Lisa Saladino Haney, Ph.D.

Biography

Dr. Lisa Saladino Haney is an Assistant Curator and project director of Egypt on the Nile—the museum’s new hall focused on ancient Egypt. She received her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Pennsylvania and holds an M.A. in Ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian Studies and a concentration in Museum Studies from New York University.

 Dr. Haney has excavated in Egypt and Oman and her work has focused largely on the archaeology and material culture of Egypt’s Middle Kingdom (ca. 2030 – 1650 BCE), particularly the reign of Senwosret III. Her research has utilized archaeology, textual sources, and material culture to examine how the kings of Egypt’s 12th Dynasty chose to have themselves represented and why. She has also looked at Egyptian trade and interconnections with Western Asia and how various modes of visual representation were transmitted throughout the ancient world. Currently, she is focused on exploring the inseparable connection between humans and their lived environment and how that connection manifested itself in the world view of the ancient Egyptians. Her research has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Carnegie Discoverers, and others.

Dr. Haney is excited to be a part of the re-imagining of ancient Egypt at CMNH where she and the Egypt on the Nileteam have been working to create a more inclusive and honest interpretation of that past that brings the amazing material in our care to life.