Linda Gillison, Ph.D.
Professor of Classics

Professor Linda W. Gillison received her Ph.D. in Classics at the University of Minnesota, where her work focused on Greco-Roman historiography.  Her dissertation considered the rhetorical construction, by the historian Tacitus in his Annales of the imperial female figure.  Gillison came to UM-M in 1992 and is currently (2005-6) chairperson of the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures. She teaches Latin and Greek language and literature at all levels, Roman and Early Christian Art, Classical Mythology, and Women in Antiquity.  She regularly directs the UM-M (Wintersession) Study Abroad program in Italy.  Her research continues in the area of Greco-Roman historiography and Roman social history.