Tara Welch ( née Silvestri) is an American professor of classics at the University of Kansas. She is the author of two books, The Elegiac Cityscape (2005) and Tarpeia (2015); she also served as a co-editor for Oxford Readings in Propertius (Oxford Readings in Classical Studies) (2012). ^[1]

Welch received her bachelor's degree from University of Southern California in 1990, majoring in Latin and Greek. In 1989, she was chosen as a Rhodes Scholar. ^[2] She earned a master's degree in 1993 from Oxford University and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1999. ^[3]

While at USC, she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and as well as the Mortar Board. ^[2] Welch has been a member of the Society for Classical Studies, Classical Association of the Middle West and South, the International Plutarch Society, and the Women's Classical Caucus. ^[3]

Bibliography

As author

• The Elegiac Cityscape: Propertius and the Meaning of Roman Monuments. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press. 2005. ISBN  9780814210093.
• Tarpeia: Workings of a Roman Myth. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press. 2015. ISBN  9780814212813.

As editor

• Oxford Readings in Propertius. Oxford Readings in Classical Studies. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. 2012. ISBN  9780199563043. (Co-edited by Ellen Greene)

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