Degrees

• Ph.D. Classics. Brown University. 2004.
• B.A. Classical Studies, University of California at Santa Cruz. 1998.
• B.A. Early Modern Literature, University of California at Santa Cruz.

Research Area

• Latin literature; rhetoric; Greek and Roman novel; literary theory and criticism; prose style; literary history

Current Research

• Literary Parody.
• Point of View.

Current Courses

• CLAS-150: The Greek Myths
• LAT-267: Neronian Writers
• LAT-100: Intensive Elementary Latin

Current Positions

• Senior Lecturer

Previous Positions

• Lecturer (Wayne State University) 2009-10
• Visiting Assistant Professor (UW Madison) 2006-08
• Lecturer (UC Irvine) 2004-2006.
• Instructor (Boston University) Spring, 2004.

Professional Societies

• American Philological Association
• CAMWS

Selected Publications

• "Literary Parody in the Age of Nero" under review (9/2011)
• “The Poet’s Croak: The Name and Function of Corax in Petronius.” Classical Quarterly 58.1 (May 2008): 375-378.
• “Language, Satire, and Heteroglossia in the Cena Trimalchionis.” Helios 35.1 (2008): 49-66.
• “Anseres [sacri]: Restrictions and Variations in Petronius’ Narrative Technique.” Ancient Narrative 5 (2006): 1-23.