Katie DeBoer, Ph.D.
Katie DeBoer received her Ph.D. in Classics from UNC Chapel Hill in 2016 and taught at Indiana University and Xavier University before coming to Miami in 2022. Her favorite classical authors are Homer, Aeschylus, Catullus, Vergil, and Ovid; this list is subject to change without notice.
Teaching and Research Interests
- Latin poetry, especially Catullus, Horace, Propertius, Vergil, Ovid, Lucan, and Seneca.
- Greek poetry, especially Homer, Hesiod, Pindar, Aeschylus, and Apollonius.
- Gender studies, embodiment, discourse analysis.
- Second-language acquisition, active and communicative language teaching, digital pedagogy.
Courses Taught at Miami
- Latin 101
- Latin 201
Grants and Awards
- Eigel Center Academy for Community Engaged Faculty, Xavier University. Spring 2021. (Competitive, stipend-funded training program to support the development of a service-learning course.)
- Presidential Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Paper, CAMWS (Williamsburg). 2016.
- Dissertation Completion Fellowship, The Graduate School, UNC-Chapel Hill. 2015-2016.
- Summer Research Fellowship, The Graduate School, UNC-Chapel Hill. 2014.
- American Philological Association Outstanding Student Award. 2013.
- Berthe Marti Travel Award, Department of Classics, UNC-Chapel Hill. 2011.
Selected Publications
Books
- In progress: Confronting the Carnographic: Death and the Female Body in Homer, Vergil, and Lucan.
Articles
- “Violence and Vulnerability in Ovid’s Amores 1.5-1.8.” AJP 142.2: 259-268. 2021.
- “Arms and the Woman: Discourses of Militancy and Motherhood in Vergil’s Aeneid.” Arethusa 52.2: 129-164. 2019.
- “Blaming Helen: Vergil’s Deiphobus and the Tradition of Dead Men Talking.” Eugesta 9: 1-25. 2019.
- “Pindar’s Peaceful Rapes.” Helios 44: 1-27. 2017.
Recent Publications
- “Homer Between Hypertext and Paratext: The Cover Art of Two Adaptations of the Iliad.” SCS, New Orleans. January 2023. (upcoming)
- “Confronting the Carnographic in Greek and Latin Epic.” Conference on Bodies and Cultural Production in the Ancient Mediterranean, Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati. October 7-9, 2022 (upcoming).
- “Carnographic Imagery and the Female Body in Vergil’s Aeneid.” Feminism & Classics 2022 (upcoming).
- “Gendered and Ethnic Inversions in Horace, Ode 1.15 (Pastor cum traheret).” CAMWS, Cleveland. 2021.
- “Insights from Hybrid Teaching.” Roundtable Organizer and Presider. CAMWS, Cleveland 2021.
- “Embodied Identity in Ovid’s Metamorphoses and District 9 (2009).” Antiquity in Media Studies 2020.
- “Maternal Malfunctions: Niobe and Latona in Seneca’s Medea.” SCS, Washington DC. 2020.
- “Militancy and Motherhood in Vergil’s Aeneid.” Department of Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, University of Wisconsin—Madison. March 13th, 2019.
- Graduate Workshop: The Classics Job Market. Classics Graduate Forum, Department of Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, University of Wisconsin—Madison. March 14th, 2019.
- “Agents of Chaos: Political Violence in Euripides’ Bacchae and V for Vendetta.” Film & History Conference, Madison. November 2018.
- “Arms and the Woman: Female Combatants in the Aeneid.” CAMWS, Albuquerque. 2018.
Membership in Professional Organizations
- Society for Classical Studies
- Classical Association of the Middle West and South
- Antiquity in Media Studies
- Women's Classical Caucus
- Ohio Classical Conference
- Association of Ancient Historians
Service Positions
- Diversity and Inclusion Committee, Association of Ancient Historians. 2022-present.
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, Antiquity in Media Studies. 2022-present.
- Professional Development Committee, Antiquity in Media Studies. 2021-present.
- Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Liaison, International Ovidian Society. 2021-present.
Education
- Ph.D. Classics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2016
- M.A. Classics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, December 2010
- A.B. Classics (with honors), University of Chicago, June 2007