Pamela Zinn

Dr. Zinn is a Classicist whose research and teaching are broadly concerned with Latin literature, Hellenistic philosophy, Greco-Roman intellectual history, and the Classical Tradition.

She specializes in Golden Age Latin poetry, with particular emphasis on Lucretius and his De rerum natura. Her scholarship focuses on the Roman contribution to Hellenistic philosophy, animals in antiquity, and ancient theories about the mind and senses. She is currently working on a monograph, provisionally entitled Lucretius On Animals.

Dr. Zinn teaches Latin language and literature courses at all levels, as well as courses on Classical Civilization, such as 'Animals in Ancient Thought' and 'Classical Mythology'. She is interested in supervising both graduate and undergraduate research on Latin poetry, Epicureanism, Hellenistic philosophy, Animals, the late Roman Republic, and Roman cultural and intellectual history.

In addition to her research and teaching in the Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures, Dr. Zinn has a range of affiliations at Texas Tech. These include the Women's and Gender Studies Program, ''The Animal' in the Humanities' Working Group, the Honors College's Program in Inquiry and Investigation (Pi Squared) and Undergraduate Research Scholars program, and The Humanities Center at Texas Tech.