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Margaret Phillips

phillipsInterests: Elementary ancient Greek and Latin, links between crime and justice issues then and now, death penalty and its manifestations

Education: Dr. Margaret Phillips  received her Ph.D from St. Louis University's Department of Classical Languages, with major in Greek and a double minor in Latin and linguistics.  She began teaching Latin in 1992 in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures and in 1993 began teaching in the Criminology department, courses related to her outside interests in criminal justice-related areas.  In 2005 she became a full-time instructor in the Department of Foreign Language and Literatures and became a senior lecturer.

Teaching interests: Dr. Phillips has taught courses in elementary Latin and, when possible, in elementary Greek, for the Greek Studies Program.  From 1993 to 2005 she taught courses in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, at first writing courses and then courses related to her outside interests in advocacy within the criminal justice system and specifically the death penalty.   She developed a series of computer drills to accompany an elementary Latin textbook (www.umsl.edu/~phillips/oldrills/index.html) which have been used internationally.  She has taught courses within the Honors College.