Jacqueline Arthur-Montagne

Jacqueline Arthur-Montagne is an Assistant Professor of Classics and the John L. Nau III Assistant Professor of the History and Principles of Democracy at the University of Virginia. She is a scholar of Greek literature and cultural history, and a member of the inaugural faculty cohort in the Karsh Institute of Democracy. Her research centers on the texts and practices of ancient education, and how educational institutions shaped the legacy of Classical Greece to the present. She is the author of Fiction and Education in the Roman World: The Cultivation of the Reader (Cambridge University Press, 2026), as well as several edited volumes and articles. In addition to her faculty position, she serves on the Board of the Colloquium for Ancient Rhetoric, co-edits the “Democratic Ideals in Global Perspective” series with the University of Virginia Press, and is a charter member of the Alliance for Civics in the Academy at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. Her work reflects a sustained interest in liberal education and the role of the humanities in cultivating critical thinking, cultural memory, and civic responsibility.