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Erin Walcek Averett, Ph.D. (University of Missouri-Columbia).
Resident Assistant Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Studies
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    Special interests: Art and Archaeology of Greece and Cyprus, Greek Religion, interactions between
    the Aegean and the Near East
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Daniel Barber, Ph.D. (University of Virginia).
Resident Assistant Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Studies
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    Special interests: Augustan Poetry, Republican prose, Hellenistic Philosophy, Plato, the reception of Classical literature.

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Gregory S. Bucher, Ph.D. (Brown University).
Associate Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Studies.

On leave at the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies, AY 2011-2012.

Special interests: Roman history and topography, ancient historiography.

Christina A. Clark, Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin-Madison).
Associate Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Studies.
On leave at the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies, AY 2011-2012.

Leonard J. Greenspoon, Ph.D. (Harvard University).
Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization, Professor of Theology and Classical and Near Eastern Studies.

    Special Interests: Hebrew Bible, especially Joshua, Septuagint studies, Bible translations.

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Martha Habash, Ph.D. (University of Virginia).
Associate Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Studies.
Interim Chair of the Department, AY 2011-2012.

       Special interests: Greek archaic poetry, Greek and Roman comedy, Roman novel and satire.

Jeffrey P. Hause, Ph.D. (Cornell University).
Associate Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Studies.
Director, Creighton University Honors Program.

    Special Interests: Classical and mediaeval philosophy, Latin literature, ethics.

Ronald A.Simkins, Ph.D. (Harvard University).
Professor of Theology and Classical and Near Eastern Studies.

Director, Kripke Center for the Study of Religion and Society.

    Special interests: Hebrew Bible, Syro-Palestinian history and archaeology, NW Semitic epigraphy, Mesopotamian history and religion.

William O. Stephens, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania).
Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Studies.
On sabbatical, AY 2012-2013.

    Special interests: Stoicism, Hellenistic philosophy, ethics and animals, and environmental philosophy.

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Mark Thatcher, Ph.D. (Brown University).
Resident Assistant Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Studies
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    Special interests: Greek and Roman History and Historiography (especially Archaic Greece and the Roman Republic), ethnicity and identity, multiculturalism and cross-cultural connections, ancient Sicily.

Christine Dahlin, on leave Spring 2012.
E-Mail:  ccdahlin@creighton.edu

Russell Anderson, Interim Department Administrative Assistant (no picture).