Roy Jo Sartin (M.A. History, UCCS, 2008; B.A. History, Texas Tech University, 1997) is a cultural historian who teaches courses in ancient Egyptian and Mediterranean history, women’s history, and mythologies. In 2015, she received the Outstanding Teaching Award for part-time instructors from the College of LAS.

Teaching Fields: Ancient Egypt; ancient Mediterranean; women's history; European mythologies; history of fandom

Research Interests: Egyptomania as a fandom; Orientalism in Egyptomania

• HIST 1010: The Ancient World
• HIST 1050: Mythologies of Europe
• HIST 3010: Women in Classical Antiquity
• HIST 3140: King Arthur from History to Myth
• HIST 3160: History of Ancient Egypt
• HIST 4990: Senior Thesis

• "When the Pilgrimage Comes to the Fan: Fan Tourism in 19th-Century Egyptomania." Paper accepted to Popular Culture Association National Conference to be held in 2025.
• Sartin, Roy Jo. "Egyptomania as a fandom (or two): How fanon became canon in the world’s oldest fandom." Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies 18, issue 2 (2021): 159-186.
• "Egyptomania 2.0: How Fanon Replaced Canon in the World's Oldest Fandom." Paper presented at Popular Culture Association Conference, 2020.
• "Taking Contemporary Egypt out of Egyptomania: Amelia Edwards's Orientalist Travel Narrative." Paper presented at European Studies Conference, 2020.
• “Represent! Why Representation in Popular Culture Matters.” Group presentation at Denver Pop Culture Con, 2019.
• “Performing Egyptomania as Egypt: Conflating the Text with its Fandom in our Popular Imagination.” Paper presented at Pacific Ancient and Modern Languages Association Conference, 2018.
• “The Hero in All of Us: Empowering Students through the Modern Mythologies of Moana, Black Panther, and Sherlock Holmes.” Group presentation at Denver Comic Con, 2018.
• “‘You Could Save the World’: Using Wonder Woman to Teach History, Past and Present.” Group presentation at Denver Comic Con, 2018.
• "The NRI with the Heart of Hindustani Gold: How Romantic Leads Negotiate Tradition and Modernity in Post-Globalization Bollywood." Paper presented at Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery Conference, 2014.
• "Isis Writes: Epistolary Portraits of Women's Empowered Identity in Roman Egypt." Paper presented at Southwestern Social Science Association Meeting, 2013.
• "Not a Savior but a Safety Net: Doctor Who as the Ultimate Outsider Philosopher-King." Paper presented at Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery Conference, 2013.
• "Love & Marriage in Bollywood: Traditional Values Meet Modern Sensibilities in Post-Globalization Popular Indian Cinema." Paper presented at Women's and Gender History Symposium, 2009.

Roy Jo Sartin Curriculum Vitae