Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota. His 2009 dissertation, Icons of Empire: The Art and History of Aztec Royal Presentation, focused on depictions of Aztec (Tenochca Mexica) rulers. His articles have focused on the art and iconography of Pre-Columbian and early colonial central Mexico and include “Aztec Temporal Rhetoric and Moteuczoma II's Temple Stone” (forthcoming), “Secularizing for Survival: The Changing Depictions of Aztec Rulers in Early Colonial Texts” (2004), and “Partitioning the Parturient: An Exploration of the Aztec Fetishized Female Body” (1997). He was a past junior fellow in Pre-Columbian studies at Dumbarton Oaks. His current project examines the use of calendrical discourse in central Mexican sculptures and manuscripts of the late Postclassic and early colonial periods.