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PhD Alums 2026-2011<\/strong><\/h2>\n

2026<\/h3>\n

Budde, Griffin<\/strong>
\nAnticipatory Aesthetics: Homer\u2019s Epithets, with Input from Neuroscience.<\/em>
\nFirst Reader: Scully<\/p>\n

Watkins, Joseph<\/strong>
\nDefilers of Delphi \/ Rivals of Rome: <\/em>Greek and Roman Constructions of \u201cGallic\u201d Ethnicity<\/em>
\nFirst Reader: V\u00e1rhelyi<\/p>\n

2025<\/h3>\n

Bruckel, William
\n<\/strong>Athens\u2019 Tragic Sage: the Solonian Tradition in the Plays of Aeschylus<\/span>
\n<\/em>First Reader: Scully<\/p>\n

Rivera, Amanda<\/strong>
\nThe Living Tree in Greek Epic<\/em>
\nFirst Reader: Nelson
\nLatin instructor, Cristo Rey Boston High School<\/span><\/p>\n

2024<\/h3>\n

Chakravorty, Maya
\n<\/strong>Kinship, Republican Statesmen, and\u00a0<\/span>Virtus<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in Roman Imperial Literature<\/em>
\nFirst Reader: Uden<\/span>
\nCFD Postdoctoral Fellow in Classics at Bowdoin College<\/span><\/p>\n

Kelley, Matthew<\/strong>
\nMoenia Sine Fine: Vergil\u2019s Use of Homer\u2019s Wall Theme<\/em>
\nFirst Reader: Scully<\/span>
\nPart-time Latin Instructor, Boston Latin Academy<\/span><\/p>\n

Kotiuga, Peter<\/strong>
\nRhythm and Character in Homer\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0Iliad
\nFirst Reader: Scully
\nVisiting Assistant Professor of Instruction of Classics at the University of South Florida<\/span><\/p>\n

Matz, Alicia
\n<\/strong>Diana in Augustan Literature and Culture
\n<\/em>First Reader: Kronenberg
\nStepsay Family Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow at San Diego State University<\/span><\/p>\n

2023<\/h3>\n

Amdur, Zara
\n<\/strong>Women and Metaphors of Sexual Reproduction in Plato<\/span>
\n<\/em>First Reader:\u00a0<\/span>Roochnik<\/span>
\nAssistant Professor of the Practice, Dept. of Philosophy, Texas Tech<\/span><\/p>\n

Burmeister, Victoria
\n<\/strong>Witches and Space in Ancient Roman Literature from Horace to Apuleius<\/em>
\nFirst Reader: Uden<\/span>
\nVisiting Assistant Professor of Classical Studies at Wesleyan University<\/span><\/p>\n

Paul, Joshua<\/strong>
\nUntil Death? The Afterlife in Latin Love Elegy<\/em>
\nFirst Reader: Uden<\/span>
\nVisiting Assistant Professor, Colby College<\/span><\/p>\n

2022<\/h3>\n

Pasco, Ryan<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Shifting Meaning of the Saturnalia in Imperial Latin Literature from Domitian to Hadrian (81-138 CE)<\/span><\/em>
\nFirst Reader: Uden
\nAssociate Director for Fellowships and Academic Programs, The Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University<\/span><\/p>\n

2020<\/h3>\n

Lopes, Jesse
\n<\/strong>Computational Foundations of Phenomenology<\/span>
\n<\/em>First Reader: Hopp
\nPart-time Lecturer, Dept. of Philosophy, Boston College<\/span><\/p>\n

2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Baxter, Elizabeth<\/strong>
\nA Spring of Ambrosial Words: Finding Pindar in Pindar<\/em>
\nFirst Reader: Henderson
\n\u201cInstructional Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Mississippi<\/span><\/p>\n

Pang, Colin
\n<\/strong><\/em>Hesiod and the Critique of Homer in Quintus of Smyrna’s <\/em>Posthomerica
\nFirst Reader: Scully
\nGolden View Classical Academy (Golden, CO) Teacher\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2018<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Fisher, Rachel<\/strong>
\n<\/strong><\/strong>Homophrosyne and Women in the\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Iliad
\nFirst Reader: Scully<\/p>\n

Hutcheson, Laurie<\/strong>
\n<\/strong><\/strong>Messengers and the Art of Reported Speech in the <\/em>Iliad
\nFirst Reader: Scully
\nLecturer, Boston University<\/p>\n

Libatique, Daniel
\n<\/strong>Tereus, Procne, and Philomela: Speech, Silence, and the Voice of Gender
\n<\/em>First Reader: Johnson
\nVincent J. Rosivach Professor of Classical Studies<\/span>
\nFairfield University<\/span><\/p>\n

West, David
\n<\/strong>The Case for Politics: A Cross-Generic Study of Cicero\u2019s Arguments for Political Engagement
\n<\/em>First Reader: Vasaly
\nAssociate Professor, Ashland University<\/p>\n

2017<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Jarvis, Amanda<\/strong>
\n<\/strong><\/strong>Euripides and Thucydides From 415-411: Thematic Parallels
\n<\/em>First Reader: Henderson
\nSenior Executive Assistant to the CAO, MIT Sloan School of Management<\/p>\n

2016<\/strong><\/strong>
\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Austin, Emily
\n<\/strong>Grief, Longing, and Anger: A Study of Emotions in the <\/em>Iliad
\nFirst Reader: Scully
\nAssociate Professor, University of Chicago
\nRead more about Emily here<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

I-Kai Jeng
\n<\/strong>Knowledge and Logos in Plato’s<\/em> Sophist
\nFirst Reader: Roochnik
\nAssociate Professor, National Taiwan University<\/p>\n

2015<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Dixon, Dustin<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Myth Making in Greek and Roman Comedy
\n<\/em>First Reader: Henderson
\nAssistant Professor, Grinnell College (previously Visiting Assistant Professor, Emory University, Loyola University Maryland)<\/p>\n

2014<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Wheeler, Michael
\n<\/strong>Meter in Catullan Invective: Expectations and Innovation
\n<\/em>First Reader: Johnson
\nWorld Language Teacher, Framingham High School (MA)<\/p>\n

2013<\/strong><\/strong>
\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Klein, Viviane Sophie
\n<\/strong>Playing the Part: The Role of the Client in Horace’s<\/em> Sermones and<\/em> Epistles
\nFirst Reader: Johnson
\nLecturer in the Core Curriculum, Boston University<\/p>\n

2012
\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n

DiLuzio, Joseph
\n<\/strong>Rhetoric and Popular Power in Cicero’s Early Speeches
\n<\/em>First Reader: Vasaly
\nLecturer in Classics, Baylor University<\/p>\n

Holm, Seth
\n<\/strong>Honeyed Cups: Latent Didacticism in Lucretius’ <\/em>De Rerum Natura
\nFirst Reader: Scully
\nDirector, AESOP Afganistan Inc<\/span>
\nRead more about Seth here<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Vincze, Michael
\n<\/strong>Dying to Know: Five Studies on Death and Identity in Apuleius’ <\/em>Metamorphoses
\nFirst Reader: Henderson
\nTeacher in Latin, BASIS Independent, Brooklyn, NY<\/p>\n

2011<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Melymbrose (Dimitriou), Julia
\n<\/strong>Funny Love: Aphrodite in Old Comedy
\n<\/em>First Reader: Henderson
\nHead of People Ops at content marketing agency Animalz<\/p>\n

Travillian, Tyler
\n<\/strong>Social and Literary-Historical Studies of the <\/em>Corpus Priapeorum
\nFirst Reader: Henderson
\nAssociate Professor, Pacific Lutheran University (previously Affiliate Assistant Professor, University of Dallas)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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