PhD Candidate Jordan Dopp was recently awarded a 2021 doctoral fellowship from the American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR) located in Amman, Jordan. This is a highly coveted residential fellowship wherein recipients reside at the ACOR center to access the unparalleled library on site and to conduct research more broadly throughout Jordan (at Petra, for example) and the larger Near East.

Established in 1968, The American Center of Research (ACOR) is an international, non-profit academic institution, which advances understanding of Jordan and the Middle East, past and present. ACOR facilitates the acquisition of knowledge through research and dialogue with an extensive library and archive, fellowship and scholarship programs, and residential facilities. ACOR promotes archaeological research, cultural heritage preservation, and knowledge-sharing through lectures, digital resources, publications, workshops, and training programs. ACOR serves as a conduit for cultural exchange among students, professionals, and the public in Jordan and beyond.

Jordan Alexis Dopp is a third-year PhD student specializing in ancient art, and currently studying Nabataean wall paintings from Petra, Jordan and its environs. She received her MA in Art History from UGA in May 2018. Her master's thesis addressed the aesthetic relationship between painted "Fayum" portraits and mummy cartonnages from Roman Egypt. With the support of the Dodd's research grants, the Graduate School, and external funding, Jordan has participated in an archaeological excavation in Petra, Jordan (2018), and conducted research throughout Greece as part of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA) (2019). Jordan also presented her research on wall painting at the 14th annual international wall painting conference, Association Internationale pour la Peinture Murale Antique (AIPMA) in Naples, Italy (2019) through the Dodd's Andrew Ladis award. Recently, Jordan received the Willson Center Graduate Student Grant to complete technical analyses of wall painting fragments at Georgia's Electron Microscopy lab (2020), and the coveted Graduate School Dean's Award to conduct research at the American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR) at Amman, Jordan (2021). While her primary focus is on dissertation research, Jordan was also honored to receive the Outstanding Teaching Assistant award (2020).