TRACY KEEFER SEILER

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World Languages/History Departments, Richland Northeast High School, 7500 Brookfield Rd., Columbia, SC 29223

(803) 699-2800

tseiler@rnh.richland2.org

Education:

Ph.D., Ancient History, University of South Carolina, 2004.     
     Dissertation: "Eutropius the Presbyter, Cerasia, and Literary Culture in Late Antiquity."
     Examination Fields: Ancient History, Medieval History, Latin
M.A., Roman and Medieval History, Sonoma State University, 1996.
     Thesis: "Anianus of Orleans and the Vita Aniani I: A Critical Study of the Codex Parisiensis 11748."
B.A., Art History (with distinction) and Psychology, Sonoma State University, 1994.

Courses Taught:

World History, AP/Honors, Richland Northeast High School, 2005-2007.
Latin I – Latin V Advanced Placement, Vergil and Latin Literature, Richland Northeast High School, 2001-present.
Latin I – Latin III, Brookland-Cayce High School, 2000-2001.
University of South Carolina:
    History 306, The Birth of Europe (4th to 14th centuries), Fall 1998.
    History 101, Western Civilization to 1715, Spring 1999.
    History 101, Western Civilization to 1715, Fall 1999.

Courses Assisted:

University of South Carolina:
    History 109, Latin America, Summer 1998. 
    History 101, Western Civilization to 1715, Spring 1998, Summer 1997, Spring 1997, Fall 1996. 
    History 107, Ancient Near East, Fall 1997. 

Sonoma State University:
    History 201, World Civilizations to 1500, Spring 1996, Fall 1995, Spring 1995, Fall 1994. 
    Art History 210, Ancient to Medieval Art, Fall 1993, Fall 1992. 
    Art History 211, Renaissance to Modern Art, Spring 1992.     
    Psychology tutor, Spring 1992.
    History Writing Practicum for Graduate Students, group leader, Spring and Fall 1995.

Publications:

"Gennadius of Marseille and John Cassian."  Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association, 2007.
Review article. Andrew Keller, Stephanie Russell. Learn to Read Latin. Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2005.01.21.
"Anonymous Spanish Correspondence; Or, The Letter of the She-Ass." (With Virginia Burrus). In Religions of Late Antiquity in               Practice, edited by Richard Valantasis. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2000, 330-339.
"Livy." Dictionary of Literary Biography. Edited by Ward Briggs, Jr. Columbia, SC: Buccoli, Clark, and Layman, 1999.
"Aëtius, the Bishops, and the Barbarians." Proceedings of the South Carolina Historical Association, 1999.
"Anianus of Orléans and the Barbarians at the Gates." Proceedings of the South Carolina Historical Association, 1998.

Professional Papers:

"Training Students to Write Analytical Essays Using Primary Sources." South Carolina Historical Association, Coastal Carolina             University, March 2007.
"Connecting the Dots: A Palaeographical Search for the Oldest Manuscripts of Gennadius of Marseilles' De viris inlustribus. South                      Carolina Classical Association/Foreign Language Teachers' Association/Carolina TESOL, Columbia, SC, March 2006.
"Gennadius of Marseilles' De viris inlustribus, John Cassian, and the Organization of a Late Antique Bibliographical Collection."                      International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, May 2005.
"Teaching AP Latin: If We Had Only Known When We Started...," with Diane Kuhn and Karel Keel. South Carolina Classical                      Association/South Carolina Foreign Language Teachers Association, February 2005.
"Teaching Roman History in the Latin Classroom." South Carolina Foreign Language Teachers Association, Columbia, SC. February                      2004, Southern Conference on Foreign Language Teaching, Charlotte, NC, February 2005.
"Eutropius the Presbyter, Cerasia, and Heresy in the Late Roman West." North American Patristics Society, Loyola University,                      Chicago, IL. May 2000.
"’Omnis librorum bibliotheca congesta est’: Learned Women Letter Writers in the Late Roman World." Congress for Medieval                      Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, May 1999.
"’His locis ministrent presbyteri’: City Bishops and Country Priests in Late Romans Gaul." Shifting Frontiers in Late Antiquity III:                      Urban and Rural in Late Antiquity, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, March 1999.
"’Venerabilis Soror’: Women Letter Writers in Late Roman Gaul and Spain."North American Patristics Society, Loyola University,                      May 1998.
"Aëtius, the Bishops, and the Barbarians." South Carolina Historical Association, The Citadel, SC, March 1998.
"Anianus of Orléans and the Barbarians at the Gates." South Carolina Historical Association, South Carolina Archives, Columbia,                      March 1997.

Public Lectures:

"Roman-Barbarian Relations in Late Antique Gaul," Graeco-Roman Cultural Society, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA,                      August 1996.
"Teaching Discussion Groups," University of South Carolina, Fall 1998 and 1999.

Awards:

"Teaching Roman History in the Latin Classroom." South Carolina Foreign Language Teachers Association, Columbia, SC. February                      2003. Winner of the Best of SCFLTA Award, with invitation to present at the Southern Conference on Language Teaching,                      Charlotte, NC, February 2005.
Wyatt and Atkinson Award for archival work in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, May 1999.
"’Venerabilis Soror’: Women Letter Writers in Late Roman Gaul and Spain." Winner of the Outstanding Paper by a Woman Graduate                      Student award, sponsored by Professional Women on Campus, Spring 1999.
"Anianus of Orléans and the Barbarians at the Gates." First Place, University of South Carolina Graduate Student Day paper                      competition, Spring, 1997.

Extracurricular Activities:

President, South Carolina Classical Association, 2003 to present.
Board Member, South Carolina Foreign Language Teachers Association, 2003-present.
Participant, Conventiculum Latinum, University of Kentucky, July-August 2007.
Organizer of History Practicum Series for Graduate Students, University of South Carolina: "Panel on Publishing Papers in Academic                      Journals," Spring 1999; "Preparing to Go on the Job Market," Fall 1999.

Professional Organizations:

South Carolina Classical Association, 2003- present.
North American Patristics Society, 1998-present.
American Classical League, 2000-present.
Classical Association of the Middle West and South, 2000-present.
Society for Late Antiquity, 1996-present.
South Carolina Foreign Language Teachers Association, 2003-present.

Languages:

Latin, Greek, French (reading)

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