Brenna Gomez has loved jewelry for as long as can remember. She is a proud alumni of the University of Virginia, where she studied art history and archaeology and became interested in ancient jewelry after working on her first archaeological excavation. Her current research works to conceptualize jewelry and adornment in the ancient Mediterranean world as active agents in the construction of identity and mediation of social relationships.

While at BGC, she was one of the student representatives for her cohort, the resident advisor for Bard Hall, and a member of the steering committee for the first graduate symposium at BGC since 2011, Sensing Matters: Objects, Experiences, and Bodies. Currently, her plan after leaving BGC is a flight to Greece to see more jewelry and pet as many cats as possible.

Qualifying Paper: Adorned in Death: An Examination of Drilled Holes for Metal Jewelry Attachments on Athenian Funerary Stelae
*Awarded the 2026 Clive Wainwright Award

Internship: Brooklyn Metal Works–Introduction to Jewelry