Faculty
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.
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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
Pronouns: she/her
Expertise: Early Imperial Latin Literature, Gender and Power in the Ancient World, Roman Britain, Roman Exemplarity
Expertise: Roman and Greek art and archaeology. Latin language and literature. Mythology in Greek and Roman art. Roman social history and daily life.
Expertise: Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, ceramic analysis, digital humanities, Late Antique Economy, the Roman army, and Archaeological Theory.
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Expertise: Roman and Greek history.
Honorary Visiting Scholar
Affiliated Faculty
Cooperating Faculty
Expertise: Maya, archaeology of complex societies, landscape
Expertise: Medieval art and architecture
Expertise: bioarchaeology, complex societies, writing systems, Mesoamerica
Faculty Emeriti
Expertise: Christian studies
Expertise: Latin and Greek language and literature. Classical myth and religion.
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.