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Ellen Cole Lee

(she/her)
  • Teaching Associate Professor
  • Faculty Advisor, Eta Sigma Phi
  • Language Program Coordinator for Ancient Greek, Latin, & Sanskrit
  • College in High School Latin Faculty Liaison

Dr. Ellen Lee joined the Classics Department at the University of Pittsburgh in Fall 2019. Her teaching and research focus on gender & sexuality in Latin literature and its receptions, as well as cognitive approaches to the ancient world. Her pedagogical interests include developing digital pedagogies for language learning, which she has pursued via her open access textbook supplement to Wheelock’s Latin, and bridging the gap between ancient and modern in the Classics classroom.

    Education & Training

  • Ph.D., Classical Studies, University of Michigan, 2016
  • Graduate Certificate, Medieval and Early Modern Studies, University of Michigan, 2016
  • American Academy in Rome, Classical Summer School, 2012
  • B.A., Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Civilizations & English, University of Texas at Austin, 2008
  • Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame, Medieval Latin Summer Program, 2007
Representative Publications

Lee’s Latin: An Open-Access Supplement to Wheelock’s Latin Textbook (open-access online textbook, published August 2024)

Research Interests

Classical and Medieval Latin poetry, Queer and gender studies, Critical reception studies, Latin pedagogy