Dr. Molly Jones-Lewis

Professional Interests:

  • History of the 1st & 2nd Centuries CE
  • Interculturality in Antiquity
  • Roman Law
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  • Ancient Science and Technology
  • Ancient Medicine
  • Digital and Experiential Pedagogy

Education:

  • Ph.D. - The Ohio State University, June 2009.
  • M.A - The Ohio State University, 2006.
  • ASCSA (American School of Classical Studies at Athens) Summer Session 1, 2006.
  • B.A. with Honors - Swarthmore College, 2003.

Academic Appointments:

  • Lecturer, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 2014 – present.
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics, Austin College, 2013 – 2014.
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics, Centre College, 2012 – 2013.
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics, College of Charleston, 2011-2012.
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics, Binghamton University, SUNY, 2010 – 2011.
  • Senior Lecturer in Greek and Latin, The Ohio State University, 2009 to 2010.

Courses taught, 2003-2015:

Original Language
  • Introductory Greek
  • Intermediate Greek: ApologyHomeric Hymn to Aphrodite
  • Advanced Greek: Homer’s Iliad and the Poetry of War
  • Introductory Latin
  • Intermediate Latin
-Authors covered at this level have included Caesar, Cicero, Martial, Petronius, and Vergil.
  • Advanced Latin course titles
-Romanitasin the Roman Republic (Caesar, Sallust, Catullus)
-Subversive Voices in Roman Poetry (Catullus, Propertius, Ovid)
-Tacitus (Germania, Annales)
-Roman Epic: War and Political Memory in Vergil’s Aeneid
-Roman Comedy: Curculio / Topics in Translation
  • 100 Level
-The Ancient Greeks
-The Romans
-Ancient Greek Literature
-Classical Mythology
  • 200 – 400 Level
-Warfare in the Ancient World
-Pagans, Christians, and Jews
-Gender in Antiquity
-Medicine and Society in Antiquity
-Imperialism in the Ancient Mediterranean
  • Short Intensive Courses (3-4 Weeks)
-Athenian Tragedy
-Roman Medicine
-Magic in the Ancient World

Publications:

  • “Poison: Nature's Argument for the Roman Empire in Pliny the Elder's Naturalis Historia,” Classical World,vol. 106, no. 1 (2012) Pp. 55–80.
  • Routledge Companion to Identity and the Environment, co-editor. Routledge UK, under contract and forthcoming in 2015.
  • “Tribal Identity in the Roman World: The Case of the Psylloi,” in the Routledge Companion to Identity and the Environment. Forthcoming 2015.
  • The Physician in Roman Law and Society, a monograph on the rights of physicians and control of medical practice in Rome. Under consideration for Brill's Studies in Ancient Medicine series.

Book Reviews and Reference Articles:

  • Book Review: “Budin, Stephanie Lynn.Images of Woman and Child From the Bronze Age: Reconsidering Fertility, Maternity, and Gender in the Ancient World.” Classical Journal, May 17, 2012.
  • Invited Book Review: “Harris, W.V., Mental Disorders in the Classical World.”Bulletin of the History of Medicine, forthcoming.
  • "Pharmacy" and “Physicians” chapters in Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Greek Science, Medicine, and Technology, 8K words plus annotated bibliography as an invited contributor, forthcoming 2015.
  • “Poisoning” entry in the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Ancient History, 1K words as an invited contributor, forthcoming 2015.

Works in Progress:

  • Specialized Eunuchs and the Slave Trade in Imperial Rome, an article length project.
  • An annotated Germania geared towards intermediate undergraduate Latin students.
  • A translation and edition of Nicander's Theriaka and Alexipharmaka with commentary.

Conference papers:

  • “Gender Wars and Snake-Lore in Nikander's Theriaka,” at the Classical Association of the Middle West and South conference in Waco, April 5, 2014.
  • “In Search of the Psylloi: Poison Control and Non-Roman Identity in the Roman Empire,” Invited lecture for Ancients Week, Austin College, February 11, 2014.
  • “Eunuchs and Male Infertility in the Roman Empire,” at the American Philological Association panel for the Society of Ancient Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, January 2012.
  • “Tribal Identity in the Roman World: The Case of the Psylloi,” Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Grand Rapids, MI, April 2011.
  • “Pliny's Poisonous Provinces: Poison, Foreigners, and Imperium in the Naturalis Historia,” Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Oklahoma City, OK, March 2010.
  • “The Theory and Practice of Soranus’ Prenatal Regimen,” at the American Philological Association panel for the Society of Ancient Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, January 2009.
  • “Fulvia and Octavia in Plutarch’s Antonius: Feminine Power in the Late Republic,” at the Classical Association of the Middle West and South conference in Cincinnati, March 2007.

Conference Service:

  • Presider, Roman History session,Classical Association of the Middle West and South conference in Waco, April 3, 2014.
  • Participant in the Austin College Digital Pedagogy Workshop, November 16, 2013.
  • Panel organizer and co-chair, “Theories of Ethnicity in the Ancient Scientific Writers,” Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Iowa City, Iowa, March 2013.

Department Service, UMBC

  • Curriculum Committee, 2014 – present.
  • Outreach Committee, 2014 – present.

Dissertation:

  • “A Dangerous Art: Greek Physicians and Medical Risk in Imperial Rome,” directed by Duane W. Roller.

Awards:

  • United University Professions Individual Development Grant, 2011.
  • National Science Foundation Travel Award, VIIIth Colloquium Hippocraticum in Austin, TX, August 2008.
  • John Vaughn Travel Award for the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, 2006.

Other Professional Activities:

  • Translation consultant for Tempesta di Mare, a baroque orchestra in Philadelphia, 2000-present.
  • Consultant for “Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolfe?” Lexington Actors’ Guild, Oct. 2012.
  • Translator and Consultant, Dead Gentlemen Productions, 2010.