Prof. Douglas Casson Professor Casson, a member of St. Olaf’s Department of Political Science, was a classics major as an undergraduate. He has promoted the classics through his work as the Director of the Great Conversation, the college’s intensive, two-year “Great Books” program with a heavy focus on Greco-Roman antiquity.…
Dr. Christian F. Cloke Christian Cloke holds a Ph.D. in Classics from the University of Cincinnati and a M. Phil. from Cambridge University in Archaeology. He has taught Classics and archaeology at Cincinnati and Miami University and is now an affiliate faculty member in Classics at the University of Maryland.…
Prof. Kyle Jazwa Kyle Jazwa is a Visiting Assistant Professor who has already made a considerable contribution to Classics at Monmouth. At our extremely well-attended Classics Day in the fall, he not only coordinated a table for our Archaeology Lab (of which he is the director), but dedicated a significant…
Prof. Mary Jaeger Mary Jaeger was a member of Eta Sigma Phi at her undergraduate institution, Gustavus Adolphus College. She is a prominent professor in the Classics department at the University of Oregon, and the students inducted her as an honorary member of the Iota Upsilon chapter. She attends and…
Five Latin teachers in northern Virginia formed a committee to write and administer the first National Latin Exam in 1978. Eta Sigma Phi has already recognized three of these “founding mothers” with Lifetime Achievement Awards: Jane Hall (2006), Sally Davis (2010), and Christine Sleeper (2010). A fourth member of the…
In the 1970s, when Latin enrollments around the country were plummeting, Martha “Marty” Abbott, made the decision to add a Latin minor to her Spanish major at the University of Mary Washington – Mary Washington College at the time. (Latin was not as cool in the 70s as it is…
Professor Barry C. Knowlton Professor Knowlton received an M.A. in Latin from Syracuse University as well as an M.A. in English. He received his Ph.D. in History from Boston College. At Assumption College he has helped our small Classics program by teaching beginning and intermediate Latin as well as offering…
Professor Max Leo Goldman Professor Goldman joined the Denison faculty this year and has been a strong supporter of student activities and of growing the majors and minors. He participates actively in the life of the department and society and did not have an opportunity when he was an undergraduate…
President Robert B. Sloan, Jr. Robert Sloan is the President of Houston Baptist University. He has been a strong advocate not just for the study of Classics but also for its central position in the curriculum of the university. His vision strategy for the university is encapsulated in a document…
Dr. Elizabeth Pollard Beth Pollard is a professor in the Department of History who specializes in ancient Rome; she is especially known for her very popular classes on magic and witchcraft. Outside of the classroom, she regularly helps plan field trips to museums or dramatic performances and mentors our students…