The Jewish Colosseum: Revising the Memory of Rome’s Flavian Amphitheater

Originally known as the Flavian Amphitheater, the Roman Colosseum is oftentimes directly associated with the death of Christians; however, as … More

Taking a Sapphic Stanza: Papyri, Digital Humanities, and Reclaiming the Work of Ancient Women

This semester, I am teaching our department’s Archaic to Classical Greek Survey. I specialize in late antique Roman history and … More

This post was originally published at the SCS Classics blog on March 30, 2018. In the 6th century CE, a … More

This semester, I am incorporating more epigraphy into my undergraduate and graduate level courses. The University of Iowa has a … More

One of my favorite reflections on the act of writing was written by a late Roman historian, poet, and rhetorician … More

I don’t tend to get overly personal on this blog very often. Although I adore social media (clearly), the first person … More

Over on the Forbes blog this week, I wrote a bit about how social anxiety can be viewed through magic. … More

Over on my Forbes blog, I explore the history of religious tattoos. This post stems from my interest in the use of … More

When I was a kid, I was obsessed with collecting the signatures of the Atlanta Braves baseball players. It was … More

We are in the midst of the NCAA March madness tournament in the U.S., and, as NPR reported, the American … More