Members - Dr. Jennifer Singletary

Main research areas

• Scholarly rivalry and collaboration in the ancient Near East in the second and first millennia BCE
• Scholarship in ancient Mesopotamia
• Scribes and religious professionals in the Hebrew Bible
• Citation of sources in ancient Near Eastern texts

Academic career

• 8/2017–10/2019 Postdoctoral Researcher at the Collaborative Research Centre 1136, conducting research on "Educated Colleagues or Ignoramuses? Scholarly Rivalry and Collaboration in Ancient
  West Asia"
• 2016-2017 Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion, Department of Religion, Wofford College (Spartanburg, SC)
• 2016 Visiting Assistant Professor, Liberal Studies Program (Religious Studies), University of Montana (Missoula, MT)
• 2015-2016 Lecturer in Religion, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Clemson University (Clemson, SC)
• 2015 Instructor in Religion, Department of Religion, University of Georgia (Athens, GA)

Academic degrees

• 2014 Brown University, Ph.D. in Religious Studies (Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean), Areas of Specialization: Hebrew Bible and Israelite Religions; Ancient Judaism; Religions, Languages, and Cultures of Ancient West Asia; Theory and Method in the Study of Religion
  Dissertation: Non-Anthropomorphic Gods? Manufactured Entities and Divine Qualities and Attributes Characterized As Gods in the Textual Evidence from Ancient Mesopotamia, Syria, North Arabia, Palestine, and Elephantine, Committee: Saul Olyan (supervisor), Stanley Stowers, Matthew Rutz
• 2007 Brown University, M.A. in Religious Studies (Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean)
• 2005 Pennsylvania State University, M.A. in English, Areas of Specialization: Religious Literature; History of Biblical Interpretation
• 2002 Boston University, B.A. in Philosophy and Religion

Fellowships, Grants and Awards

• 2019 Fellowship, Mapping Ancient Gods Summer School, ERC Advanced Grant MAP Project (Mapping Ancient Polytheisms) and the French Research Center in Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, July 9-19
• 2018 Regional Scholar Award, Society of Biblical Literature (National)
• 2017 Society of Biblical Literature Regional Scholar Award, New England/Eastern Canada Region
• 2017 Duke Research Fellowship in Jewish Studies and the Hebrew Bible, Center for Jewish Studies, Duke University
• 2011-2012 Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Brown University
• 2011 Gorgias Book Grant, Gorgias Press
• 2011 Graduate School Award for Travel, Brown University, to attend the 221st Meeting of the American Oriental Society, Chicago, IL, March 11-14
• 2010-2011 Dissertation Fellowship, Brown University
• 2009-2010 Graduate Fellowship, Brown University
• 2008 Judaic Studies Department Award for Travel, Brown University, to attend the European Association of Biblical Studies, Lisbon, Portugal, August 3-7
• 2008 Summer Study Graduate Fellowship, Brown University
• 2007-2008 Graduate Fellowship, Brown University
• 2007 Summer Study Graduate Fellowship, Brown University
• 2007 American Oriental Society Graduate Student Award for Travel to attend the 217th Meeting of the American Oriental Society, San Antonio, TX, March 16-19
• 2007 Graduate School Award for Travel, Brown University, to attend the 217th Meeting of the American Oriental Society, San Antonio, TX, March 16-19
• 2006-2007 Graduate Fellowship, Brown University
• 2006 Summer Study Graduate Fellowship, Brown University
• 2005-2006 Ernest Frerichs Graduate Fellowship, Brown University
• 2003-2005 Graduate Teaching Fellowships, Pennsylvania State University
• 2002-2003 Graduate Research Assistant Fellowship, Clemson University
• 2002 Senior Work for Distinction, Department of Religion, Boston University
• 2002 Peter A. Bertocci Award for Philosophical Excellence, Department of Philosophy, Boston University
• 2002 Richard E. Katz Award, Department of Religion, Boston University
• 2002 College Prize for Excellence in Religion, Department of Religion, Boston University
• 2001 Summer Research Award, Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, Boston University
• 2001 Alice M. Brennan Humanities Fellowship, The Humanities Foundation, Boston University
• 2001 Peter M. Nelson Award for Distinguished Work by a Junior, Department of Philosophy, Boston University

Languages

• Ancient: Akkadian (all periods/dialects); Aramaic (Old, Imperial, and Middle); Ancient Greek; Hebrew (Biblical,
  Mishnaic, and Dead Sea Scroll); Hittite; Sumerian; Ugaritic; Middle Egyptian (elementary)
• Modern: English, French, German

Professional Associations

• Society of Biblical Literature
• American Schools for Oriental Research
• Association of Ancient Historians
• American Academy of Religion