Lawrence University in northern NY. She received her Ph.D. in History in 2017 from Boston College with a project on the history and material culture of baptism in the early Middle Ages. She received her B.A. in Medieval & Byzantine Studies and English Literature with a minor in Theology & Religious Studies from the Catholic University of America before pursuing an M.A. degree in Medieval Studies at the University of York, UK. While completing her Ph.D. research at Boston College, she trained at an archaeological field school through the SERF Project at the University of Glasgow and completed the Apprenticeship in College Teaching program through the Boston College Center for Teaching Excellence.