I am an Oxford-based academic, author, and translator specialising in ancient Greek literature. My research explores what ancient literature can tell us about the way people think, applying ideas from contemporary social science to ancient Greek texts. My engagement with Greek literature often draws on my own experiences as a queer and trans woman: I love exploring depictions of otherness and strangeness in all their forms, and thinking about what the ancient world can tell us about our own identities.

I am currently Hody Lecturer in Ancient Greek at Wadham College, Oxford. I teach Greek language and literature to undergraduates at all levels. I regularly supervise postgraduate students on Greek drama and hexameter poetry, especially on topics relating to gender, politics, psychology and social science, and theories of performance. I have also taught interdisciplinary seminars on topics including literary canons and religious poetry.

When I’m not teaching or researching, I regularly give school talks and public lectures: see my Public Engagement page for more details.