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Education

Ph.D. in Classics from the University of Toronto (2010)

Blog Posts

    Publications

    Articles in Refereed Journals

    “Note on The Oxford Latin Dictionary Definition of Irrvmo.” The Classical Quarterly 68. 2 (2018), 714-716.

    “About a Boy: The Bechdel Test and Teaching Classical Literature.” New England Classical Journal, 42.2 (2015), 268-276.

    “Dedications and Status: Catullus 1 and Horace Epodes 1.” The Classical World 107. 2, (2014),199–215.

    “The Rules of Gift-Exchange: Catullus 12, 13, & 14.” Mouseion: Journal of the Classical Association of Canada 10.3 (2010), 355–79.

    Book Chapters 

    “Translation and Adaptation Matters: About the Differences Between a Story Called The Handmaid’s Tale or The Slave-girl’s Tale?” The Handmaid’s Tale: Teaching Dystopia, Feminism, and Resistance Across Disciplines and Borders, ed. by Karan A. Ritzenhoff and Janis L. Goldie (Rowman and Littlefield, 2019), 13–30.

    Co-authored with Mark Sundaram. “‘O Tempora, O Mores’: Class(ics) and Education in Doctor Who.” Doctor Who and History: Critical Essays on Imagining the Past, ed. by Carey Fleiner and Dene October (McFarland & Company, Inc., 2017), 35–46.

    Co-authored with Mark Sundaram. “How to Be a Good King: Tolkien and Germanic Ideals of Kingship.” The Hobbit and History, ed. by Janice Liedl and Nancy R. Reagin (Wiley, 2014), 43–60.

    Book Reviews

    “Review: Not All Dead White Men: Classics and Misogyny in the Digital Age.” Atlantis: Critical Studies in Gender, Culture & Social Justice, 41. 1 (2020), 85–87.

    “Review: Donna Zuckerberg, Not All Dead White Men: Classics and Misogyny in the Digital Age.” Phoenix 72. 3-4 (2019), 405-7.

    “Review: Benjamin Eldon Stevens. Silence in Catullus.” Mouseion 14. 1 (2017), 158–61.

    “Recent Translations of Latin Poetry: Review Article.” Mouseion 11. 2 (2011), 223–29.

    “Gendered Dynamics in Latin Love Poetry (Review).” Journal of the History of Sexuality, 20. 3 (2011), 615–19.

    “Review: Classical Literature: A Concise History.” Notes and Queries, 52. 3 (2005).

    Published conference proceedings

    “Un Lieu de Verdure et d’Agrément?: Espaces Riverains et Loci Amœni Dans La Poésie Latine.” Riparia, un patrimoine culturel: la gestion intégrée des bords de l’eau, ed. by Ella Hermon (Archaeopress 2014), 217–224.

    Projects

    The Endless Knot Podcast

    An educational podcast about language, etymology, medieval studies and classics.

    Alliterative YouTube Channel

    A series of educational videos about etymology and history.

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