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Matt Crutchfield
Contact: mdc2n4@mizzou.edu
B.A. Classics, Truman State University 2000
M.A. Classical Languages, University of Missouri 2003
Having finished my coursework in May of 2006, this year I will be busy studying for my comprehensive exams, working on my dissertation, serving as Departmental Research Assistant and spending time with my newborn daughter, Emma.
While I have a wide range of interests including Greek and Latin poetry and pedagogy, my main interests are Greek Tragedy and Latin Elegy and Epic. In the past I have worked on the Augustan Elegists. However, currently my research interests have turned to the "Silver" age, particularly epic. I plan to write my dissertation on a yet-to-be-determined aspect of Lucan's Bellum Civile.
Recent and upcoming presentations
"Non credita muris: Epicurean Views of Death and Impotent Boundaries in Lucan Pharsalia I" Classical Association of the Middle, West and South-Southern Section, Memphis, Tennessee, November, 2007.
"Shunned Love: A Tibullan Response to Propertius 1.5" Classical Association of the Middle, West and South, Gainseville, Florida, April 2006.
"Teaching Latin as a Profession" Panel Presentation at Truman State University's Classics "Alive and Kicking" series. Invited Speaker.
"Retention of Greek Students", Panel Presentation, Missouri Classical Association, University of Missouri-Columbia, October 2005.
"Tibullus 1.1 and the Paintings from Boscotrecase" University of Missouri-Columbia, Ancient Studies Occasional Papers, University of Missouri-Columbia, February 2005.
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David Collier
Contact: dacdz3@mizzou.edu
I completed my BA in Classical Humanities here at Mizzou in 2006, and then decided to enter the MA program (much to the department's chagrin). My time is divided between coursework, research, and teaching Latin. I am also a (future) board member for a non-profit company here in Columbia that focuses on civic education and engagement, American Values Are, LLC (have a look: http://www.americanvaluesare.com).
My main academic interests are Late Antique Roman literature and history, in particular the social and cultural changes of the period. I am currently working on my MA thesis project: a translation of and critical introduction to the "Evangeliorum Libri Quattuor" by the fourth-century poet Juvencus. I am also interested in the development of orthodoxy and early Western Christianity, epigraphy, numismatics, and genre studies.
Outside of class (and sometimes in class), you will find me talking about movies, blues music and 60's rock, politics, and bike riding.
Current or Recent Projects
"Juvencus' Evangeliorum Libri Quattuor": A Translation with an
Introduction (April 2008).
Presentation on Basilica di San Clemente in Rome, 2007 Classical Summer
School at the American Academy in Rome. This will be expanded in a
forthcoming article for "Nuntius" (Eta Sigma Phi's bi-annual publication).
"Mors et Apparatus: An Online Resource for Funerals and Death in Ancient
Rome," a 2006 e-Research Fellowship project
"Treasure Troves of the Roman Republic," presented at the 2006 MU
Graduate History Conference.
Erin Page Edwards
Contact: epeq4f@mizzou.edu
I received my BA in Latin and Anthropology from the University of Oklahoma in 2004. After completing my BA, I moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, where I taught middle school Latin at Saint Paul's Episcopal School. I thoroughly enjoyed teaching and wanted to improve my knowledge of classical languages and culture. I decided to come to Mizzou in the Fall of 2005. I am currently beginning my second year of the Masters Program for Classical Studies. My interests are mainly in Latin and Greek epic poetry. This year I will be working on a Masters Thesis on Lucan.
Jason Evans
Contact: jfer38@mizzou.edu
I received my B.A. in Classics from Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri, May of 2005. I am currently working towards M.A. in Classics here at Mizzou. I have found a special interest in Ancient Greek and Roman social structures, specifically how the individual contributed to these societies.
Morgan Grey
Contact: meg5y7@mizzou.edu
BA Cornell Univeristy, 2002
Post-Bac work Ohio Univeristy, 2002-2003
In the fourth grade I fell ill one day, and my mother presented me with a book, Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Wonderbook and Tanglewood Tales". On that day, a Classicist was born, at least as much of a Classicist as a fourth grader can be. I promptly checked out every book on mythology, and decided that reading the myths in the original Greek and Latin would be a great idea. While at times I have questioned that "great idea", it has so far been the right decision. After achieving my BA in Classical Civilizations from Cornell Univeristy, I spent a year at Ohio University doing post-baccalaureate work, including studying aboard. While at OU, I was given the opportunity to tutor, and from this experience decided to try teaching. I spent two years in New Jersey teaching sixtth, seventh, and eighth graders, but I knew I wanted to return to school for gradute work. Missouri allowed me that opportunity, and I had a chance to TA, as well as teach Latin and Classical Mythology classes. My coursework and teaching have allowed me to continue my interest in mythology, including a recent research interest in the "Argonautica" of Apollonius Rhodius.
Kate Livingston
Contact: kjlhd3@mizzou.edu
B.A. Classics, Davidson College (Davidson, NC), 2002
M.A. Classical Archaeology, University of Missouri-Columbia (anticipated) Dec. 2006
I took menial jobs for two years after undergrad, and that convinced me that I really did want to go back to school,so I started at Mizzou in the fall of 2004. Right now I am writing my master's thesis for the Art History and Archaeology department and teaching two sections of the introductory art history survey, Art 1110. I will be starting coursework in Classics in January 2007.
I like Greek, and mostly all things Greek. My main interests are Minoan Crete and Homer. Coins are also pretty cool, and I really liked the Greek Lyric course I took last year. We'll see what else I get into once my thesis is done.
John M. Makarewicz
Contact: jmmcr5@mizzou.edu
B.A. Classics, Loyola University New Orleans 2005
I was first introduced to the classics during my freshman year of high school Latin, and since then, I have never stopped studying Latin. As a native of St. Louis, I am happy to be back in the Show-Me State after having received my B.A. in Classics from Loyola University New Orleans in 2005 and teaching one semester of high school Latin. This is my second year as a graduate student at Mizzou, and this fall I am looking forward to TAing Greek Culture and preparing for the qualifiers at the end of the second semester. My primary interests are Latin poetry and Greek and Roman History.
Steven Malic
Contact: sam7v7@mizzou.edu
Andrew Porter
Contact: aep7bf@mizzou.edu
Website: http://web.missouri.edu/~aep7bf/
PhD Candidate University of Missouri-Columbia (expected May 2007)
Harvard’s Center For Hellenic Studies, Graduate (Summer) Seminar Fellow (2005)
M.A. (Classical Languages) University of Missouri-Columbia (2005)
M.A. (Classics) Dalhousie University , Canada (2000)
M.Div. (Hon. Biblical Languages and Literature) Acadia Divinity College, Canada (1989)
In August of 2002 (with the much appreciated help of my parents), our family moved here from Nova Scotia, Canada. It was a trip, indeed an adventure that we began planning the previous winter, and one that our family, my wife Nancy, and our sons, Steven (9) and Ted (7), looked to with mixed expectations: none of our families had ever moved this far south. However, we were greeted with a most hospitable welcome from professors, students, and staff. Though this area is the “gateway to the west,” we certainly have appreciated its “southern” hospitality. The quality of life in Columbia has proven to be first rate: large public libraries, aquatic facilities, excellent music programs for children and adults, great walking trails, and a reasonable cost of living. We are pleased we chose Columbia - even our 120 pound lab is happy! For pictures of my family, see my web.
My dissertation research at Missouri (under the direction of John Miles Foley) is principally focused on the characterization of Agamemnon in Homer. This research area is a natural outgrowth of my earlier graduate work on Iliad 9 (Parable, Paradeigma, and Moral Responsibility in The Iliad) with Rainer Friedrich of Dalhousie University. I have been privileged to work as an editorial assistant and researcher with John Foley at the Center for Studies in Oral Tradition, and with Dan Hooley as editor and web master for the department’s newsletter Mercurius. As a graduate lecturer, I have taught a wide range of courses, some of which I have designed in part or in whole myself. Missouri has proven to be an excellent choice for advanced graduate work.
Publications
“Epic” in Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales. Ed. by Donald Haase (Greenwood Press, forthcoming, summer 2007).
“Oral Theory” in Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales. Ed. by Donald Haase (Greenwood Press, forthcoming, summer, 2007).
Review of Ancient Epic Poetry, by Charles Rowan Beye (Wauconda, Il: Bolchazy-Carducci Publisher, 2006) in Bryn Mawr Classical Review (2006 06 19).
Review (by invitation) of Ian Johnston’s translation of the Iliad (2006).
For a list of my current research projects, presentations, and teaching and research interests, see my web.
Rhiannon Rowlands
Contact: rmrhw5@mizzou.edu
I received my BA in Classics from the University of Arizona in 2002, and my MA from the same institution in 2005. While I was a student at U of A, I worked as a TA, graded undergraduate essays, taught first-year Latin, and (mostly) avoided getting into mischief. After I received my MA, I spent a year in the "Real World" working as an office drone at Sequoia National Park and pining for a return to graduate school. I'm very happy to be at Mizzou now, working towards my PhD.
Some of my current interests include: gender identity in the ancient world, historiography (with particular emphasis on the Sicilian Expedition), Greek and Roman eschatology, and whatever else has happened to catch my fickle attention this week.
Presentations
"Ambiguity and Fear: Eunuchs in Roman Literature" Classical Association of Middle West and South, Gainesville, Florida, April 2006
M. A. Thesis
"Roman Eunuchs: Sex, Gender, and Identity" University of Arizona. 2005
Casey Shamey
Contact: css5ff@mizzou.edu
B.A. Classics, University of Pittsburgh 2004
Casey Shamey is a first year PhD. student who received his BA in Classical Studies at the University of Pittsburgh and his MA in Classical Studies at the University of Missouri, Columbia. His interests are Classical myth and religion with a recent interest in comparative myth, specifically between Classical and Norse myth.
Casey Starnes
Contact: cjsyr5@mizzou.edu
B.A. Latin, Southwest Missouri State University 2002
M.A. Classical Languages, University of Missouri 2004
I came to MU for graduate study in 2002 and received my M.A. in 2004. Some of my interests include Latin poetry (quamvis genus), Allecto, Briareus and all the other beasties, oral tradition, and Vulgar Latin. My most recent research has been into Roman magic and religion, specifically divination, and food symbolism in Horace and Persius. I also enjoy jamming metal guitar, listening to Dvorák and tantalizing Dr. Schenker with the odd Latin question. I am currently continuing my course work, teaching Latin, and contemplating a committee and specialization for my PhD program. Equidem merui nec deprecor.
I am returning to Mizzou after a year with my family in Tennessee. Current interests include Roman epic, pastoral, satire, and comparative mythology. Ancient culture fascinates me, esp. cookery, sexual mores and music. At present I'm writing a paper on the possible connection between the drinking rituals of Crete and the Spartan dining clubs.
Philip Waddell
Contact: ptwpnb@mizzou.edu
B.A. History, Johns Hopkins University 2001
After graduating from Johns Hopkins University with a BA in History, I decided to study Classics. This will be my third year of graduate study at MU. My interests include Roman history and Silver Age Latin. Last spring I presented an Occasional Paper about the sexuality of Alexander the Great. I am currently working on Roman historiography centered around Tacitus.
Gary Waters
Contact: grwty9@mizzou.edu
David A. Webb
Contact: daw262@mizzou.edu
Website: http://web.missouri.edu/~daw262/
B.A. History and Political Science, Mississippi State University 1995
M.A. Classics, University of Mississippi 1998
My interests lie mainly in Greek historiography and in Roman Greece, especially Athens and Sparta. I am also very interested in Greek archaeology and have served as the secretary/ treasurer for the Central Missouri Society of the Archaeological Institute of America from 1997-2002 as well as being a member of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens in the summer of 1998. From January to August of 2004, I was away from Columbia as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Mississippi. I am currently writing my dissertation, a commentary on Book III of Pausanias, the Lakonika.
Recent Presentations
"Alcman's Partheneion and the Cult of Helen at Sparta" Classical Association of the Middle West and South, St. Louis, Missouri, April 2004.
"Benefactors of a Wandering Temple" Rome and Achaia: Greek Culture and the Roman World, Graduate Student Conference, Columbia, Missouri, April 2003.
"The “insidiosa clementia” of Caesar in Greece" Classical Association of the Midwest and South, Southern Section, Birmingham, Alabama, October 2002.
"Archilochus Banished?" Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Austin, Texas, April 2002.
Publications
"Thorikos: Large, Wealthy, and Forgotten," Archaeological Diggings 7 (2000): 30-31.
MA Thesis
1998 "Monumental Building in Augustan Athens." University of Mississippi.
Deanna Wesolowski
Contact: dlwxt8@mizzou.edu
B.A. Latin, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee 2000
M.A. Foreign Language and Linguistics - Latin, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee 2005
After a summer of excavating in Rome, I am very excited to call the MU Classics Department my new home. I am interested in Seneca the Younger’s treatment of Campania and also the iconography of classical mythology. This year I presented a paper at the AHAGSA conference about Seneca in Campania and also published an article about the importance of feasting at Nestor’s Bronze Age palace at Pylos.
Sean Matthew Wharton
Contact: smw4h5@mizzou.edu
I just finished his my year of Graduate work at Missouri. I have taken a liking, like many before me, in oral traditions and their development. The only research I am doing currently is preparation for the qualifiers in a year. In the fall I am teaching Latin 1 and rock climbing. Originally from Colorado Springs, I graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College, in St. Peter Minnesota, in 2001 with a B.A. in Economics and Classics. In my spare time, I help out with the swim team on campus and works for Venture Out. I have spent too much time outdoors and will be doing more so, leading backpacking and canoeing trips with Venture Out.
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