Professor Gianni works on Latin literature, Latin epigraphy and Roman social history. Her primary research interests are the development of fictive kinship in the Roman family, slavery and gender relations inside the household. She is currently working on her book, to be published by the University of Michigan Press, titled “Children in Ancient Rome: Social Relations and Familial Networks”. Dr. Gianni received her Ph.D. from Brown University and taught at Tulane University and the University of Alabama.