Susan Deacy

Susan Jane Deacy is a classical scholar who has been Professor of Classics at the University of Roehampton since January 2018.^[1] She researches the history and literature of the ancient Greek world, with a particular focus on gender and sexuality, ancient Greek mythology and religion, and disability studies. She is also an expert on the teaching of subjects which are potentially sensitive, including sexual violence, domestic violence, and infanticide; she was project leader on the initiative 'Teaching Sensitive Subjects in the Classics Classroom'.^[2] She is also series editor of Routledge's Gods and Heroes of the Ancient World,^[3] and has been editor of the Bulletin of the Council of University Classical Departments since 2011.^[4]