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Ethan McGinnis joined the Department ofÌýLinguistics in February 2023.ÌýHe previously worked in sponsored research administration at Northwestern University, specializing in cost sharing management.ÌýEthan earned an MFA in studio art in 2020 fromÌýthe University of California - Irvine, where he served in a variety of administrative capacities, and was an original and active member of the . His artistic and scholarly research is largely concerned with mapping the entangled influences of Orientalism, American Egyptomania, and biblical narrative on specific practices of settler-colonial placemaking in the midwestern United States.ÌýHe enjoys car camping and commuting via bicycle, and will jump at any chance to catch a total solar eclipse.Ìý