Current Graduate Students

Lawrence Cohen
Lawrence Cohen

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

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Alexi Coyne

Research interests: Cross-cultural connections and relationships between cultures in ancient Greece and Rome, linguistics and translation, epigraphy, ethnography and historical texts, and philology

Personal interests: Traveling and exploring the world, learning new languages, manga and anime, skiing, and watching documentaries.

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Jacob Elstein

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.

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Mary Margaret Fanning

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

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Hope Jensen

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!

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Aster McMillion

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

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Joe Meuse

Other Degree(s):  BA double major in Classical Studies and Anthropology from University of Massachusetts-Boston.

Research Interests: Classical archaeology, religious rituals involving necromancy and divination, cult activities and spaces, and Roman class differences.

Personal Interests: Acting in Classical tragedies, D&D, Historical European Martial Arts and cats. 

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Amanda Millar

Other Degrees: B.A. in Classical Civilization with a minor in Business Administration and Management from Boston University. 

Research Interest: Latin literature, specifically within the late republican period, and with a special interest in Catullus, Ovid, and Vergil and how their poetry connects to the political landscape at the time. 

Personal Interests: Fantasy novels, cozy video games, and playing with my cat Felix!

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Anna Trimble

Other degrees: BA double major in Classics and Anthropology: Archaeological focus with a minor in History from the University of Pittsburgh

Research interests: My research interests include bioarchaeology and paleopathology, drug-use in the Ancient Mediterranean, funerary rites and epigraphy.

Personal interests: figure skating, traveling, hiking, reading fantasy books and relaxing with my cat.

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Amanda Weber

Other degree(s): B.A.s in Art History and Classical Studies, with a minor in Italian, from Mount Holyoke College.

Research Interests: Ancient Greek Vase Painting, the Persian Empire and Persian Wars, the writings of Herodotus and Thucydides, the perceptions of Near Eastern cultures in the Greek world, Etruscan archaeology, and Minoan and Mycenaean cultures.

Personal Interests: Hockey (Go Islanders!), dancing, playing flute and piano, visiting museums and traveling, and collecting little trinkets.

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Bianca Wingard

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