Name: Amelia Caron

Title of Program: The Languages of Greece and the Levant Under Roman Occupation

E-mail Address: acaron@tmail.utk.edu/optimalingua@yahoo.com

Hometown: Houston, Texas

Year: Junior

Anticipated Graduation Date: Spring 2009

Description of Program: A combination of studies in of Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, textual criticism, and historical linguistics.  This program examines how orthographical and morphological changes as well as nuances in vocabulary affect adaptation and interpretation, with specific focus on Hebrew religious texts and their translation.

Departmental Emphases: Classics, History, Religious Studies, Linguistics

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Johanna Stiebert, Religious Studies department

Plans after graduation (career, graduate/professional school, etc.): Graduate program in Classical philology, Ancient Near Eastern studies, or Aegean pre-history.

Other Academic Interests: Mycenaeology, Ancient Near Eastern languages, Babylonia, ancient religions, scandalous Roman emperors, Neolithic and Bronze Age technology.

Prior Enrollment at Other Colleges or Universities: Pellissippi State Technical Community College

Study Abroad: no official study but lots of travel in Europe and the Mediterranean

Research Experiences or Internships: Summer 2007: “Linear A: Reassessing a Bronze Age Script” written for the Chancellor’s Summer Research Internship Program

Part-time employment; Hobbies; Campus Clubs/Activities: work-study job in the Modern Foreign Language and Literature department’s Language Resource Center

Additional Information: military spouse and mother of two