Dr. Jeannine Diddle Uzzi

Jeannine Diddle Uzzi earned her B.A. at Hamilton College and her Ph.D. at Duke University. She joined the USM faculty in 2002 and teaches classes in ancient Greek, Latin, mythology, ancient literature, civilization, and art. She also teaches in USM’s General Education and Honors Programs.

Professor Uzzi was drawn to classics by the fact that it combines the rigorous study of language with the holistic study of culture via the combination of diverse disciplines and methodologies.  Her research employs Roman historical relief as evidence for the presentation of family, gender, and sexuality by the Roman ruling elite.  In 2005 she published Children in the Visual Arts of Imperial Rome (Cambridge University Press), and her current work explores the sexualization of children in Roman art. 

Currently under contract with Cambridge University Press is Professor Uzzi's translation of the corpus of Catullus' Latin lyric, a collaborative effort with Jeffrey Thomson, Associate Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Maine at Farmington.