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Education

MA (2005), PhD (2011): University of California, Berkeley
BA (2002): Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford

Teaching and Research Interests

Late Republican and early Imperial poetry; Greek and Roman mythology; literary onomastics

Publications

  1. Review of K. Volk, Ovid (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010). BMCR 2012.02.09.

  2. "Twins" (encyclopedia entry). In The Virgil Encyclopedia. Ed. R. Thomas and J. M. Ziolkowski. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013 (in press).

  3. "Starving the Slender Muse: Identity, Mythography, and Intertextuality in Ovid's Ibis," in Writing Down the Myths (Cursor Mundi 17). Ed. J. Nagy. Turnhout: Brepols. Expected publication date: August 2012.

  4. POxy 4765: Demosthenes III 36. In The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. 70 (Graeco-Roman Memoirs 90). Ed. N. Gonis, J. D. Thomas, and R. Hatzilambrou. London: The Egypt Exploration Society, 2006.

Conference Papers and Presentations

  1. "When the Argo Met the Argo: Poetic Destruction in Valerius Flaccus's Argonautica"
    Flavian Literature and its Greek Past. Delphi, Greece
    July 2012 (in preparation)

  2. "Seeing Double: Simile and Reality in Mopsus's Prophecy"
    CAMWS. Baton Rouge, LA
    March 31, 2012 (in preparation)

  3. "Two-part harmony: Nautical concord and strife in Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica"
    "Would that never": Ships, Shipwrecks, and Sea Travel in Classical Literature panel, PAMLA. Chaminade University, Honolulu, HI
    November 13, 2010

  4. "A Tale of Twos: Poetic and Political Doubling in Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica"
    Epic Poetry and Flavian Culture panel, 6th Celtic Conference in Classics. Edinburgh
    July 29, 2010

  5. "Greek Religion in Battlestar Galactica" (invited colloquium talk)
    National Junior Classical League, UC Davis
    July 27 & 28, 2009

  6. "The Curse of Pedantry in Ovid's Ibis"
    Writing Down the Myths: The Construction of Mythology in Classical and Medieval Traditions. CMRS Ahmanson Conference Series, UCLA
    April 17, 2009

  7. "Auctores saxa fretumque tui: Questioning Theseus' Paternity"
    Who's Your Daddy: Reconstructing Paternity in the Ancient World. Graduate Student Conference, UCLA
    November 8, 2008

Teaching

University of Arkansas (2011–2012)
• Caesar (LATN 3013): Spring 2012
• Senior Honors Seminar: The Argonautica (CLST 4003H): Spring 2012
• Greek and Roman Mythology (WLIT 2323) [30 students]: Fall 2011, Spring 2012
• Elementary Latin, part 1 (LATN 1003) [27 students]: Fall 2011
• New Testament Greek (GREK 2003) [12 students]: Fall 2011

UC Berkeley (2004–2011)
Primary Instructor
• Elementary Latin, part 1: Fall 2004, Summer 2006, Spring 2008, Fall 2009
• Elementary Latin, part 2: Fall 2005, Spring 2007

Graduate Student Instructor (Teaching Assistant)
• The Classic Myths [lower division; 2 sections, 25-30 students/section]: Spring 2005
• Ancient Religion [upper division; 2 sections, 15-25 students/section]: Fall 2006, Fall 2008
• Introduction to Roman civilization [lower division; 2 sections, 30 students/section]: Spring 2011

Pedagogical Training
• Completed five-module GSI Professional Standards and Ethics online course, UC Berkeley, September 2004
• Attended four-part Syllabus and Course Design Workshop, UC Berkeley, April 2010
• Semester-long seminar on course design and student motivation, UC Berkeley, Fall 2010

Awards and Honors

Dean's Fellowship, UC Berkeley, Spring 2009
Louis MacKay Latin Translation Prize, 2nd place, UC Berkeley, 2006
Louis MacKay Latin Translation Prize, 2nd place (joint award), UC Berkeley, 2003
J. K. Anderson Fellowship, UC Berkeley Classics Department, 2002-2004
First Latin Recitation Prize (joint award), Oxford University, 2000

Professional Activities and Service

California Classical Association (North) board member
Newsletter editor (2008); Member-at-large (2007-2011)
UC Berkeley Classics department graduate student listserv administrator (2004-2011)
UC Berkeley Classics department computer assistant, UC Berkeley (2008-2009)
Webpage design for "Local Identities in the Ancient Mediterranean," UC Berkeley Graduate Student Heller Conference (2008)
Thespis (role: Nicemis), performance sponsored by the Committee on Ancient and Modern Performance, Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association, Montreal (2006)
With James Morwood, recorded selected excerpts to accompany the Oxford Latin Course (c. 1999)