Bella Vivante, PhD - Prostitution

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Bella Vivante, PhD Biography

Title:

Associate Professor of the Department of Classics at the University of Arizona

Position:

None Found to the question "Should Prostitution Be Legal?"

Reasoning:

No position found as of Nov. 15, 2007

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Individuals with MDs, JDs, PhDs, or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to the study of prostitution. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to prostitution issues.

Involvement and Affiliations:

Associate Professor, Department of Classics, University of Arizona, 2003-present
Research interests include: Ancient Greek Drama, Archaic Poetry, Art, Women in Antiquity, Cross Cultural Comparisons
Presiding, “Plato,” 99th Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Apr. 4, 2003
Speaker, “Bring Me Fire and Sulphur: The Warrior’s Purification in the Odyssey,” 99th Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Apr. 3, 2003
Speaker, “The Changing Face of Helen: The Intertextuality of Ritual and Mythology in Euripides’ Helen,” 98th Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Apr. 4, 2002
Hennebach Visiting Professor in Humanities, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, 2000-2001
Kennedy Visiting Scholar, University of Idaho, Oct. 2000
Director, “New Perspectives on Classical Antiquity,” National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Institute, 1996

Education:

PhD, Stanford University, 1982
BA, Columbia University, 1973

Other:

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