Courses
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Committee on the Ancient Mediterranean World, University of Chicago,
1999
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
1) Ancient history, more specifically Greek and Roman society and culture: social
attitudes, social structure, women, the family, sexuality, and slavery, clothing
and appearance
2) Greek and Roman art and architecture
3) Greek and Roman historiography; Latin literature (historical writing; satire)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
2009. “Cosmetics in Roman antiquity: substance, remedy, poison," in Nature, Natural: Imagining Women in Greco-Roman Antiquity. Classical World 103.2: 291-310. Eds. A. Glazebrook and K. Olson.
2008. Dress and the Roman Woman: Self-Presentation and Society (Routledge). Reviews:
BMCR: http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2009/2009-04-45.html
Intl. Journal of the Classical Tradition: http://www.springerlink.com/content/94426h58835u5418/
2008. "The appearance of the young Roman girl" in Roman Clothing and the Fabric of Roman Culture, eds. J. Edmondson and A. Keith (Univ. of Toronto Press): 139-57.
2007. "‘Insignia lugentium: female mourning garments in Roman antiquity,’" in the American Journal of Ancient History 3-4 (2004-05): 89-130.
2006. “Matrona and whore: clothing and definition" in Prostitutes and Courtesans in the Ancient World (University of Wisconsin Press): 186-204.
2003. "Roman underwear revisited" in Classical World 96.2 (2003), 201-210.
2002. "Matrona and whore: the clothing of Roman women" in Fashion Theory 6.4: 387- 420.
2001. “Roman glass gaming pieces or jewel stones” in Mouseion Series III vol. 1: 127-138.
— various book chapters and reviews on costume, women, Roman art, and ancient
society
WORK IN PROGRESS:
—
Men, Appearance and Sexuality in Roman Antiquity (in progress as a book.
Funded by a SSHRC Standard Research grant, 2008-11)
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS (selected):
Faculty Scholar 2011-13, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Univ. of Western Ontario
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS:
2010. "Dandies, Effeminacy, and Masculinity in Roman Antiquity,"
Celtic Conference, panel on “Addressing Dress,” Edinburgh, Scotland,
July 2010 (invited lecture).
2010. “The Color of Masculinity in Roman Antiquity,” Classical Association
of Canada annual meeting, Quebec City Canada, May 2010.
2010. "Beware the Ill-Girt Boy: Tunics, Status, and Masculinity in Roman
Antiquity," Roman Archaeology Conference, Oxford, UK, March 2010.
2009. "Dandies, Effeminacy, and Masculinity in Roman Antiquity" (annual AAH meeting, Vancouver)
2009. "Beware the Ill-Girt Boy: Tunics, Status, and Masculinity in Roman Antiquity" (annual CAC meeting, Vancouver)
2004. "The Appearance of the Young Roman Girl" (Roman Clothing and the Fabric of Roman Culture, York University).
2003. “Roman Sewage and Social Relations” (Archaeological Institute of America at Niagra).
2003. "Cultural Studies and the Ancient Historian," (Dept. of History Philosophy of History seminar series, UWO).
2002.
“Togate Prostitutes in Roman Antiquity,” (Prostitution in the Ancient
World conference, Univ. of Madison).
SERVICE TO THE DISCIPLINE (SELECTED):
—Organizing chair of the annual meeting of the Classical Association of Canada, London, Ontario, Canada, May 8-10, 2012
—Organizing Chair of “Justice on the Margins in the Ancient World” workshop (SSHRC funded, UWO Dept. of Classical Studies, May 2011)
—2010-12: AGM representative, Classical Association of Canada Council
—March 2010: Organizing Chair of “Justice in the Ancient World”
conference (UWO Dept. of Classical Studies; awarded a SSHRC conference grant)
—March 2010: Organizing Chair of “Clothing, Clothing, and Gender
in Roman Art.”
Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference panel, Oxford UK
— 2009-11: Graduate Chair, Dept. of Classical Studies
—October 2006: Organizing chair of “Coinage and Currency in the
Ancient World,” one-day
colloquium, UWO Dept. of Classical Studies.
— 2006-07: President, Western’s Caucus on Women’s Issues
— 2005: Organizing chair of "Women and Nature;" Women's Network panel, Classical Association of Canada Meeting, Banff, Alberta
— 2002-2005: President, Women’s Network, Classical Association of
Canada
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