Posted on May 8, 2015 by Mason Johnson and saved under New Members
Dr. Stephen A. Collins-Elliott, who specializes in Roman Archaeology, and Dr. Daniel Walker Moore, who specializes in Greek historiography, have both been strong advocates in promoting the study of Classics during their first year at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Collins-Elliott served as co-advisor for the Beat Delta chapter of…
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Posted on May 6, 2015 by Mason Johnson and saved under New Members
Dr. Audrey L. Anton, assistant professor of philosophy at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, KY, has been enormously generous with her time and talent to our local chapter. An expert in ancient philosophy and Aristotle in particular, she has delivered several lectures for us on various aspects of Aristotle’s…
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Posted on April 21, 2015 by Mason Johnson and saved under New Members
Dr. Jeffrey Asher is a religious historian who specializes in ancient Mediterranean religions. He is a Classicist by training, and he teaches Greek as part of the Classics minor. The Gamma Theta chapter is happy to have him as a collaborator in supporting the Classics at Georgetown College.…
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Posted on April 15, 2015 by Mason Johnson and saved under New Members
Dr. Eric Adler holds a Ph.D. from Duke University and has just been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor of Classics with tenure here at the University of Maryland College Park. He is the advisor of our Classics Club and recently co-directed a new spring break study abroad program…
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Posted on April 7, 2015 by Mason Johnson and saved under New Members
Professor Jason R. Ripley, a member of St. Olaf’s Religion Department, has energetically supported our local chapter by speaking on several occasions to our members, by supervising some of their independent research projects (which are required for some of our majors), by accompanying Prof. Anne Groton on her recent month-long…
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Posted on March 23, 2015 by Mason Johnson and saved under New Members
Robert Simmons has been an active promoter of the study of Classics since he received his doctorate from the University of Iowa in 2004. He has organized very popular Classics Days as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. As the new advisor of the Gamma…
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Posted on February 23, 2015 by Mason Johnson and saved under New Members
Dr. Burch has actively supported the establishment and strengthening of a full-time position in Classics at Georgetown College, first by serving on the hiring committee for this position, then by encouraging and supporting that faculty member’s teaching and path towards applying for tenure. As chair of the English department, she…
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Posted on January 6, 2015 by Aeger and saved under New Members
The end of 2014 saw the reception of two new chapters into the society. Christendom College in Front Royal, Virginia and Grand Valley State University in Allendale, MI each held their first induction of members and completed the necessary administrative steps to qualify as active chapters. Their petitions to…
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Posted on December 1, 2014 by Mason Johnson and saved under New Members
Dr. Hunter Gardner has greatly assisted Alpha Iota in our outreach projects. She has facilitated contact with high school teachers in South Carolina for our chapter’s frequent visits to Latin classrooms. She also keeps all members informed of conference, study abroad, and scholarship opportunities. She has organized pre-readings for students…
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Posted on August 27, 2014 by Mason Johnson and saved under New Members
Dr. Matthew McGowan has just completed seven years of mentorship of Epsilon Mu, the Eta Sigma Phi chapter at Fordham University. Before that he had been mentoring Alpha Upsilon at the College of Wooster in Ohio. For his ten years of service to Eta Sigma Phi and for his general…
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