CHAPTER PRESIDENT: Nisha Kumar
Nisha Kumar is currently a PhD student at Harvard University studying Egyptian archaeology. She has participated in several archaeological projects in Egypt, Turkey, Iraqi Kurdistan, and Greece. Her main research interests are in ancient craft production and technology, urbanism, and the material culture of ancient Egypt.
Nisha has been a part of the Chapter since 2019 and in 2021 officially became a part of the ARCE-New England Board as Vice President. As a committed member of ARCE, she hopes to help foster community for those in New England who love and appreciate ancient Egypt.
CHAPTER VICE PRESIDENT: Dr. Robyn Price
Robyn Price is a postdoctoral associate in the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World at Brown University. She studies ancient sensory experience and its ties to inequitable power dynamics in the past. Robyn has been a member of ARCE's national organization since 2012. As Vice President in the ARCE-New England Chapter, she hopes to help with building community around the exchange of knowledge between professionals and non-professionals as a way of bringing the ancient past into the present day.
Robyn completed M.A. degrees in Ancient Egyptian Art and Archaeology and Linguistic Anthropology at the University of Memphis and the University of Virginia, respectively, before completing her Ph.D. in archaeology at the University of California, Los Angeles in December 2022. She has excavated in a variety of locations, including Egypt, Israel, Cyprus, Ethiopia, and Spain. She also currently serves on the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Programs committees for the American Schools of Overseas Research (ASOR) and on the Board for the FACE Project (Functional Approach to Character Education), a non-profit that seeks to provide educational materials for grade school students that promote social-emotional learning.
CHAPTER TREASURER: Gregory Trerotola
Gregory Trerotola an Egyptophile who has been interested in ancient Egypt since his youth, fascinated by its rich history and magnificent monuments. Fortunately, he lives in Massachusetts, where he is able to enjoy many local resources to learn more about Egypt, including events sponsored by the New England Chapter of ARCE. He joined the ARCE-NE Board as Chapter Treasurer out of an interest to contribute his time and energy to continuing ARCE’s programs in the area. He is a retired health administrator who has held executive positions with Partners, the Joslin Diabetes Clinic and the Lahey Clinic. (Coincidentally, his Joslin Clinic office was located above a relief of Imhotep, featured as a god of medicine in Joslin’s Evolution of Medicine timeline!)
CHAPTER CLERK/SECRETARY: Leah Neiman
Leah Neiman is a doctoral student in the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World at Brown University. Her research focuses on social and political dynamics of daily life in Middle Kingdom settlements and reproductive health in Pharaonic Egypt. Leah became a member of ARCE's national organization early in her graduate career. As clerk of the ARCE-New England Chapter, Leah wants to help foster a sense of community amongst the diverse membership in the Northeast through programming and direct communication with members.
Leah earned her B.A. in Ancient Mediterranean Studies, with a focus on Archaeology, at Emory University in 2018 and completed her Masters in Museum Studies, with a focus on education and inclusivity in archaeology collections, at the University of St Andrews in 2019. Leah managed an archaeology public engagement program based at the university of St Andrews from 2019-2020 that focused on making archaeology accessible to underserved communities. She has conducted fieldwork in Greece, Kenya, and most recently at Giza as part of the Ancient Egypt Research Associates (AERA) team. Leah served on the Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan committee at the Joukowsky Institute from 2021-2023 and has been the treasurer for the local Narragansett chapter of the American Institute for Archaeology (AIA) since 2022.