Charissa has been a Ph.D. student in the Classics Department since 2022. Her interests span primarily across Greek literature, with an undergraduate thesis exploring the construction of Homeric spaces and power in the Odyssey and a master's thesis on the legal, social, and dramatic roles of enslaved women in classical Athens. In addition to interests in Athenian oratory, Old Comedy, and tragedy, Charissa enjoys tracing issues of gender, class, age, and citizenship in Latin literature and society as well. To the latter end, she participated in the Classical Summer School at the American Academy in Rome in 2023 and aims to continue expanding the boundaries of her work on Greco-Roman antiquity.