Jaime L. Waters was Associate Professor of Catholic Studies at DePaul University prior to becoming Associate Professor of Old Testament at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. Waters is the author of Threshing Floors in Ancient Israel: Their Ritual and Symbolic Significance (Fortress Press, 2015) and a contributor to America: The Jesuit Review of Faith & Culture. She holds a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Studies from Johns Hopkins University.