
Classics Faculty
Dan Curley, Associate Professor and Department Chair
B.A., Beloit College; , Washington University; Ph.D., University of Washington.
Specializations: Greek and Latin Literature
Research: Latin Poetry, especially Ovid; Greek tragedy and its influence on Ovid.
LADD HALL 210 PHONE: (518) 580-5463
Michael Arnush, Associate Professor (on sabbatical 2007/08)
B.A., Stanford University; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania.
Specializations: Ancient Mediterranean history.
Research: Greek political and social history; Athenian democracy; technopedagogy.
LADD HALL 209 PHONE: (518) 580-5462
Leslie Mechem, Lecturer
B.A., Douglass College (Rutgers University); graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania.
Specializations: Greek and Roman art and archaeology, gender studies.
Research: Roman imperial pottery and trade; mythology and art
LADD HALL 211 PHONE: (518) 580-5464
lmechem@skidmore.edu
Jackie Murray, Assistant Professor
B.A., University of Guelph; M.A., University of Western Ontario; Ph.D. University of Washington
Specializations: Hellenistic Poetry; Latin Poetry; Greek and Latin Imperial Literature; Archaic Choral and Lyric Poetry; Hellenistic and Roman Cultural Studies; Roman Topography and Ancient Urbanisn; Race and Gender Studies.
Research: See above
LADD HALL 205A PHONE: (518) 580-8407
jmurray2@skidmore.edu;
David Porter, Tisch Family Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts
B.A. Swarthmore College, 1958; Ph.D. Princeton University, 1962
Areas of interest: Greek and Latin literature; 20th c. music; 20th c. literature
Research: Classical drama and epic; Horace; Charles Ives; Virginia Woolf; Willa Cather
LADD HALL PHONE (518) 580-
(will be joining us in January 2009)
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Timothy Burns (Government)
Matt Ostrow (Philosophy)
Kate Greenspan (English)
Penny Jolly (Art History)
Marc-Andre Wiesmann (French)