Prof. Stephanie Ann Frampton

Associate Professor of Literature
Co-Section Head, Literature
Co-Chair, Program in Ancient and Medieval Studies

Areas of Interest and Expertise

Classical Literature
Critical Theory
Digital Humanities
History of the Book
Latin and Greek Language

Research Summary

Professor Frampton is Associate Professor of Literature, Co-Chair of the Program in Ancient and Medieval Studies, and Faculty Director of the Programs in Digital Humanities at MIT. She received a Ph.D. from Harvard University in Comparative Literature in 2011 and a Bachelor’s in Classics and Comparative Literature from the University of Chicago in 2003. Her first book, Empire of Letters: Writing in Roman Literature and Thought from Lucretius to Ovid, appeared with Oxford University Press in 2019.

Recent Work