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Meghan DiLuzio serves as Associate Professor of Classics and Graduate Program Director at Baylor University, with affiliated faculty status in Women's and Gender Studies. Her academic focus centers on reconstructing women's religious roles within Roman civic structures, particularly during the Republican era.
Education:
- Ph.D. in Classics, Princeton University (2011)
- M.A. in Classics, Princeton University (2009)
- B.A. in History, The College of New Jersey, summa cum laude (2004)
Her research interrogates the intersection of gender and religion in Republican Rome through material and textual analysis. The foundational work A Place at the Altar: Priestesses in Republican Rome (2016) establishes priestesses as central figures in public rituals rather than marginal participants. Current projects examine the Roman festival calendar to map temporal religious structures. Her methodology combines close reading of literary sources with archaeological evidence to reconstruct female agency in sacred spaces, challenging traditional narratives of women's exclusion from Roman religious life.
Publications from 2016-2024 reveal consistent thematic progression: early work established priestesses' institutional roles, while recent scholarship expands into spatial analysis (Regia studies), material culture (Bay of Naples artifacts), and comparative religious frameworks. The corpus demonstrates increasing methodological sophistication in integrating numismatics, epigraphy, and domestic archaeology to analyze gendered ritual participation across social strata.
Scientific Awards:
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As Graduate Program Director, DiLuzio oversees Classics graduate training at Baylor. Her administrative role intersects with research through curriculum development in gender studies and ancient religion. Current projects include editorial work on Women and Space in Republican Rome and completion of her second monograph on the Roman festival calendar, indicating sustained scholarly productivity.
