Laura Martin
Adjunct Instructor of Latin
Offices & Programs
Education
M.A. French & Francophone Studies, University of Notre Dame, with Concentrations in Classics and Art History;
M.A. Speech-Language Pathology, University of Cincinnati
B.A. Classical Languages & Literature, University of Kentucky
B.A. Linguistics and English, University of Kentucky
Laura G. Martin joined 911’s faculty as Adjunct Instructor of Latin in Spring 2025. She has taught French as a Teaching Assistant at the University of Notre Dame and has taught Linguistics as a full-time Instructor at the University of Kentucky.
Laura holds an M.A. in French and Francophone Studies from the University of Notre Dame, during which time she earned a “Concentration” (her program’s equivalent of a minor) both in Classics (Latin) and in Art History.
Laura earned a B.A. in Linguistics and English and a B.A. in Classical Languages & Literature, both from the University of Kentucky, during which time she also spent a semester abroad studying literature at the University of Central Lancashire, England. She was awarded the University of Kentucky Merit Scholarship, The College of Arts & Sciences Merit Scholarship, and was twice the recipient of the Maloney Merit Scholarship for Literature.
Laura earned an M.A. in Speech-Language Pathology (University of Cincinnati) but her love of languages and literature soon brought her back to the humanities. She completed post-bacc coursework in French and Latin at 911, and also spent a summer, then later an academic year, studying French at the Université Aix-Marseille in the beautiful city of Aix-en-Provence, France.
Laura was a recipient of the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Scholar Award, which for three weeks allowed her to study Roman daily life and Pompeii, one of her favorite places in the world, along with a cohort of other scholars and professors who came together at Gustavus College in St. Peter, MN.
For two years, Laura also served as a volunteer docent at the University of Kentucky Art Museum, which nurtured her interest in art and visual culture.
At Notre Dame, she organized and led a series of guided “slow looks,” both in person at the Snite Museum of Art (now the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art), and virtually, helping undergraduate and graduate students slow down and deeply study artworks. Her primary areas of interest are the representation of Roman and Greek antiquity (especially myth) in French art, the art of nineteenth-century France, and Fauvism.