DAVID A. FALK Tele: 604.600.3337 Email: zdfalk @ gmail.com

EDUCATION

PhD Egyptology, University of Liverpool (July 2015).

Thesis: Ritual Processional Furniture: A Material and Religious Phenomenon in Egypt.

Supervisors: Prof. Mark Collier (chair) and Dr. Steven Snape.

MA Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto (November 2011).

MA Near Eastern and Biblical Archaeology and Languages, magna cum laude, Trinity Evangelical

Divinity School (July 2010).

MDiv magna cum laude, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (December 2009).

BA Philosophy, University of British Columbia (June 1993).

Professional Certifications from HP, Abbott Training Services, State of Nevada, Sun Microsystems

Certification, and SoftQuad.

AWARDS, HONORS, AND DISTINCTIONS

2013: 2nd place award for best research poster in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at

Research Day, University of Liverpool.

2012: Tyndale House Ancient Near East Studentship (THANES).

2011: Warrant for a grant of arms was signed by the Canadian Heraldic Authority under the direction

of the Governor-General of Canada.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Teaching Associate, Department of Egyptology, University of Liverpool, 2014. Taught lectures and

graded term papers for the course, Sacred Landscapes in Ancient Egypt, on the ways that the

Egyptians integrated notions of the divine into their daily lives.

Course Designer, Department of Mathematics, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 2010. Wrote the

course syllabus for course for introductory programming course teaching C/C++.

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Instructor, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 2006-2007. Taught two sections of a semester-length,

survey course on the history of Christianity from the time of the Apostles up to the Protestant

Reformation as a field education course within a church setting.

Teaching Assistant/Academic Intern, Department of History, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 2007-

2009. On three separate occasions taught the lecture “Art Perspective in the Renaissance” for

the graduate level course, History of the Renaissance, graded exams and was the fill-in lecturer

for the professor when he was out of town for the History of Christianity and American Church

History courses.

Guest Lecturer, Department of Old Testament, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 2008. Gave a guest

lecture to the Middle Egyptian class on type-setting technology for Middle Egyptian

hieroglyphic fonts.

Teacher/Curator, Carson Valley Museum and Cultural Center, 2002. Developed an art training

program in the Smallwood Youth Gallery for a regional historical museum, benefiting high

school students who wanted a career in art.

High School Teacher, Carson Valley School District, 2002. During the Spring school term, was a

substitute high school teacher covering a variety of subjects including history, computer

science, and fine art.

PUBLICATIONS

Forthcoming: “The Significance of the Horns (,r6q6) of Exodus 27:2: the Egyptian (Tst) and Levantine Four-Horned Altars.” Did I Not Bring Israel Out of Egypt? Biblical, Archaeological, and

Egyptological Perspectives on the Exodus Narratives. Edited by James Hoffmeier, Alan Millard,

and Gary Rendsburg: Eisenbrauns. Pages 69-75.

2015: “Egyptian Barque Shrines and the Complexity of Miniaturized Sacred Space.” in Meaning and

lovgoß: Proceedings of the Early Professional Interdisciplinary Conference Held at the University

of Liverpool, April 8-10, 2013. Edited by Erica Hughes: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Pages

185-194. ISBN: 1-4438-6879-5.

2014: “Arrowheads and Javelin found at Tell el-Borg.” in Tell el-Borg I: Excavations in North Sinai,

Volume 1. Edited by James Hoffmeier: Eisenbrauns. Pages 514-520. ISBN 1-5750-6305-0.

2013: “The products of Hatshepsut’s trade mission to Punt: An alternative translation of the Punt

reliefs at Deir el-Bahari.” Göttinger Miszellen 238: 51-61. ISSN 0344-385X.

2012: Ancient Egypt and the Origins of Gnosticism: An exploration into Egyptian pre-Socratic literary

traditions and philosophy. Lambert Academic Publishing. 144 pages. ISBN: 3-8473-1546-3.

2007-2013: Perpetua Language Tools [software]. Lagomorph Rampant Studios.

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PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT

Nov 2015: Customs in Conflict: Hagar’s Egyptian Understanding of Marriage in Genesis 16. Invited

lecture at ETS Annual Meeting, Atlanta GA, USA.

Oct 2014: Beyond Indiana Jones: The Ark of the Covenant and Egyptian Ritual Furniture [revised].

Public lecture at Essex Egyptology Group, Essex UK.

May 2014: Understanding Gnosticism and what it means for the Origins of Christianity. Public lecture

at the Archaeology and the Bible at Liverpool conference, Liverpool UK.

May 2013: Beyond Indiana Jones: The Ark of the Covenant and Egyptian Ritual Furniture. Public lecture

at Archaeology and the Bible at Liverpool conference, Liverpool UK.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

UNIX Systems Administrator, Method Studios, 2015-Present.

Research Assistant, Tyndale House, 2012-2015. Research Assistant for Prof. Kenneth A. Kitchen acting

as administrative and technical support.

Website Developer, University of Toronto, 2010-2011. Provided infrastructure and web site

development services for a dedicated research project.

Admin. Assist. and Database Architect, Olive Tree Congregation, 2009-2010. For a non-profit

organization, designed and implemented a web site providing information services. Provided

administrative and technical support for the organization.

Senior UNIX Systems Administrator, TAP Pharmaceuticals, 2004-2007. As a team leader, provided

daily task direction, job interviews, project management, yearly employee goals, training

sessions for skill enhancement, and performance evaluations. Managed oversight of regulatory

compliance according to 21 CFR Part 11 (Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act).

Senior UNIX Systems Administrator, IBM, 2004. Wrote boot scripts, tuned systems for performance,

and debugged compilers for what was at the time the world’s fastest supercomputer Bluegene/L

[www.top500.org, Nov 2004].

Senior UNIX Systems Administrator, GE Medical Systems, 2003.

Senior UNIX Systems Administrator, Disney Internet Group, 2000-2001.

Senior UNIX Systems Administrator, Sun Microsystems, 1999-2000. Supervised three junior employees,

wrote personnel evaluations, and performed training.

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Senior UNIX Systems Administrator, Oracle, 1996-1999.

UNIX Systems Administrator, Netcom Communications, 1995-1996.

Junior UNIX Systems Administrator, SoftQuad, Inc., 1994-1995. Provided technical support and event

planning for a corporate education department.

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

Academic: Teaching, Research, Writing, Public Lectures, Multidisciplinary, Team Leader, Mentoring,

Administration, Project Management, Counseling.

Professional: Event Planning, Conducting Job Interviews, Accounting/Analysis, Regulatory

Compliance.

Computer: Expert level computer skills in UNIX, Windows, and Android platforms. Archaeological

simulation and computer rendering. Performance tuning; Information services; Database

architecture; Python, Java, JavaScript, C, C#, Perl, HTML 5, MySQL, Adobe Creative Suite,

Microsoft Office, Blender.

Other: Graphic Design, Illustration, Painting, Digital Art, Jewelry Design/Manufacture, Ancient

Culinary Crafts, Heraldic Blazons, Blacksmithing, Bee keeping.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE).

American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR).

Evangelical Theological Society (ETS).

Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities (SSEA).

LANGUAGES

Reading proficiency in Late and Middle Egyptian, Coptic, Hieratic, Biblical Hebrew, Koine Greek,

Akkadian, German, French, and Japanese.