Kayla Snider

University of Virginia

Research Topic: Children as Investments: Family Strategies, Commemoration, and Public Life in the Hellenistic Greek World

Kayla Snider is a Ph.D. candidate in Ancient History at the University of Virginia. She received her B.A. in History and Classical Studies from Indiana University and earned M.A. degrees in Ancient History from Indiana University and the University of Virginia. Her research examines childhood, education, and family life in the Hellenistic Greek world, focusing on how communities invested in children through education, civic institutions, and public ritual.

During her year at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, she hopes to conduct dissertation research while studying inscriptions, gymnasia, and sanctuaries associated with childhood and education throughout Greece.