University of Georgia, Master of Arts, Athens, GA, USA 2013-Present

Jill K. Simmons

EDUCATION

· University of Georgia, Master of Arts, Athens, GA, USA 2013-present

o Classical Languages

· McGill University, Bachelor of Arts, Montreal, QC, Canada 2008-2012

o Honours Program: Classical Studies

CONFERENCES AND PUBLICATIONS

· “The Writing on the Wall: Authorship and Perception of Dido’s Murals,” Congresso XIV A.D. Saeculum Augustum, accepted.

· “Gendered Inequality in Classical Poetry,” panel moderator, Investigating Inequalities: An Interdisciplinary Academic Conference, Fordham University, April 12, 2014.

· “Concerning the Complexity of Influence on and within the Italic Langue Family,” Ohio State Classics Graduate Colloquium, March 29, 2014.

· “The Paraklausithyron in Roman Consciousness,” E. Togo Salmon Graduate Classics Conference, McMaster University, February 2, 2014.

· “Déesse de la Souveraineté: Diana at Aricia Before the Rise of Rome,”

University of Windsor Classics Colloquium, University of Windsor, March 3, 2012.

· “Elementorum Congeriem: Man and Nature in the Aeneid,” Hirundo: The

McGill Journal of Classical Studies, Vol. X (2011-2012): 30-37.

· "Empires at War: Militarism in Ancient Worlds," Montreal Classics

Colloquium, McGill University, February 28, 2011.

· "Flammam Vivam: Fire and Fertility in the Vestal Cult," Hirundo: the McGill

Journal of Classical Studies, Vol. IX (2010-2011): 56-64.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

· Instructor, Introduction to Latin 2014-present

· Writing Intensive Program Teaching Assistant, University of Georgia 2013-present

· Peer tutor, Classics, Arts Undergraduate Society, McGill University 2011-2012

· Peer tutor, Latin, McGill University 2010-2011

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

· Layout and Copy Editor, Hirundo: The McGill Journal of Classical Studies, 2009-2012.

· V.P. Internal Affairs, Classics Students Association of McGill University, 2011-2012.

· V.P. Events, Classics Students Association of McGill University, 2010- 2011.

· Organizer, Fourth Annual Montréal Classics Colloquium, March 22-23, 2012.

· Organizer of the Third Annual Montréal Classics Colloquium, February 27-28, 2011.

· Major Representative of the Classics Students Association of McGill University, 2009-2010.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

· Historical Linguistics

· Comparative Greek and Latin Philology

· Archaic Greek Poetics

· Latin Poetic Vocabulary

· Gender in the Classical World

· Language Pedagogy

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

· Fluent: English, French

· Ancient Languages: Latin (5+ years), Ancient Greek (4+ years)