Alison Ruth Sharrock (born 4 January 1963) is an English Classics scholar.
[2] Alison Sharrock graduated in 1984 from the University of Liverpool with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree.
During her current post as Professor of Classics at the University of Manchester, she was Head of the Division of Archaeology, Religions and Theology, Classics and Ancient History (ARC), and then Head of the Department of Classics, Ancient History, Archeology and Egyptology (CAHAE) in the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures.
She specialises in Latin literature, particularly in feminist readings of comedy, elegy and epic.
[4] She also develops online support materials for teachers and learners of the Latin language.