Susan Deacy

[1] She researches the history and literature of the ancient Greek world, with a particular focus on gender and sexuality, ancient Greek mythology and religion, and disability studies.

She is also an expert on the teaching of subjects which are potentially sensitive, including sexual violence, domestic violence, and infanticide; she was project leader on the initiative 'Teaching Sensitive Subjects in the Classics Classroom'.

[5] In 2005, she was appointed lecturer in Greek history and literature at the University of Roehampton.

[8] She became a National Teaching Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in 2015.

[1] She is a team member on the 'Our Mythical Childhood' project,[9] which is based in Warsaw and funded by the European Research Council; it examines classical reception in children's and young adults' culture.