| Lecturer |
cell 215.205.1355 |
| Classical Studies, University of
Pennsylvania |
email atraweek@gmail.com |
| Greek and Roman Classics, Temple
University |
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~traweek/ |
| Philadelphia, PA |
Employment
Lecturer, Greek and Roman Classics, Temple University, 2017-
Lecturer, Classical Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 2017-
Lecturer, English, Temple University, 2017
Lecturer, Critical Writing Program, University of Pennsylvania, 2011-2017
Instructor, Summer Online Language Program, Erasmus Academy, 2011-2012
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Education
Ph.D. Classical Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 2011
Dissertation: ‘Conceptions of the Poetic in Classical Greek Prose’
M.A. Classics / Philology, University of Texas at Austin, 2005
B.A. Classics and Creative Writing, Columbia University, 2003
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Publications
“Dreams,” encyclopedia entry for The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Homer, edd.
Corinne Pache and Casey Dué (Cambridge UP, forthcoming).
“Dr. Gertrude Elizabeth Curtis,” The Biographical Database of Militant Woman
Suffragists, ed. Thomas Dublin (Center for the Historical Study of Women and
Gender, forthcoming).
“Lida Stokes Adams” and “Florence Lukens Piersol,” The Online Encyclopedia of
Women’s Suffrage, Pennsylvania (National American Woman Suffrage Association, forthcoming).
“Integrating Writing in the Classics Classroom,” The Journal of Teaching Classics
18.35 (1-5): 2017.
“Alison Turnbull Hopkins,” Women and Social Movements in the United States 21.1:
2017.
“Theseus Loses his Way: Viktor Pelevin’s Helmet of Horror and the old labyrinth for
the new world.” Dialogue special issue, Classical Representations in Popular Culture, edd.
Kirsten Day and Benjamin Haller (February 2014).
“Coming Home with Odysseus: meeting myself in re-reading,” Cloelia n.s. 4 (2014).
Manuscripts in progress
Facing Medusa: The Gorgon in Greco-Roman Antiquity. Book-length project on the
mythology, development, and history of the Gorgon in Greco-Roman art and literature.
The Annotated Iliad. A guide to the English Iliad designed for readers new to the
poem; includes commentary on the poetic tradition, characters, and story as well as maps and
historical and linguistic details.
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Presentations
"Integrating Writing in the Classics Classroom."
CAAS, Washington D.C., October 2014.
“Flipping Greek Tragedy: The Hip Hop Chorus.”
CAMP panel, APA, Seattle, Washington, January 2013.
“Theories of Logoi in Isocrates: A Case Study.”
CAAS, Wilmington, Delaware, October 2009.
“Penelope Dreamer: Homeric Exceptions to the Dream Type-Scene.”
CAMWS Southern Section, Asheville, North Carolina, November 2008.
“Theseus Loses His Way: The Hyperfluous Man in Viktor Pelevin’s The Helmet of Horror.”
Refashioning the Classics: Modern Fabrications of the Ancient World, Monash University,
Melbourne, Australia, September 2008.
“The Modern Labyrinth.”
SWPCA, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 2008.
“Quanta tibi dederim nostris monumenta libellis: Rome in Ovid’s Tristia.”
4th Annual Sequels Third World and Ethnic Studies Symposium, Austin, Texas, April 2005
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Courses taught
Lecturer, Greek and Roman Classics, Temple University, 2018-
Race in the Ancient Mediterranean (fall 2018)
General Education seminar on race and difference in antiquity.
Latin 2001/2002 (fall 2018)
3rd/4th semester Latin.
Sacred Space (co-taught with Karen Hersch, spring 2018)
General Education seminar on religion and the sacred in antiquity and in the modern world.
Readings: J. Mikalson, Greek Religion, V. Warrior.
Greek 3000/4000 (spring 2018)
3rd/4th semester ancient Greek. Readings: Plato's Symposium.
Lecturer, Classical Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 2017-
Greek 203 (fall 2018)
3rd semester Greek. Readings: Pratt, Eros at the Banquet.
Latin 204 (spring 2018)
4th semester Latin. Readings: Virgil, Ovid, Horace, Boccaccio.
Latin 203 (fall 2017)
3rd semester Latin. Readings: Nepos and others on Hannibal and the Punic Wars.
Lecturer, English, Temple University, 2017
Shakespeare in the Movies
General Education seminar on Shakespeare's plays and cinematic adaptations. Readings: T.
Corrigan, A Short Guide to Writing About Film; Hamlet; Romeo and Juliet; King Lear; The
Tempest.
Lecturer, Critical Writing Program, University of Pennsylvania, 2011- 2017
Race in the Ancient World
Freshman critical writing seminar considering constructions of race and ethnicity in antiquity and the ways that it impacts the modern world. Readings: R. Kennedy et al, Race and Ethnicity in the Classical World; and D. McCoskey, Race: Antiquity and its Legacy.
Magic in the Ancient World
Freshman critical writing seminar analyzing the practices of ancient magic by means of both
literary and material evidence from ancient Greece and Rome. Readings: D. Ogden, Magic,
Ghosts and Witchcraft in the Greek and Roman Worlds: A Sourcebook; and D. Collins, Magic
in the Ancient Greek World.
War, Remembrance, and The Iliad
Freshman critical writing seminar about the relationships between memorialization,
violence, and art. Readings: selections from Fagles' Iliad; and J. Tatum, The Mourner's Song.
Cleopatra: History, Myth, and Legacy
Freshman critical writing seminar studying the historical figure Cleopatra as well as her
legacy in art, literature, and pop culture. Readings: M. Hamer, Signs of Cleopatra.
Violence and Vengeance in Greek Tragedy
Freshman critical writing seminar studying gender and agency in Greek tragedy. Readings:
Agamemnon; Antigone; Electra; Medea; H. Foley, Female Acts in Greek Tragedy.
Tragedy’s Monstrous Mothers
Freshman critical writing seminar focusing on the relationship between maternal grief and
violence in Greek tragedy. Readings: Agamemnon; Bacchae; Hecuba; Medea; and N. Loraux,
Mothers in Mourning.
The Eternal Warriors
Freshman critical writing seminar on the afterlife of Xenophon’s Anabasis. Readings:
Anabasis; S. Yurick, The Warriors; W. Hill, The Warriors; and T. Rood, The Sea! The Sea!
Irresistible Fairy Tales
Freshman critical writing seminar on the genre and development of the fairy tale in the
west. Readings: selected fairy tales; and J. Zipes, The Irresistible Fairy Tale.
The Politics of Home
Freshman critical writing seminar, aimed at international students and non-native speakers,
examining conceptions of home and identity construction. Readings: selected essays and
poems by André Aciman, James Baldwin, Joseph Brodsky, Ovid, David Sedaris, and Alice
Walker; The Wizard of Oz; and J. Duyvendak, The Politics of Home.
Instructor, Online Summer Language Program, Erasmus Academy, 2011-2012
Intensive Elementary Greek: 8-week virtual seminar taught with webinar software
Graduate Fellow, Critical Writing Program, University of Pennsylvania, 2010-2011
The Eternal Warriors
Graduate Instructor, Department of Classical Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 2005-2011
Latin for Reading Knowledge for Graduate Students
Intensive Elementary Greek
Greek and Roman Mythology (TA with recitations)
Intermediate Greek Prose
Elementary Latin II
Elementary Latin I
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Research Interests
Greek literature and poetics
Constructions of genre
Pedagogy
Reception
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Other Professional Experience
Social Media Chair, Women's Classical Caucus, 2015-2018
Pre-major Advisor, University of Pennsylvania, 2016-2017
Faculty Editor, 3808: A Journal of Undergraduate Critical Writing, 2014-2015
Volunteer leader for an online Sappho reading group, December 2014-January 2015
Volunteer leader for an online Odyssey reading group, December 2013-January 2014
Volunteer leader for an online Iliad reading group, December 2012-January 2013
Volunteer Latin instructor for a public online learning community, January-August 2012
Private tutor, Greek and Latin, Philadelphia and New York, 2009-2011
Department representative, Graduate Student Government, 2007-2008
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References
Dr. Robin Mitchell-Boyask, Professor and Chair, Temple University. robin@temple.edu.
Dr. Sheila Murnaghan, Alfred Reginald Allen Memorial Professor of Greek, University of Pennsylvania. smurnagh@sas.upenn.edu.
Dr. Corinne Pache, Professor, Classical Studies, Trinity University. cpache@trinity.edu.
Dr. Ralph Rosen, Rose Family Endowed Term Professor, University of Pennsylvania. rrosen@sas.upenn.edu.