Ellen Eva Perry (born 1965) ^[1] is an American classicist and classical archaeologist. She is a Distinguished Professor of Arts and Humanities in the Department of Classics at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. ^[2]

Contents

• Early life and education
• Academic career
• Selected publications
• Books
• Articles
• References

Early life and education

Perry is a native of Washington, D.C. ^[2] She received her undergraduate education at Swarthmore College, earning a B.A. in 1987 with a major in Greek and a minor in Latin. ^{[3] [2]} As a graduate student at the University of Michigan she received an M.A. and a Ph.D. in classical art and archaeology. ^{[2] [4]} Her 1995 dissertation was entitled "Artistic Imitation and the Roman Patron with a Study of Imitation in the Ideal Sculptures of Herodes Atticus". ^[5]

Academic career

From 1995 to 1997 Perry was an assistant professor at the University of Evansville in Indiana. ^[6] In 1997 she joined the faculty at the College of the Holy Cross, where she received tenure in 2004 and full professorship in 2017. ^[7] From 2021 to 2025 she was the Monsignor Edward G. Murray Professor of Arts and Humanities, ^[7] and from 2019 to 2023 she served as the director of the Holy Cross College Honors Program. ^[2]

Perry is a fellow of the American Academy in Rome and a fellow of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. ^[7] In 2010–2011 she was the president of the Classical Association of New England ^[2] and from 2014 to 2020 she served as the chair of the Program Committee for the annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America. ^{[8] [2]}

Selected publications

References