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Rebecca Devlin

Assoc Professor Term

A&S Social Sciences

Orcid identifier0000-0001-8248-9724
  • Assoc Professor Term
    A&S Social Sciences

BIO

Dr. Devlin earned her doctorate in History from the University of Florida, where she also was the instructor for courses on the Roman Empire, the Middle Ages and World Christianity. While pursuing her Masters in History at San Francisco State University, Dr. Devlin taught filmmaking, newswriting and Spanish to middle and high school students. Dr. Devlin’s research examines the social, political, economic and cultural transformations associated with the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, expansion of Christianity and emergence of medieval society. The geographic focus for her recent book is the Iberian Peninsula and she has participated in archaeological excavations of Roman and medieval sites in Portugal and Türkiye. Her current project explores the intersection of religious and commercial networks in the ancient world. At UofL, she teaches World Civilizations and upper division and graduate courses on Medieval Spain, Ancient Greece and Rome, and Digital History.

Dr. Rebecca A. Devlin

DEGREES

  • History, Ph.D.
    University of Florida, Gainesville, United StatesAug 2016
  • History, M.A.
    San Francisco State University, San Francisco, United States15 May 2009
  • Public Communications, B.S.
    S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, United States10 May 1994

LANGUAGES

  • Spanish; Castilian
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Spanish - Latin American
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Portuguese
    Can read, speak and understand
  • French
    Can read
  • Latin
    Can read and write
  • Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
    Can read
  • Japanese
    Can read, write, speak and understand
  • Galician
    Can read and understand