can be used to give insight into social history. Dunbabin was a visiting fellow at All Souls College, Oxford between January and June 2001. In 2004, Dunbabin was awarded a Killam Fellowship so she could dedicate time to researching the role of theatre in Roman society and Roman art. The aim was to produce a book and deliver a series of public lectures on the topic. She retired from McMaster University in 2006.

Dunbabin has been part of the Journal of Roman Archaeology's