Core Faculty

Carlo Cereti
Endowed Ferdowsi Presidential Chair in Zoroastrian Studies and Professor of Classics and Religious Studies
Carlo G. Cereti
Endowed Ferdowsi Presidential Chair in Zoroastrian Studies and Professor of Classics and Religious Studies

Ph.D. University of Naples "L'Orientale"

Research Interests

Zoroastrianism, Iranian languages, pre-modern history of the Iranian world

Zina Giannopoulou leaning against a wall, tilting her head to her left
Chair and Professor of Classics
Zina Giannopoulou
Chair and Professor of Classics

Ph.D. University of Illinois

Research Interests

Comparative classicisms (20th/21st century), aesthetics and textual poetics, film criticism, critical theory, philosophy and literature/film, environmental humanities, translation studies

Aleah Hernandez
Undergraduate Advisor and Assistant Professor of Teaching
Aleah Hernandez
Undergraduate Advisor and Assistant Professor of Teaching

Ph.D. University of California, Irvine

Research Interests

Greek Tragedy, Classical Reception, Gender, Narratolog

Andromache Karanika
Professor of Classics
Andromache Karanika
Professor of Classics

Ph.D. Princeton University

Research Interests

Greek epic poetry, Greek Lyric, Folklore

Maria Pantelia
Professor of Classics, Thesaurus Linguae Graecae Director
Maria Pantelia
Professor of Classics, Thesaurus Linguae Graecae Director

Ph.D. Ohio State University

Research Interests

Greek epic, Hellenistic poetry, Digital Humanities

Richard Snyder
Associate Professor of Teaching
Richard Snyder
Associate Professor of Teaching

Ph.D. University of Southern California

Research Interests

Latin poetry, epic tradition, modern poetry, biopolitics, aesthetic theory

Andrew Zissos
Professor of Classics
Andrew Zissos
Professor of Classics

Ph.D. Princeton University

Research Interests

Latin epic, Imperial Roman Culture, Classical Reception


 

Affiliated Faculty

Camille Reiko Acosta
Assistant Professor of Art History, Archeology, and Visual Studies
Camille Reiko Acosta
Assistant Professor of Art History, Archeology, and Visual Studies

Ph.D. UCLA

Research Interests

Greek art and archeology, migration and colonialism, Greek-Egyptian interactions, ceramics, craft production, history of archeological theory and practice

Roland Betancourt smiling with a blue tinted book case behind him
Professor of Art History and Visual Studies Chancellor's Professor
Roland Betancourt
Professor of Art History and Visual Studies Chancellor's Professor

Ph.D., Yale University

Research Interests

Byzantine and Medieval Art, Critical Theory, Queer Theory, Histories of race, gender, and sexuality

Matthew Canepa
Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Presidential Chair in Art History and Archaeology of Ancient Iran, Art History
Matthew Canepa
Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Presidential Chair in Art History and Archaeology of Ancient Iran, Art History

Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2004, Art History

Research Interests

Art and Archaeology of Persia and the Ancient Iranian World; Achaemenid, Seleucid, Arsacid, Sasanian empires; Hellenistic Iran and Central Asia; Eurasian late antiquity; cross-cultural interaction; critical theory

Touraj Daryaee
Maseeh Chair in Persian Studies & Culture, History and Director of the Dr. Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture
Touraj Daryaee
Maseeh Chair in Persian Studies & Culture, History and Director of the Dr. Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture

Ph.D., UCLA, 1999, History

Research Interests

Ancient and Medieval Iranian History, Iranian Languages and Literature, Zoroastrianism, Numismatics, World History

Casey Perin
Professor of Philosophy
Casey Perin
Professor of Philosophy

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2001

Research Interests

Ancient philosophy, philosophy of action, moral psychology, 17th & 18th century philosophy


 

Lecturers

David Branscome
Lecturer
David Branscome
Lecturer

Ph.D., Indiana University

Research Interests

Greek Historiography, Greek Interactions with the Near East, Greek and Near Eastern Mythology


 

Emeriti Faculty

Professor Emeritus, Classics
Luci Berkowitz
Professor Emeritus, Classics

PH.D., Ohio State University, Classics

Research Interests

Greek literary history, computer application to literature

Cynthia Claxton
Senior Lectuer, Classics
Cynthia L. Claxton
Senior Lectuer, Classics

Ph.D., University of Washington, 1987, Classics

Research Interests

Greek prose, historiography

Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature
Anthony Edwards
Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature

Ph.D., Cornell University

Research Interests

Homer; Greek Comedy; Classical Rhetoric

Richard I. Frank
Associate Professor Emeritus of History and Classics
Richard I. Frank
Associate Professor Emeritus of History and Classics

Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley

Research Interests

Roman history, Latin elegy and satire, classical tradition

Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
David Glidden
Professor Emeritus of Philosophy

Ph.D., Princeton University

Research Interests

Greek and Roman philosophy

John Miles
Distinguished Professor of English & Religious Studies, Director of the Program in Religious Studies
John Miles
Distinguished Professor of English & Religious Studies, Director of the Program in Religious Studies

Ph.D., Harvard University

Research Interests

Religion, Literature and International Relations

Margaret M. Miles
Professor Emerita of Art History, Classics, Religious Studies and Visual Studies
Margaret M. Miles
Professor Emerita of Art History, Classics, Religious Studies and Visual Studies

Ph.D., Princeton University

Research Interests

Greek and Roman Art and Architecture, Archaeology, Cultural Heritage and Cultural Property

Lecturer in Classics
Wendy Raschke
Lecturer in Classics

Ph.D. State University of New York, Buffalo

Research Interests

Roman satire, Greek art and archaeology

Thomas F. Scanlon
Professor of Classics and Chair, Department of Literature and Foreign Languages
Thomas F. Scanlon
Professor of Classics and Chair, Department of Literature and Foreign Languages

Ph.D., Ohio State University

Research Interests

Greek and Roman historiography, ancient athletics

Professor Emeritus of Classics
Dana F. Sutton
Professor Emeritus of Classics

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Research Interests

Greek and Latin drama, Greek poetry, Anglo-Latin literature