Affiliation: Independent Scholar
Janet Stephens is a professional stylist and cosmetologist based in Baltimore, MD, whose area of academic specialization is ancient and historic hairdressing. She has published "Ancient Roman hairdressing: on (hair)pins and needles" (Journal of Roman Archaeology 21, 2008) and "Recreating the hairstyle of the Fonesca bust" (EXARC Journal Annual Digest, 2013). She has given numerous presentations, including "The Scientifick Hairdresser: curling and coiffing in the Jeffersonian era", "Ovid’s Cosmetology: the hair science behind Amores 1.14", "Truthy or False-ish? Hair in Ancient Roman and Renaissance Female Portraiture", "Ancient Roman Hairdressing: Fiction to Fact", and "Vestal Virgin Hairstyling: recreating the seni crines". Ms. Stephens was a 2011 Rome Prize finalist in Design.
