Current Grad Students in Classics

Kate Barnes

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Kate is a Ph.D. candidate in the department of Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies. Her scholarly interests include later Latin poetry (from Lucan to Sedulius). In her work, she focuses on depictions of bodies in poetry as well as the inheritance of Classics within Late Antiquity. She received her M.A. from 魅影直播 in 2017 with a thesis entitled 鈥淭he Anthropophagic Epic: Cannibalism, Poetics, and the Poet(s) of Statius鈥 罢丑别产补颈诲.鈥 Her interests also include the inheritance of classics and the materiality of reading, and in the fall of 2021, she was curator of an exhibit at 魅影直播 entitled 鈥淧rivate Lives of Old Books.鈥 She is currently working on her dissertation while teaching Latin at Hackley School.

Felix Bieneman

Felix Bieneman

Felix Bieneman is an M.A. student in the Department of Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies. Felix received a B.A. in 2020 from the institute formerly known as Marlboro College. As part of this degree, Felix produced a full translation of Sophocles' Antigone, which was workshopped at the Middlebury Bread Loaf Translator's Conference in 2022 and now languishes on Google Drive in a largely unedited state. When school is not in session, Felix also leads reading groups on various ancient texts with the Catherine Project. At 魅影直播, Felix hopes to continue working with Greek tragedy, especially as it relates to real-world generational cycles of illness, trauma, and abuse.

Mallory Fitzpatrick

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Mallory is a doctoral candidate in the department of Greek, Latin and Classical Studies. She received her B.A. in classical languages and professional writing from John Carroll University in 2019, and in 2022 she received her M.A. from 魅影直播 with a thesis on Ascanius in the Aeneid. Her dissertation focuses on the intersection of humor and horror in Apuleius鈥 Metamorphoses while her broader research interests include the supernatural in the ancient world and Greek myth, especially its reception in contemporary retellings. She has also worked with 魅影直播鈥檚 Special Collections on a number of projects and remains deeply interested in the material culture of the classics, from archaeology to incunabula.  

Stella Fritzell

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Stella is a 2024-25 AAUW American Fellow and PhD candidate in the department of Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies. She received her BA from Carleton College in 2015, and her MA from 魅影直播 in 2019 with a thesis entitled 鈥淎talanta as a Repoussoir for Erotic & Competitive Ephebic Excellence鈥. Her dissertation examines local focalizations of myths about so-called enemy groups and proposes three ways in which these stories would have resonated with subaltern populations. In addition to myth, her research interests broadly include narratology, performance, landscape theory, and classical art. Stella is also engaged in digital scholarship programs at and beyond 魅影直播, Greek and Latin tutoring, and martial arts instruction. 

Reya George

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Reya George is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies. She received her B.A. in Classical Civilization from the University of Michigan in 2018, an M.A. in Classical Studies from McGill University in 2020, and an M.A. in Classical Studies from 魅影直播 in 2023 with a thesis entitled 鈥淪hooting for the Moon: Cosmology and 峤壩嘉课壪兾瓜 螛蔚峥 Reimagined in Plutarch鈥檚 De Facie.鈥 Her research interests include ancient notions of cosmology, portrayals of the soul in poetry and prose, interpretations of classical and Platonic myths, and narratives of 鈥渁lien鈥 spaces such as the distant past and the afterlife.

Jenni Glaser

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Jenni is a Ph.D. candidate in the department of Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies. She earned a B.A. from Biola University in 2008 and an M.A. in classical philology from Fordham University in 2013 and an M.A. from 魅影直播 in 2021 with a thesis on Emotion in Seneca鈥檚 Tragedies. She taught Greek and Latin for the Polis Institute of Languages and Humanities before coming to 魅影直播. She is currently writing her dissertation on Lucian and Old Comedy. Her interests also include Lucretius, Ovid, Aristophanes, and Renaissance reception.
 

Michael Kriege

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Michael Kriege is an M.A. student in the Department of Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies. He received his B.A. in Classical Studies from the University of Chicago in 2018. In 2020 he completed a post-baccalaureate program in Classics at UCLA. He is interested in ancient magic and religion and how authors interact with it in their texts.

Devin Lawson

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Devin Lawson is a PhD candidate in the department of Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies. She received her BA in Mathematics with a minor in Classical Studies from Coe College in 2019 and her MA from 魅影直播 in 2022 with a thesis entitled "Dismembered According to the Rigor of Harmony: A Structuralist Reading of Zosimos' Visions." Devin spent the 2023-2024 academic year as a Regular Member at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Her research centers primarily on epistolography and Late Antique religion, especially patristics, and she is currently writing a dissertation on the letters of Jerome of Stridon. Her other research interests include ancient religion and magic, epic poetry, cultural poetics, and the Bay of Naples. Devin has worked on excavations at Lechaion as part of the Lechaion Harbor and Settlement Land Project and at Corinth with the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

Seth Levin

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Seth is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies. He graduated from Dickinson College in 2019 with a B.A. in Classical Studies, and wrote his honors thesis concerning Caesar鈥檚 narratology in his Commentaries. In January 2024, Seth received an M.A. from 魅影直播 with a thesis entitled 鈥淎 Pig among the Dogs: Reading the Gryllus through a Cynic Lens鈥. Currently, Seth is completing his preliminaries, the topics of which are Lucian and Philosophy, Ovid鈥檚 Exilic Poetry, Metempsychosis in Ancient Thought, and Seneca鈥檚 Epistulae Morales.

Izzy Martin

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Izzy Martin graduated from Texas A&M University in 2016 with a degree in Classics. They earned their MPhil in Classics from Trinity College Dublin in 2021, focusing their dissertation on dreams in Homer's Odyssey. Izzy's research interests encompass dreams, monsters, demons, and horror in the ancient world, as well as their reception in the modern era. They are particularly intrigued by the unique relationship between humans and the monsters they encounter in literature and stories, especially those who find solace and comfort in relating to these creatures.
Outside of academia, Izzy enjoys adventuring with their dog, Perseus, exploring the fantasy worlds of books and video games, and finding magic in everyday life.

Caelie McRobert

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Caelie McRobert is a graduate student in the department of Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies. Her research interest is in combining Classics and Social Psychology research. She received her B.A. from Vassar College in Greek and Roman Studies with a research focus on rhetoric and meter used for depictions of women in Augustan Era poetry. She then worked at a research assistant in the Brain, Behavior, and Cognition department at Northwestern University in Dr. Paul Reber鈥檚 lab studying implicit memory. Most recently, she received her master鈥檚 degree from Ball State University in Social Psychology with a focus on gender bias in language. She now hopes to bring psychology knowledge and methodology back into her Classical research to understand historic depictions of women, enslaved individuals, and LGBTQ+ individuals in a new light.

Dalton Sala

 

Dalton Sala_Current GSAS Classics Student

Dalton Sala received his B.A. in Latin from Hillsdale College (2020) and his M.A. in Classics from 魅影直播 (2022). Though his first publication defended a traditional reading of Vergil's ninth Eclogue, Dalton's research interests have crept ever later: thus his M.A. thesis explored how Jerome's biblical prefaces propagandize an authoritative translation of "Hebraica ueritas." Currently he is researching the construction of otium liberale in the philosophical writings of Cicero, Augustine, and Boethius. When Dalton is not reading, he dabbles in spoken Latin and verse composition. Having taught students of various ages, he is also passionate about Greek & Latin pedagogy. In his non-academic time, Dalton loves to hike, play guitar, and read classic novels.

Mary Somerville

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Mary is a Ph.D. candidate in the department of Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies. She received her B.A. in Latin in 2015 from Wake Forest University. She received her M.A. from 魅影直播 in 2017 with a thesis entitled "Seditio and Civil War: Mutiny and Loyalty in Lucan's Pharsalia." She is currently finishing her dissertation, which focuses on men's tears in Roman epic poetry, and teaching Latin at Stratford Academy.

Sophia Tob谩r

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Sophia Ophelia Tob谩r is a PhD student of Classics at 魅影直播 in Pennsylvania, USA. Her research explores religious transformations in late antiquity, cultural encounters in the Greek and Roman east, the margins of the ancient world, and Neoplatonic and Epicurean philosophy.