I currently teach the following courses in the Mythology and Religious Studies Program at Pacifica Graduate Institute:

  • Greek and Roman Mythology

  • Greek Tragedy: Language, Theory, Practice

  • Dissertation Formulation

  • Myths of Self: Memoir and Autobiography

    I have supervised student dissertation projects in the following areas: Organizational/corporate mythologies; the descent of the Inanna and applications for woman leaders today; the role of tears in mythopoesis; marginal landscapes of the feminine in myth; redeeming the subjectivity of female mystics; personal mythmaking through contemporary dreamwork.

Past courses taught:

At Pacifica:

  • Research Strategies for Dissertation Writing

  • Ritual and the Embodied Mythic Imagination

  • Somatics Workshop featuring Mythic Embodiment

At UC Santa Barbara, Department of Classics (2017-2019):

  • Humor and Laughter in the Classical World

  • Slavery and Freedom in the Ancient World

  • World of Heroes

  • Pompeii (archaeology and social history)

  • Emperors and Gladiators (Roman Imperial History)

At University College London (UCL) (2013-2017)

  • Interpreting Latin Literature

  • Latin Composition

  • Beginners’ Latin

  • Homer (taught sections of this course as graduate TA)

  • Classics and Literary Theory (taught sections of this course as graduate TA)

  • Roman Love Poetry (taught sections of this course as graduate TA)

  • Roman Epic (taught sections of this course as graduate TA)

At UCL I also started a Living Latin Workshop which grew into a movement toward active use teaching methods for ancient languages that is still going strong.