Rebecca Futo Kennedy

Kennedy completed her BA in Classical Studies at the University of California, San Diego in 1997 and PhD at the Ohio State University in 2003, with a thesis entitled Athena/Athens on Stage: Athena in the Tragedies of Aeschylus and Sophocles. Since 2009, she has taught at Denison University, first as an Assistant Professor (2009-2015) and now as an Associate Professor (2015–present). Previously she held appointments at Union College (2008-9), George Washington University (2005-8), and Howard University (2003-5). In 2019, Kennedy was teaching a wide range of courses on the ancient world, including both Greek and Latin language, Greek and Roman history and politics, ancient drama, and ancient identities. == Research publications ==

Kennedy is the author of two monographs. The first is '''Athena's Justice: Athena, Athens, and the Concept of Justice in Greek Tragedy'.'' The second is Immigrant Women in Athens: Gender, Ethnicity, and Citizenship in the Classical City. Her current project, commissioned and under contract with Johns Hopkins University Press, is a book on race in classical antiquity and its contemporary legacy. Kennedy is the editor or co-editor of the following volumes, handbooks, and translations: • Race and Ethnicity in the Classical World: An Anthology of Primary Sources (Hackett, 2013), co-edited with C.S. Roy and M.L. Goldman. • The Routledge Handbook to Identity and the Environment in the Classical and Medieval Worlds (Routledge, 2016), co-edited with Molly Jones-Lewis. • '''Brill's Companion to the Reception of Aeschylus''' (Brill, 2017). • Ancient Greek and Roman Women: An Anthology of Primary Sources (Hackett, in progress), co-editor, co-author, and translator with M.L. Goldman. == Public engagement and media ==

Alongside her research and teaching, Kennedy also writes and publishes widely in non-traditional formats, including her personal blog entitled 'Classics at the Intersections'.This blog is described by Kennedy herself as 'random thoughts of a Classicist on ancient Greek and Roman culture and contemporary America'. Other publications and media appearances of this kind included: • “We Condone it by Our Silence: Confronting Classics’ Complicity in White Supremacy”, Eidolon, 2017. • “Why I Teach About Race and Ethnicity in the Classical World”, Eidolon, 2017. • “Addressing Harassment in Academia at the SCS in Boston”, Society for Classical Studies Blog, 2018. • "A Day in the Life of a Classicist and Museum Director", Society for Classical Studies Blog, 2018. • Special Guest Episode on 'The History of Ancient Greece' podcast, discussing Race and Ethnicity in antiquity, 2018.[http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2018/10/special-guest-episode-on-classics-and.html • Interviewed for episodes of 'The Endless Knot' podcast (hosted by Mark Sundaram and Aven McMaster) on "Race and Racism in Ancient and Medieval Studies, Part 1: The Problem" and "Part 2: The Response", 2018. • Interviewed for "Classics Confidential Shorts!" with Elton Barker of the Open University, discussing work in progress on race and ethnicity and classics, 2019. • Interview with Itinera Podcast on how I became a classicist, being a first gen in academia, and issues of race/ethnicity in the ancient world. • "The Study of Classics in Changing" with Max L. Goldman, Inside Higher Ed, 2021. • "Classics is a part of Black intellectual history - Howard needs to keep it" with Jackie Murray, The Undefeated, 2021. • "Were the Ancient Macedonians Greeks?", interview to the Youtube channel: Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Kennedy was also a 'talking head' contributor to the History Channel's series Clash of the Gods (2009), in the episodes "Minotaur", "Hercules", and "Medusa". == References ==