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BOOKS

• Leonard Greenspoon and Ron Simkins, editors. Studies in Jewish Civilization 13: Spiritual Dimensions of Judaism: Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual Symposium of the Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization, September 17 and 18, 2000 (Omaha: Creighton University Press, 2003).
• ---------- and Sidnie White Crawford, editors. The Book of Esther in Modern Research (JSOTSup 380; London: T & T Clark, 2003).
• ---------- with Ron Simkins and Jean Cahan, editors. Studies in Jewish Civilization 14: Women and Judaism: Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Symposium of the Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization, October 28 and 29, 2001 (Omaha: Creighton University Press, 2003).
• William Stephens, Stoic Ethics: Epictetus and Happiness as Freedom (London: Continuum, forthcoming 2007).
• ----------. The Person: Readings in Human Nature (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2006).

ARTICLES / BOOK CHAPTERS

• Geoff Bakewell. Introduction to Quintus of Smyrna, The Fall of Troy, Barnes and Noble, New York, 2005.
• ----------. "Written Lists of Military Personnel in Classical Athens" in The Politics of Orality: Orality and Literacy in the Ancient World VI, ed. Craig Cooper, in press at E.J. Brill, Leiden, 2005.
• ----------. "The One-Eyed Man is King: Oedipal Vision in Spielberg's Minority Report" in Celluloid Classics, ed. L. Kirsten Day (in press).
• Greg Bucher. "A. Licinius Archias (186)", entry for the Brill's New Jacoby (in press).
• "Cicero (648)", entry for the Brill's New Jacoby (in press).
• ----------. "Classical Language Curriculum Reform at Creighton University", in proceedings of the Jesuit Education and the Classics Conference at Xavier University (November 3-5, 2005) (in press).
• ----------. "Appianos (237)", entry for the Brill's New Jacoby.
• ----------. L. Licinius Lucullus (185)", entry for the Brill's New Jacoby.
• ---------- "Lepidus (838)", entry for the Brill's New Jacoby.
• ----------"Jason of Cyrene (182)", entry for the Brill's New Jacoby.
• ----------"Herakleides of Magnesia (187)" entry for the Brill's New Jacoby.
• ----------"Aisopos (187a)", entry for the Brill's New Jacoby.
• ----------. "Toward a Literary Evaluation of Appian's Civil Wars, Book I" in The Blackwell Companion to Greek and Roman Historiography (October 2007).
• ----------. With Brian Barrett and Michael Dawson. "When the Passion has Cooled. Reflections on Mel Gibson's Passion" in JRS 6.
• ----------. "Fictive Elements in Appian's Pharsalus Narrative" in Phoenix 59 (2005) 50-76.
• Christina Clark. "Sappho", introduction to the volume Sappho, edited ny N.N. Dash, published by the Oriental Academy of Arts and Letters (Orissa India) (in press).
• ----------. "Tears in Lucretius", in Tears and Crying in Graeco-Roman Antiquity, ed. Thorsten Fögen (in press).
• ----------. "Minos' Touch and Theseus' Glare: Gestures in Bakkhylides 17" in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology 101: 1-25.
• ----------. "The Poetics of Manhood? Nonverbal Behavior in Catullus 51" is in press at Classical Philology.
• Leonard Greenspoon. "Jewish Bible Translation in/and the Enlightenment," Studia Hebraica 2 (published by the "Goldstein Goren" Center of Hebrew Studies, University of Bucharest, Romania. 2003), 319-328.
• ----------. "Hebrew into Greek: Interpretation In, By, and Of the Septuagint" in History of Biblical Interpretation, vol. 1, ed. Alan Hauser and Duane F. Watson (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003), 80-113.
• ----------. "From Maidens and Chamberlains to Harems and Hot Tubs: Five Hundred Years of Esther in English" in Esther Through the Ages, ed. Sidnie White Crawford and Leonard J. Greenspoon (JSOTSup 380; London: T & T Clark, 2003), 217-241.
• ----------. "The KJV and the Jews," "The KJV and the Jews," Religious Studies News/SBL Edition (online: October 2003).
• Martha Habash. "Priapic Punishments in Petronius' Satyrica 16-26" to appear in the Fall 2006 issue of Syllecta Classica.
• ---------- "Petronius' Satyrica 24.7: Quartilla's asellus," Ancient Narrative 5 (2005).
• Ron Simkins. "Case Studies from the Second Wave of Research in the Social World of the Hebrew Bible" (with Stephen L. Cook). In The Social World of the Hebrew Bible: Twenty-Five Years of Social Sciences in the Academy. Edited by R. A. Simkins and S. L. Cook. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature. Semeia 87 (1999): 1-14.
• -----------. "The Embodied World: Creation Metaphors in the Ancient Near East." In Materials for a History of of the Human Body in the Ancient Near East, edd. T.G. Wilfong and C.E. Jones (Groningen: Styx Publications) in press.
• William Stephens, "Can a Stoic Love?" in Sex, Love, and Friendship: Studies of the Society for the Philosophy of Sex and Love 1993–2003, ed. A. McEvoy ( Amsterdam : Rodopi, forthcoming).
• ------------. "If Friendship Hurts an Epicurean Deserts," in Sex, Love, and Friendship: Studies of the Society for the Philosophy of Sex and Love 1993–2003, ed. A. McEvoy ( Amsterdam : Rodopi, forthcoming).
• ------------. "Separated Spouses and Equal Partners: Cicero , Ovid, and Marriage at a Distance," in Sex, Love, and Friendship: Studies of the Society for the Philosophy of Sex and Love 1993–2003, ed. A. McEvoy ( Amsterdam : Rodopi, forthcoming).
• ------------. “The Providential Tourist: Epictetus on How a Stoic Travels,” From Ancient Greek to Asian Philosophy [Proceedings of the Athens Institute for Education and Research First {2006} International Conference on Philosophy], E. Hoppe & R. Weed (eds). Athens : ATINER, 2007: 127–140.
• ------------. "Masks, Androids, and Primates: The Evolution of the Concept 'Person'" reprinted in The Person: Readings in Human Nature, ed. W. O. Stephens ( Upper Saddle River , NJ : Prentice Hall, 2006) 397–408.
• ----------. "Stoicism in the Stars: Yoda, the Emperor, and the Force," in Star Wars and Philosophy, edited by K. Decker & J. Eberl (in the Philosophy and Popular Culture series). ( Chicago : Open Court Publishing, 2005) 16–28.

REVIEWS

• Geoff Bakewell. Jones, N., Rural Athens under the Democracy (Philadelphia, 2004), Bryn Mawr Classical Review 4.3 (2005).
• Greg Bucher. Clark, G. Christianity and Roman Society (Cambridge, 2004), Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2006.01.01.
• ----------. Ball, L.F. The Domus Aurea and the Roman Architectural Revolution (Cambridge 2003), Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2004.06.33.
• ----------. Mueller, H.-F. Roman Religion in Valerius Maximus (Routledge 2002), and D.R. Shackleton Bailey,
  Valerius Maximus. Memorable Doings and Sayings 2vv. (Harvard 2000), NECJ 31.2:186-189.
• ----------. Dickerson, M. Following Gandalf. Epic Battles and Moral Victory in The Lord of the Rings (Brazos Press 2003), Journal of Religion and Society 6.
• Christina Clark. Milnor, K., Gender, Domesticity, and the Age of Augustus (Oxford, 2005) for Bryn Mawr Classical Review 12.02 (2006)
• ----------. R. Hard, The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology and S. Price and E. Kearns (edd.), The Oxford Dictionary of Classical Myth and Religion, Classical Review, in press.
• ----------. "Timeless Tales: Classics Books for Children," a review and discussion article in Michigan Reading Journal 36.3 (2004): 58-68.
• Ron Simkins. Review of Canaan and Israel in Antiquity: An Introduction, by K. L. Noll. Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 4 (2002-2003).
• WillIam O. Stephens, Seddon, K. Epictetus’ Handbook and the Tablet of Cebes: Guides to Stoic Living. New York & London : Routledge, 2005. Ancient Philosophy (forthcoming 2008)
• ----------. Osborne, C. Dumb Beasts and Dead Philosophers: Humanity and the Humane in Ancient Philosophy and Literature. Oxford University Press, 2007. Social Theory and Practice 34, no. 1 (Jan. 2008): 139–145.
• ----------.Vernezze, P. J. Don’t Worry, Be Stoic: Ancient Wisdom for Troubled Times. Lanham , MD : University Press of America , 2005. Ancient Philosophy XXVII, no. 2, Fall 2007: 452–455.
• ----------. Curnow, T. The Philosophers of the Ancient World: An A-Z Guide. London : Duckworth, 2006. Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2007.07.28.
• ----------. Reydams-Schils, G. The Roman Stoics: Self, Responsibility, and Affection. University of Chicago Press, 2005. Ancient Philosophy XXVI, no. 2 (Fall 2006): 438–443.
• ----------. Sapontzis, S.F. (ed.), Food for Thought: The Debate over Eating Meat. Amherst , NY : Prometheus Books, 2004. Journal of Philosophy, Science & Law 6 (March 20, 2006).

OTHER WORK

• Geoff Bakewell. See his interview with Prof. Wendy Wright in the series "Books that humanize" here.
• Greg Bucher. Cover art for the Michigan Reading Journal 36.3 (2004).
• Christina Clark. Sappho. In Meet the Philosophers of Ancient Greece, ed. Patricia O'Grady (Ashgate: 2005), pp. 39-41.
• Leonard Greenspoon. See his interview with Prof. Wendy Wright in the series "Books that humanize" here.
• Ron Simkins. "Arsaces I", "Hamilcar", "Matthew", "Seleucus I", "Seleucus II", and "Simon Magus." In From Polis to Empire - The Ancient World c. 800 B.C. - A.D. 500: A Biographical Dictionary. The Great Cultural Eras of the Western World. Edited by A. G. Traver. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
• William O. Stephens. "Marcus Aurelius," Meet the Philosophers of Ancient Greece, ed. Patricia O'Grady (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005) 211–213.
• ------------. "Philosophy as Therapy for the Soul," (with M. A. Brown) Creighton University Magazine (Winter 2006) 30–35.

TALKS

• Geoff Bakewell. "The One-Eyed Man is King: Classical Myth and Minority Report," for the Do Students Dream of Electr(on)ic Sheep Film Festival, Creighton University, 7-9 September 2007.
• ----------"Orality, Literacy, Memory: The Athenian Naval Catalogue," to be delivered at the Orality and Literacy in the Ancient World VII: Orality, Literacy, Memory Conference, July 2006.
• ----------"Deque Viro Factus, Mirabile, Femina: Tiresias, Mel Gibson, and What Women Want," to be delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, February 2006.
• ----------"Agamemnon 438: Ho Chrysamoibos d'Ares and Athenian Military Practice," delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association, January 8, 2006.
• Greg Bucher. "Style and Meaning in Blade Runner," for the Do Students Dream of Electr(on)ic Sheep Film Festival, Creighton University, 7-9 September 2007.
• ----------"Classical Language Curricular Reform at Creighton University," at the Jesuit Education and the Classics Conference at Xavier University, 4 November 2005.
• ----------"Pleasure to the People! How the Oak View Mall is like the Roman baths," given in the CU at Joslyn public lecture series at the Joslyn Art Museum, 22 October 2005.
• Christina Clark. "A Gesture of Love? Gestures in Ancient Greek Vase Painting", given 18 March 2006 as a part of the CU at Joslyn series.
• ----------. "Silence as an Ornament for Women", a Women's History Month presentation, 14 March 2006, Creighton University.
• ----------. "Body Posture and Elite Masculinity in Lucretius' De rerum natura", at the Missouri Valley History Conference, Omaha, NE, 3 March 2006.
• Martha Habash and Kathryn Thomas. "Readily adaptable materials for the P-3 classroom and the eternally young", at CAMWS in Gainsville, Sat. April 8, 2006.
• ----------. "Priapean Punishments in Petronius' Satyricon 16-26," delivered at CAMWS conference in Madison, 1 April 2005.
• William O. Stephens, “Bugbear and Open Door Policy: Epictetus on Death,” presented to the University of Nebraska Omaha Philosophy Program Colloquium , April 4, 2008, Omaha , Nebraska .
• ----------. "The Providential Tourist or Epictetus on How a Stoic Travels," at the Athens Institute for Education and Research International Conference on Philosophy, June 2, 2006, Vilia , Greece .
• Kathryn A. Thomas. See Martha Habash above.
• ----------. "Snakes and Birds in Euripides' Ion," delivered at the CAMWS conference in Madison, 1 April 2005.

AWARDS, GRANTS, OTHER

• Geoff Bakewell. 2006 Award for Excellence in College Teaching, Classical Association of the Middle West and South.
• ----------. 2005 Dean's Award for Professional Excellence in Teaching.
• ----------. Elected an honorary member of Delta Phi Alpha, the German National Honor Society.
• Greg Bucher. Appointed Professor in Charge, Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Sicily, 2010-11.
• ----------. Appointed Director of the Classical Summer School of the American Academy in Rome, 2008-2010.
• ----------. Hired as Associate Professor at the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome (2006-2007).
• Christina Clark. Tenured and Promoted to Associate Professor, April 2008.
• ----------. Summer research stipend from the Graduate School.
• ----------. Grant from the Graduate School to run a pedagogical study in Summer World Lit I.
• Leonard Greenspoon. The Rabbi Theodore S. Levy Tribute Fellowship, for preparation of a volume of letters to/from Harry M. Orlinsky, 2003-2004.
• ----------. Extended Immersion Grant, College of Arts and Sciences' Diversity Project, Creighton University, Summer and Fall 2004.
• ----------. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Small Grant Award, Creighton University, 2004-2005.
• Martha Habash. Named eFellow, Creighton University Division of Information Technology.
• ----------. Promoted to the rank of Associate Professor, 2006.
• Ron Simkins. Promoted to the rank of Professor, 2006.
• William O. Stephens. Promoted to Professor of Philosophy and Near Eastern and Classical Studies.
• ----------. Awarded the 2005 Omicron Delta Kappa "Teaching for Tomorrow" Award.

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