Jo Spellman completed their MA at UGA in 2023, and is currently in their second year as a PhD student in the department of Classics and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, also pursuing a doctoral minor with the department of Gender and Women's Studies. The work on Roman Comedy they began at UGA is still a key part of their research. In the spring of 2024, they presented portions of their UGA thesis, "Battle Lines: Gender and Violence in Terence's Hecyra," at the 120th Annual Meeting of CAMWS, and are currently in the process of editing the project for publication. Expanding their dramatic interest to Greek Tragedy, they have undertaken a thesis project at the University of Wisconsin under the working title "Don't Call Me Dolia: Redefining Dolos in Aeschylus' Oresteia." This project looks at the ways in which trickery, specifically that named with the Greek word dolos, functions in Aeschylus' trilogy in comparison with the Odyssey. They have not forgotten their love of comedy, however, and presented again at CAMWS in spring 2025, with a paper entitled "'Filth are my Politics, Filth is my Life': Dirt and Dirtiness in Plautus' Poenulus." They are incredibly grateful to everyone in the Classics department at the University of Georgia, and feel that their time in the M.A. program prepared them exceptionally well for their PhD program.
