I am an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Oklahoma. My research focuses on the later Roman Empire and in particular the relationships between early Christianity, Judaism, and later Roman polytheism. By training, I am historian and an archaeologist and my work examines connections between texts and material culture. I am currently a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow and am completing a book about Roman-era pilgrims and their search for physical evidence of gods, heroes, saints, and angels.