Dr. Madeline Line is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Anthropology department at the University of Iowa.  She holds a B.A. in Classics from the University of Western Ontario, an M.A. in Classics from Durham University, and a PhD in Archaeology from Durham University. To pursue her love of public history, she also earned a Postgraduate Certificate in Museum and Cultural Management at Centennial College in Toronto. Her doctoral dissertation, titled Cursing in Roman Britain: connectivity, identity, and belief, used curse tablets to explore identity negotiation, expressions of religious belief, and processes of cultural change in Britain in the Roman period.

She has a wide range of interdisciplinary research interests, including:

• Historiography and reception
• Museum interpretation
• Archaeology of the Roman world, especially Britain
• Postcolonial and decolonial approaches to the Roman world
• Magic and religion in the Greek and Roman worlds
• Epigraphy and literacy

She has experience in collections management, interpretation, education, and visitor services at museums in the US and Canada. At the University of Iowa, she teaches courses in Museum Studies and Archaeology, including:

• Historic House Management and Preservation (MUSM3100)
• Archaeology of Roman Britain (ANTH3200)