Emily Yoder
CAS’24 Graduate Student
Emily Yoder is studying to earn a master’s degree in classical studies from the University of Oxford, where she is specializing in classical reception studies. Emily studied comparative literature at BU, where she wrote an honors thesis exploring Henry David Thoreau’s poetic adaptation of the Roman poet Virgil’s Eclogues. She was most involved within the BU community as president of the Ski and Snowboard Club and as a Kilachand peer mentor and ambassador and would be happy to discuss her BU experience or new academic endeavors!
Program of Study
- Major: Comparative Literature
BU Involvement
- President of BU Ski and Snowboard Club
- Vice President of the Undergraduate World Languages and Literatures Association (BUWA)
- UNICEF at BU
- PERIOD at BU
- Peer Tutor for Tutoring Writing in the Disciplines
- Kilachand peer mentor and ambassador
- International Peer Mentor
Awards and Honors
Undergrad:
- World Languages & Literatures College Prize
- John Oddy Memorial Award (BU Center for the Humanities)
- Edwin S. and Ruth M. White Prize (BUCH)
- Core Journal Award for Sustainability
- Best Undergraduate Essay on a Medieval Topic (Medieval Studies Essay Contest)