EducationPh.D. in Classics, 2022, University of Florida. Dissertation: "Power to Punish and Authority to Forgive: Imperial State and Imprisonment in 4th Century AD Antioch"
M.A. in Classics, 2017, University of Florida, Thesis: "ἠ διὰ γράμματα συνουσία, The Letters of Libanius to Datianus", Thesis director: Dr. Andrew Nichols. M.A. Modern Philology (Laurea Magistrale in Filologia Moderna), 2006 Università degli Studi di Milano, Thesis: "Alii dicunt... il rapporto con la tradizione nel Comentum di Benvenuto da Imola (Inferno)", Thesis director: Prof.ssa Violetta de Angelis. B.A. Modern Philology (Laurea in Lettere Moderne), 2004, Università degli Studi di Milano, Thesis: "Le occorrenze della parola essilio nella Commedia", Thesis director: Prof. Francesco Spera. |
TeachingGeorge Mason University
The Legacy of Greece and Rome (Fall 2022, Spring 2023) Ancient Epic (Fall 2022) Ancient Tragedy (Spring 2023) University of Florida Greek and Latin Introduction Level On campus Beginning Latin II x4 (2015-20) Beginning Latin I x 4 (2016-18) Beginning Latin III (Spring 2017) Online/Hybrid Beginning Latin III (Spring 2021) - Hyflex (hybrid mode, synchronous) Beginning Latin II (Fall 2020) - Fully Online (synchronous) Other Classes I designed, proposed, and taught also the following courses: IDH2930, Justice and Mercy (Fall 2019; Spring 2021 in HyFlex synchronous mode), (Un)common Reads series of the Honors Program. IDH2930, Dante (Fall 2018), (Un)common Reads series of the Honors Program. Teaching Assistantships On Campus CLT3291, Greek Drama, Dr. Pagan (Spring 2022) IDS2935, Medicine, Science, and the Dawn of Reason, Dr. Kapparis. Part of the UF Quest curriculum. I led three weekly discussion sessions. CLT3291, Greek Drama, Dr. Pagan (Spring 2020) IDS2935, Medicine, Science, and the Dawn of Reason. Co-Instructor (with Dr. Kapparis) for the UF Quest Trial (Spring 2019) CLT3370, Myths of the Greeks and Romans, Dr. Eaverly (Summer B 2018) CLA3111, Topography and Monuments of Athens, Dr. Eaverly (Fall 2017) CLA2100, Glory That Was Greece, Dr. Nichols (Fall 2016) CLA3433, Athenian Democracy, Dr. Nichols (Spring 2016) CLA2100, Glory That Was Greece, Dr. Nichols (Fall 2015) Online/Hybrid CLA2100, Glory That Was Greece, Dr. Yates (Summer B 2020) CLT3291, Greek Drama, Dr. Pagan (Spring 2021) - Hyflex (hybrid mode, synchronous) CLA3504, Gender and Sexuality in the Ancient World, Dr. Kapparis (Fall 2020) - Fully online CLA3160, Ancient Egypt, Dr. Wagman (Summer B 2019) - Online asynchronous CLA2120, The Grandeur That Was Rome, Dr. Rea (Summer B 2016) - Online asynchronous |
Study Programs and Seminars2021 Spring - Preparing Future Faculty (offered by UF Graduate School, the Office of Postdoctoral Affiars and the Center for Teaching Excellence)
2019 October - Imagining America 20th Anniversary National Gathering (Mighty Dreams, Designing and Fostering Belonging in ‘America’). 2019 Spring - UF Quest Trial TA focus group. 2018 January - CEDANT Collegium of Roman Law: The Theodosian Code: Compilation, Transmission, Reception. 2017 June-July - American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Summer Session. |
Papers and PresentationsConference Papers
2020 - 'Peeking into the Prison of Athens: Convicts' Rules' Colloque Antheia 2020: Règles et subversions dans le monde méditerranéen, Paris 2019 – ‘A Man of Letters in Prison: Humanity and Justice in Libanius of Antioch’, Third Graduate Student Symposium, “Justice Turns the Balance Scales”, University of Florida. 2018 - 'Agricola, and Thule': The Circumnavigation of Britain in Tacitus' Thought', The 15th Annual Classics Graduate Colloquium, "Human-Nature, Environmental Humanities in Historical Perspective". Ohio State University. 2017 - 'The Challenge of Proverbs in Translation: a Case Study', First Graduate Student Symposium, "Translation, Adaptation, and Interpretation", University of Florida. 2016 – ‘The Teacher and the City in Libanius of Antioch’, CAMWS-SS 96th Anniversary Meeting, Emory University. 2016 – ‘Female Masculinity, Male Femininity and paideutic Otherness in the World of the Greek Novel’, CMLL Symposium, “Displacement in Language, Literature, and Culture’, Mississippi State University. Talks Invited Presentations 2016 – ‘Tradition in Its Making: Benvenuto da Imola’, MEMS Graduate Student Talks, University of Florida. |
PublicationsArticles
(2022) - "A Man of Letters in Prison: Humanity and Justice in Libanius of Antioch", Selected Proceedings of the Classics Graduate Student Symposia, 1, LibraryPress@UF. (2022) - "Introduction", Selected Proceedings of the Classics Graduate Student Symposia, 1, LibraryPress@UF. 2019 - "The Challenge of Proverbs in Translation: A Case Study", Delos A Journal of Translation and World Literature, 34.1, pp. 86-95. 2018 - "Cronaca dei Lavori del Collegio di Diritto Romano 2018. «Il Codice Teodosiano: redazione, trasmissione, ricezione» [Report on the Work of the Collegium of Roman Law 2018. «The Theodosian Code: Compilation, Transmission and Reception»]", Athenaeum 2018.1, pp. 390-396. 2007 – ‘Alii dicunt...’ Il rapporto con la tradizione nel Comentum di Benvenuto da Imola (Inferno), Rivista di Studi Danteschi 7.2, pp. 243-30. Translations Forthcoming - English translation of 24 entries for the Tacitus Encyclopedia (Victoria Pagan, ed.) from Italian, French, German, and Spanish. Edited Volumes (2022) – A. De Simoni, A. Pantazopoulou, K. Silverman, and A. Smith (eds.) Selected Proceedings of the Classics Graduate Student Symposia, 1, LibraryPress@UF. |
Awards and ScholarshipsAwards
2021 - ($500) Graduate Student Teaching Award, University of Florida. 2019 - University of Florida International Student Achievement Award for the College of Liberal Arts and Science. 2017 - ($500) University of Florida Graduate Student Teaching Award. 2016 - Certificate of Outstanding Achievement from the University of Florida International Center. Scholarships 2022 - ($8,000) CLAS Dissertation Completion Fellowship, University of Florida. 2020 - ($1,875) The Harry Bikakis Fellowship - American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Deferred due to Covid-19. 2020 - ($600) Langadas Graduate Fellowship for Classics graduate students from the Center for Greek Studies, University of Florida. 2019 - ($1,000) UF Imagining America (IA) Working Group Steering Committee Grant to attend Imagining America 20th Anniversary National Gathering (Albuquerque, NM, Oct. 18-20, 2019). 2019 - ($3,000) Langadas Graduate Fellowship for Classics graduate students from the Center for Greek Studies, University of Florida, for summer study in Europe. 2017 - American School of Classical Studies at Athens Scholarship for ASCSA Summer Session. 2017 - ($3,500) George and Liberty Perry Scholarship for Summer Study in Greece, Center for Greek Studies, University of Florida. 2016 - ($300) CLAS Graduate Student Travel Grant from the Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere, University of Florida. |