Faculty Profile
Molly Pasco-Pranger
Areas of Expertise
- LATIN LANGUAGE
- LATIN LITERATURE
- ROMAN CULTURE
Brief Bio
Molly Pasco-Pranger is Associate Professor and Chair of Classics. Dr. Pasco-Pranger received her B.A. in Latin from Oberlin College in 1992 and her Ph.D. in Classics from the University of Michigan in 1998. She taught for four years at the University of Puget Sound and four years at Wesleyan University before joining the University of Mississippi Department of Classics in 2006; she has served as department chair since 2013. Dr. Pasco-Pranger works on Roman literature and social history and has published several articles and a book on Ovid's Fasti and the Roman calendar, on Latin elegy, and on Cato the Elder. She teaches Latin at all undergraduate levels, Greek when she gets a chance, and a variety of undergraduate courses in Greek and Roman civilization and literature.
Degrees
BA |
Latin |
Oberlin College (1992) |
PhD |
Classics |
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (1998) |
Committee Memberships
University Standing Committee |
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University Standing Committee |
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CLA Humanities Hub |
Ad Hoc Committee |
CLA Space Utilization Committee |
Ad Hoc Committee |
Honors - Honors Task Force |
Task Force |
Honors Freshman Scholarship Committee |
Ad Hoc Committee |
University Standing Committee |
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Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honor College |
UG Application Selection Committee |
Awards
College of Liberal Arts - Cora Lee Graham Outstanding Teaching of Freshmen |
2018 |