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Benson and Pamela Harer Fellow in Egyptology

A researcher at Wadi el-Hudi, Egypt, an important but long-overlooked region of county’s Eastern Desert located southeast of Aswan.
July 14, 2025

The grant from the Shelby White and Leon Levy Program for Archaeological Publications will support the completion and publication of the “Survey of Wadi el-Hudi, Volume 1,” the first comprehensive modern study of an important but long-overlooked region of Egypt’s Eastern Desert.

Nathaniel Saavedra, at right, with another person, both on camels in Egypt.
March 24, 2025

Nathaniel Saavedra, who graduated with a degree in history in December, joined the university’s Wadi el-Hudi Expedition in Egypt in late December to late January. The experience was nothing short of transformative, expanding his perspective as a historian.

Kate Liszka, CSUSB’s Benson and Pamela Harer Fellow in Egyptology and CSUSB professor of history, on “The Einstein Challenge.”
November 7, 2024

Is it possible to explain complex concepts in your area of your expertise to a panel of 6-year-olds in one minute? Kate Liszka, CSUSB’s Benson and Pamela Harer Fellow in Egyptology took on the challenge – and succeeded.

Two members of Wadi el-Hudi Expedition at archaeological excavation site in Egypt.
June 5, 2024

Kate Liszka, the Benson and Pamela Harer Fellow in Egyptology and professor of history, is the recipient of the RSM Archaeological Field Research Grant from the American Research Center in Egypt with USAID funding.

Kate Liszka (left), associate professor of history and Benson and Pamela Harer Fellow in Egyptology at Cal State San Bernardino, and “Price Is Right” host Drew Carey.
October 27, 2023

Being a contestant on the game show was a lifelong bucket-list item for Liszka, associate professor of history and Benson and Pamela Harer Fellow in Egyptology.

Georgia Barker
October 27, 2023

The program, “Preparing for Eternity: Funerary Models and Wall Scenes from the Egyptian Old and Middle Kingdoms,” will be presented by Georgia Barker, this year’s W. Benson Harer Egyptology Scholar in Residence. The talk, in person and on Zoom, is open to the public.

Georgia Barker
August 31, 2023

While at CSUSB, Barker will teach a course, “Journey to the Beyond: Funerary Art in Egypt from the Predynastic Period to the Late Period,” a unique class that mixes the study of ancient Egyptian funerary art with modern museum collecting practices and ethics.

JHBC, Faculty in the News
April 11, 2023

Tony Coulson (cybersecurity) discussed the dangers of using public cell phone chargers, Kate Liszka (history) was featured in an article about the Wadi el-Hudi Expedition, Mike Kohout (geography) and Jeremy Murray (history) are coordinating a forum on the region’s warehouse industry, and Jason P. Jung (biology) was part of a team that recently published a study on the knuckle-walking Sahelanthropus tchadensis.

Some of the members of Wadi el-Hudi Expedition at archaeological excavation site in Egypt.
April 7, 2023

Dozens of CSUSB students have worked with the Wadi el-Hudi Expedition both in Egypt and at CSUSB getting firsthand experience with primary faculty-led research. The expedition recently excavated two ancient houses and an ancient Egyptian mining settlement, and discovered six new archaeological sites.