Honorary Members: Zeta Nu at the University of Maryland, College Park

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By Henry Schott on September 26, 2016.

Morgan Palmer holds a B.A. in Classics from Brown University and a Ph.D. from the University of Washington. She has taught at a number of schools, most recently Montclair State University and the University of Maryland, College Park. She was unable to join Eta Sigma Phi as an undergraduate because her alma mater did not have a chapter.

 

Francisco Barrenechea is an Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Maryland, College Park. He holds a Ph.D. in Classics from Columbia University and before coming to Maryland, he taught at the University of Chicago, Bryn Mawr College, and the University of Texas at Austin. He is a popular teacher whose teaching and research interests include Greek drama, especially Old Comedy and Euripides, and their reception in his native Mexico.

 

Jane Brinley teaches Latin at the School Without Walls in Washington, D.C. She has taught Latin at the secondary level for twelve years and is a vital, active member of the Washington Area Latin Teachers Association. She holds a B.A. degree from the University of Chicago and a Master’s in Latin from the Catholic University of America. Her academic interests include the influence of the Classics in the early history of the United States and the role of the Classics in the history of African American education.

 

Jorge Bravo is an Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park. He holds an A.B. in Classics from Princeton and a Ph.D. in Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology from the University of California, Berkeley. He is co-director of the American Excavations at Kenchreai, Greece, where he leads a summer field school, and he is completing a volume of the Excavations at Nemea series on the hero shrine of Opheltes at Nemea.