SPECIAL INTERESTS
(1) Latin Poetry (2) Greek Epic (3) Roman Family and Sexuality
EDUCATION
Princeton University: M.A., Ph.D. in Classical Philology, June, 2002
Corpus Christi College (Oxford): Associate during Hilary and Trinity terms 1998
University of Chicago: B.A. in Classics, June, 1995
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Assistant Professor of Classics (tenure track), Virginia Wesleyan College 2001-2003
Assistant Professor of Classics (tenure track), University of Mississippi, 2003-present
DISSERTATION
Conjugal and Erotic Love in the Aeneid
Committee: Prof. Robert Kaster (dir.), Prof. Elaine Fantham (dir.), Prof. Denis Feeney, Prof. Andrew Ford
Outside Reader: Prof. Stephen Harrison (Corpus Christi, Oxford)
PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS
"An Emendation to the Scholia on Homer's Nekuia", Classical Quarterly Volume 50.1 (2000) pp. 290-2.
Review of A. Nicoll (ed.), Chapman's Homer, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 99.10.14.
"Homer's World Turned Upside Down: Theseus vs. Minos in Bacchylides", Université Charles-de-Gaulle Lille 3, France, 5/8/98.
"Apollonius, the Homeric Scholia, and the Absent Presence of Heracles", University of Oxford, England, 5/26/98.
"Empedoclean Marriage and Vergil", University of Liverpool, England, 11/21/01.
"Juno the Greek", University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 1/23/02.
"Mighty Aphrodite?", University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, 1/23/03.
"Aphrodite, Venus, and Humiliation", College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 3/12/03.
"Vergil's Venus Genetrix", University of Mississippi, 10/23/04.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Mississippi Humanities Council Grant for"Varietates Lectiones: Approaches to Roman Religion" a national conference at the University of Mississippi held October 22-24, 2004.
Faculty Research Fellow at University Of Mississippi, Summer 2004
NEH Summer Seminar on Roman Religion: June 24-August 3 2002, at American Academy in Rome (Director: Prof. K. Galinsky)
Jacob Javits Fellowship, 1997-2001
Robert Murray Fellowship for research in Rome with access to American Academy, 1996
Forbes Merit Fellow, 1995-6
Phi Beta Kappa, 1995
SERVICE
Organized "Varietates Lectiones: Approaches to Roman Religion" a national conference at the University of Mississippi held October 22-24, 2004.
Moderator for Brain Brawl tournament Fall 2004.
Golden Key Society, Faculty Advisor Spring 2003-
Search Committee for Ancient Historian in Classics' Department Fall 2003 - Sping 2004.
Vetted and made questioons for Brain Brawl tournament Fall 2003.
Commission on Campus Resources and Support Services (Virgnia Wesleyan College, Fall 2002-Spring 2003)
Chair of Classics Department (VWC Fall 2002-Spring 2003)
Organized Spring Archaeology Sessions at VWC 2003.
Created Study Abroad in Italy Program for Virginia Wesleyan College (2003)