Office Hours
By Appointment
Education
PhD, Duke University
Research Interests
Latin literature, especially Latin poetry of the late 1st century B.C./early 1st century A.D.; classical mythology; ancient social history (especially the representations of women in ancient art and literature); the reception of classical antiquity in film
Publications
- Becoming Agrippina: Poppaea and Assimilation in the Octavia.” To be presented at the 116th annual CAMWS meeting, March 2020.
- “The Predatory Poppaea: A Poppaean Protoype in Late 19th Century Historical Fiction.”
- “Roman Homewrecker: Poppaea as Domestic Threat in Sign of the Cross (1932) and Quo Vadis (1951).”
- “The Revolting Women of Rome: Imperial Woman as Catalysts for Political Change in Roman Epic Films.”
- “Agamemnon, Chryseis, and the Politics of Abuse: Violation of Women and Gods in Troy: Fall of a City (2018).”
- “Family vs. Compassion: Odysseus and the Ethics of War.” In Screening Love and War in Troy: Fall of a City (2018), edited by Antony Augoustakis and Monica S. Cyrino, Bloomsbury, forthcoming.
- “The Dux Femina Ends Westeros’ Golden Age: Cersei Lannister as Agrippina the Younger in HBO’s Game of Thrones (2011-).” In Screening the Golden Ages of the Classical Tradition, edited by Meredith E. Safran, Edinburgh University Press, December 2018, pp. 207-24.
- “Draba’s Legacy and the Spectacle of Sacrifice.” In Starz Spartacus: Reimagining an Icon on Screen, edited by Antony Augoustakis and Monica S. Cyrino, Edinburgh University Press, December 2016, pp. 192-210.
Courses Taught
- FLLN 1010: Elementary Latin I
- FLGK 1010: Elementary Classical Greek I
- FLLN 1020: Elementary Latin II
- FLGK 1020: Elementary Classical Greek II
- FLGK 3510: Classical Greek Literature and Culture
- FLLN 3510: Roman Literature and Culture in Translation