When I was a kid, I went to my mom begging for books about Egypt. A few weeks later, I NEEDED every book about sharks. Then it was Greek Mythology, Henry VIII, the French Revolution, and so on. A love for learning about the past and world around me has continued throughout my life. After deciding to not pursue a PhD in archaeology, I still wanted a way to share this love, even if it would not be in front of a classroom full of students who had to listen to me talk about stuff that interests me for an hour everyday.

I’m glad you found your way here, and I hope you learn something that, of course, is actually interesting. Traditional bio to follow:

Maddy attended The Ohio State University after earning a full tuition scholarship through the Morril Scholarship program. She graduated in 2016 with dual diplomas in Anthropology with a specialization in Archaeology and a minor in history, and Strategic Communications.

Maddy completed undergraduate research in paeoloethnobotony and presented this research at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archaeology in San Francisco.

Maddy further specialized in bioarchaeology, the study of human remains, and worked in the bioarchaeology lab at OSU doing skeletal reconstruction. Throughout Maddy’s academic career, she has worked in Greece, Poland, and as close to home as Chillicothe, Ohio.

Maddy hopes to use her love of history (and the research she does for this podcast) to write historical fiction novels.