Senior Lecturer Academic History Ph.D. 2005 University of California, Santa Barbara (Classics) M.A. 2000 Villanova University (Classics) M.A. 1997 West Chester University (Philosophy) M.A. 1995 Millersville University (German) B.A. 1992 West Chester University (Philosophy) Teaching Experience (post-Ph.D.) 2009-2010: Loyola University Chicago2006-2009: Duke University2005-2006: University of California, Santa Barbara Dissertation Pratinas: a Philological and Cultural Commentary (Professor Robert Renehan, Chair) Recent Presentations 2023: “Orpheus: Man of Mystery”, FRC Talk and Tea, UGA, February 28 2022: “Orphic Poetry and You,” UGA, November 15 Research Research Areas: Classical Culture Classical Languages and Literatures Research Interests: Archaic and Classical Greek Poetry, Poetics and Performance, Ancient Greek Music and Meter, Mythology and Religion, Orphism, NLP and Greek Pedagogy. Selected Publications Selected Publications: A Commentary on Pindar’s Twelfth Pythian Ode (in progress) 2013 The Orphic Hymns: Translation, Introduction, and Notes, co-authored with A. N. Athanassakis, JHUP 2007 “The Mind of a Bitch: Pandora's Motive and Intent in the Erga,” Hermes 135.3: 247-62 Courses Taught Courses Taught: CLAS 1000 CLAS 1020 CLAS 1030 GREK 4080/6080 GREK 4200/6200 CLAS 4300/6300 CLAS 4330/6330
