"Jessica Mingoia is a PhD Candidate whose dissertation, ""In Pergula Natus: The Apartments of Pompeii and Herculaneum”, surveys apartment locations and their features in the ancient cities, restructuring what can, and should, be considered autonomous apartments, using literary and archaeological evidence to reconstruct the living conditions and amenities of sub-elite residents. This research also focuses heavily on the architecture of these apartments in relation to their interactions with the neighboring elite households. She has conducted field surveys and research in Pompeii and beyond, including through the support of the Italian Art Society.
Jessica has been a Rutgers Academy for the Scholarship for Teaching and Learning Graduate Fellow since Fall 2023 and was also a member of the School of Graduate Studies Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Graduate Student Advisory Committee from January 2022 through July 2024. Additionally, she was appointed as a Graduate Student Representative to the SGS Executive Council in Spring 2024.
Jessica has been teaching at Rutgers and other universities since 2019 and has earned the Level 1 Badge for Lifelong Learning in Inclusive & Equitable Teaching from the Rutgers’ Office of Teaching and Learning Evaluation and Assessment Research (2024) and expects to earn the Level 2 Badge for the Implementation of Inclusive and Equitable Teaching Practices, Competency 3, in Spring 2025.
She has presented both her archaeological and art historical research and her inclusive pedagogical practices at conferences worldwide, as well as been an invited speaker for the Long Island Chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America. She has also published essays on Roman art and architecture for Smarthistory. Jessica served as an editorial board member for volumes 35 and 36, a co-editor for volumes 37 and 39, and the advisory editor for volume 39 of the Rutgers Art Review. "
