Department of Classical Studies Vanderbilt College of Arts and Science Vanderbilt University

Faculty

Current Faculty

KATHY L. GACA
Associate Professor
B.A., M.A. (Illinois, Urbana-Champaign); Ph.D. (Toronto)
Greco-Roman History, Social Values and Ethics, Greek Biblical Studies, Women in Antiquity
MAX L. GOLDMAN
Senior Lecturer
B.A. (California, Santa Cruz); Ph.D. (Brown)
Latin literature and ancient novel
MICHAEL JOHNSON
Assistant Professor
B.A. (Truman State); M.A. (North Carolina, Chapel Hill); Ph.D. (Rutgers)
Roman Religion and History, Latin Epigraphy
THOMAS A.J. McGINN
Professor
B.A. (Harvard); M.A. (Cambridge); Ph.D. (Michigan)
Latin Literature, Roman Law and Social History
DAVID E. PETRAIN
Assistant Professor
B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Harvard)
Hellenistic and Latin Literatures, Visual Narrative, Ancient and Modern Narrative Theory

JOSEPH L. RIFE
Associate Professor
B.A. (Kenyon); M.A., Ph.D. (Michigan)
Greek History and Literature, Epigraphy, Archaeology of the Roman East, Late Antiquity

DANIEL P. SOLOMON
Senior Lecturer
B.A. (Oxford); Ph.D. (Yale)
Latin Language and Civilization
BARBARA TSAKIRGIS
Associate Professor
B.A. (Yale); M.A., Ph.D. (Princeton)
Classical Archaeology, Art, and Architecture
BRONWEN L. WICKKISER
Assistant Professor
B.A. (Oberlin); M.A., Ph.D. (Texas)
Greek History, Ancient Religion, Ancient Medicine, and Augustan Culture

 

Affiliated Faculty

MIREILLE LEE
Assistant Professor of History of Art
A.B. (Occidental College); M.A., Ph.D. (Bryn Mawr)
Greek Art and Archaeology

BETSEY A. ROBINSON
Associate Professor of History of Art
A.B., A.L.M. (Harvard); Ph.D. (Pennsylvania)
Roman Art

JACK M. SASSON
Mary J. Werthan Professor of Jewish Studies and Professor of History
B.A. (Brooklyn College); Ph.D. (Brandeis)
History and Culture of the Ancient Near East and of Ancient Israel

DAVID J. WASSERSTEIN
Eugene Greener, Jr. Professor of Jewish Studies and Professor of History
Ph.D. (Oxford)
Medieval Islamic and Jewish History, the Classical Tradition

DAVID MICHELSON
Assistant Professor of Early Christianity
B.A. (Hillsdale), M.A. (Trinity Evangelical Divinity), M.A., Ph.D. (Princeton)
Late Antiquity, History of Christianity, Syriac Culture and Literature

 

Emeriti

ROBERT DREWS
B.A. (Northwestern College); M.A. (Missouri); Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins)
Ancient History

F. CARTER PHILIPS
B.A. (Vanderbilt); A.M., Ph.D. (Pennsylvania)
Greek and Latin Literatures

SUSAN FORD WILTSHIRE
B.A. (Texas); M.A., Ph.D. (Columbia)
Greek and Latin Literatures