Classics Department Senior Thesis and Student Prizes 2025

The Classics Department gathered in Reed Hall on thursday May 22nd 2025 to celebrate student excellence in research and language study. We also congratulate Alison Sasaki who presented her honors thesis, "Menagerie of Misogyny: Animal Metaphors and Gender in Archaic-Classical Greek Literature"-- "Menagerie of Misogyny: Animal Metaphors and Gender in Archaic-Classical Greek Literature", under the advisement of Professor Alexandra Schultz. 

Following the thesis presentation, annual prizes were awarded for language study...

For excellence in Greek language study, the following students were awarded the Atherton 1883 Greek prize:

Matthew Abati '28

Conall Mcconnachie '28

Luke Trevisan '28

Jagger Stachtiaris '28

Aleksa Sotirov '26

Atanas Iliev '26

For excellence in Latin language study, the following students were awarded The Class of 1846 Latin Prize:

Adithya Puninchittaya '28

Taite Smith '28

Addison Fortenbery '28

Ryan Lee '28

Roland Waguespack IV '27

Lonnie Laster '27

Aubrey King '27

The annual Justin Firestone Prize for excellence in using digital media to make accessible Classical antiquity was awarded to

Aylah Purdum '27 for her work "Recreating Roman Women's Hairstyles,".

Benjamin Hunter '27 for his on The Waste Parchment Project

Luke Wilbur '24 also for his work on The Waste Parchment Project

The Gino and Adriana Zarbin Prizes for excellence in research were awarded to Btari Laksono '26 "BASILISSA: Exploring Cleopatra Selene's Complex Identity through her Coinage",  for Classical Archaeology and Shaochen Shi "Between Foreigner and Citizen: Immigrants and Italian Elites in the Bacchanalia Affair", and Gideon Gruel "Domination by Design: Altars on the Coins of Augustus' Aegyptus",  for Ancient History.

Heartfelt congratulations to all students whose hard work earned them recognition from the department!