Melissa Bishop

Latin:Vergil, Latin Language, Greek Language Teacher

Latin Teacher at Boston Latin School
Online Teaching at $70-100 per hour
Face to Face Teaching at $70-100 per hour
Subjects
Latin:Vergil for High School (Advanced Placement Program-AP)
(Language of Instruction: English)
Latin Language for High School (9th - 12th Grade)
(Language of Instruction: English)
Greek Language for High School (9th - 12th Grade)
Topics: Classical Greek
(Language of Instruction: English)
Experience
Teaching
Latin Teacher at Boston Latin School, Massachusetts, United States (Sep2005 - Jun2007)
Subjects: Latin 3, Latin 4 (Prose Honors), AP Vergil
Mode of Teaching: Face to Face
Invited to present the keynote workshop at the centennial meeting of the Classical Association of New England.
Invited to join the Master Teacher Advisory Board for the 4th edition revision of Ecce Romani, the most widely used Latin textbook in the US
Latin Teacher at Lenape High School, New Jersey, United States (Sep1999 - Jun2005)
Subjects: Latin and Greek
Mode of Teaching: Face to Face
2002 - received the prestigious Award for Excellence in Pre-Collegiate Teaching from the American Philological Association
2001 - Grant for Excellence in Education from the Lenape Regional High School District
2000 - Geraldine R. Dodge Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching (state-wide competition)
Professional
Cataloger; Research Assistant at The Getty Center for Arts and the Humanities, California, United States (Sep1991 - Jul1998)
Antiquities Section, Photo Study Collections
Worked as member of Antiquities cataloging team. Catalogued over 10,000 photographs into on-line database. Worked with all existing categories of objects in the Antiquities core collection including: Architecture, Architectural Sculpture, Inscriptions, Paintings, Sculpture (round and relief), Portraits, Minor Arts (vases, vessels, arms and armor, jewelry, Etruscan mirrors, lamps, furniture). Maintained vocabulary and formatting consistency
Special Collections Department, University Research Library at UCLA, California, United States (Jan1997 - Jul1998)
Publications Assistant on the Ahmanson-Murphy Aldine Catalogue Project,
Worked as team member to prepare catalogue for UCLA’s Aldine Collection (15th-17th century books). Documented physical descriptions (collations) of books and bindings as well as contents of books; developed complex system of Microsoft Word macros to manage data entry and editing of catalogue manuscripts and customized font characters, such as ligatures. Responsible for maintaining computer files pertaining to cata
Academics and Credentials
Education
Ph.D. in Classics
MA in Classics (Sep1990 - Dec1998)
University of California, Los Angeles, California, United States
1995 Nominated for George Luckman Distinguished Teaching Award at UCLA
1994 Will Rogers Fellowship
1994 Hortense Fishbaugh Memorial Scholarship
BA in Latin, cum laude (Sep1986 - Jun1990)
Wellesley College, Massachusetts, United States
1990 Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in the Humanities
1990 Wellesley College Trustee Scholarship
1989 Dana Grant, Wellesley College
Certifications or Credentials
Teacher Certification ,2005
Massachusetts, United States
Teacher Certification ,2000
New Jersey, United States
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