About
Originally from High Bridge, New Jersey, Robert earned a BA in Classics and Philosophy at Rutgers University, followed by an MA in Classics at the University of Maryland. His dissertation examines how the younger Seneca uses appetites and consumption as a tool of Stoic pedagogy. His research interests, generally speaking, revolve around Latin literature, gender, sexualities, eating, and humor. He has published on Ovid's Erysichthon (in Narratives of Time and Gender in Antiquity, eds. E. Eidinow and L. Maurizio) and the reception of this hungry figure (in International Journal of the Classical Tradition and Antigone).
Robert's teaching career includes stints at Montgomery College, the University of Maryland (College Park), and the Alexandria City Public School system.
He is also enthusiastic about vintage guitar amplifiers, records, cats, and cycling, and has spent time as, inter alia, a tour guide in Washington, DC and a touring bass player.
