Tara Welch

Tara Welch (née Silvestri) is an American professor of Classics at the University of Kansas. She has published two books, The Elegiac Cityscape: Propertius and the Meaning of Roman Monuments (2005) and Tarpeia: Workings of a Roman Myth (2015). She has also served as co-editor for the work Oxford Readings in Propertius (Oxford Readings in Classical Studies) (2012), along with Ellen Greene.[1]

Tara Welch
NationalityUnited States
OccupationClassics professor
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Southern California (BA)
Oxford University (MA)
University of California, Los Angeles (Ph.D.)
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Kansas

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 is currently 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
  • The Elegiac Cityscape: Propertius and the Meaning of Roman Monuments. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press. 2005. ISBN 9780814210093.
  • Oxford Readings in Propertius. Oxford Readings in Classical Studies. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. 2012. ISBN 9780199563043. Co-Edited by Ellen Greene
  • Tarpeia: Workings of a Roman Myth. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press. 2015. ISBN 9780814212813.

References
  1. "Tara S. Welch". Amazon.com. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
  2. Kendall, John (December 12, 1989). "Rhodes Scholars Chosen From 3 California Schools". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
  3. "Dr. Tara Welch". University of Kansas. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
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