She received her Masters in Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Near Eastern Archaeology from The University of Arizona. Her publications focus on the lives of women in antiquity, and on Canaanite and Israelite religion and culture. She co-directed the Tell el-Wawiyat (Israel) Excavation Project and is currently preparing the publication of that site. She serves on the Board of Directors of the American Schools of Oriental Research and chairs its Initiative on the Status of Women. Additionally, she chairs a session on gender and religion for ASOR’s annual meeting, and is on the editorial board of several professional journals.