• I have been teaching in the Classical Studies Department at Trinity since 2003. I have taught all levels of Latin and Greek at Trinity, but I most commonly teach Latin at the intermediate and advanced level. I regularly teach a class on Daily Life in Ancient Rome and another on the history of the late republic and early empire; that one is cross-listed with the History department. I also teach in our FYE program (Myth and Literature in the Greek and Roman World) and more recently have started teaching a summer study abroad course on Roman religion (Ancient Rome: Pagans, Jews, and Christians) in Rome and the bay of Naples.

    My research ranges across various aspects of Roman culture and Latin literature. I have published articles on Virgil, Statius, and Apuleius. I’ve published a few articles and book chapters on art, especially Roman wall painting. And I published a book entitled Walking in Roman Culture with Cambridge University Press in 2011. I’m currently working on two longer range projects — one on the ideology of movement in the late republican and Augustan Rome and another on microbiographies of lesser known Romans.

    I enjoy mentoring students in undergraduate research. In addition to several summer projects and senior theses, I have co-led the Roman World Lab (with Rubén Dupertuis in the Religion Department) since 2017. Our current project is a student-focused commentary on Book 11 of Apuleius’s Golden Ass.

    • Ph.D., Harvard University
    • M.A., Harvard University
    • B.A., Princeton University

    • Walking in Roman Culture (Cambridge University Press, 2011)
    • "Death ante ora parentum in Virgil's Aeneid," Transactions of the American Philological Association 139 (2009) 447–486.
    • “Human and Animal Touch in Apuleius’ Golden Ass,” in Re-Wiring the Ancient Novel. Vol. 2: Roman Novels and Other Important Texts, edited by Edmund Cueva, Gareth Schmeling, et al. Barkhuis Publishing 2018. 
    • “Human and Asinine Postures in Apuleius’ Golden Ass,” Classical Journal 112 (2016) 196-216.
    • “Mythological Landscapes in Roman Painting,” in Roman Landscapes: Visions of Nature and Myth from Rome and Pompeii, edited by Jessica Powers. San Antonio Museum of Art, 2023.

    My research interests include late republican, Augustan, and early imperial literature, Roman cultural studies, and the art and architecture of Roman domestic space. I have published articles on Virgil, Statius, and Apuleius; on Roman wall painting; and on the Roman practice of walking for leisure. My book Walking in Roman Culture was published by Cambridge University Press in 2011.

    • Ancient Rome
    • Latin
    • Ancient Greek

    • Gildersleeve Prize, for best article published in the American Journal of Philology, 2007
    • William R. Nethercut Award for Excellence in Postsecondary Teaching, Texas Classical Association, 2025.

    I am the faculty mentor for Eta Sigma Phi, the Classics honor society. I am also the departmental representative for the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome.

    I have previously served on the Faculty Senate, on the Faculty Development Committee, and on the Academic Standing Committee. I served as Interim Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs in 2016–17 and as Chair of the Classical Studies department from 2017–2023.