Alumni

People who have studied Latin, Greek, Classical Studies and Classical Archaeology at the University of Washington have gone on to work in fields including education, law, journalism, business and entrepreneurship, and the sciences.  UW Classics Ph.D.s are teaching at institutions across the U.S. and Canada. 

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Recent Alumni News

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UW at SCS/AIA 2025!

As always, UW will be very well represented at the annual conference of the Society for Classical Studies/Archaeological Institute of America, to be held in Philadelphia in January 2025. See below for talks and panels by UW graduate students, faculty, and alumnx! Friday Jan 3, 2025 First Paper Session (8:00am–10:30am) SCS-7: HYBRID: Greek Law and Oratory Sarah Brucia Breitenfeld, University of Pittsburgh (UW PhD ’22), “Fugitivity and Space in Apollodorus’s A… Read more
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Alumnx profile: Cathy Callaway (PhD '90)

Dr. Cathy Callaway (BA University of Wisconsin 1978, MA University of Missouri 1982, PhD University of Washington, The Oath in Epic Poetry, 1990) recently retired from her position as Museum Educator at the Museum of Art and Archaeology at the University of Missouri-Columbia, which she held from 2006-2022; she had been editor of the Museum’s journal Muse since 2018. In addition to her recent publications “Reverse Ekphrasis: The Visual Poetics of Nancy Morejón’s… Read more
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Melissa Funke (PhD '13) publishes Phryne: A Life in Fragments

Congratulations to Melissa Funke (UW Classics PhD '13), whose first book, Phryne: A Life in Fragments (Bloomsbury 2024), was just published! Melissa is currently an Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Winnipeg. Here is a description of the book: "How did Mnesarete, a girl from Boeotia, turn into Phryne the famous beauty, and… Read more
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Alumnx profile: Chiara Sulprizio (BA '99)

by James J. Clauss Chiara Sulprizio, BA Classics UW 1999, received her PhD also in Classics at the University of Southern California in 2007, with a Graduate Certificate in Gender Studies. After teaching at Loyola Marymount University, Hamilton College and the University of Southern California, she is now Senior Lecturer in the Program in Classical and Mediterranean Studies at Vanderbilt University. In 2020 she published Gender and Sexuality in Juvenal’s Rome: Satire 2 and Satire 6… Read more
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UW at the 2024 SCS/AIA!

As always, UW will be well represented at the 2024 annual conference of the Society for Classical Studies/Archaeological Institute of America, which will be held in Chicago. See below for talks and panels by UW graduate students, faculty, and alumnx!  All times are CST. … Read more
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UW Alum Lorraine Abagatnan featured in Pasts Imperfect

by Sarah Levin-Richardson Lorraine Abagatnan (BA Classics 2020; minor in Anthropology) was recently featured in Pasts Imperfect, an online publication highlighting the most recent trends and scholarship in ancient studies. Abagatnan’s contribution highlighted the intersection of… Read more
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Chair’s Letter, Autumn 2022

I’d like to start by offering hearty congratulations to our 2022 graduates, including those graduating with BAs, MAs, and PhDs. I’m also delighted to announce that our newly minted PhDs have moved on to exciting new jobs, including a postdoctoral fellowship from the… Read more
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Alumnx Spotlight: Jackie Murray, UW Classics PhD, 2005

by James J. Clauss Professor Jackie Murray’s career in Classics started at the University of Guelph, where she double majored in Classical Studies and Latin with Profs. Victor Matthews, Padraig O’Cleirigh, and Kristin Lord. This was followed by an MA in Classics from Western University (London Ontario). Afterwards Jackie returned to Guelph to pursue a PhD in Ancient Philosophy with a focus on the Phaedo. But during her first year there, she attended the Groningen workshop on Apollonius… Read more
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“Psyche and Cupid” Film Features Cast and Crew from UW Classics

This spring saw the film debut of “Psyche and Cupid,” written by Lauren Dudley (BA ’13, also doing prop design and construction), Ashli Baker (PhD ’11, also serving as dramaturg), and Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth (also serving as director), and produced by Trial & Error Productions. This fantastic film, which features a combination of human actors, puppets, and music, is based on the story of Cupid and Psyche, a tale narrated in the… Read more
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Prof. Waldo discusses Classics in the 21st century with the UW Alumni Book Club

Prof. Chris Waldo engaged in a lively conversation with the UW Alumni Book Club on Tuesday, December 7, in conjunction with their reading of Anthony Doerr's Cloud Cuckoo Land. Among other things, he discussed the joys of reading Greek, the exciting ways the field of Classics is changing in the 21st century, and the continued relevance of the stories and cultures of Greco-Roman antiquity. You… Read more
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