英國牛津大學埃及學榮休教授,牛津大學哲學博士。主要研究領域:古埃及文學、文字系統與書寫文化、藝術、宗教。代表作:Visual and Written Culture in Ancient Egypt (Oxford University Press, 2007); High Culture and Experience in Ancient Egypt: Studies in Egyptology and Ancient Near East (Equinox, 2013); The Disappearance of Writing Systems: Perspectives on Literacy and Communication(與John Bennet、Stephen Houston合編,Equinox, 2008)。