Through the Classical Studies department, Loyola is a member of the American Academy in Rome, the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, and the American Research Institute in Turkey, providing graduate students with the opportunity to participate in their programs and do research at their facilities. It is housed at Loyola's Rome Center for the Liberal Arts, which provides research, living, and meeting space. Graduate student participants are chosen from programs in the humanities and social sciences and are expected to be engaged in dissertation research during their participation. Led by an established scholar, the seminar members focus on a broad theme relevant to their disciplines, participate in a conference held at the Rome Center, and contribute to its published proceedings. Graduate students benefit from access to libraries in Rome, first-hand experience of the topography and monuments of Rome andenvirons, proximity to other European cities, and teaching opportunities in Loyola's undergraduate program in Rome.
Financial support is available in the form of fellowships and travel funds.
Her background is in archaeology and religion, and her current research interests concern Greek religion and society, ranging from the Homeric Hymns to the geographer Pausanias. She teaches courses on Greek religion, archaeology, and epic at the graduate level. His graduate courses concern Greek tragedy, comedy, and epic. His teaching at the graduate level includes, among other subjects, Roman law, Roman historians, Greek orators, and papyrology. 560-510 B.C. and numerous articles on his research interests in Athens of the sixth and early fifth centuries B.C.E. and historiography.