Background
D'Amato, Jean Marie was born on July 20, 1945 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Hector Loreto and Frances Lydia (Trotta) D'A.
D'Amato, Jean Marie was born on July 20, 1945 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Hector Loreto and Frances Lydia (Trotta) D'A.
AB, Tufts University, 1967. Master of Arts, Middlebury College, 1969. Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1975.
Teaching assistant, Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies, Rome, 1973-1974;
lecturer, Williams College, 1975-1976;
assistant professor classics, University of Southern California, 1976-1981;
humanities administrator, National Endowment for Humanities, Washington, 1984-1988;
professor in charge, director Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, Louisiana, 1981-1982;
associate professor Louisiana Scholars' College, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, since 1988. Humanities administrator National Endowment for Humanities, 1984-1987. Director Vergilian Society American Rome and Cumae, summer 1978.
Co-director University of Southern California, summer 1979, summer sessionin Rome Northwestern University, 1992, 94. Co-founder Classica Americana.
Fellow American Philosophical Society. Member American Association of University Women (dissertation fellow 1972), American Philological Association, Louisiana Classical Association (president 1991-1992).
Married Fleming A. Thomas, March 12, 1989.