Rate My Professor Roberta Stewart

Her research specializations encompass Roman history, literature, and culture; comparative slavery; Roman coins; Roman women; Roman priesthood and the holy; as well as Greek and Latin literature and ancient religion. Stewart has published two monographs: Public Office in Early Rome: Ritual Procedure and Political Practice (University of Michigan Press, 1998; paperback 2010) and Plautus and Roman Slavery (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012). Notable articles include “Seeing Fotis: Slavery and Gender in Apuleius' Metamorphoses” (Classical Antiquity 42, 2023), which earned her the 2024 Barbara McManus Award for Outstanding Scholarship from the Women’s Classical Caucus, “Gender, Class, and Slavery in Plautus’ Rudens in 1884 St. Louis” (Classical Journal 119, 2024), and “Seeing Caesar’s Symbols: Religious Implements on the Coins of Julius Caesar and His Successors” (2019). She has contributed lexicographical entries to the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae and chapters on Roman allotment, slave labor in Plautus, and more. Stewart's accolades include National Lecturer for the Archaeological Institute of America (2024-2025), NEH Research Fellowship (2003-2004), Outreach Prize from the Society for Classical Studies (2017), and fellowships from the American Numismatic Society and others. Beyond scholarship, she pioneered a Homer reading group for combat veterans in 2003, now national in scope, fostering dialogue between ancient texts and modern war experiences. Her innovative teaching, such as courses on Roman coins and slaves' history of Rome, and digital projects like coin databases, underscore her impact on classical studies pedagogy and interdisciplinary outreach.