Lauren Hackworth Petersen received her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. She specializes in ancient Roman art and architecture. She has also done extensive research in Greek and Etruscan art and assisted with the excavations at the Etruscan/Roman habitation site at Cetamura del Chianti, Italy. Professor Petersen is a recipient of a Getty Postdoctoral Fellowship, an NEH Summer Stipend, a Rome Prize at the American Academy in Rome, and a Fulbright Grant. Her book, The Freedman in Roman Art and Art History, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2006. This study vigorously challenges elite models that have dominated our understanding of non-elite Roman monuments and offers interpretations of artistic commissions by former slaves through interdisciplinary approaches. Her articles include, "Divided Consciousness and Female Companionship: Reconstructing Female Subjectivity on Greek Vases," published in the classics journal Arethusa, and “The Baker, His Tomb, His Wife, and Her Breadbasket: The Monument of Eurysaces in Rome,” Art Bulletin (June 2003). She is currently working on two books projects. One focuses on the lives of Roman slaves and the other on the religions and rituals of Rome.
Professor Petersen 's research and teaching interests include art in the everyday life of ancient Romans, visual culture in Pompeii, the art of commemoration, classical art revivals and their meanings, ancient constructions of sexuality, and contemporary feminist theory.
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