Professional Summary
Kelsey Schalo is a Ph.D. candidate in Classics. She has an M.A. in Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies from the University of Arkansas; her thesis is titled "Gynocentric Apuleius: Female Agency in The Golden Ass" (2020). Broadly, her research 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
Master of Arts : University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR, 2020 (Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies)
Bachelor of Arts : University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR, 2018 (Psychology and Classical Studies )