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Grace Funsten (she/her/hers)

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Contact Information

ghf2@uw.edu

Fields of Interest

classical receptiongender and sexualityGreek and Latin elegyLatin EpigraphyRoman Imperial poetry

Biography

University of Washington, Seattle, Ph.D. in Classics exp. June 2022

University of Washington, Seattle, M.A. in Classics

Georgetown University, B.A. in Classical Languages and French

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Select Honors and Awards

• Emeline Hill Richardson/Arthur Ross Rome Prize, 2021-2022
  • Research featured in the 2021-2022 Shoptalk series
• The Lambda Classical Caucus Graduate Student Paper Award, 2022
• Society of Scholars Summer Dissertation Fellowship, 2021
• Chester William Fritz Endowed Scholarship in the Humanities, 2020
• Joff Hanauer Fellowship for Excellence in Western Civilization, 2019-2020
• The CAMWS Presidential Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Paper, 2018

Research

Selected Research

• Grace Funsten. En versus facio: Rewriting Augustan Elegy in Latin Epitaphs, Maximianus, and Louise Labé. Diss., 2022. 
  Adviser: Stephen E. Hinds
• “Cydippe Defixa: An Examination of Ovid’s Magical Language in Heroides 21,” The Classical Journal, Feb. 2022
• En versus facio: Rewriting Augustan Elegy in Latin Epitaphs, Maximianus, & Louise Labé, directed by Dr. Stephen Hinds

Courses Taught

Spring 2021

• CLAS 430 A: Greek and Roman Mythology
• CLAS 430 B: Greek and Roman Mythology

Winter 2021

• LATIN 300 A: Introductory Latin, Accelerated

Summer 2020 B-term

• GREEK 103 A: Introductory Greek

Winter 2020

• LATIN 300 A: Introductory Latin, Accelerated

Autumn 2019

• LATIN 305 A: Introduction to Latin Literature

Summer 2019 B-term

• LATIN 301 A: Introductory Latin, Accelerated

Spring 2019

• LATIN 103 B: Introductory Latin

Winter 2019

• LATIN 102 B: Introductory Latin

Autumn 2018

• LATIN 101 C: Introductory Latin

Spring 2018

• CLAS 205 A: Bioscientific Vocabulary Building From Latin and Greek
• CLAS 205 D: Bioscientific Vocabulary Building From Latin and Greek

Summer 2017 Full-term

• CLAS 101 D: Latin And Greek In Current Use
• CLAS 101 K: Latin And Greek In Current Use

Spring 2017

• CLAS 101 A: Latin And Greek In Current Use
• CLAS 101 B: Latin And Greek In Current Use

Winter 2017

• CLAS 101 A: Latin And Greek In Current Use
• CLAS 101 C: Latin And Greek In Current Use

Autumn 2016

• CLAS 101 A: Latin And Greek In Current Use
• CLAS 101 B: Latin And Greek In Current Use

News & Events

Related News

• UW at SCS/AIA 2023! - December 19, 2022
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• Classics grads win WCC and LCC awards! - January 6, 2022
• 3 Classics PhD students receive Simpson Center Fellowships - April 28, 2021
• Grace Funsten (PhCand) and Adriana Vazquez (PhD '17) win Rome Prize - April 26, 2021
• Grace Funsten wins 2018 CAMWS Presidential Award - April 10, 2018

Related Events

• Triple Header: Joshua Zacks, Sarah Brucia Breitenfeld, Grace Funsten - December 4, 2020 - 2:30pm to 4:00pm

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