My Curriculum Vitae/Resume
Meghan Macdonald
Education:
Certificate in Teaching Business English, Canada 2010
TESOL certificate, Canada 2009
M.A. in Ancient History, York University, Canada 2008 – major research on gladiatorial representation in domestic Roman art
B.A. (Honours) With Distinction, Trinity College, University of Toronto 2005 – double major in Classical Civilizations and History
Conferences:
British Association of American Studies Conference at the University of Edinburgh, March 2008 – paper proposal on vigilante-ism in American cinema accepted for presentation; unable to attend
New Frontiers Graduate History Conference at York University, 15-17 February 2007 – subject of presentation paper on gladiators in the Roman world
After the Fall: Sex, Gender, and Power Graduate History Conference at the University of Toronto, 9-10 February 2007 – subject of presentation paper on misinterpretations of the sexuality of gladiators and virtue through the sublimity of the amphitheatre experience, entitled The Noble Gladiator
Publications:
Display plaques in the Greek and Roman Galleries at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada – due to reopen in Spring 2011
“The Amphitheatre Sublime: The Significance of Gladiatorial Representations in Domestic Roman Art on Elite Male Virtus” – M.A. thesis, supervisors: Guy Metraux and Jonathan Edmondson
Project on Ancient Cultural Engagement (PACE) – bibliographic sketches of major scholarly articles on Polybius and Hannibal March 2007
Experience:
Project Co-ordinator, Digital Rights Initiative in Toronto, Canada, September 2009 to present - coordinating the research for and compilation of records for various digital rights projects; completed and distributed updated information on the Amended Google Book Settlement; assisting the agent with the receipt and processing of royalty statements and the management and updating of contracts
Freelance Tutor, Proofreader, and Editor, Toronto, Canada, August 2009 to present - assisting students at the University of Toronto with the drafting process for undergraduate essays in History, Classics, English Literature, and Fine Art History
Editor, Toronto, Canada, August to December 2009 – completed major editing of a doctoral dissertation in Social Work for private individual
Volunteer data entry contributer for the TOCS-IN project, March 2009 to present - submitting .txt documents of the tables of contents of each new issue of The Cambridge Classical Journal, The Classical Bulletin, The American Journal of Archaeology and The Papers of the British School at Rome for inclusion in a massive international database reference for Classicists
Assistant to Literary Agent in London, United Kingdom, September 2008 to August 2009 - assisted the agent with the day-to-day running of the agency, including reading, reporting and commenting on manuscript submissions
Proofreader/Advisor with London-based online company, January 2008 to August 2009 - catering to first and second year undergraduate students in history and English literature
Private Tutor in Huntsville, Ontario, Canada, August 2008 - planned, organised and delivered a five-day course to one student on the Roman Empire from 753 BC to AD 476
Participant, 5th Annual A.G.Leventis Conference, University of Edinburgh, November 2007 – The Gods of Ancient Greece: Identities and Transformations
Research Assistant to Bernard Lightman, Director of Graduate Humanities Program at York University, Summer 2007 – research for plenary address at University of Edinburgh “Geographies of Nineteenth-Century Science” 18-21 July 2007, research for other projects on nineteenth century scientific exhibitions
Volunteer Copywriter, Greek and Roman Galleries, Royal Ontario Museum, Summer 2007 – writing copy for Republican Rome and Roman Egypt sections of gallery, due to open in Spring 2011, under supervision of Curator Paul Denis (specific text for display cases on the Roman Republic, Roman Egypt, Roman Religion and Household Gods)
Research Assistant to Jonathan Edmondson, Professor of Classics and Humanities at York University, August 2006 to April 2007 – bibliographical information on Augustus for upcoming publication by Professor Edmondson, creation of database of Augusta Emeritus funerary objects
Presenter and Volunteer, New Frontiers Graduate Conference in History at York University, 15-17 February 2007 – presented research for graduate thesis on gladiatorial representations in domestic Roman art, paper entitled “The Amphitheatre Sublime”; volunteered at registration and information desk for student conference
Presenter, After the Fall: Sex, Gender and Power Graduate symposium at the University of Toronto, 7-9 February 2007 – presented paper entitled “The Noble Gladiator” to diverse audience of graduate students, professors, and moderators
Work-Study Participant, Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations Department, University of Toronto, September 2004 to March 2005 – minor notes for strata at one section of Gezer Gateway archaeological site, data entry for extensive archaeological database for upcoming major publication and interactive CD-ROM, scanning and cataloguing first millenium CE drachems from Afghanistan, discussion groups on major and minor artifacts from private collection of Taber James
Work-Study Participant, Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations Department, University of Toronto, October 2003 to March 2004 – data entry of archaeological field notes for M.A. Pouls-Wegner’s North Abydos Cultic Zone project, minor digital drawing of illustrations of artifacts
Research Assistant to Christer Bruun, Graduate Co-Ordinator of Department of Classics, University of Toronto, September 2002 to May 2003 – supplementary research for various upcoming publications on Roman nicknames and naming practices
Awards and Distinctions:
- Accepted to PhD program in Classics at the University of Edinburgh and at Glasgow University; unable to attend
- Graduate assistantship at York University, Department of History, 2006-2007
- Entrance Scholarship, York University, 2006
- Provost Delworth Graduating Scholarship, Trinity College, University of Toronto, 2005
- Sceptre Investment Council Award, Trinity College, University of Toronto, 2004
- Dean’s List, Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto, 2003
- Millenium Scholarship, Government of Canada, 2001-2003
- Golden Key International Honour Society member as of 2002
- Offered President’s Scholarship, Carleton University, 2001
- Ontario Scholar, 2001
- International Order of the Daughters of the Empire (IODE) History Award, Markham District High School, 2001
- O.A.C. English Award, Markham District High School, 2001
- First Place Archaeological Dig Team, Ontario Student Classics Conference, 1998
