List of Research

Classics research under mentoring from the professor of Yale University Department of Classics. It studied rhetoric in antiquity and Latin as a spoken language.

This paper examines the growth of Marcus Tullius Cicero over the course ofhis life as an orator, analyzing his development using three of his notable speeches from various stages in his career: Pro Quinctio in 81 BC, Pro Caelio in 56 BC, and Philippic 2 in 44 BC. By following his evolving manner of self-presentation, propensity for risk-taking, and liberal usage of prosopopoeia, this paper aims to redefine and reframe the lens through which Cicero is viewed in the modern day, demonstrating the series of changes that he underwent between his professional debut as an orator and his publication of the speech that ultimately sealed his fate.

Keywords: Marcus Tullius Cicero, oratory, speech, trial, prosopopoeia, risk-taking, self-presentation, Pro Quinctio, Pro Caelio, Philippic 2, Roman Republic, moral authority, P. Quinctius, Clodia, Marc Antony

Published on Journal of Victorian Culture (Oxford University Press) Online.

The concept of domesticity has long represented all that has to do with the house and home. Indeed, expectations of women in the Victorian era encompassed not only this established ideal but it also included labor typically reserved for those in full-time occupations practiced outside of the home. Therefore, given that the definition of domesticity expanded as Victorian society came to acknowledge the other roles that the Victorian woman played in society, the term professional domesticity more accurately defines the expectations placed upon women during the Victorian era.