Professional Summary
Kelsey Schalo (PhD, University of Cincinnati 2026) is a classical philologist specializing in Roman Comedy, Ancient Theater, Satire, and Sex and Gender Studies. Her research broadly focuses on ancient women, with an emphasis on autonomy, trauma, and sex labor. Her dissertation, titled "Precarity, Exploitation, and Displacement: A Critical Examination of the Plautine Meretrix as a Sex Laborer" focuses on Roman Comedy and Plautus' meretrix, a stock character nuanced through sex labor and trauma.
Education
MA: University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR, 2020 (Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies)
BA: University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR, 2018 (Psychology and Classical Studies )
PhD: University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio, 2026 (Classics)