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Stephanie Jamison is a distinguished professor in the Department of Classics at the University of California, Los Angeles. Originally trained as a historical Indo-European linguist, she completed her PhD at Yale in 1977. Jamison has dedicated many years to the study of Indo-Iranian languages, particularly focusing on Vedic Sanskrit and Middle Indo-Aryan languages, analyzing their textual materials. Her work spans various fields including linguistics, literature, poetics, religion, law, mythology, and gender studies within languages. She has a keen interest in comparative mythology and poetics, especially regarding Greek materials. At UCLA, her teaching encompasses a wide range of subjects such as Sanskrit, Middle Indo-Aryan languages, and Old Iranian language literature, along with undergraduate courses on Classical Indian civilization. Currently, she is involved in a major project in collaboration with Joel P. Brereton from the University of Texas, Austin, which aims to complete a new English translation of the Rig Veda, the oldest Sanskrit text.
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