Olivia Walters

I can assist with any administrative matters regarding the M.A. program including admissions, application issues,  the ATC and PCE, cross-enrollment programs, and graduate student events such as orientations, workshops, and thesis defenses. You can also contact me regarding scholarships, and graduate student travel. I am also the point of content for the department website.

Though I might be scheduled to be in the office, I am not always readily available due to previously scheduled meetings. To reach me, I recommend scheduling a meeting time here via Calendly.

Need Advising? Have questions about courses?: 

• If you have admissions questions, would like transcripts evaluated for admission, or advising as a new graduate student, please contact Prof. Islami at arezooi@sfsu.edu. 
• If you are a continuing student who requires advising contact Prof. Azadpur at azad@sfsu.edu.

I received my B.A. in Classics from San Francisco State (2020) and am currently working on my M.A. in Classics. I studied chemistry and biology while working in a clinical microbiology laboratory. I was also a Lab Manager at College of the Sequoias before arriving in my current position at SF State.

I am writing my thesis titled "Traumatic Transformations of Women and the Environment in Ovid’s Metamorphoses ". My thesis examines the parallels between the post-traumatic stress phenomena women experience in Ovid's Metamorphoses and the politics of speech loss and censorship in the context of Augustan Rome. My graduate coursework and interests focused largely on Latin elegaic poetry and epic (Ovid), psychology and the emotions in ancient literature, curse tablets, and materiality.