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Lauryn Hanley is a Ph.D. candidate in Classics at the University of Washington, where her dissertation explores the religious and literary significance of caves in ancient Greek culture. Her work draws from archaeological research, close reading of myth and poetics, and phenomenological fieldwork informed by the environmental humanities. As a 2025–2026 U.S. Fulbright Student Researcher, Lauryn will conduct fieldwork in Greece for her dissertation, focusing on the ritual and symbolic role of caves in Greek religious experience and myth. Her project investigates how ancient Greek sacred landscapes shaped religious imagination and how lived experience in caves influenced their mythopoetic representations. While in Greece, she will visit key cave sites tied to myth and cult, conduct archival research, and collaborate with Greek archaeologists and scholars of ancient religion. Her work aims to bridge literary, archaeological, and experiential perspectives to better understand ancient interactions with natural space.