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Erin Walcek Averett, Ph.D. (University of Missouri-Columbia).

    Special interests: Art and Archaeology of Greece and Cyprus, Greek Religion, interactions between
    the Aegean and the Near East
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    Professor Averett has an appointment in the Fine and Performing Arts Department in the 2009-2010 academic year.

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Geoffrey Bakewell, Ph.D. (Brown University).
Associate Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Studies
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    Special interests: Greek and Roman political and social history, Greek tragedy.

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

Director, Classical Summer School of the American Academy in Rome, 2008-2010.

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.
Chair, Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies.

    Special interests:  Greek poetry, Latin epic, gender studies, and nonverbal behavior.

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.

       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.
Fulbright Fellow in French Studies, University of Nantes, France.

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

    On sabbatical leave, 2009-2010 academic year.

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.

    Special interests: Stoicism, neostoicism, and Hellenistic philosophy.

Kathryn A. Thomas, Ph.D. (Loyola University of Chicago).
Associate Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Studies.

    Special interests: ancient history, art and archaeology, ancient medicine, Latin palaeography and epigraphy.

 

Christine Dahlin.
Department Administrative Assistant.