The IPCAA family would like to give a warm welcome to one of our new members, Zoe Jenkins. She has kindly provided the brief bio seen below in order to introduce herself. Welcome!

“This will be my first year in the Interdepartmental Program for Classical studies and I am very much looking forward to starting my graduate career here at the University of Michigan. For my undergraduate, I  graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in Classics. Yet, it was only after four years as a philology student that I realized I actually wanted to change courses towards archaeology. After two years as a Latin teacher in Northern Virginia, I went to the University of Chapel Hill for a post-baccalaureate certificate in Classical Archaeology.  During this time I worked on the Early Iron Age site of Azoria in Eastern Crete as the pottery assistant. Most recently during this past summer, I also worked at the Gabii Project through the Kelsey Museum.

During my time here at Michigan, I hope to become more involved with the Kelsey Museum as well as take part in the Museum Studies certificate program.  As of right now, I plan to lead my academic course towards a career in museums, potentially with a focus on ceramic specialization. As far as a regional focus, I am currently torn between Aegean Prehistory and the Roman Republic – but I have little doubt that the years of graduate coursework ahead of me will help to determine which suits me better.

Personally, I am a native of Manassas, Virginia, which is small suburb of Washington D.C. known for its historic Civil War battlefield. I come from a large family (the youngest of six) and we are big fans of Washington Redskins football and the Capitals hockey teams. For the times that I am not reading articles or staring at pot sherds, I enjoy playing soccer, knitting, and training for races.”