She was a student in Basic Greek and has taught at the institute for three summers; 2014 marks her first summer as director. She graduated magna cum laude with her A.B. in classics from Princeton and received her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 2013. Her dissertation, Heracles and Heroic Disaster, examines the shifting representations of Heracles committing acts of rage, lust, and murder in Greek art and literature, from Homer to Apollonius. In addition to mythology and heroism, her academic interests include Greek tragedy, Late Antiquity and papyrology. She enjoys singing, playing the piano and guitar, and going to the zoo.