Emi C. Brown comes to Trinity College from San Diego State University, where she was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in 2022-24. Prior to this, she was a Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow at the University of Southern California. Brown, who is from Seattle, completed her B.A. and M.A. in Classics at the University of British Columbia before earning her Ph.D. in Classics at the University of Southern California in 2021, along with a certificate in Visual Studies. She is currently working on a book project, based on her doctoral dissertation, that explores monumentality and the city in Martial's Epigrams. This project considers how Martial interrogates and undermines the Flavian ideological program through his allusions to the monuments of Rome. Brown’s first teaching goal is to leave students with tools that can help them navigate both the academic and professional world, including effective writing and argumentation, deep analytical skills, and methods of critical thinking. The second, and most important goal, is to facilitate in students open-mindedness and empathy through the consideration of the past as something not fundamentally divided from the present.