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Research
Research Interests
- Ancient Greek Compounds
- Ancient Greek Meter and Prosody
- Ancient Greek Literature (Pindar)
- Indo-European Poetics and Mythology
Research Experience
- Fall 2021–June 2024: Research Assistant to Prof. David Goldstein, Department of Linguistics, UCLA
Publications
Articles
- (forthcoming) The Rhythmic Basis of Porson’s Bridge: An Explanation of Monosyllabic Words and Clitics. In David M. Goldstein, Stephanie W. Jamison, and Anthony D. Yates (eds.). 2024. Proceedings of the 34th Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference. Hamburg: Buske.
Thesis
- 2018: “L’invettiva di Timocreonte di Rodi contro Temistocle (Fr.727 Page)” (“The invective of Timokreon of Rhodes against Themistocles (Fr.727 Page)”) – BA thesis
- 2021: “I composti pindarici: il caso degli hapax legomena nelle Pitiche” (“Pindaric compounds: the case of hapax legomena in the Pythians”) – MA thesis
Presentations
- September 2024: “The Sources of Greek Compounds in -εσι-: A Work in Progress” (6th International Summer School for Indo-European Linguistics – Università di Pavia
- July 2024: “Ancient Greek Speech Rhythm” (6th Crete Summer School of Linguistics – University of Crete)
- April 2024: “Applying for the Position of “Resident Poet”: Damophilos in Pythian 4.279–299” (120th Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS24) – Washington University in St. Louis)
- October 2023: “Porson’s Bridge Reconsidered: Aristophanes’ Evidence about Proclitic ἄν” (34th Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference (WeCIEC34) – University of California, Los Angeles)
- April 2023: “Hom. πρόσσω καὶ ὀπίσσω: the Knowledge of the Wise” (7th Indo-European Research Colloquium (IERC7) – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan)
- September 2022: “Pindar and Greek Poetic Language” (5th International Summer School for Indo-European Linguistics – Università di Pavia)
Courses
- Summer Session A: Instructor in Medical Terminology (Classics 47), UCLA – Faculty Supervisor: David Blank
- Winter 2024: Teaching Assistant in Introduction to Indo-European Linguistics (IE/Ling M150), UCLA – Faculty Supervisor: John Clayton
- Fall 2023: Teaching Assistant in Historical Linguistics (Ling 110), UCLA – Faculty Supervisor: David Goldstein
- Spring 2023: Teaching Assistant in Elementary Latin (Latin 2 Hybrid), UCLA – Faculty Supervisor: Robert A. Gurval.
- Winter 2023: Teaching Assistant in Introduction to the Study of Language (Ling 1), UCLA – Faculty Supervisor: Giuseppina Silvestri.
- Fall 2022: Teaching Assistant in Elementary Latin (Latin 1), UCLA – Faculty Supervisor: Robert A. Gurval.
Awards
- 2024: Graduate Summer Research Mentorship (UCLA Division of Graduate Education)
- 2023: Graduate Summer Research Mentorship (UCLA Division of Graduate Education)
- 2022: Indogermanische Gesellschaft award for best Master’s thesis in Indo-European studies (2nd place, https://www.indogermanistik.org/preise.html)
- 2021: Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship