Stephanie Ann Frampton joins the DH program as Associate Professor of Literature and Co-Chair of the Program in Ancient and Medieval Studies at MIT. Trained as a classicist and comparatist, she works on the history of media in the ancient world, focusing on literacy, writing, reading, and scholarly practice. She has published on numerous topics in this area, from graffiti in the ancient city of Herculaneum to the history of the library in ancient Rome. Prof. Frampton has been the recipient of numerous awards, including fellowships from the American Academy in Rome, the Warburg Institute in London, and the Loeb Classical Library Foundation. In 2017–2018, she was the inaugural president of the Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography at Rare Book School, University of Virginia. She is thrilled to be joining the Programs in Digital Humanities at MIT, where she is eager to expand upon the lab's commitment to joining humanistic inquiry and computational methods in the service of students and scholars at MIT and in the broader community. You can read more about her research here.