Faculty List
Professors
Joseph C Carter
Centennial Professor of Classical Archaeology; Director, Institute of Classical Archaeology
j.carter@mail.utexas.edu | 232-9321 | MCC 1.406
Interests
Greek and Roman Art and ArchaeologyKarl Galinsky
Professor: Floyd A. Cailloux Centennial Professor, University Distinguished Teaching Professor
galinsky@austin.utexas.edu | 471-8504 | WAG 215
Education
Ph.D., Princeton
Interests
Roman Literature and Civilization; Classical Tradition in Popular CultureRobert J Hankinson
Professor of Philosophy and Classics
rjhankinson@mail.utexas.edu | 471-5572 | WAG 409
Education
PhD, Cambridge
Interests
Ancient Philosophy and Medicine, Philosophy of ScienceThomas K Hubbard
Professor
tkh@mail.utexas.edu | 471-0676 | WAG 213
Education
PhD; 1980, Yale
Interests
Greek lyric poetry; Attic drama; Roman elegy and lyric; lesbian and gay studiesWilliam R Nethercut
Professor
nethercut@austin.utexas.edu | 471-3839 | WAG 123
Education
Ph.D., Columbia University
Interests
Greek and Roman Literature, EgyptologyThomas G Palaima
Professor: Robert M. Armstrong Centennial Professor and Director, Program in Aegean Scripts and Prehistory (PASP)
tpalaima@austin.utexas.edu | 471-8837 | WAG 14AA
Education
Ph.D. 1980, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Interests
Aegean scripts & prehistory, Greek language, war & violence studies, public intellectual writing, music as social criticism, DylanologyPaula J Perlman
Professor and Graduate Adviser
p.perlman@mail.utexas.edu | 471-7402 | WAG 119
Education
PhD 1984, The University of California, Berkeley
Interests
Greek history of the Archaic and Classical periods, Greek historiography, ancient law, ancient religion, Greek epigraphyAndrew M Riggsby
Professor of Classics and Art History
ariggsby@utexas.edu | 471-7442 | WAG 103
Education
Ph.D, UC Berkeley
Interests
Roman Cultural History, Latin Prose, CognitionL. Michael White
Professor of Classics and Religious Studies: Ronald Nelson Smith Chair in Christian Origins
lmwhite@utexas.edu | 512-232-1438 | WAG 212
Education
Ph.D., Yale University
Interests
New Testament and Christian Origins, Jews & Christians in the Roman World, Graeco-Roman Religions, ArchaeologyStephen A White
Professor of Classics and Philosophy; Department Chair
sawhite@uts.cc.utexas.edu | (512) 475-7457 | WAG 123B
Education
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Interests
Ancient philosophy, Greek literaturePaul B Woodruff
Professor of Philosophy and Classics; Dean of Undergraduate Studies
pbw@mail.utexas.edu | 475-7000 | FAC 406
Education
PhD, PrincetonAssociate Professors
Lesley A Dean-Jones
Associate Professor
ldjones@mail.utexas.edu | 471-2352 | WAG 117
Education
Ph.D., Stanford
Interests
Ancient Medicine, Ancient Philosophy, Greek Literature, Women in AntiquityJennifer V Ebbeler
Associate Professor
jebbeler@austin.utexas.edu | 471-7570 | WAG 14CA
Education
PhD; 2001, University of PennsylvaniaRabun M Taylor
Associate Professor and Faculty Undergraduate Advisor
rmtaylor@austin.utexas.edu | 471-0677 | WAG 14b
Education
Ph.D; 1997, University of Minnesota
Interests
Greek and Roman art, architecture, archaeology, urbanism, social history, and material cultureAssistant Professors
Deborah Beck
Assistant Professor
deborah.beck@mail.utexas.edu | 232-5834 | WAG 09
Education
PhD 1997, Harvard University
Interests
Formulas and oral aesthetics in early Greek poetry; speech and speech representation in Homeric epic; representations of art and interpretation in Augustan Latin poetryJennifer Gates-Foster
Assistant Professor
gatesfoster@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-1238 | WAG 21
Education
Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Interests
Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt, the Hellenistic and Roman Near East, Achaemenid Art and ArchaeologyAyelet Haimson-Lushkov
Assistant Professor
ayelet.haimsonlushkov@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-7296 | WAG 205
Education
Ph.D 2009, Yale University
Interests
Roman History and Latin LiteratureAdam T Rabinowitz
Assistant Professor; Assistant Director, Institute of Classical Archaeology
arabinow@mail.utexas.edu | 232-9319, 471-0197 | WAG 17
Education
PhD 2004, University of Michigan
Interests
Greek colonization, cultural interaction, ancient food and drink, archaeology of daily life, digital approaches to archaeologyLecturers
Jamie Aprile
Lecturer
jamieaprile@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-8607 | WAG 217
Education
PhD 2010, University of California at Los Angeles
Interests
Bronze Age Aegean Archaeology, Archaeological Theory, Political EconomyRichard Fernando Buxton
Lecturer
rfbuxton@austin.utexas.edu | (512) 471-8220 | WAG 107
Education
PhD 2010, University of Washington
Interests
Greek history and historiography, Classical prose, social conflict, numismatics and economyTodd A. Curtis
Lecturer
todd.curtis@mail.utexas.edu | WAG 200A
Education
PhD, Newcastle University, UK
Interests
Ancient medicine and its reception, Rhetoric of ancient scienceSarah H Davies
Lecturer
sdavies@utexas.edu | 471-8724 | WAG 227
Education
Ph.D. 2012, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Hellenistic and Roman history; Greek and Roman art and archaeology; ancient international relationsJessica Miner
Lecturer
jess.miner@austin.utexas.edu | 475-9446 | FAC 22 and WAG 211
Education
Ph.D., UT Austin
Interests
Greek Oratory and ComedyJennifer Moody
Lecturer in Classics
Education
PhD, University of Minnesota
Interests
Archaeology and environmental history of the Aegean (especially Crete)Dygo Tosa
Lecturer
dygo@utexas.edu | WAG 207
Education
MA, UT Austin
Interests
Linear A and B, Homeric Poetry, Greek HistoryOther faculty
Douglas G. Biow
Professor of Italian/Medieval and Renaissance Studies
biow@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-7267 | HRH 2.110B
Interests
Medieval and Renaissance Italian and Latin LiteratureMarc Bizer
Associate Professor of French
mbizer@austin.utexas.edu | 471-7780 | HRH 3.112B
Education
PhD, Princeton University
Interests
Reception of Classical Texts in Early Modern France, Renaissance Latin Literature; Classical TraditionJohn R Clarke
Professor - Art History
j.clarke@austin.utexas.edu | DFA 2.114
Education
PhD, Yale
Interests
Greek & Roman Art and ArchitecturePenelope Davies
Associate Professor - Art History
pdavies@mail.utexas.edu | ART 3.435
Education
PhD, Yale University
Interests
Roman Art and ArchitectureSteven J. Friesen
Professor of Religious Studies and Classics: Louise Farmer Boyer Chair in Biblical Studies
friesen@austin.utexas.edu | (512) 471-8629 | BUR 418
Education
Ph.D., Harvard University
Interests
Religious Studies; Poverty and Inequality in Early Roman Empire; Apocalyptic Literature; Imperial CultsUlf R Hansson
Research Fellow
ulf.hansson@austin.utexas.edu | 471-5742
Education
PhD 2005, University of Gothenburg
Interests
Etruscan Art and Archaeology; Sphragistics; History of ArchaeologySara E Kimball
Associate Professor of English
skimball@uts.cc.utexas.edu | 471-8363 | PAR 108
Education
Ph.D., 1983, University of Pennsylvania
Interests
HittitologyAmy Papalexandrou
Lecturer - Art History
apapalex@mail.utexas.edu | Department of Art and Art History
Education
Ph.D., Princeton
Interests
Late Antique and Byzantine Art, Architecture, and CultureAthanasio Papalexandrou
Associate Professor - Art History
papalex@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-5021 | ART 3.404
Education
Ph.D., Princeton UniversityMarjorie Curry Woods
Blumberg Centennial Professor of English and University Distinguished Teaching Professor
marjoriewoods@austin.utexas.edu | 471 8383 | CAL 301
Education
Ph.D., U. of Toronto
Interests
Latin Palaoegraphy, Medieval Manuscripts, Medieval and Neo-Latin, History of Rhetoric, and the Classical Tradition (esp. in Pedagogy)Professors Emeriti
David Armstrong
Professor Emeritus
davidarm@austin.utexas.edu | 471-5742 | WAG 110
Education
PhD, The University of Texas Austin
Interests
Latin Poetry, Ancient Literary Criticism, Hellenistic and Roman LiteratureIngrid M Edlund-Berry
Professor Emerita
iemeb@austin.utexas.edu | 471-3071 | WAG 110
Interests
Etruscan and Italian archaeology and cultureMichael Gagarin
James R. Dougherty, Jr. Centennial Professor Emeritus
gagarin@austin.utexas.edu | 471-8864 | WAG 15
Interests
Greek Law, Literature, and PhilosophyPeter M Green
James R. Dougherty, Jr. Centennial Professor Emeritus of Classics
peter-green-1@uiowa.edu | 471-5742 | WAG 123
Interests
Greek History, Greek Literature, Roman Satire and ElegyM. Gwyn Morgan
Professor Emeritus of Classics and History
512-471-5742
Education
Ph.D., 1962, University of Exeter, U.K.
Interests
Roman History, Latin LiteratureAlexander Mourelatos
Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Classics
apdm@austin.utexas.edu | 471-6749 | WAG 200C
Education
PhD, Yale
Interests
Ancient Philosophy, Early Greek Science, Linguistic Theory, Modern Greek StudiesCynthia W Shelmerdine
Robert M. Armstrong Centennial Professor Emerita of Classics
cwshelm@mail.utexas.edu, cwshelm@gmail.com | 471-5742 | N/A
Education
Ph.D., Harvard University
Interests
Aegean Bronze AgeAssistant Instructors
Stephanie P Craven
Assistant Instructor
Interests
Late Antique History, Hellenistic History, Theology and Early Medieval EuropePaul Hay
Assistant Instructor
pauljhay@utexas.edu | WAG 14C
Education
M.A. in Classics, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Augustan Literature, Literary and Critical TheoryJonathan Maclellan
Assistant Instructor
jmaclellan@utexas.edu | WAG 11
Education
MA in Classics, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Greek Tragedy and Comedy, Hellenistic Greek Literature (particularly Epigrams), Ancient Religions (particularly mystery cults)Bart A Natoli
Assistant Instructor
bnatoli@mail.utexas.edu | WAG 14C
Education
PhD (in progress), M.Ed., University of Texas at Austin; Colorado State University
Interests
Ovid, Memory Studies, Pedagogy and the ClassicsCharles Oughton
Assistant Instructor
c.w.oughton@utexas.edu | WAG 11
Interests
Greek and Latin Historiography, Latin Biography, Roman Republican and Greek Classical HistoryJames Patterson
Assistant Instructor
james_patterson@utexas.edu | WAG 11
Interests
Augustine, religion and philosophy, historical linguisticsLaura Brooke Rich
Assistant Instructor
laurabrich@utexas.edu | WAG 14C
