Rate My Professor Julia Troche

Troche's major publications include her monograph Death, Power and Apotheosis in Ancient Egypt: The Old and Middle Kingdoms (Cornell University Press, 2021), which explores religious beliefs in the afterlife during those periods. She co-edited Beyond Egypt: Relations and Imaginations of the Ancient Past (Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections, 2022) and has books under contract: The God Ptah in Ancient Egyptian Religion and Society (Bloomsbury Press) and Life in Antiquity, a textbook co-authored with Bryan Brinkman (Routledge). Notable articles comprise “Examining the Grooves at the Ptah Temple, Karnak in Light of Comparanda” (Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, 2023), “Virtual Reality Storytelling: Pedagogy and Applications” (Harvard Egyptological Series, 2023), and “Some Aspects of the Non-Royal Afterlife in the Later Old Kingdom” (Harvard Egyptological Series, 2022). Her awards include the Missouri State University Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching, the university's highest teaching honor (2022), the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Education (2022), Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning Award for Excellence in Inclusive Teaching Practices (2021), and Women of Distinction Award (2020). Professionally, she is Governor on the American Research Center in Egypt Board since 2022, Chair of the ARCE Annual Meeting Committee (2024-2027), and co-chair of Archaeology of Egypt sessions for the American Society of Overseas Research (2023-2026). She co-founded the annual Missouri Egyptological Symposium and contributes to public engagement via lectures, media such as KSMU and History.com, and co-curating the Ancient Artifacts Abroad exhibition at the Springfield Art Museum (spring 2024).