Sophie Mills

Sophie Mills, Professor in UNC Asheville's Department of Ancient Mediterranean Studies, was born in London, England, and taught at Oxford and Bristol Universities for four years before coming to Asheville in 1994. She was Chair of the department from 1995 to 2011. She has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2011 UNC Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching, Ruth and Leon Feldman Professorship with Distinction for Outstanding Scholarship and Service in 2006-2007, University Research Council Award for Scholarship and Creative Activities in 2006, and the Distinguished Teaching in the Humanities award in 2003. She has also served as the NEH Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities.

Her research focuses on Imperialism, both Greek and Roman. She is particularly interested in understanding the national psyche of a world power (nation/empire), which results in imperialism.