Darcy Krasne

Darcy Krasne joined the Barnard department of Classics & Ancient Studies as a Term Lecturer after serving as a Lecturer in Columbia’s Classics department from 2017–2024. In addition to her PhD in Classics (UC Berkeley, 2011), she also holds an MS in Data Analytics & Visualization and graduate certificates in Digital Humanities and Spatial Analysis & Design, all from the Pratt Institute’s School of Information (2025). Her interests are wide-ranging, including Latin poetry, Greek mythology, Digital Humanities, and pedagogy.

She is the author of numerous articles on the Roman poets Ovid, Valerius Flaccus, Vergil, and Statius, as well as the forthcoming book Structuring the Cosmos in Valerius Flaccus’s Argonautica (Oxford University Press), which offers a comprehensive reading of Valerius Flaccus’s epic Argonautica (written in the first century CE) through the lens of ancient meteorological theories and eclectic philosophical engagement. She is also the developer of the digital project Visualizing Intertextuality, which provides a set of tools that enable scholars and students to visualize the intensity and genealogical complexity of intertextual allusions in passages of Latin poetry. Details of her publications can be found on her academia.edu page.