Research Interests Wisdom literature in ancient Israel and Second Temple Judaism Religion and the senses Religion and the body Election in Second Temple Judaism Israelite prophets Newer approaches to the study of the Hebrew Bible (cultural anthropology, cognitive linguistics, embodiment, phenomenology, intersectionality) Jewish and Christian biblical interpretation in antiquity and modernity Identity formation in antiquity Judaism in Latin America Teaching Experience “The Nature and Nurture of the Senses,” Freshman Advising Seminar, College of Arts and Sciences “Sensing the Sacred: Sensory Perception and Religious Imagination,” Department of Religious Studies “Israelite Prophets,” Department of Religious Studies “Elementary Classical Hebrew I and II,” Departments of Religious Studies and MESALC “Intermediate Classical Hebrew I and II,” Departments of Religious Studies and MESALC