Associate Professor in English Language and Literature, received a course development grant from the UChicago Center for Disciplinary Innovation for Technologies of Visualization: Florence Then and Now. He also was awarded a grant from UChicago’s Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society to direct the research project “The Past for Sale: New Approaches to the Study of Archaeological Looting and the Illicit Trafficking.” He received funding from UChicago’s Arts Council and Franke Institute for the Humanities to organize the symposium Florentia Illustrata: Video Games, Mobile Apps, Pub Crawls and the Florentine Renaissance with Niall Atkinson, Neubauer Family Assistant Professor in Art History.