Lynn Rose

Lynn Rose is a Professor in the Department of Social Sciences at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS), where she has worked since 2016. She holds a Ph.D. and B.A. from the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis and specializes in disability studies, gender studies, and premodern humanities.

• Education:
  • Ph.D., University of Minnesota-Minneapolis
  • B.A., University of Minnesota-Minneapolis

Her research focuses on disability in the Greco-Roman world, often intersecting with gender studies, law, and non-Western societies. She has published extensively on topics like intellectual disability in Homeric texts, psychiatric disability in Galenic medicine, and social stigma in ancient Greece.

Dr. Rose's scientific awards include the CASE (Carnegie) Professor of the Year for Missouri, the Fulbright Scholar designation, and the Mary Switzer Distinguished Fellowship. She has contributed to the Encyclopedia of Disability and served on its International Advisory Board, while also publishing in journals like the American Historical Review and Disability Studies Quarterly.

Her publications reveal trends in interdisciplinary disability studies, blending ancient history, classics, and medical theory. Notable subfields include femslash narratives, the Oedipus myth, Galenic medicine, and the intersection of disability with colonialism, law, and warfare.