Joan Goodnick Westenholz, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Joan Goodnick Westenholz

American archaeologist and assyirologist

Date of Birth: 01-Jul-1943

Date of Death: 01-Jan-2013

Profession: archaeologist, assyriologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Joan Goodnick Westenholz (1 July 1943 – 2013) was an Assyriologist and the chief curator at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem.
She held positions related to academic research at the Oriental Institute (University of Chicago), Harvard University, Ruhr University Bochum (Germany), New York University, Princeton University, and the W.
F.
Albright Institute of Archaeological Research at Jerusalem.
She was one of the first people to research gender studies in relation to the Ancient Near East and she co-founded and edited the inter-disciplinary NIN – Journal of Gender Studies in Antiquity.