Emily Albu

Emily Albu is an Associate Professor of Classics at the University of California, Davis. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. Her research focuses on classical reception in modern media, particularly film, and she teaches courses like Classics 102: Film and the Classical World. Her work explores how ancient narratives and themes are reinterpreted in contemporary cinema.

Her affiliated programs include Cinema & Digital Media. She has contributed to Celluloid Classics, a special issue of the journal Arethusa, with her analysis of the film Gladiator.

No grants or awards are explicitly listed in the provided information. Her teaching emphasizes the intersection of classical literature, mythology, and modern film, with supplementary readings from ancient texts.