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| Education |
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2000-present:
Brown University, Department of
Classics, PhD expected May 2006 |
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Dissertation, "Allusions to Catullus 64 in the Aeneid," Advisor Michael C.J. Putnam |
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My dissertation explores the use of Catullus 64 in the Aeneid as Virgil's most important model of Roman epic. While Homer and Ennius serve as generic archetypes for the poem, Virgil's allusions to Catullus' epyllion show that in important ways he privileges neoteric poetics over earlier Roman epic. Through close examination of these allusions, along with many others in the Georgics and, especially, the Eclogues, I reveal the importance of Catullus 64 as a generic and poetic model for Virgil's epic. |
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Preliminary special author examinations: Virgil (2003), Homer (2004) |
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1997-2000:
University of Chicago, BA in
Classical Studies (with Honors) received 2000; Thesis, "Unde totus hic liber translatus est? Epic Intertexts in Aeneid 4" |
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| Research Interests |
| Latin poetry of the late Republican and Augustan periods; Greek and Roman epic; literary criticism, particularly allusion and intertextuality, reception theory and other comparative approaches; the reception of Greek and Roman poetry |
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| Teaching Experience |
| Spring 2006: Greek Religion (TA) |
| Fall 2004: Intermediate Greek: Grammar Review and Composition |
| Summer 2004: The Romans |
| Spring 2004: Intermediate Latin: Virgil's Aeneid |
| Fall 2003: The Idea of Self (TA with responsibility for one lecture, several discussion sessions and writing tutorials) |
| Spring 2003: Essentials of the Latin Language II |
| Fall 2002: Essentials of the Latin Language (TA with responsibility for teaching and grading) |
| Fall 2001: Mythology (TA with full responsibility for two weekly discussion sections, including grading papers and assigning final grades) |
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| Teaching Development and Service |
| 2005-6: Classics Graduate Student Liaison to
Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning |
| 2005: Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning,
Teaching Certificate I |
| 2004-6: Participant in numerous seminars and workshops at the Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning |
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| Professional Experience |
| 2005-6: Coordinator,
Mellon Graduate Workshop, "Approaches to the Ancient World" |
| 2005: Organizer of
"Sticks & Stones, Speeches & Songs: A Graduate Student Conference on Ancient Invective," Brown University, November 5, 2005 |
| 2004-present: Organizer, Brown Classics
Graduate Student Symposium |
| Spring 2002: Classics Department Proctor (assessed classics holdings in Brown Library) |
| 1998-2000: Editorial Intern, Classical Philology |
| Papers Delivered and Publications in Progress |
| "The Games Virgil Plays: Allusions to Catullus 64 in Aeneid 5" (article in progress) |
| "The Text of Catullus 64.254" (article in progress) |
| January 2006:
"Lucretius on Wild Beasts in War, and the Perversion of Progress (DRN 5.1308-49)," APA Annual Meeting, Montreal |
| 2005: "Dido(s) in Maffeo Vegio's Thirteenth Book of the Aeneid (1428)" (article under consideration by The International Journal of the Classical Tradition) |
| November 2004: "Dido(s) in Maffeo Vegio's Italy," Classics Graduate Student Symposium, Brown University |
| February 2003: "Vergilianae lucis vestigia invenias: Dido(s) in Maffeo Vegio's Laurentum", at "Time and Memory," Graduate Student Colloquium, University of Virginia |
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| Fellowships and Awards |
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Wilbour Dissertation Fellowship, 2005
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Joukowsky Summer Travel and Research Fellowship, 2004 |
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Brown University Teaching Fellowship, 2002-2003, 2004
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Brown University Teaching Assistantship, 2001, 2003, 2006
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Brown University Proctorship, Spring 2002
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Brown University Fellowship, 2000-2001
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Senior Prize in Classics, University of Chicago, 2000
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Phi Beta Kappa, 2000
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| Other Work Experience |
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1998-2000: Contributing Editor, Cutting Tool Engineering (a trade magazine for metalworkers) |
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1995-1999: Associate Editor, American Bicyclist (a trade magazine for bicycle retailers) |
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| Languages |
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English, Latin, Ancient Greek, French, German, Sanskrit, Japanese (in order of proficiency) |
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| References |
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Michael Putnam, David Konstan, Joseph Pucci, Jeri DeBrohun |
