About
William received their BA magna cum laude in Classical Languages and Literature and History with High Honors from the University of Maryland, College Park, in May 2017. They completed an honors thesis, Sanctuaries in Cities: Religious Power of Early and Middle Republican Rome, on religion and international relations in Mid-Republican Rome, and also a senior thesis on conceptions of Greek eleutheria in Aristotle's Politics and a selection of Aristophanes's comedies.
William's research interests include Roman religion, constitutional theory of the Roman Republic, and gender and sexuality. Their focus is currently on Romans' concept of sanctuary and its (in)efficacy, especially through the lenses of religion, politics, and international relations. In addition to their primary research interests, they are also working on a research project involving the 19th century Icelandic home rule movement, Icelandic literary romanticism, and Jón Sigurðsson—Iceland's founding father and one-time Classical philologist.
They are also a student in the Women Studies Department's LGBTQ Certificate program.
