David Schenker
Associate Professor, Department Chair
Education: Ph.D., Berkeley
Interests: Greek tragedy and Plato
Contact: schenkerd@missouri.edu
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I've been here since 1991, after spending two years at Allegheny College in Pennsylvania. My B.A. is from Vanderbilt, my M.A. and Ph.D. from Berkeley, with a year of high school teaching between Tennessee and California.
My primary research interest has been Greek literature of the 5th century, especially tragedy — as represented in "Dissolving Differences: Character Overlap and Audience Response," Mnemosyne (1999) and more broadly in "Challenging Otherness: A Reassessment of Early Greek Attitudes Toward the Divine," a contribution (with James C. Hogan) to the Gene Lane Festschrift, Ancient Journeys (2002). Recent interests also turn toward the literary style and effects of that would-be philosopher Plato.
My teaching has ranged widely in our Classical Humanities offerings and right through the Greek curriculum, with seminars offered on the tragedians (alone and in combinations) and Plato. I also enjoy participation in the Honors College whenever possible. After a three-year turn as Chairman of the Department, I look forward to assuming the mantle of Director of Undergraduate Studies.
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