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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).
- Jeffrey Hause.
Aquinas’s Disputed Questions onVirtue
(translation by Jeffrey Hause & Claudia Eisen Murphy, introduction &
philosophical commentary by Jeffrey Hause), (Indianapolis: Hackett, 2010).
- William
Stephens.
Marcus
Aurelius: A Guide for the Perplexed (London:
Continuum,
2012).
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Stoic
Ethics: Epictetus and Happiness as Freedom (London:
Continuum,
2007).
- ----------. The Person: Readings in Human Nature (Upper Saddle
River, NJ:
Prentice Hall, 2006).
ARTICLES / BOOK CHAPTERS
- Erin Averett.
“The Terracotta Figurines
and Votive Masks from the Malloura Sanctuary,” in Crossroads and
Boundaries: The Archaeology of Past and Present in the Malloura Valley,
Cyprus. Ed. by M. Toumazou, P. Kardulias, and D. B. Counts. American
Schools of Oriental Research Annual Series (2011).
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“A Red-Figure Ritual Rhyton from South
Italy,” Museum Magazine. Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of
Missouri (2006).
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Contributions to The Art of
the Book. Illustration and Design, 1650 to the Present, ed. by J. Stack.
Columbia, MO: Museum of Art and Archaeology and University Libraries (2006).
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“The Power of Images: the Politics of Portraiture,” Gallery Guide,
Fashioning Identities: Portraiture Through the Ages. Museum of Art and
Archaeology, University of Missouri (2005).
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“Spotlight: a New Roman Sarcophagus Fragment,” Museum Magazine. Museum
of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri (2005).
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“Drumming for the Divine: a Female Tympanon Player in the Museum of Art and
Archaeology,” MVSE. Annual of the Museum of Art and Archaeology
36-39: 15-28 (2002-04).
- Greg Bucher.
"A. Postumius Albinus," for Brill's New Jacoby
(2009)
- -------. "Classical Language
Curriculum Reform at Creighton University," in Jesuit Education and the
Classics, ed. E. Cueva
(Cambridge Scholars 2009) 56-66.
- -------. "Appian of Alexandria" for the Blackwell
Encyclopedia of Ancient History (2008).
- -------. Review of Carsana, C. Commento storico al libro II delle Guerre civili di Appiano
(parte I), (Pavia 2007), in CR 59.2 (in press).
- ----------. "A. Licinius Archias (186),"
entry for the Brill's
New Jacoby.
- ----------. "Cicero (648)," entry
for the Brill's New Jacoby.
- ----------. "Appianos (237),"
entry for the Brill's
New Jacoby.
- ----------. L. Licinius Lucullus
(185)," entry for the Brill's New Jacoby.
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"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, ed. John Marincola, (Basil Blackwell 2007) 454-460.
- ----------. 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.
"To kneel or not to Kneel: Gendered Nonverbal Behavior in Greek Ritual,"
Journal of Religion and Society Supplement 5, 1-15.
- ----------. "Tears in Lucretius,"
in Tears and Crying in Graeco-Roman Antiquity, ed. Thorsten Fögen
(Berlin and New York: De Gruyter 2009).
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"The
Poetics of Manhood? Nonverbal Behavior in Catullus 51," Classical Philology 103 (2008) 257-81.
- ----------. "Sappho", introduction to the volume
Sappho, edited ny
N.N. Dash, published by the Oriental Academy of Arts and Letters (Orissa India 2007).
- ----------. "Minos' Touch
and Theseus' Glare: Gestures in Bakkhylides 17" in
Harvard
Studies in Classical Philology 101: 1-25.
- 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.
"A Greek, Funerary Inscription from Jordan” (with
Nabil Bader), forthcoming in Australian Archaeology and Epigraphy.
- ----------. "Priapic Punishments in Petronius'
Satyrica 16-26" Syllecta Classica, Fall 2006.
- ----------. "Petronius'
Satyrica
24.7: Quartilla's asellus," Ancient Narrative 5
(2005).
- Jeffrey Hause.
“Aquinas on Aristotelian Justice:
Defender, Destroyer, Subverter, or Surveyor?” forthcoming in Thomas
Aquinas and the Nicomachean Ethics, edited by T. Hoffmann, J. Müller, &
M. Perkams (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press).
- -----------. “Abelard,” entry for the
International Encyclopedia of Ethics (Wiley-Blackwell, forthcoming).
- 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.
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William Stephens, “Wise
Woman vs. Manic Man: Diotima and Alcibiades in Plato’s
Symposium”
in
Sex,
Love, and Friendship. Studies of the Society for the Philosophy of Sex and
Love, volume 2: 1993-2003, ed. A. McEvoy
(Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2011: 177–180).
-
------------. "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, 2011).
-
------------. "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, 2011).
-
------------. "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, 2011).
-
------------. “What’s Love Got to
Do with It? Epicureanism and Friends with
Benefits,” in
College Sex – Philosophy for Everyone: Philosophers with Benefits,
M. Bruce & R. M. Stewart (eds). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010: 77–90.
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------------. “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.
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"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
- Erin Averett.
Smith, J. 2009. Art and
Society in Cyprus from the Bronze Age into the Iron Age. Cambridge UP.
In AJA Online Reviews 115.2 (April 2011):
http://ajaonline.org/onlinereviews.
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Fourrier, S. 2007. La Coroplastie
Chypriote archaïque: Identités culturelles et politiques à l’époque des
royaumes. Travaux de la Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée, No.
46. Lyon. In Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research
357 (2010): 96-98.
- ----------.
Muhly, P. 2008. The Sanctuary of Hermes and Aphrodite at Syme Viannou.
IV. Animal Images of Clay. Athens. In Bryn Mawr Classical Review
2010.02.44 (2010):
http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2010/2010-02-44.html.
- Dan Barber. Diana Robin (ed., trans.),
Francesco Filelfo: Odes (Harvard 2009) Bryn Mawr Classical Review
2010.07.19.
- Greg Bucher.
Carsana, C. Commento Storico al libro II delle Guerre civili
di Appiano (parte I), (Pavia 2007), Classical Review 59.2 (in press).
- ----------. 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.
N. Worman, Abusive Mouths in Classical Athens (2008),
Classical Bulletin.
- ----------. M.L. Catoni, Schemata: Communicazione non verbale nella Grecia antica (Pisa 2005),
Classical Review 60.1.
- ----------. R.D. Woodard, The Cambridge Companion to Greek Mythology (Cambridge 2007),
Mnemosyne 62 (2009) 1-4.
- ----------. B. Vivante, Daughters of Gaia (Westport, CT, 2007),
BMCR 2008.02.03.
- ----------.
Milnor, K., Gender, Domesticity, and the Age of
Augustus (Oxford, 2005)
for Bryn Mawr Classical Review
12.02
(2006)
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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.
- ----------. "Timeless Tales:
Classics Books for Children," a review and discussion article in
Michigan Reading Journal 36.3 (2004): 58-68.
- Jeffrey Hause,
Christina Van Dyke, Rebecca Konyndyk de
Young, and Colleen McCluskey, Aquinas’s Ethics: Metaphysical Foundations,
Moral Theory, and Theological Context, Archiv für Geschichte der
Philosophie.
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Anthony Kenny, From Empedocles to Wittgenstein (Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2008), Mind (April 2010): 494-497.
- 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,
Musonius Rufus, Lectures and Sayings. Cynthia King (trans.), W. B.
Irvine (preface). Lulu, 2010.
Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2011.11.47.
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----------.
The Cambridge Companion to Galen. Edited by R. J. Hankinson. Cambridge
University Press, 2008.
The Classical Bulletin 85, no. 1, Summer 2010: 121–123.
- ----------.
The
Philosophy of Epictetus. Edited by Theodore Scaltsas & Andrew Mason.
Oxford University Press, 2007.
Ancient
Philosophy XXIX, no. 2, Fall 2009: 477–483.
- ----------.
Seddon, K. Epictetus’ Handbook
and the Tablet of Cebes: Guides to Stoic Living.
New York
&
London :
Routledge, 2005. Ancient
Philosophy XXVIII, no. 2, Fall 2008: 460–466.
- ----------. Graver, Margaret R.
Stoicism and
Emotion. University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2008.07.56.
-
----------. 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 2007.07.2.
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----------.
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
TALKS
- Erin Averett. “Prayers in Clay:
the Votive Figurines from the Athienou-Malloura Sanctuary on Cyprus,”
Religion and the Visual Symposium, Creighton University (2011).
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2010, “Reconstructing Life in the Malloura
Valley on Cyprus,” Missouri Valley History Conference, Omaha, NE (2011).
- ----------.
2009, “Contextualizing the Terracotta
Figurines from the Rural Sanctuary at Athienou-Malloura, Cyprus,”
American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meeting: New Orleans (2009).
- ----------.
2009, “The Terracotta Figurines from
Athienou-Malloura,” 27th Annual CAARI/Department of Antiquities
Archaeological Workshop: Nicosia, Cyprus (2009).
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2009, “The Athienou Archaeological Project,
2008: Investigations at Athienou-Malloura, Cyprus,” Archaeological Institute
of America 110th Annual Meeting: Philadelphia (2009).
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2008, “’Hath not the potter power over
clay?’ Constructing Identity at the Crossroads of the Mediterranean,”
American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meeting: Boston (2008).
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2008, “Playing the Part: Masking Rituals in
the Eastern Mediterranean,” Archaeological Institute of America public
lecture, Omaha-Lincoln chapter: University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2008).
- Greg Bucher. Allia Potestas and the Costume of Venus, 13 September 2009, CU at Joslyn lecture series, Joslyn Art Museum.
- ----------. "The Good, the Bad, and the Altered" symposium: introduction and remarks on the provenance of the Joslyn Augustus,
21 April 2009.
- ----------. "Koyaanisqatsi", Creighton Honors Program Film Festival, 19 April 2008.
- ----------. "The Joslyn Augustus and the portraiture of the first Roman emperor", CU at Joslyn series, Joslyn Art Museum, 12 April 2008.
- ----------. "How malls are like the Roman baths", for the Wisconsin Latin Teachers' Association, Madison, WI, 4 April 2008.
- ----------. "History of the Roman Empire with an excursus on Palmyra and the Joslyn Palmyrene funerary relief", for the Joslyn Art Museum docents, 24 March 2008.
- ----------. "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.
- Freeman, Meghan (Classical Languages '09). "Analysis and Discussion of the Joslyn Augustus", at the 'Good, Bad, Altered' symposium, 21 April 2009.
- ----------. "Roman portraiture and the Joslyn Roman marble portrait", for the Wisconsin Latin Teacher's Association Day, Madison WI, 4 April 2008.
- Martha Habash,.invited
lecture: “The Religious Roles of Women in 5th century BC.
Athens,” The Friends of Archaeology and Heritage, Amman, Jordan, June 26,
2011.
- ----------
and Kathryn Thomas. "Readily
adaptable materials for the P-3 classroom and the eternally young",
at CAMWS in Gainsville, 8 April 2006.
- ----------. "Priapean Punishments
in Petronius' Satyricon 16-26," delivered at CAMWS conference
in Madison, 1 April 2005.
- Jeffrey Hause.
“Aquinas on Aristotelian Justice:
Defender, Destroyer, Subverter, or Surveyor?” Cornell Summer Colloquium in
Medieval Philosophy (Summer 2011)
- ----------. “A Charitable
Interpretation of Justice,” Cornell Summer Colloquium in Medieval Philosophy
(Summer 2010)
-
William O. Stephens, “Is It Lonely At the
Top? The Memories of a Stoic Emperor,” a Faculty Friday
talk at Creighton University, February 3, 2012, Omaha.
-
-----------. "Bugbear and Open Door Policy: Epictetus on Death” presented to the
Department of Classics
& Religious Studies and the
Department of
Philosophy of the Univ. of Nebraska–Lincoln, November 15, 2011.
-
-----------. “The
Late Stoics on Habit” presented at the 36th Annual European Studies
Conference at the University of Nebraska–Omaha, October 7, 2011, Omaha.
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-----------. “Death, Beauty, and
Logos: The Memoranda of Rome’s
Philosopher-King” presented at the 37th Conference on Value Inquiry at
Creighton University, April 15, 2011, Omaha.
-
-----------. “How to Eat
Ethically,” presented as the Second Annual Ethics Lecture at the
University of
Evansville, 15 November 2010, Evansville, Indiana.
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----------.
“Death, Beauty, and Logos: The Memoranda of Rome’s
Philosopher-King” presented to the
Western Civilization Program of
Providence College, 1
November 2010, Providence, Rhode Island.
-
----------. “The Mereology of Marcus
Aurelius Antoninus” presented to the
Missouri Valley History Conference, 5 March 2010, Omaha.
-
----------. “Bugbear and Open Door Policy: Epictetus
on Death,” presented to the
University
of
Nebraska Omaha Philosophy Program Colloquium,
4 April 2008,
Omaha.
-
----------. "The Providential Tourist or Epictetus on How a
Stoic Travels," at the
Athens Institute for
Education and Research International Conference on Philosophy, 2 June
2006,
Vilia,
Greece.
AWARDS, GRANTS, OTHER
- Erin Averett. Homer and Dorothy Thompson
Fellowship, American School of Classical Studies, 2003-2004.
- Greg Bucher. Awarded grant from Nebraska Humanities Council for 'Good, bad, altered' symposium.
- ----------. Symposium organizer: "The Good, the Bad, and the Altered: toward a method of identifying recut and typologically impure Roman imperial portraits", at Creighton University, 21 April 2009.
- ----------. Appointed Professor in Charge, Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome, 2011-12.
- ----------. Appointed Director of the Classical Summer School of the American Academy
in Rome, 2008-2010.
- ----------. Appointed Associate
Professor at the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome, 2006-2007.
- Christina Clark. Appointed Associate Professor at the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies, 2011-2012.
- ----------. 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.
Fulbright Visiting Scholar
(Post-Doctoral) Grant for Research at Yarmouk University in Irbid, Jordan.
Research was conducted on unpublished Latin and Greek inscriptions found in
Northern Jordan (2010-2011).
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Received the Iggy Award from Creighton Freshmen 2011.
- ----------. Chosen eFellow, 2008-2009.
- ----------. Promoted to the rank of Associate Professor, 2006.
- Jeffrey Hause. Fulbright Award to study in France, 2009-2010.
- ----------. Sabbatical, 2009-2010.
- ----------. Full appointment in CANES with secondary appointment in Philosophy, from Spring 2009.
- Ron Simkins.
Promoted to the rank of Professor, 2006.
- William O. Stephens.
Awarded Creighton University Kripke Center for the Study
of Religion & Society 2010 fall cycle grant: Marcus Aurelius: A Guide for
the Perplexed.
- ----------. Awarded
Creighton University Graduate School 2010 Summer Faculty Research
Fellowship: Marcus Aurelius: A Guide for the Perplexed.
- ----------. Full appointment in CANES with secondary appointment in Philosophy, from Spring 2009.
- ----------. Chosen eFellow, 2009-2010.
- ----------. Promoted to Professor of Philosophy and Near Eastern and Classical Studies,
2005.
- ----------. Awarded the
2005 Omicron Delta Kappa "Teaching for Tomorrow" Award.
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