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Emilie Jordan Jackson grew up in northern Virginia, in the shadow of the nation’s capital. As a high school student, she began studying both Latin and Greek, which led her to pursue and deepen her love of both the Liberal Arts and Classical Languages after high school.
A proud alumna of Saint Mary’s College, Emilie graduated as her class’s valedictorian in 2005. Afterwards, she attended the University of Kansas, where she was the 2009 recipient of the Albert O. Greef Prize for her verse translation of Horace’s Ode 4.7. She also passed her comprehensive exams with distinction. Her MA thesis, War of the Words: Author Assertion and Reader Response in Ovid, formed the basis for much of her future research, exploring the relationship between poet and audience in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. During this time, she completed a summer program in Ancient Greek at Yale University, and was active in multiple university choirs, for which ensembles she was commissioned to translate several Latin texts.
Emilie then entered the University of Florida for her doctoral studies, which she completed while maintaining a full teaching schedule. She successfully defended her dissertation (All the Words, a Stage: Innovation, Self-Preservation, and the Centrality of Comedy in Ovid’s Metamorphoses) in 2018.
Dr. Jackson’s primary area of interest is Augustan-era poetry, especially the Metamorphoses of Ovid and also the Odes of Horace. She is also a devotee of Cicero’s invective speeches. Among her favorite places in the world is Rome, particularly the Capitoline Museum and the treasures of the Vatican.
Dr. Jackson taught Latin at Saint Mary’s Academy from 2005 to 2008 and again from 2014 to 2018. She has taught at Saint Mary’s College since 2008.
Her other interests include choral singing and community theatre.
