Current Graduate Students
Other Degree(s): BA in Government from Wesleyan University and JD from Georgetown Law School
Research Interests: The decline of the Roman Empire, Roman archaeology, travel to important sights in Greek and Roman history, Jewish life in the classical world
Personal Interests: Practicing law and serving as a professional trustee, running, piano, tennis, writing travel itineraries, annoying my three children
Other Degree(s): B.A.s in Classics and Religious Studies with minors in History and Jewish Studies from Rutgers University - New Brunswick
Research Interests: Ancient mythologies and religions, mystery cults, ancient religious practices/rituals, and how they converge with myth in material culture, the relationship between myth and social mores in the ancient world.
Personal Interests: Dungeons & Dragons (DMing and playing), Cooking, Reading (Mostly Sci-fi and Fantasy), and Wrestling.
Other Degree(s): BA in Classical Archaeology from Saint Anselm College
Research Interests: Provincial Roman Archaeology and Etruscan Identity, Waterway Communities and Interconnected Trade, Early Imperial Propaganda in Architecture, Roman Conception of Memory
Personal Interests: Fieldwork, hiking, Italian cats, handicrafts, reading (huge J. R. R. Tolkien enthusiast), spending time with friends & family
Other Degree(s): B.A. in Classical Archaeology from Saint Anselm College; along with a double minor in English and Theology.
Research Interests: I enjoy researching ancient religions, funerary rites, and the life of the women in ancient times, specifically in Ancient Greece. I am also interested in the Minoan culture and the collapse Mycenaean society.
Personal Interests: I love theater, both performing and working backstage. As well as reading, painting, and listening to music. I’m also really good at trivia!
Other Degree(s): BA in Classical Studies, minor in Museum Studies, from Christopher Newport University
Research Interests: Ancient Mediterranean archaeology, art and architecture, material culture, gender and sexuality, and classical mythology.
Personal Interests: Reading, crafts, visiting museums, baking
Other Degrees: BA in History, minors in Ethnic Studies and Multidisciplinary Studies from East Carolina University
Research Interests: Social and economic history, textile production in the Bronze Age Aegean, gender and sexuality, reception theory, island communities.
Personal Interests: Cooking (especially Italian food!), reading, spending time outdoors, traveling.
Other Degree(s): Bachelor of Arts in Filmmaking from Marshall University
Research Interests: Powerful women in the ancient world, such as Medea, the broader scope of women’s roles in ancient society, and translation of these complex subjects into film formats, also classical Mythology, how myth and reality intersect, gender and sexuality, Ancient Greek language, ancient theatre
Personal Interests: Crocheting, knitting, reading novels, and watching anime