Research: Her research interests include Greek poetry and oratory, ancient rhetoric and literary criticism, and literary theory. She has published books and articles in these areas, including The Cast of Character: Style in Greek Literature (Texas, 2002), Abusive Mouths in Classical Athens (Cambridge, 2008). She is currently at work on a book on landscape imagery (Figures in a Landscape: Stylistic Metaphors and Ancient Literary Criticism, forthcoming from Cambridge). She has also recently developed an interest in the reception of ancient literature and culture, particularly in Romantic poetry and the Modernist novel.