She received her PhD in Anthropology from Harvard University in 2007, and her PhD was titled "The development of productive subsistence economies in the Nile Valley: Zooarchaeological analysis at El-Mahasna and South Abydos, Upper Egypt".
She acquired her Anthropology PhD from Harvard University in 2007, focusing on "The growth of productive subsistence economies in the Nile Valley: Zooarchaeological study at El-Mahasna and South Abydos, Upper Egypt".