Rex E. Wallace

Rex Ervin Wallace completed his B.A. and M.A. at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln before earning his Ph.D. in Linguistics from Ohio State University in 1984. Wallace joined the faculty of the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1985. During his tenure, he held administrative leadership positions, including serving as the Associate Dean for Research and Personnel in the College of Humanities and Fine Arts. From 1984–1985, Wallace was awarded the Rome Prize Fellowship as the Oscar Broneer Fellow in Classical Studies at the American Academy in Rome. He is the recipient of several university honors, including the Chancellor’s Excellence in Service Award and the Provost’s Exceptional Merit Award. == Research ==

His research has focused on the languages of Pre-Roman Italy and their inscriptions. He is a leading authority on Etruscology and the Sabellic languages, specifically their paleography and linguistic development. His research contributions to Etruscan studies led to his selection as a member of the Istituto Nazionale di Studi Etruschi ed Italici. Wallace was a co-founder and co-editor of Rasenna, a peer-reviewed electronic journal for Etruscan studies, and has served as a language page editor for Etruscan News. In 2018, he delivered the Cinelli Lecture in Etruscan and Italic Archaeology, sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA), at the University of Cincinnati on March 8 and at Ohio State University on March 7. His lecture was titled "The Etruscan ‘Stele of Vicchio’." == Selected publications ==

• Res gestae divi Augusti: as recorded in the Monumentum Ancyranum and the Monumentum Antiochenum (2000). • An introduction to wall inscriptions from Pompeii and Herculaneum, Bolchazy-Carducci (2005). • The Sabellic Languages of Ancient Italy, Lincom Europa (2007). • Zikh Rasna: A Manual of Etruscan Language and Inscriptions, Beech Stave Press (2008); 2nd edition (2025). • Petrocchi, Alessandra, and Rex Wallace. Grammatica delle Lingue Sabelliche dell’Italia Antica. München: Lincom (2020). • The Archaeology of Language at Poggio Civitate (Murlo), Giorgio Bretschneider Editore (2018). == References ==