Jacob Wu ‘27
Features Writer
Name: Ellen Perry
Hometown: Washington, D.C.
Discipline: Classical Art and Archaeology
Research focuses: Roman Art and Architecture; modern reactions to ancient art
Favorite Movie: The Night of the Hunter
Favorite song: Right now, I’m appreciating Olivia Rodrigo’s “get him back!” Somehow, she manages to combine a chorus that sounds like a 60s girl group with a delicious, ambiguous message.
Favorite classicist: Gil Rose (who taught me the Greek Epic course mentioned below)
Favorite classical figure: Antoninus Pius
Role model in life: Professors Ebbott (Classics), Hess (Philosophy), and Vineberg (Theatre)
Favorite class taken in college: Greek Epic (We read the entire Odyssey, in Greek, in one semester.)
Item on your Bucket List: A trip to the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve in Costa Rica
Looking forward to: Two cooking lessons that I have lined up for spring break
Words to live by: “Utopia is on the horizon: I walk two steps and it walks two steps back. I walk ten steps and it moves ten steps farther. No matter how far I walk, I will never reach it. Then, what is this utopia for? It is for this: for walking.” –Eduardo Galeano
Favorite thing about teaching: That teachers never stop learning—that we learn from our students
Favorite TV Show: Slow Horses
Favorite non-fiction book: Elaine Scarry, On Beauty and Being Just
Favorite fiction book: Ann Patchett, Bel Canto; Vladimir Nabokov, Pnin; George Eliot, Middlemarch
Favorite food: Pasta with bacon, peas, and ricotta
Favorite color: Grue [sic] – a shade between green and blue
Favorite drink: Harney & Sons black currant tea
Favorite spot on campus: The circulation desk in Dinand
Some small things that make your day better: Kindness, time with friends, baked goods
Something that inspires you: A really good photograph
Favorite place you have traveled to: Rome, and Rome again, and Rome yet again
Something you look forward to when you go home: Being greeted by my dog, Baxter
Favorite memory last semester: Every time one of my students went above and beyond because they loved the course material.
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