Education:
B.A. (Classics) University of Cincinnati, 1971
M.A. (Classics) Princeton University, 1973
Ph.D. (Classics) Princeton University, 1975
Academic Positions:
Assistant in Instruction, Princeton University, 1973-1975
Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics, Hamilton College, 1976-1977
Visiting Assistant Professor of History, University of Delaware, 1978-1979
Lecturer in Ancient History & Honors, University of Delaware, 1979-1980
Assistant Professor of Classics, University of Mississippi, 1980-1985
Associate Professor of Classics, University of Mississippi, 1985-1990
Acting Chair of Classics, University of Mississippi, Fall, 1986
Professor of Classics, University of Mississippi, 1990-
Acting Chair of Classics, University of Mississippi, 1993-1994
Chair and Professor of Classics, University of Mississippi, 1994-1998
Publications:
The Date of the Strato of Sidon Decree (IG II2.141), American Journal of Ancient History 1 (1976) 182-189.
The Thirty and the Pnyx, American Journal of Archaeology 85 (1981) 31-37.
Isokrates' On the Peace: Rhetorical Exercise or Political Advice?, American Journal of Ancient History 7 (1982) 118-127.
A Fragment of a Greek Inventory, Hesperia 54 (1985) 141-143, plate 31.
Chares and Athenian Foreign Policy, Classical Journal 80 (1985) 221-227.
Two Unpublished Tituli Sepulcrales, La Parola del Passato 41 (1985) 387-392.
The Silver Stater Issues of Pharnabazos and Datames from the Mint of Tarsus in Cilicia, American Numismatic Society Museum Notes 31 (1986) 7-62, plates 1-5.
An Athenian Honorary Decree for Foreigners (co-authored with A.J. Heisserer), Hesperia 55 (1986) 177-182, plate 38.
Isokrates and Chares: A Study in the Political Spectrum of Mid-Fourth-Century Athens, Ancient World 15 (1987) 81-86.
IG II2 207 and the Great Satrapal Revolt, Zeitschrift fur Papyrologie und Epigraphik 69 (1987) 93-100.
A Greek Metrical Epitaph (co-authored with Edwin Dolin), Zeitschrift fur Papyrologie und Epigraphik 69 (1987) 90-92, plate I.
Greek Funerary Monuments in Mississippi, Zeitschrift fur Papyrologie und Epigraphik 72 (1988) 88-94, plates VIII-IX.
Three Fragmentary Attic Inscriptions, Zeitschrift fur Papyrologie und Epigraphik 78 (1989) 199-207, plates XII-XIII.
Observations on the Numismatic Evidence relating to the Great Satrapal Revolt of 362/1 B.C., Revue des Etudes Anciennes 91 (1989) 107-139.
Thucydides, Kimon and the Peace of Kallias, Ancient History Bulletin 5 (1991) 30-35.
Diodoros, the Satraps and the Decline of the Persian Empire: A Book Review of Michael Weiskopf's The So-Called Great Satrapal Revolt 366-360 B.C.,Ancient History Bulletin 5 (1991) 111-120.
A Brief History of Olynthus, Olynthus: An Overview,University Museums, University of Mississippi, Publication No. 1 (spring, 1992).
Plutarch, Nepos and the Satrapal Revolt of 362/1 B.C., Historia 41 (1992) 158-168.
The History of the Department of Classics, University of Mississippi: 1848-1994, University of Mississippi, College of Liberal Arts, Sesquicentennial Publication, University, MS., Forthcoming.
Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the David M. Robinson Collection at the University of Mississippi, in John Bodel and Stephen Tracy, Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the USA: A Checklist, American Academy in Rome, Rome, 1997, pp. 138-139.
Greco-Persian Foreign Policy 367-360 B.C., Interstate Relations and Diplomacy in Antiquity, ed. V. D. Zhigunin & O. L. Gabelko, Kazan, Russia, 2000, pp. 136-158.
Book review of Thomas Figueira, The Power of Money: Coinage and Politics in the Athenian Empire American Historical Review, 107.4 (2002) pp. 1270-1271.
Papers Presented:
Athens and the Great Satrapal Revolt: 362-358 B.C., American Philological Assn., Annual Meeting, New York, 1975.
Isokrates' On the Peace: Show or Substance?, American Philological Assn., Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 1981.
Chares and Athenian Foreign Policy, American Philological Assn., Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, 1982.
The Lost Treasures of the Persian Satraps, Mississippi Society, Archaeological Institute of America, 1983.
A New Reference to the Skene of the Lykourgan Theater of Dionysos, Archaeological Institute of America, Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 1985.
Isokrates and Chares: A Study in the Political Spectrum of Mid-Fourth-Century Athens, American Historical Assn., Annual Meeting, Chicago, 1986.
How and Why One Studies Classics in Late 20th Century America, Junior Classical League, Shreveport, LA., May 15, 1987.
Observations on the Numismatic Evidence Relating to the Great Satrapal Revolt of 362/1 B.C., University of Bordeaux III and C.N.R.S., Bordeaux, France, March 21, 1989.
The History of Olynthus and Greece, University Museums, University of Mississippi, Feb. 6, 1992.
The Clerical Roots of the Department of Classics, University of Mississippi: 1848-1994, in Classics and the Ministry: A Sesquicetennial Commemoration of the College of Liberal Arts, University of Mississippi, University Museums, Aug. 31, 1994.
The David M. Robinson Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the University of Mississippi, Mississippi Foreign Language Association, Louisville, MS., Nov. 9, 1996.
The David M. Robinson Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the University of Mississippi: How it was acquired and how it is used" Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Boulder, Colorado, April 3, 1997.
Xenophon on Paidika Aphrodisia, World of Xenophon International Conference, University of Liverpool, July 8, 1999.
Awards and Honors:
Phi Beta Kappa, Delta of Ohio, University of Cincinnati, 1971
Phi Beta Kappa Prize, University of Cincinnati, 1971
Louise Taft Semple Classics Scholarships, 1968-1971
Charles McMicken Honors Prize, 1970
Fellowships and Grants:
Webb-Cleneay Scholarship, 1971
Princeton University Fellowships, 1971-1973
Summer Seminar Grant, American Numismatic Society, 1982
Summer Seminar Grant, National Endowment for the Humanities, Yeshiva University,
1983
Faculty Research Grant, University of Mississippi, 1986
Summer Seminar Grant, National Endowment for the Humanities, Columbia University,
1987
Faculty Development Grant, College of Liberal Arts, University of Mississippi
1988-1990, 1993-95
Travel Grant, American Council of Learned Societies, University of Bordeaux,
France, 1989
Extra-University Service:
Secretary and Lecture Program Coordinator, Mississippi-Memphis Society,
Archaeological Institute of America, 1981-1988
Representative to the Council of the Archaeological Institute of America,
1980-1982
Member, Advisory Council, School of Classical Studies, American Academy
in Rome, 1980-present
Referee, University of Oklahoma Press--Classics division, 1986
Reviewer, National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Research Programs,
1986
Member, Advisory Board, University of Oklahoma Press, Series on Classical
Culture, 1988-1992
Member, Managing Committee, American School of Classical Studies at Athens,
1989-present
Reviewer, The University of Michigan Press, Classical Studies, 1991
Secretary, Mississippi-Memphis Society, Archaeological Institute of America,
1994-1998
Reviewer, American Journal of Numismatics,1995
Vice-President for Mississippi, Classical Association of the Middle West
and South, 1996-1998
Referee, Phoenix, Journal of the Classical Association of Canada,
1997
Reviewer, Blackwell Publishers, Ltd., Oxford, England, 2001
Reviewer, American Historical Review, 2002