Monica Cyrino
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Monica Silveira Cyrino | |
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| Born | May 5, 1962 |
| Occupation | Professor of Classics |
| Spouse | Brian Patrick Cooke |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Thesis | In the Pithos of Pandora: Images of Disease and Madness for Erotic Experience in Early Greek Poetry (1992) |
| Doctoral advisor | Sheila Murnaghan |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Classics |
| Sub-discipline | Classical reception studies |
| Institutions | |
Monica Cyrino is a professor of classics at the University of New Mexico. She is an expert in Classical reception studies, described as a "leading academic" in the field.[1] Her work focuses particularly on modern film and TV, and she has also served as a historical consultant for multiple modern productions.[2][3]
Cyrino attended Marina High School where she was a cheerleader and among 117 students at Orange County high schools advancing in Merit Scholar Contest.[4][5] She was a first prize winner in the feature category in a high school journalism event.[6]
Cyrino received her BA from University of California, Berkeley in Classical Languages in 1984, and studied for an MA, MPhil and PhD in Classical Philology at Yale University between 1986 and 1992.[7][8] Until 1990 she taught as a Teaching Assistant at Yale, before moving to the University of New Mexico, first as a Visiting assistant professor, and from 1993 as assistant professor in classics.[9] In 2007 she was promoted to Professor of Classics, and since 2018 has held a Chair of Languages, Cultures, and Literature at the University of New Mexico.[9]
