Brad earned a B.A. in Latin and a B.A. in Anthropology from Michigan State University in 2004, and an M.Phil. in Classical Archaeology from the University of Oxford, St. Anne’s College, in 2006. Since 2001, Brad has worked as an excavator, surveyor, and field walker in the United States, Italy, Greece, Turkey and Jordan. At Brown, Brad has pursued further his interest in survey methodology and has developed an interest in reevaluating the relationship between people and the material aspects of sites such as quarries, mines and modified locations in the eastern Mediterranean. His dissertation focuses on the social aspects of small-scale quarries in the Roman period of western Turkey, endeavoring to highlight the integration of resource locations and community practices. He is interested in the long-term use and re-use of space, the overlapping of practices in industrial places, and the interconnections between industries. He is intrigued by the notion of quarries that are also not quarries.