Areas of Expertise

Greek and Latin; Classics

Teaching Interests

Green and Roman language, literature, and culture

Research

Roman Philosophy, Classical Reception, Latin Pedagogy

Representative Publications:

Books:

  • Lectiones Memorabiles, Volume III. Selections from Caesar, Catullus, Horace, Livy, Ovid, and Vergil. Commentary with M. Colakis. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. 2018.
  • Lectiones Memorabiles, Volume II. Selections from Horace, Lucretius, Seneca, Suetonius, and Tacitus. Commentary. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. 2015.

Journal Articles and Book Chapters (Peer Reviewed):

  • “The Institution as Learner: Challenging the Metaphor of Debt in Higher Education.” With Nicholas J. Shudak. In Leadership Strategies for Promoting Social Responsibility in Higher Education. Emerald Publishing 2020. 161-174.
  • “Towards a Practice of Stoic Pragmatism.” With Steven A. Miller. The Pluralist 10.2 (2015): 150-171.
  • “Onomastic Irony in Fronto's Letters Ad M. Caesarem 1.7, 2.5, 2.13, and 3.18.” Classical Quarterly 65.2 (2015): 301-309.
  • “The Correspondence of Fronto and Marcus Aurelius: Love, Letters, and Metaphor.”Classical Antiquity 32.2 (2013): 406-438.
  • “Liminal Women in Fronto’s Letters.” Classical Journal 108.4 (2013): 419-445.
  • “A Liar’s Yarn: Storytelling in The Lost Books of the Odyssey.” New Voices in Classical Reception Studies 7 (2012).
  • “(Be)coming Home(r): Nostalgia in Jean-Luc Godard’s Contempt.” Arethusa 45.2 (2012): 243-258.
  • “Classroom as Text: What Genres Do We Teach In?” Teaching Classical Languages 2.2 (2011): 69-80.
  • “The referendum Conundrum: Referenda or Referendums?” With J. Tobin Grant. PS: Political Science and Politics 44.3 (2011): 563-564.
  • “Quintilian, Seneca, imitatio: Re-reading Institutio Oratoria 10.1.125-31.” Arethusa 44.1 (2011): 122-136.

Education

  • Ph.D. Classics, The Ohio State University
  • M.A. Classics, The Ohio State University
  • B.A. Classics, Grinnell College

Previous Appointments:

  • Dean of the School of Arts & Humanities and Director of Honors and Interdisciplinary Studies, Wayne State College (2017-2021)
  • Chair of the Department of Languages, Cultures, and International Trade, Southern Illinois University Carbondale (2015-2017)
  • Associate Professor of Classics, Southern Illinois University Carbondale (2013-2017)
  • Assistant Professor of Classics, Southern Illinois University Carbondale (2007-2013)
  • Visiting Instructor of Classics, Kenyon College (2006-2007)

Professional Associations

  • Editor, Teaching Classical Languages journal, published by the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, 2019-2024
  • Executive Committee, Classical Association of the Middle West and South, 2019-2024
  • Executive Subcommittee on Publications, Classical Association of the Middle West and South, 2019-2024
  • Member, Society for Classical Studies