• PhD, University of Rochester (1998)
• Certificate in Gender Studies, University of Rochester (1998)
• MA, University of Rochester (1993)
• BA, Hobart & William Smith (1989)

She was educated in Greece, the United States, and Germany. Before joining UB, she was Andrew Mellon Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature at Vanderbilt University, and a Visiting Assistant Professor of English at the University of Cyprus.

Ancient Greek philosophy and literature; 18th–20th-century English, French, and German literatures; modern European thought; relation of ancients and moderns, with particular emphasis on the reception of tragedy; aesthetics and ethics

• By appointment