JuliAnne Rach

JuliAnne (she/her) received her B.A. from St. Olaf College with majors in Classics and Humanistic Archaeology (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) in 2020 and her M.A. in Classics, Ancient History emphasis, from the University of Arizona in 2022. Her Master’s thesis, “Practicing Magic: An Evaluation of Magic, Gender, and Power in Tacitus’ Annales,” explored how Tacitus engages with the literary discourse of venenum in his commentary on Julio-Claudian imperial power and was awarded the Norman Austin Outstanding M.A. Thesis Award.

Since arriving at UCLA, JuliAnne has shifted her research focus to the wonderful and wacky world of the ancient novel. She is primarily interested in questions of Roman imperial power and intellectual domination in literary texts of empire. Her work comprises of critical readings of ancient novels using post- and de-colonial theories. JuliAnne is also a founding member and current steering committee member of the Ancient Narrative and Ancient Narrative Community (ANANC) affiliate group within the SCS.