Faculty

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Darlene Brooks Hedstrom
Department Chair, Undergraduate Advising Head
Myra and Robert Kraft and Jacob Hiatt Associate Professor of Christian Studies
781-736-2065  Lown 308
Pronouns: she/her
  • Expertise: Archaeology and history of ancient and late antique Christianity. Material culture and religions of eastern Mediterranean and the Near East. Monasticism in Eastern Mediterranean World. Foodways in Late Antiquity,

Joel P. Christensen
Joel P. Christensen
Professor of Classical Studies
Interim Director of Graduate Studies
Mandel Center for Humanities, 214
Office Hours: Mon., Wed., Thurs. 11 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1-2 p.m.
  • Expertise: Classical philology. Homeric epic and the relationship between the epics and mythopoetic traditions; "Odyssey" and modern psychology; pedagogy and Homeric epic; leadership in the Greek and Roman world.

Caitlin Gillespie
Caitlin Gillespie
Assistant Professor of Classical Studies
  • Expertise: Early Imperial Latin literature, gender and power in the Ancient World, Roman Britain, Roman exemplarity

Eóin O'Donoghue
Eóin O'Donoghue
Assistant Professor of Classical Studies
Mandel Center for the Humanities, 210
Alexandra Ratzlaff
Alexandra Ratzlaff
Director of Graduate Studies, Assistant Professor of Classical Archaeology and Digital Humanities
Mandel Center for the Humanities, 215
  • Expertise: Classical and Near Eastern archaeology, ceramic analysis, digital humanities, late antique economy, the Roman army, and Archaeological theory.

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Rebecca Sausville
Rebecca Sausville
Lecturer in Classical Studies
Mandel Center for the Humanities, 215

Rebecca Sausville is a cultural historian who works on the intersection of literary, civic and professional endeavors in imperial Greece and Asia Minor. Her current research centers on professional activities and knowledge production as sources of civic and urban identity, with broader interests in labor valuation, literary canonization, civic utility and intellectual competition. She is almost always game to discuss the Greek east and related topics, and to shoot the breeze about professionalization ancient and modern, particularly with regards to the modern role of public humanities within, adjacent to, and outside the academy. Originally from outside Washington, D.C., she holds a BA from Fordham College at Lincoln Center, an MA from the University of Kentucky, and will soon hold a PhD from New York University.

 Jeremy Swist
Jeremy J. Swist
Lecturer in Classical Studies
Mandel Center for the Humanities, 216
  • Expertise: Imperial Greek and Latin historiography; Regal Rome; Late Antiquity; Julian the Apostate; Greek Declamation; Reception of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium in heavy metal music.

Honorary Visiting Scholar

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Cynthia Lepofsky
Honorary Visiting Scholar in Classical Studies

Affiliated Faculty

William Kapelle
William Kapelle
Associate Professor of History
  • Expertise: Medieval history

Cooperating Faculty

charles golden
Charles Golden
Associate Professor of Anthropology
  • Expertise: Maya, archaeology of complex societies, landscape

charles mcclendon
Charles McClendon
Sidney and Ellen Wein Professor in the History of Art
Division Head, Creative Arts, School of Arts and Sciences
  • Expertise: Medieval art and architecture

Javier Urcid
Javier Urcid
Jane's Chair Professor of Latin American Studies
  • Expertise: Bioarchaeology, complex societies, writing systems, Mesoamerica

Faculty Emeriti

Bernadette Brooten
Bernadette Brooten
Myra and Robert Kraft and Jacob Hiatt Professor Emerita of Christian Studies
  • Expertise: Christian studies

Patricia Johnston
Professor Emerita of Classical Studies
  • Expertise: Latin and Greek language and literature. Classical myth and religion.

Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow
Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow
Professor Emerita of Classical Studies
  • Expertise: Roman and Greek art and archaeology. Latin language and literature. Mythology in Greek and Roman art. Roman social history and daily life.

Leonard Muellner
Professor Emeritus of Classical Studies
  • Expertise: Greek and Latin language and literature, with special interest in Greek epic, lyric and tragic poetry, the historical study of Ancient Greek language, and the comparative study of mythology and religion.

Cheryl Walker
Cheryl Walker
Professor Emerita of Classical Studies
  • Expertise: Roman and Greek history.