| Tara Welch | |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | Classics professor |
| Workplaces: | University of Kansas |
| Alma Mater: | University of Southern California (BA) Oxford University (MA) University of California, Los Angeles (Ph.D.) |
Tara Welch (née Silvestri) is an American professor of classics at the University of Kansas. She is the author of two books, The Elegiac Cityscape (2005) and Tarpeia (2015); she also served as a co-editor for Oxford Readings in Propertius (Oxford Readings in Classical Studies) (2012).[1]
Welch received her bachelor's degree from University of Southern California in 1990, majoring in Latin and Greek. In 1989, she was chosen as a Rhodes Scholar.[2] She earned a master's degree in 1993 from Oxford University and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1999.[3]
While at USC, she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and as well as the Mortar Board.[2] Welch has been a member of the Society for Classical Studies, Classical Association of the Middle West and South, the International Plutarch Society, and the Women's Classical Caucus.[3]