Alexander Badawy Professor Emerita, Egyptian Art and Archaeology, Near Eastern Studies; Professor of History of Art; PhD, Yale University
Betsy M. Bryan received her doctorate from the Department of Near Eastern Language and Literatures at Yale University in 1980 and after editing and research work at the Brooklyn Museum came to Johns Hopkins as Assistant Professor in 1986, taking a newly endowed position of the Alexander Badawy Chair in Egyptian Art and Archaeology. She has specialized in the history, art, and culture of the 18th Dynasty (ca. 1550 to 1300 B.C.E.) and overseen some thirty PhD students. Since 2001 she has directed the JHU Archaeological Expedition to the Temple of the Goddess Mut at South Karnak in Egypt. She is currently working on the full publication of that long term project, as well as several shorter art historical articles.
Current Interests: Teaching Egyptian Language, Mentoring PhD Students, Advising for JHU Archaeological Museum