Jessica A. Evans

Senior Lecturer

Alma mater(s)
  • PhD, Trinity College Dublin
  • MA, Latin and Greek, UVM
  • BA, Latin and Greek UVM

BIO

Jessica Penny Evans received her PhD from Trinity College Dublin where she wrote her dissertation on the Discourse of political freedom in Greek historiography. She teaches Latin and Greek language courses at all levels, as well as courses in history, gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity, and occasionally conversational Latin. She is currently working on a project that explores masculinity in Thucydides. Penny is the director of the Liberal Arts in Prison Program.

Courses

Greek History and Civilization, Roman History and Civilization, Greek Historians, Roman Historians, Mask of Dionysos, Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World, Gender and Sexuality in Rome, Gender and Sexuality in Greece, Classics and Racism in the US, Women’s History: Greece and Rome

Publications

Publications (PDF)

Area(s) of expertise

Greek historiography, gender and sexuality, sport

Bio

Jessica Penny Evans received her PhD from Trinity College Dublin where she wrote her dissertation on the Discourse of political freedom in Greek historiography. She teaches Latin and Greek language courses at all levels, as well as courses in history, gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity, and occasionally conversational Latin. She is currently working on a project that explores masculinity in Thucydides. Penny is the director of the Liberal Arts in Prison Program.

Courses

Greek History and Civilization, Roman History and Civilization, Greek Historians, Roman Historians, Mask of Dionysos, Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World, Gender and Sexuality in Rome, Gender and Sexuality in Greece, Classics and Racism in the US, Women’s History: Greece and Rome

Areas of Expertise

Greek historiography, gender and sexuality, sport