Dr. Rosalie Stoner

Biography

Rosalie Stoner joined the Columbia University Department of Classics faculty in 2025, after teaching Classics and Humanities at Yale University from 2022 to 2025 and the University of Chicago from 2021 to 2022. She obtained her PhD in Classical Languages and Literatures in 2021 and previously earned an AB in Classics with a certificate in Medieval Studies from Princeton University in 2015. Her current book project, tentatively titled 'Making Moral Orator,' examines Quintilian’s portrayal of the ‘good man skilled in speaking’ (vir bonus dicendi peritus) in the context of the moral complexities of rhetorical education practice. Her scholarly interests include the ideals and practices of education in the Roman world, the Roman rhetorical tradition during the Republican and Imperial periods, the transformations of classical traditions in Late Antiquity and early Christianity, as well as the competition and tension within rhetoric and philosophy, and consolation literature. Currently, she teaches Latin Literature as part of Columbia’s Core Curriculum. Stoner has published selected works, including contributions to volumes about Cicero and various articles exploring classical rhetoric and moral philosophy.

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