Research Interests
Ancient epic; Senecan tragedy; pseudonymous writing; digital humanities
Education
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. 2004-2010: PhD
in Classical Studies (August, 2010). Dissertation: Writing to Power:
Tyrant and Sage in Greek Epistolography (Dr. Sheila Murnaghan,
director)
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, 2002-2003: Rotary Academic
Ambassadorial Fellow
Swarthmore College, 1997-2001: BA (with Honors), Greek/History
Awards
Presidential Management post-doctoral fellowship, 2010-present
(BBG/NEH)
Critical Writing Fellowship, 2009-2010
Benjamin Franklin Fellowship, 2004-2009
Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship, 2002-2003
Susan P. Cobbs Travel Award, 2001
Phi Beta Kappa, 2001
| Teaching
Experience |
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| University
of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
| First
Year Latin |
Instructor |
Fall
2005 |
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Spring
2006 |
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Spring
2008 |
| Second
Year Latin |
Instructor |
Fall
2006 |
| Intensive
Intermediate Latin |
Instructor |
Summer
2007 |
| Intensive
Intermediate Greek |
Instructor |
Summer
2008 |
| Classical
Mythology |
Teaching
Assistant, Guest Lecturer |
Spring
2007 |
| The
Novel in Letters |
Instructor |
Fall
2009 |
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Spring
2010 |
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| Germantown
Friends School, Philadelphia, PA |
| Latin
(all levels) |
Substitute
Instructor |
2007-2009 |
Publications
“Chion of
Heraclea: Letters and the Education of a Tyrannicide.” (chapter
contribution to forthcoming edited volume on fictional biography, eds.
Koen de Temmerman and Kristoffel Demoen, Cambridge University Press)
Scholarly
Presentations
“Queering the Epic Cycle: Simile and (Straight) Mythology
in Mark Merlis’ An Arrow’s Flight.” (SWPCA,
February 2007)
"The Bad Rap of Greek Letters." (Swarthmore College,
February 2009)
"A Tyrant's Grasp of Tradition: The Letters of Phalaris."(Epistulae
Signum. University of Virginia Graduate Student Conference, March
2009)
"Nekuia,
Inside and Out: Performing the Underworld in the Odyssey."
(FIEC Berlin, August 2009)
"The Empire Writes Back: Tyrant and Sage in Greek Epistolography."
(University of Pennsylvania Classics Colloquium, December 2009)
Other Activities:
Co-Organizer, "Animals in Antiquity," Graduate Student
Conference at the University of Pennsylvania, February 2007.
References:
Dr. Sheila Murnaghan (Penn)
Julie Marren (Germantown)
Dr. James Ker (Penn)
Dr.
Ralph Rosen
(Penn)