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

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