Below is a sampling from the titles of Senior Research Papers (earlier: "honors theses") submitted at Penn. Apologies for the incompleteness of the list: if you have additions, please let us know! 100-word abstracts are also available for most projects
- Brandon Block, "Wealth, Prestige and...Miracle Cures? The Influence of Economic Interests on the Asklepieon at Epidaurus" Supervisor: Ralph Rosen
- Sara Chopra, "Translating the Translators: A Comparative Approach to Contemporary Translation of the Priam-Achilles Dialogue in Book 24 of the Iliad." Supervisors: James Ker and Bridget Murnaghan
- (Spring 2021) Cecelia Heintzelman, “Cases and Casts: A Diachronic Study of the Mediterranean Section of the Penn Museum.” Supervisor: Brian Rose
- Stephen Jagoe, "Virgil’s Universal Prophecy: Judeo-Roman Interaction in Virgil’s Fourth Eclogue." Supervisor: Joe Farrell
- Nicky Kotler, "The Rise of the Imperial Cult and the Reception in the City of Rome." Supervisor: Julia Wilker
- Spencer Landis, "Platonic Metaphysics and the Non-Discursive: A Glimpse into the Divine.” Supervisor: Peter Struck
- Isabelle Schatzker, "Eclectic Identities in the Material Landscape: Reconsidering Decorative Function and Perceptions of Space in the Houses of Pompeii’s Non-Elite." Supervisor: Mantha Zarmakoupi
- Elizabeth Vo-Phamhi, "Manumission and Mobility" Supervisor: Kim Bowes
- Olivia Wells, "Bringing Conchiclam Apicianam to Life: An Experimental Archaeological Investigation of a Multi-Ingredient Dish from Apicius’ De Re Coquinaria." Supervisor: Kim Bowes
- Brandon Block, "Wealth, Prestige and...Miracle Cures? The Influence of Economic Interests on the Asklepieon at Epidaurus" Supervisor: Ralph Rosen
- Sara Chopra, "Translating the Translators: A Comparative Approach to Contemporary Translation of the Priam-Achilles Dialogue in Book 24 of the Iliad." Supervisors: James Ker and Bridget Murnaghan
- (Spring 2021) Cecelia Heintzelman, “Cases and Casts: A Diachronic Study of the Mediterranean Section of the Penn Museum.” Supervisor: Brian Rose
- Stephen Jagoe, "Virgil’s Universal Prophecy: Judeo-Roman Interaction in Virgil’s Fourth Eclogue." Supervisor: Joe Farrell
- Nicky Kotler, "The Rise of the Imperial Cult and the Reception in the City of Rome." Supervisor: Julia Wilker
- Spencer Landis, "Platonic Metaphysics and the Non-Discursive: A Glimpse into the Divine.” Supervisor: Peter Struck
- Isabelle Schatzker, "Eclectic Identities in the Material Landscape: Reconsidering Decorative Function and Perceptions of Space in the Houses of Pompeii’s Non-Elite." Supervisor: Mantha Zarmakoupi
- Elizabeth Vo-Phamhi, "Manumission and Mobility" Supervisor: Kim Bowes
- Olivia Wells, "Bringing Conchiclam Apicianam to Life: An Experimental Archaeological Investigation of a Multi-Ingredient Dish from Apicius’ De Re Coquinaria." Supervisor: Kim Bowes
- Brandon Block, "Wealth, Prestige and...Miracle Cures? The Influence of Economic Interests on the Asklepieon at Epidaurus" Supervisor: Ralph Rosen
- Sara Chopra, "Translating the Translators: A Comparative Approach to Contemporary Translation of the Priam-Achilles Dialogue in Book 24 of the Iliad." Supervisors: James Ker and Bridget Murnaghan
- (Spring 2021) Cecelia Heintzelman, “Cases and Casts: A Diachronic Study of the Mediterranean Section of the Penn Museum.” Supervisor: Brian Rose
- Stephen Jagoe, "Virgil’s Universal Prophecy: Judeo-Roman Interaction in Virgil’s Fourth Eclogue." Supervisor: Joe Farrell
- Nicky Kotler, "The Rise of the Imperial Cult and the Reception in the City of Rome." Supervisor: Julia Wilker
- Spencer Landis, "Platonic Metaphysics and the Non-Discursive: A Glimpse into the Divine.” Supervisor: Peter Struck
- Isabelle Schatzker, "Eclectic Identities in the Material Landscape: Reconsidering Decorative Function and Perceptions of Space in the Houses of Pompeii’s Non-Elite." Supervisor: Mantha Zarmakoupi
- Elizabeth Vo-Phamhi, "Manumission and Mobility" Supervisor: Kim Bowes
- Olivia Wells, "Bringing Conchiclam Apicianam to Life: An Experimental Archaeological Investigation of a Multi-Ingredient Dish from Apicius’ De Re Coquinaria." Supervisor: Kim Bowes
- Brandon Block, "Wealth, Prestige and...Miracle Cures? The Influence of Economic Interests on the Asklepieon at Epidaurus" Supervisor: Ralph Rosen
- Sara Chopra, "Translating the Translators: A Comparative Approach to Contemporary Translation of the Priam-Achilles Dialogue in Book 24 of the Iliad." Supervisors: James Ker and Bridget Murnaghan
- (Spring 2021) Cecelia Heintzelman, “Cases and Casts: A Diachronic Study of the Mediterranean Section of the Penn Museum.” Supervisor: Brian Rose
- Stephen Jagoe, "Virgil’s Universal Prophecy: Judeo-Roman Interaction in Virgil’s Fourth Eclogue." Supervisor: Joe Farrell
- Nicky Kotler, "The Rise of the Imperial Cult and the Reception in the City of Rome." Supervisor: Julia Wilker
- Spencer Landis, "Platonic Metaphysics and the Non-Discursive: A Glimpse into the Divine.” Supervisor: Peter Struck
- Isabelle Schatzker, "Eclectic Identities in the Material Landscape: Reconsidering Decorative Function and Perceptions of Space in the Houses of Pompeii’s Non-Elite." Supervisor: Mantha Zarmakoupi
- Elizabeth Vo-Phamhi, "Manumission and Mobility" Supervisor: Kim Bowes
- Olivia Wells, "Bringing Conchiclam Apicianam to Life: An Experimental Archaeological Investigation of a Multi-Ingredient Dish from Apicius’ De Re Coquinaria." Supervisor: Kim Bowes
- Brandon Block, "Wealth, Prestige and...Miracle Cures? The Influence of Economic Interests on the Asklepieon at Epidaurus" Supervisor: Ralph Rosen
- Sara Chopra, "Translating the Translators: A Comparative Approach to Contemporary Translation of the Priam-Achilles Dialogue in Book 24 of the Iliad." Supervisors: James Ker and Bridget Murnaghan
- (Spring 2021) Cecelia Heintzelman, “Cases and Casts: A Diachronic Study of the Mediterranean Section of the Penn Museum.” Supervisor: Brian Rose
- Stephen Jagoe, "Virgil’s Universal Prophecy: Judeo-Roman Interaction in Virgil’s Fourth Eclogue." Supervisor: Joe Farrell
- Nicky Kotler, "The Rise of the Imperial Cult and the Reception in the City of Rome." Supervisor: Julia Wilker
- Spencer Landis, "Platonic Metaphysics and the Non-Discursive: A Glimpse into the Divine.” Supervisor: Peter Struck
- Isabelle Schatzker, "Eclectic Identities in the Material Landscape: Reconsidering Decorative Function and Perceptions of Space in the Houses of Pompeii’s Non-Elite." Supervisor: Mantha Zarmakoupi
- Elizabeth Vo-Phamhi, "Manumission and Mobility" Supervisor: Kim Bowes
- Olivia Wells, "Bringing Conchiclam Apicianam to Life: An Experimental Archaeological Investigation of a Multi-Ingredient Dish from Apicius’ De Re Coquinaria." Supervisor: Kim Bowes
- Brandon Block, "Wealth, Prestige and...Miracle Cures? The Influence of Economic Interests on the Asklepieon at Epidaurus" Supervisor: Ralph Rosen
- Sara Chopra, "Translating the Translators: A Comparative Approach to Contemporary Translation of the Priam-Achilles Dialogue in Book 24 of the Iliad." Supervisors: James Ker and Bridget Murnaghan
- (Spring 2021) Cecelia Heintzelman, “Cases and Casts: A Diachronic Study of the Mediterranean Section of the Penn Museum.” Supervisor: Brian Rose
- Stephen Jagoe, "Virgil’s Universal Prophecy: Judeo-Roman Interaction in Virgil’s Fourth Eclogue." Supervisor: Joe Farrell
- Nicky Kotler, "The Rise of the Imperial Cult and the Reception in the City of Rome." Supervisor: Julia Wilker
- Spencer Landis, "Platonic Metaphysics and the Non-Discursive: A Glimpse into the Divine.” Supervisor: Peter Struck
- Isabelle Schatzker, "Eclectic Identities in the Material Landscape: Reconsidering Decorative Function and Perceptions of Space in the Houses of Pompeii’s Non-Elite." Supervisor: Mantha Zarmakoupi
- Elizabeth Vo-Phamhi, "Manumission and Mobility" Supervisor: Kim Bowes
- Olivia Wells, "Bringing Conchiclam Apicianam to Life: An Experimental Archaeological Investigation of a Multi-Ingredient Dish from Apicius’ De Re Coquinaria." Supervisor: Kim Bowes
- Brandon Block, "Wealth, Prestige and...Miracle Cures? The Influence of Economic Interests on the Asklepieon at Epidaurus" Supervisor: Ralph Rosen
- Sara Chopra, "Translating the Translators: A Comparative Approach to Contemporary Translation of the Priam-Achilles Dialogue in Book 24 of the Iliad." Supervisors: James Ker and Bridget Murnaghan
- (Spring 2021) Cecelia Heintzelman, “Cases and Casts: A Diachronic Study of the Mediterranean Section of the Penn Museum.” Supervisor: Brian Rose
- Stephen Jagoe, "Virgil’s Universal Prophecy: Judeo-Roman Interaction in Virgil’s Fourth Eclogue." Supervisor: Joe Farrell
- Nicky Kotler, "The Rise of the Imperial Cult and the Reception in the City of Rome." Supervisor: Julia Wilker
- Spencer Landis, "Platonic Metaphysics and the Non-Discursive: A Glimpse into the Divine.” Supervisor: Peter Struck
- Isabelle Schatzker, "Eclectic Identities in the Material Landscape: Reconsidering Decorative Function and Perceptions of Space in the Houses of Pompeii’s Non-Elite." Supervisor: Mantha Zarmakoupi
- Elizabeth Vo-Phamhi, "Manumission and Mobility" Supervisor: Kim Bowes
- Olivia Wells, "Bringing Conchiclam Apicianam to Life: An Experimental Archaeological Investigation of a Multi-Ingredient Dish from Apicius’ De Re Coquinaria." Supervisor: Kim Bowes
- Brandon Block, "Wealth, Prestige and...Miracle Cures? The Influence of Economic Interests on the Asklepieon at Epidaurus" Supervisor: Ralph Rosen
- Sara Chopra, "Translating the Translators: A Comparative Approach to Contemporary Translation of the Priam-Achilles Dialogue in Book 24 of the Iliad." Supervisors: James Ker and Bridget Murnaghan
- (Spring 2021) Cecelia Heintzelman, “Cases and Casts: A Diachronic Study of the Mediterranean Section of the Penn Museum.” Supervisor: Brian Rose
- Stephen Jagoe, "Virgil’s Universal Prophecy: Judeo-Roman Interaction in Virgil’s Fourth Eclogue." Supervisor: Joe Farrell
- Nicky Kotler, "The Rise of the Imperial Cult and the Reception in the City of Rome." Supervisor: Julia Wilker
- Spencer Landis, "Platonic Metaphysics and the Non-Discursive: A Glimpse into the Divine.” Supervisor: Peter Struck
- Isabelle Schatzker, "Eclectic Identities in the Material Landscape: Reconsidering Decorative Function and Perceptions of Space in the Houses of Pompeii’s Non-Elite." Supervisor: Mantha Zarmakoupi
- Elizabeth Vo-Phamhi, "Manumission and Mobility" Supervisor: Kim Bowes
- Olivia Wells, "Bringing Conchiclam Apicianam to Life: An Experimental Archaeological Investigation of a Multi-Ingredient Dish from Apicius’ De Re Coquinaria." Supervisor: Kim Bowes
- Brandon Block, "Wealth, Prestige and...Miracle Cures? The Influence of Economic Interests on the Asklepieon at Epidaurus" Supervisor: Ralph Rosen
- Sara Chopra, "Translating the Translators: A Comparative Approach to Contemporary Translation of the Priam-Achilles Dialogue in Book 24 of the Iliad." Supervisors: James Ker and Bridget Murnaghan
- (Spring 2021) Cecelia Heintzelman, “Cases and Casts: A Diachronic Study of the Mediterranean Section of the Penn Museum.” Supervisor: Brian Rose
- Stephen Jagoe, "Virgil’s Universal Prophecy: Judeo-Roman Interaction in Virgil’s Fourth Eclogue." Supervisor: Joe Farrell
- Nicky Kotler, "The Rise of the Imperial Cult and the Reception in the City of Rome." Supervisor: Julia Wilker
- Spencer Landis, "Platonic Metaphysics and the Non-Discursive: A Glimpse into the Divine.” Supervisor: Peter Struck
- Isabelle Schatzker, "Eclectic Identities in the Material Landscape: Reconsidering Decorative Function and Perceptions of Space in the Houses of Pompeii’s Non-Elite." Supervisor: Mantha Zarmakoupi
- Elizabeth Vo-Phamhi, "Manumission and Mobility" Supervisor: Kim Bowes
- Olivia Wells, "Bringing Conchiclam Apicianam to Life: An Experimental Archaeological Investigation of a Multi-Ingredient Dish from Apicius’ De Re Coquinaria." Supervisor: Kim Bowes
- Brandon Block, "Wealth, Prestige and...Miracle Cures? The Influence of Economic Interests on the Asklepieon at Epidaurus" Supervisor: Ralph Rosen
- Sara Chopra, "Translating the Translators: A Comparative Approach to Contemporary Translation of the Priam-Achilles Dialogue in Book 24 of the Iliad." Supervisors: James Ker and Bridget Murnaghan
- (Spring 2021) Cecelia Heintzelman, “Cases and Casts: A Diachronic Study of the Mediterranean Section of the Penn Museum.” Supervisor: Brian Rose
- Stephen Jagoe, "Virgil’s Universal Prophecy: Judeo-Roman Interaction in Virgil’s Fourth Eclogue." Supervisor: Joe Farrell
- Nicky Kotler, "The Rise of the Imperial Cult and the Reception in the City of Rome." Supervisor: Julia Wilker
- Spencer Landis, "Platonic Metaphysics and the Non-Discursive: A Glimpse into the Divine.” Supervisor: Peter Struck
- Isabelle Schatzker, "Eclectic Identities in the Material Landscape: Reconsidering Decorative Function and Perceptions of Space in the Houses of Pompeii’s Non-Elite." Supervisor: Mantha Zarmakoupi
- Elizabeth Vo-Phamhi, "Manumission and Mobility" Supervisor: Kim Bowes
- Olivia Wells, "Bringing Conchiclam Apicianam to Life: An Experimental Archaeological Investigation of a Multi-Ingredient Dish from Apicius’ De Re Coquinaria." Supervisor: Kim Bowes
- Brandon Block, "Wealth, Prestige and...Miracle Cures? The Influence of Economic Interests on the Asklepieon at Epidaurus" Supervisor: Ralph Rosen
- Sara Chopra, "Translating the Translators: A Comparative Approach to Contemporary Translation of the Priam-Achilles Dialogue in Book 24 of the Iliad." Supervisors: James Ker and Bridget Murnaghan
- (Spring 2021) Cecelia Heintzelman, “Cases and Casts: A Diachronic Study of the Mediterranean Section of the Penn Museum.” Supervisor: Brian Rose
- Stephen Jagoe, "Virgil’s Universal Prophecy: Judeo-Roman Interaction in Virgil’s Fourth Eclogue." Supervisor: Joe Farrell
- Nicky Kotler, "The Rise of the Imperial Cult and the Reception in the City of Rome." Supervisor: Julia Wilker
- Spencer Landis, "Platonic Metaphysics and the Non-Discursive: A Glimpse into the Divine.” Supervisor: Peter Struck
- Isabelle Schatzker, "Eclectic Identities in the Material Landscape: Reconsidering Decorative Function and Perceptions of Space in the Houses of Pompeii’s Non-Elite." Supervisor: Mantha Zarmakoupi
- Elizabeth Vo-Phamhi, "Manumission and Mobility" Supervisor: Kim Bowes
- Olivia Wells, "Bringing Conchiclam Apicianam to Life: An Experimental Archaeological Investigation of a Multi-Ingredient Dish from Apicius’ De Re Coquinaria." Supervisor: Kim Bowes
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- Abby Johnston, [on death, gender, autonomy in Ovid’s Heroides] (supervisor: Emily Wilson)
- Sonya Parashar, Galen and his Insecurities (supervisor: Jeremey McInerney)
- Ava Childers, “The Politicization of Classical Greek Archaeological Heritage: Building a New Greek Cultural and Natoinal Identity Atop the Parthenon” (supervisor: Tom Tartaron)
- Caitlin Foley, “T. Pomponius Atticus and the Pursuit of Self-Preservation” [supervisor: Cam Grey]
- Sarah Hilker, “The Hippocratic Doctrine: Finding Traces of Magic in Classical Medicine” (supervisor: Ralph Rosen)
- Lily Rogath, “Pinxere et mulieres: Description of the Villa and Tomb of a Gallo-Roman Female Artist Discovered at Saint-Médard-des-Prés (Vendée)” (supervisor: Ann Kuttner)
- Christopher Santoli, “Beyond the Angry Man: Cannibalism in Seneca's Prose and Poetry” (supervisor: James Ker)
- Johan Tatoy, “Navigating Generic Identities: Medea in Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica” (supervisor: James Ker)
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- Susan Garrigle, Alexander and the Succession Crisis (supervisor: Jeremey McInerney)
- David Blome, “Hunters and Hounds, Soldiers and Commanders: Combat leadership in Xenophon's Cynegeticus” (supervisor: Jeremey McInerney)
- Michele Charles, “Gods, Heroes and the Hoplite: The Role of Religion in Ancient Greek Warfare” (supervisor: Jeremey McInerney)
- Jane Raisch, “Agony and Theatricality in Euripides' Bacchae and Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus" (supervisors: Emily Wilson, Classical Studies; Margreta de Grazia English)
- Curtis Roche, [on Socrates: focused on the Apology, questions of historicity] (supervisor: Emily Wilson)
- Sarah Buchanan, “Alexander’s Funeral Pyre for Hephaestion: A Motif-Based Reading of the Monument as Spectacle” (supervisor: Ann Kuttner)
- Christine Quinn, “The Tomb of Philip II” (supervisor: David Romano)
- John Byck, “Sculpture through the Lens: A Retrospective Visual Analysis of the Tyrannicides and the Nike of Samothrace in the Light of Modern Photographic Culture” (supervisor: Ann Kuttner)
- Abby Cohen, “The Architectural Landscapes of the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore at Corinth” (supervisor: David Romano)
- Michael Lackman, “Personal Politics: Thucydides' Anthropic Polis in the Archidamian War” (supervisor: Jeremey McInerney)
- Claudia Moser, “Naked Power: The Phallus as an Apotropaic Symbol in the Images and Texts of Roman Italy” (supervisor: David Romano)
- Alexander Perkins, “Scar, Sympathy, Icon, and Identity: The Power of the Name within the Ancient Imagination” (supervisor: Ralph Rosen)
- Jessica Shore, [on the social role of the flamen from the late republic to first-century Pompeii] (supervisor: James Ker)
- Kelly Sloane, “Epic Illuminations: Word and Image Relationships in the Illustrations of theAeneid in the Vergilius Vaticanus” (supervisor: Joseph Farrell)
- Dan Shu, [on Paradise Lost and the Phaethon episode in Ovid's Metamorphoses] (supervisor: Emily Wilson)