In 2025 Evelyne Koubková (married Hernandez) received her PhD in Assyriology. She studied Religious Studies at the Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, as well as Assyriology at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Her primary focus are rituals and religion of ancient Mesopotamia viewed from an anthropological perspective. She enjoys interdisciplinary discussions and has a passion for teaching. Evelyne’s dissertation focuses on the Mesopotamian “exorcist” (āšipu). While being a graduate student at Yale, Evelyne was a McDougal Graduate Teaching Fellow at the Center for Teaching and Learning at Yale.