BA History and Classics, University of Washington, 2020
While history has always been an interest of mine, I came to the field of classics relatively late, two years into my undergraduate education. I was drawn to classics from a blend of college courses, but my decision to study the languages came after I read Aristophanes for the first time in a survey course - it amazed me how a man who died 2500 years ago could still make me laugh. But my decision to pursue graduate work in classics really came when I began to study the ancient languages and realized that I enjoyed the languages in and of themselves as well as the texts I was reading. For a short time I worked with the University of Washington's chapter of the Homer Multitext Project, an experience which I enjoyed very much and would like to continue in the future. Currently I'm not sure about what my professional goals are; what I am sure about is that I want to learn as much as I can about the ancient world. In that respect I have many (perhaps too many!) scholarly interests, among which are ancient comedy, narrative in history, the social impact of religion and mythology, and the ancient world outside of the Mediterranean.
The College of Arts