Tara Welch (née Silvestri) is an American professor of classics at the University of Kansas. She has published two books, The Elegiac Cityscape: Propertius and the Meaning of Roman Monuments (2005) and Tarpeia: Workings of a Roman Myth (2015). She was a co-editor for the work Oxford Readings in Propertius (Oxford Readings in Classical Studies) (2012) with Ellen Greene.^[1]

Welch received her bachelor's degree from University of Southern California in 1990, majoring in Latin and Greek. In 1989, she was chosen as a Rhodes Scholar.^[2] She earned a master's degree in 1993 from Oxford University and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1999.^[3]

While at USC, she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and as well as the Mortar Board.^[2] Welch is currently a member of the Society for Classical Studies, Classical Association of the Middle West and South, the International Plutarch Society and the Women's Classical Caucus.^[3]

Bibliography

• The Elegiac Cityscape: Propertius and the Meaning of Roman Monuments. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press. 2005. ISBN 9780814210093.
• Oxford Readings in Propertius. Oxford Readings in Classical Studies. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. 2012. ISBN 9780199563043. Co-edited by Ellen Greene
• Tarpeia: Workings of a Roman Myth. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press. 2015. ISBN 9780814212813.

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