Publications & Presentations

Articles and Essays

  • “To Script or Not to Script: Rethinking Pseudolus as Playwright.” Helios 41(1): 87-106.
  • “Determinando un ruolo: immo e improvvisazione nello Pseudolus” in Lecturae Plautinae Sarsinates XVI: Pseudolus. R. Raffaelli and A. Tontini, eds. Urbino: Edizioni QuattroVenti. 131-137.
  • “L’ingannatore ingannato: i due aspetti di Milfione nello Poenulo” in Lecturae Plautinae Sarsinates XV: Poenulus. Raffaelli, R. and A. Tontini, eds. Urbino: Edizioni QuattroVenti. 73-88.
  • “Reconsidering Zeus’ Order: Hermes and Apollo in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes.” Classical World 105(4): 443-469
  • “Lies, Lyres, and the Laughter of Surplus Potential in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes.”Arethusa 44(2): 143-165.

Forthcoming Articles

  • “Negotiating Mastery: Staging Slaves in Pseudolus 133-234.” Classical Journal.

Creative Work

Articles Under Review

  • None currently

Conference Presentations

  • “Comedy, Violence, and Undergraduates.” CAMWS: Boulder, Colorado. 2015.
  • “Using Padlet for Vocabulary Retention.” Indiana Classical Conference: Richmond, Indiana. 2015.
  • “Violence in Plautus: Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love performance.” APA: New Orleans, Louisiana. 2015.
  • “Interactive Etymology through Padlet.” Illinois Classical Conference: Chicago, Illinois. 2014.
  • “A Blast from the Ancient Past: Using Digital Storytelling in ‘Roman Perspectives’.” CAMWS: Waco, Texas. 2014.
  • “(Re)presenting Plautus for Modern Audiences.” Illinois Classical Conference: Carbondale, Illinois. 2013.
  • “Silent and Boisterous Slaves: Considerations in Staging Pseudolus 133-234.” Co-presented with Daniel Walin. CAMWS: Iowa City, Iowa. 2013.
  • “Determinando un ruolo: immo e improvvisazione nello Pseudolus.” Lecturae Plautinae Sarsinates –Pseudolus: Sarsina, Italy. 2012.
  • “Tricking the Trickster: Milphio’s Downfall.” CAMWS: Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 2012.
  • “Plautus, Carell, and Ferrell: Using Modern Comedy to Illuminate Roman Comedy.” APA: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2012.
  • “Imagining Vesuvius through Digital Storytelling.” Ohio Classical Conference: Columbus, Ohio. 2011
  • “L’ingannatore ingannato: i due aspetti di Milfione nello Poenulo.” Lecturae Plautinae Sarsinates: Poenulus: Sarsina, Italy. 2011.
  • “Scripting a Deception: Rethinking the servus callidus in Miles Gloriosus.” CAMWS: Grand Rapids, Michigan. 2011.
  • “Classics with a Twist: Digital Storytelling in the Classics Classroom” Ohio Classical Conference: Columbus, Ohio 2010
  • “The Dangers of Theater in Miles Gloriosus.” CAMWS: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 2010.
  • “Cicero Speaks Digitally: Using Digital Story Telling in the Latin Classroom” Indiana Classical Conference: Butler University. 2010
  • “(Re)considering Zeus’ Cosmos: Apollo and Hermes.” Ohio Classical Conference: Cleveland, Ohio. 2009
  • “The Laughter of Hermes.” Indiana Classical Conference: Purdue University. 2009
  • “Lies, Lyres, and Laughter in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes.” CAMWS: Minneapolis, Minnesota. 2009
  • “The Merchant of Epidamnus: Identity and Menaechmus E.” CAMWS: Tucson, Arizona. 2008
  • “Pseudolus Revisited: Expanding the Role of the Servus Callidus.” APA: Chicago, Illinois. 2008
  • “Profiting From Manipulation: The Case of Lucrio in the Miles Gloriosus.” CAMWS: Cincinnati, Ohio. 2007
  • “Looking Toward the Future: The Work of noos in the Hymn to Hermes.” CAMWS: Gainesville, Florida. 2006
  • “Our Own Selves or Somebody Else’s: The Contest of Identity in Plautus.” OSU Department of Greek and Latin Graduate Student Colloquium 2006

Invited Lectures and Colloquia

  • “Using ‘Padlet’ to Enhance Vocabulary Learning.” Bolchazy-Carducci Webinar. 2015.
  • “Classics in College.” Illinois Junior Classical League Convention: Itasca, Illinois. 2013.
  • “Stories of Vesuvius.” Ohio Junior Classical League Convention: Columbus, Ohio. 2012
  • “Rethinking the Typical: Plautus and His Stock-Types.” Beloit University: Beloit, Wisconsin. 2010
  • “The Modern Olympics versus the Ancient Olympics.” Indiana Junior Classical League, Fall Latin Day: Indianapolis, Indiana. 2009
  • “Tales of a Flatulent God: Humor and the Homeric Hymn to Hermes.” Southern Illinois University Carbondale: Carbondale, Illinois. 2008
  • “Plautus and the Life of a Graduate Student.” Denison University: Granville, Ohio. 2006

Panel Discussions

  • “New Developments in High School Latin Instruction” Indiana Classical Conference: Crown Point, Indiana. 2011.
  • “Recruiting Students” Ohio Classical Conference: Cleveland, Ohio. 2008

Reviews

  • Moore, T. 2012. Roman Theatre. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; reviewed for Bryn Mawr Classical Review (2013.10.28).
  • Raffaelli, R. and A. Tontini, eds. 2009. Lecturae Plautinae Sarsinates XII: Miles    Gloriosus. Urbino: Edizioni QuattroVenti; reviewed for Bryn Mawr Classical Review. (2010.08.23)

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