Current Graduate Students
John Anderson
Assistant Instructor
johnanderson@utexas.edu |
WAG 111
Education: MPhil, University of Cambridge
Interests: Ancient Philosophy; Greek Comedy; Critical Theory
Hayley Barnett
Assistant Instructor
hayleybarnett@utexas.edu |
WAG 11
Education: M.A., University of Texas at Austin
Interests: the archaeology and history of Sicily, ancient coinage, Roman colonialism and imperialism, culture in the Roman provinces, ancient and modern foodways, and classical reception.
Erin Brantmayer
Graduate student
ebrantmayer@utexas.edu |
WAG 217
Education: M.A., Brandeis University
Interests: Digital archaeology, Bronze Age archaeology, landscape archaeology, archaeological theory & methodology, Greek religion
Javal Coleman
Graduate student
Interests: Ancient and Modern Slavery, Gender and Sexuality, Ancient Law, Intellectual History, Comparative History.
William Farris
Assistant Instructor
Education: M.H., University of Dallas
Interests: Homer, Hesiod, Apollonius, Vergil, Lucan; epic poetry; intertextuality; narratology; cognitive classics
Grace Gibson
Assistant Instructor
gdgibson@utexas.edu |
WAG
Education: M.A., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Pompeii and archaeology on the Bay of Naples; ancient graffiti; domestic and gendered space; digital archaeology; Roman bathing; Roman masculinity; ancient healthcare and gynecology; accessibility in Classics
Katherine Handloser
Graduate student
khandloser@utexas.edu |
WAG 121
Interests: primarily Latin poetry (Vergil in particular), epic and tragedy, as well as comparative literature, mythology, and reception studies.
Rebecca Kahane
Assistant Instructor
bkahane@utexas.edu |
WAG 215
Education: M.A., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Latin poetry of the late Roman Republic and early Empire, poetry and politics
Nathaniel Katz
Assistant Instructor
nsk@utexas.edu |
WAG 215
Interests: Roman history (especially the imperial succession) and numismatics
Amber Kearns
Graduate student
Interests: Plague studies, ancient medicine and gynecology, bioarchaeology, Roman sacred spaces, reuse of domestic spaces
Kevin Lee
Assistant Instructor
kevin.s.lee@utexas.edu |
(860) 861-8817 |
WAG 111
Education: M.A., University of British Columbia
Interests: Ancient cities, Comparative urbanism, State formation, Samnium and southern Italy, the Polis through the ages, Landscape archaeology, Greek and Roman architecture, Late Antiquity and the medieval ("Byzantine") era of the Roman Empire, Christian history and theology, philosophy (Aristotelian-Thomistic, Stoic), Great Books
Samantha Meyer
Assistant Instructor
Education: M.A., University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Roman archaeology; GIS and theories of space/place; environmental archaeology; archaeobotany; archaeology of religion and sacred space; sustainability and inclusion in archaeological practices
Michele Mitrovich
Graduate student
Education: Third-year PhD student in Classical Archaeology, University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Minoan iconography, Aegean-Near Eastern interconnections, Aegean religion, animal iconography, human body iconography in the Aegean and the Mediterranean
Madeline Monk
Assistant Instructor
madelinemonk@utexas.edu |
7033982979 |
WAG 7
Education: M.A., University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Late Antiquity, Latin epic, Latin panegyric, Claudian
Luke Munson
Graduate student
Education: M.A., University of Arizona
Interests: Imperial Roman organization, diplomacy, architecture, archaeology, and technology; Early Roman socio-political development; Roman and Late Roman economics, politics, and interactions with neighbors; Unwritten histories/perspectives (e.g. Etruscan, Italic, Illyrian, Gallic, Celt-Iberian, etc.); Poorly-attested linguistic traditions; GIS/Digital Archaeological methods and applications; Archaeological reform
Thomas O. Rover
Assistant Instructor
thomasrover@utexas.edu |
N/A
Interests: Greek arms and armor; Greek colonialism; experimental archaeology
Christy Schirmer
Assistant Instructor
Education: M.A., San Francisco State University
Interests: Greek and Roman archaeology; ancient economy; ancient industries; food production
Jane Millar Tully
Assistant Instructor
Education: M.A., Cornell University
Interests: Greek and Roman archaeology, environmental history, ancient economies, garden and landscape archaeology, paleoethnobotany, sustainable practices in archaeology
Ethan Ganesh Warren
Assistant Instructor
ewarren4@utexas.edu |
WAG 14C
Interests: Reception, Asian Representation in Classics, Elegy, Gender and Sexuality, Digital Humanities
William Wasta Werner
Graduate student
Education: BA in History, University of Richmond
Interests: Roman epic as history (esp. Lucan); reception of Classics in the antebellum and postbellum American South
David Welch
Assistant Instructor
dgwelch@utexas.edu |
WAG 107
Education: M.A., University of Kansas
Interests: Roman Historiography (Caesar, Tacitus), Classical Receptions in Science Fiction, the Triumphal Procession, Intertextuality
