College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Department of Classics The University of Iowa

photoMary Depew

Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies

224 Jefferson Building
The University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242-1418
Telephone: 319-335-2938
E-mail: mary-depew@uiowa.edu

Curriculum Vitae
Mary Depew is an associate professor in the Department of Classics, and has taught here since 1990. She teaches courses in the Classical and Hellenistic periods, Greek religion and society, and Greek literature. Her research interests include Hellenistic poetry, Greek poetry, and Greek religion. Professor Depew is the co-editor (with Dirk Obbink) of Matrices of Genre: Authors, Society, and Canons, and is in the process of authoring Myth, Mimesis and Innovation in Callimachus' Hymns. She holds a B.A. in Philosophy from California State University, Fullerton; a B.A. in Classics from the University of California, Irvine; and a Ph.D. in Classics from the University of California, Los Angeles.