter Scheidel: The Rmans, spring quarter 2012 Teaching Assistant fr Jsiah Ober The Origins f Plitical Thught, winter quarter WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY: Megan Daniels Teaching Assistant and Labratry Instructr fr Rnald Rss: Intrductin t Archaelgical Methds and Theries, winter semester 2004 Teaching Assistant fr Rnald Rss: Intrductin t Archaelgical Methds and Theries, fall semester 2004 Teaching Assistant fr Gerald Schaus: Greek Civilizatin and Intrductin t Greek Art and Archaelgy, fall semester TEACHING EXPERIENCE (OTHER) English Tutr, Japan Advertising Ltd., Vancuver, BC 2007 Vlunteer English Teacher, Vlunteers fr Peace Vietnam, SOS Children s Village, Viet Tri, Phu Th Prvince, Vietnam Oral English Teacher, Lng Cheng Junir Middle Schl, Shenzhen Educatin Bureau, Lnggang District, Shenzhen, Guangdng Prvince, Peple s Republic f China PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Teaching fr Classicists, curse thrugh Department f Classics, Stanfrd University, spring 2013 Classrm Management and Discussin Leading, wrkshps thrugh Center fr Teaching and Learning, Stanfrd University, winter 2013 Teaching and Learning in Higher Educatin, curse thrugh Center fr Teaching and Learning, Stanfrd University, fall 2012 Wrld Histry Pedaggy Wrkshp, Histry Department, Stanfrd University, spring 2012 Transfrming Curatrial Practices, curse thrugh UBC s Interdisciplinary Studies Prgram, fall 2009 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2012 Database Assistant fr Jsiah Ober: Centuries Database Prject (digitizatin f Oxfrd Classical Dictinary), Stanfrd University, Stanfrd, CA 2010 Editrial Assistant fr Franc De Angelis, The University f British Clumbia, Vancuver, BC Prgram Crdinatr, The Glbal Student Speakers Bureau, UBC Office f the Assciate Vice President Internatinal and UBC Faculty f Educatin, Vancuver, BC Crdinated a rster f student speakers; rganized and facilitated public speaking sessins; liaised with campus and cmmunity grups Archaelgical Assistant, Parks Canada Archaelgical Services: Natinal Parks and Native Sites, Crnwall, ON Research Assistant fr Judith Fletcher: Oaths and Perjury in Classical Greek Petry and Drama, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterl, ON

4 Megan Daniels 4 DIGITAL HUMANITIES PROJECTS 2016 Cntributr t the Database f Religius Histry, The Centre fr Human Evlutin, Culture, and Cgnitin, University f British Clumbia and Simn Fraser University 2012 Database assistant fr Centuries Database Prject, Departments f Classics and Plitical Science, Stanfrd University 2011 Cntributr t Orbis: The Stanfrd Gespatial Netwrk Mdel f the Rman Wrld, Department f Classics, Stanfrd University UNIVERSITY/FOUNDATION SERVICE 2015 Prpsal Writer fr targeted area f inquiry: Resilient Scieties, The Pierre Ellitt Trudeau Fundatin 2014 Member, Wrking Grup n Canada s Rle in Internatinal Develpment, The Pierre Ellitt Trudeau Fundatin C-Crdinatr fr student cllquia, Department f Classics, Stanfrd University Organized wrkshps fr students, including prfessinalizatin wrkshps and cllquia fr students t present wrks-in-prgress 2011 C-Crdinatr fr student recruitment, Department f Classics, Stanfrd University Cnference vlunteer fr varius meetings: SAA 2008, AHA and CAC 2009, UBC Graduate Student Cnference in the Classical, Near Eastern, and Religius Studies Department LABORATORY WORK: ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD AND LABORATORY EXPERIENCE 2016 Pabuç Burnu Shipwreck, Institute fr Nautical Archaelgy and Brck University, Directr: Elizabeth S. Greece; Bdrum, Turkey Study and publicatin f Archaic ceramics frm the Pabuç Burnu Shipwreck 2013-present 2013-present Burgaz Harburs Prject, METU University, Stanfrd University, and Brck University, Directrs: Numan Tuna, Elizabeth S. Greene, and Justin Leidwanger; Datça, Turkey Manage incming finds frm underwater excavatins Visual and chemical analysis f pttery frms and fabrics (Archaic thrugh t Late Rman) Supervise students in artifact srting, drawing, phtgraphy, catalguing, and database entry Zita Prject in the Archaelgy, Anthrplgy, and Ethngraphy f Suthern Tunisia, Institute fr Field Research and the Institut Natinal du Patrimine, Directrs: Brett Kaufman and Ali Drine; Zarzis, Tunisia Excavatins f Ne-Punic sanctuary and later metallurgical installatins Read pttery frm systematic survey and excavatins Supervise students in excavatins and artifact srting and drawing 2011 Hward Cmfrt Summer Prgram in Rman Pttery, American Academy in Rme, Directr: Archer Martin; Rme, Italy Analyzed pttery frms and fabrics frm the Dmus Tiberiana n the Palatine Hill in Rme 2008 Lefkandi-Xerplis Excavatins, Oxfrd University, Directr: Irene S. Lems; Lefkandi, Greece, Studied late Brnze and early Irn Age pttery (rughly 12 th -8 th centuries BCE) FIELD EXCAVATION: 2012 Sant Ombn, Svraintendenza Capitlina ai Beni Culturali f the Cmune di Rma, the Università della Calabria, and the University f Michigan, Directrs: Nicla Terrenat and Pal Brcat; Rme, Italy

5 Megan Daniels Heraclea Lyncestis, Balkan Heritage Fundatin and the New Bulgarian University, Directr: Angela Pencheva; Bitla, Macednia 2008, 2010 The Athenian Agra, The American Schl f Classical Studies at Athens, Directr: Jhn McK. Camp II; Athens, Greece 2007 Chusti Cave, The Sciety fr Kytheran Studies and the Hellenic Educatin and Research Center, Directr: Aris Tsaravpuls; Kythera, Greece Parks Canada, Directr: Brian Rss; Crnwall, ON Excavatins at Healy Falls (June 2003 and 2004), Camp Kitchikewana (September 2005), Navy Island Natinal Histric Site (Octber 2005), and Pint Pelee Natinal Park (Nvember 2005) Artifact prcessing, catalguing, and database entry 2005 Azria, University f Nrth Carlina at Chapel Hill and The American Schl f Classical Studies at Athens, Directr: Dnald C. Haggis; Kavusi, Crete, Greece 2005 The Ccn Site, Wilfrid Laurier University and the Bermuda Maritime Museum, Directr: Jhn Triggs; Warwick Parish, Bermuda 2005 Prt Ryal Glf Curse, Wilfrid Laurier University and the Bermuda Maritime Museum, Directr: Jhn Triggs; Smerset, Bermuda PANELS/WORKSHOPS ORGANIZED 2017 (Frthcming) C-rganized with Sandra Blakely: Gd the Anthrplgist: Text, Material and Thery in the Study f Ancient Religin, panel t be presented at the 118 th Archaelgical Institute f America Annual Meeting, Trnt, ON 2015 C-rganized with Maryl Gensheimer and Sabrina Higgins: Thinking Outside the Bx: Alternative Careers within Academia, panel presented at the 116 th Archaelgical Institute f America Annual Meeting in cnjunctin with the Student Affairs Interest Grup, New Orleans, LA 2014 C-rganized with Thea De Armnd: Interpreting the Deep Past: The Cnvergence f Material Remains, Myth and Memry, panel presented at the Theretical Archaelgy Grup Cnference, University f Illinis, Urbana-Champaign, IL C-rganized with Lynn Meskell and Cherkea Hwery: Empires and Glbalizatin: Archaelgy and Its 2012 Relatin t Lcal and Glbal Frces, Wrkshp Series, Stanfrd Archaelgy Center and the Stanfrd Humanities Center, Stanfrd University, Stanfrd, CA Designed grant prpsal; invited speakers t participate in the Wrkshp; liaised between invited speakers, Archaelgy Center staff, and the academic cmmunity; prepared weekly Wrkshps; administered budget, wrkshp attendance, and speaker schedules CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 2016 Invited paper: Investigating Religin in the Irn Age Mediterranean: The Case f Kmms, Religin, Ritual, Cnflict, and Cperatin: Archaelgical and Histrical Perspectives, Center fr Advanced Study in the Behaviral Sciences, Stanfrd University, Stanfrd, CA 2016 Religius Cults and Archaic Empria: Crss-Cultural Interactin and Religius Change thrugh Naukratis, France-Stanfrd Emerging Schlarship Cnference, Stanfrd, CA 2016 Invited paper: Religius Cults and Archaic Empria: Crss-Cultural Interactin and Religius Change thrugh Naukratis, 117 th Archaelgical Institute f America Annual Meeting, San Francisc, CA 2015 Religin, Cultural Evlutin, and Axial Age Transitins: Investigating the Queen f Heaven in the Irn Age Mediterranean, Sciety fr Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA 2015 The Queen f Heaven and a Gddess fr All the Peple: Aphrdite and Her Plitical and Ecnmic

6 Significance in Naukratis, Classical Assciatin f Canada Annual Meeting, Trnt, ON Megan Daniels Invited paper: The Queen f Heaven in Irn Age Greece: Analyzing Religius Idelgy and Symblism n Multiple Scales, Sciety fr American Archaelgy Annual Meeting, San Francisc, CA 2015 Cultural Heritage in Tunisia Befre and After the Revlutin: The Challenges and Opprtunities f a Pluralistic Past, Archaelgy Day, The University f British Clumbia, Vancuver, BC 2014 C-authred with Kilian Malln, İlham Sakarya, Justin Leidwanger, and Elizabeth S. Greene: Reginal Prductin and Maritime Exchange in the Sutheast Aegean: Ceramic Analysis at Burgaz, Turkey, American Schls f Oriental Research Annual Meeting, San Dieg, CA 2014 Discussant: Interpreting the Deep Past: The Cnvergence f Material Remains, Myth and Memry, Theretical Archaelgy Grup Cnference, University f Illinis, Urbana-Champaign, IL 2014 Annexing a Shared Past: Rman Apprpriatins f Hercules-Melqart in the Cnquest f Hispania, Carg Culture: Literary and Material Apprpriative Practices in Rme, Stanfrd University, Stanfrd, CA 2013 Systems f Symblic Pwer: Hercules-Melqart in the Western Mediterranean, Scalar Inquiries in Archaelgy, Third Annual UCLA Ctsen Institute f Archaelgy Cnference, Ls Angeles, CA 2013 A Gddess fr All the Peple: The Sanctuary f Aphrdite at Naukratis, 114 th Archaelgical Institute f America Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA 2012 Religin as an Institutin and its Place in Ecnmic Grwth: A Mdel frm the New Institutinal Ecnmics, Thery in (Ancient) Greek Archaelgy, University f Michigan, Ann Arbr, MI 2011 Sacred Exchange: The Functin f Trade and the Divine in the Grwth f Ancient Mediterranean Cities, Urban Dreams and Realities: An Interdisciplinary Cnference n the City in Ancient Cultures, University f Alberta, Edmntn, AB 2010 A Gddess fr All the Peple: The Temple f Aphrdite at Naukratis, Classical Assciatin f the Pacific Nrthwest-Classical Assciatin f the Canadian West Jint Meeting, Seattle, WA 2009 Mithraism and Christianity: Cnflicts and Crrelatins in the Sci-Religius Spheres f the Rman Wrld, The Department f Classical, Near Eastern and Religius Studies Graduate Student Cnference, The University f British Clumbia, Vancuver, BC 2008 Religius Identity in Rman Nrth Africa: The Evidence frm Inscriptins, Anthrplgy Graduate Student Cnference, The University f British Clumbia, Vancuver, BC 2008 The Cultural Legacy f the Greeks in Central Asia, Archaelgy Day, The University f British Clumbia, Vancuver, BC 2007 The Cultural Legacy f the Greeks in Central Asia, The Canadian Institute in Greece/L Institut Canadien en Grèce Furth Biennial Graduate Student Cnference, The University f Calgary, Calgary, AB LECTURES AND COLLOQUIA 2016 Aphrdite in the Irn Age Mediterranean: Lng-term Histry and Cultural Evlutin between Greece and the East, Stanfrd Archaelgy Center Lunch Club, Stanfrd, CA 2016 The Queen f Heaven in Irn Age Greece: Investigating Religin and Idelgy in the Eastern Mediterranean, Campin Cllege, University f Regina, Regina, SK 2014 Experiencing Empire: Thinking Abut the Rman Prvinces, Lecture fr field schl students at the Zita Prject, Zarzis, Tunisia 2010 Greek Culture in Central Asia in the Hellenistic Perid, Guest speaker at Langara Cllege, Vancuver, BC 2009 The Legacies f Cnquest? Greek Culture in Central Asia fllwing the Campaigns f Alexander the Great, Guest speaker fr Phars, The Canadian-Hellenic Cultural Sciety, Vancuver, BC

7 Megan Daniels China s Tiger-Leaping Grge, Guest speaker at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Chinese Garden Sciety Annual General Meeting, Vancuver, BC 2009 Which Past D We Study? A Brief Histrigraphy f Classical Archaelgy, Member Speaker Series, Green Cllege, The University f British Clumbia, Vancuver, BC 2009 Tiger-Leaping Grge: Internatinal Cntrversy, Presenter and Panel Discussant at the Emerging Ecnmies Event, The University f British Clumbia, Vancuver, BC 2008 Listen t Bth Sides and Yu Will Be Enlightened: Traveling, Teaching and Learning in China, Guest speaker fr the Sciety fr Intercultural Educatin, Training and Research, Vancuver, BC OUTREACH Pianist and Translatr, Stanfrd Classics in Theater (SCIT), Stanfrd University, Stanfrd, CA Translatin, adaptatin, and musical accmpaniment: Aristphanes Wasps (2011), Aristphanes Assembly Wmen (2012), Euripides Cyclps (2013) and Plautus Casina (2014) 2013 Keynte Speaker, The Meaning f the Past, Matters f the Mind Sympsium, University f Ontari Institute f Technlgy, Oshawa, ON Guest Speaker fr Grade 12 Archaelgy and Native Studies Class n the Athenian Agra Excavatins, Father Le J. Austin Cathlic Secndary Schl, Whitby, ON Vlunteer, The Big Dig, Stanfrd University, Stanfrd, CA Assisted in teaching students frm varius Santa Clara Cunty elementary schls abut archaelgical excavatin and labratry wrk at a mck excavatin site n Stanfrd campus Vlunteer, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, Vancuver, BC Assisted in running Chinese New Year activities fr varius schl grups; als assisted with the summer cncert series and varius ther cultural events 2005 Vlunteer, Camp Kitchikewana, Parks Canada, Gergian Bay Islands Natinal Park, ON Participated in excavatins and assisted with the Sixth Annual Abriginal Yuth Week RELATED SKILLS Trained in basic human stelgy and archaelgical drawing Knwledge f gephysical techniques in archaelgy; ArcGIS 10; XRF instrument and sftware Adbe InDesign, Phtshp, Muse, Dreamweaver; HTML5; CSS; basic JavaScript LANGUAGES English (native speaker) French (reading prficiency and intermediate speaking) Mdern Greek (basic) Mandarin (basic: ne year study in China) Cmpetent reading in German, Italian, and Spanish Ancient Greek (advanced reading); Latin (advanced reading) PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Archaelgical Institute f America (2007 ) American Schls f Oriental Research (2014 ) Sciety fr Ancient Mediterranean Religins (2014 ) Sciety fr American Archaelgy (2014 ) Califrnia Classical Assciatin (2015 ) Classical Assciatin f Canada (2015 ) Sciety fr Biblical Literature (2015 ) Sciety fr Classical Studies (2016 )

8 Megan Daniels 8 REFERENCES Dr. Ian Mrris Jean and Rebecca Willard Prfessr f Classics, Prfessr f Histry Department f Classics, Stanfrd University imrris@stanfrd.edu Dr. Jsiah Ober Tsakpuls-Kunalakis Prfessr in Hnr f Cnstantine Mitstakis Department f Classics, Department f Plitical Science, Stanfrd University jber@stanfrd.edu Dr. Richard P. Martin Antny and Isabelle Raubitschek Prfessr in Classics Department f Classics, Stanfrd University rpmartin@stanfrd.edu Dr. Justin Leidwanger Assistant Prfessr f Classics Department f Classics, Stanfrd University jleidwa@stanfrd.edu Dr. Franc De Angelis Assciate Prfessr f Greek Histry and Archaelgy Department f Classical, Near Eastern and Religius Studies, University f British Clumbia franc.de_angelis@ubc.ca

MEGAN DANIELS ACADEMIC POSITIONS

MEGAN DANIELS ACADEMIC POSITIONS MEGAN DANIELS 380 MFAC Ellictt Cmplex, SUNY-Buffal, Buffal, NY 14261 Telephne: 604-653-1751 (Canada); 650-338-6622 (USA); Email: mjd47@buffal.edu Website: www.megandaniels.ca ACADEMIC POSITIONS 2017-2018