Scribe’s Palette is curated by S. Davidson.
Educator. Project Creator. Curriculum/Content Developer. Egyptologist.
S. Davidson is committed to breaking down barriers of access to those interested in learning about the ancient world and is dedicated to the pedagogical reform of ancient Egyptian studies through data analysis, interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary research, and producing user-friendly and engaging educational materials.
Click here to read her Society of Classical Studies interview (08/15/22) about the challenges and opportunities of teaching ancient studies as adjunct faculty at a community college.
Areas of Interest include: Reception of ancient Egypt, Interdisciplinary Egyptology, scribal palettes, the History of Egyptology, Egypt/Little Egypt, Illinois, and the never-ending pursuit of improving pedagogical resources for teaching and learning Egyptian hieroglyphs/hieratic.
AWARDS
Professor Davidson is a F’21 Mellon/ACLS Community College Faculty Fellow. Her project is We Are For Egypt: The History, Culture, and Legacy of Egyptian Southern Illinois:
Southern Illinois has been known as “Egypt” and “Little Egypt” for nearly 200 years. Throughout the turbulent nineteenth century, Egyptian Illinoisans strengthened their regional cohesiveness in spite of and in response to internal and external political and social upheavals. Distinct from the rest of Illinois in dialect, superstitions, folk tales, and musical traditions, traces of this Egyptian identity still resonate in Southern Illinois today. “We Are For Egypt” is an interdisciplinary project that integrates underrepresented voices into an inclusive history of the region, generates a handbook for educators to incorporate local history into their curricula, and produces musical recordings that bridge the past and present artistic heritage of Egyptian Illinois.
Professor Davidson was awarded the Lieberman Teaching Excellence Award for Adjunct Faculty at JCCC in Spring 2021
Professor Davidson was named a JCCC College Scholar for 2020-2021.
Professor Davidson received a NISOD Excellence Award in Spring 2021.
SERVICE
Co-founder and Team Lead of the Egyptology State of the Field Project
Co-founder and first President of the American Research Center in Egypt’s Missouri Chapter
Ad hoc Committee on ARCE Diversity and Inclusion, Committee Member, American Research Center in Egypt
Partner in the first cohort (2021) of the Archives and Digitization and Publication Project (ADPP), American Research Center in Egypt. The project has three major objectives: digitization, description, and publication of ARCE’s Conservation Archive; improved website functionality to expand access and improve dissemination of archival content; and the promotion of digital humanities in the classroom through collaborative skills-building partnerships with faculty from U.S. community colleges, historically black colleges and universities and post-secondary minority serving institutions.
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