Faculty
Full-time Faculty | Emeriti | Adjunct Faculty
The Department of Classics at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill currently has 13 full-time faculty members as well as several part-time instructors and a number of adjuncts in related departments within UNC.
Full-time Faculty
Robert G. Babcock, professor
Ph.D., 1983, Classics, Duke University
Paleography, medieval Latin, reception of Latin authors
Emily Baragwanath, assistant professor
D.Phil., 2005, Classics, Oxford University
Greek historiography, Greek literature and culture, Myth, Women in Antiquity
Brendan Boyle, assistant professor
Ph.D., 2007, Classics, The University of Chicago
Greek political and ethical thought, Greek law, rhetoric
Owen Goslin, assistant professor
Ph.D., 2006, Classics, University of California at Los Angeles
Greek tragedy, Hellenistic poetry, ancient athletics
Donald Haggis, Nicholas A. Cassas term professor of Greek Studies
Ph.D., 1992, Classical Studies, University of Minnesota
Bronze Age Aegean; Greek Early Iron Age; Early State Formation in the Aegean
Sharon James, associate professor
Ph.D., 1991, Comparative Literature, University of California at Berkeley
Latin elegy, Roman comedy, women and gender in antiquity
Lidewijde de Jong, assistant professor
Ph.D., 2007, Classical Archaeology, Stanford University
Roman archaeology, the Hellenistic and Roman Near East
James O'Hara, George L. Paddison professor of Latin
Ph.D., 1986, Classics, University of Michigan
Vergil, Republican and Augustan poetry, Hellenistic poetry
William H. Race, George L. Paddison professor of Classics
Ph.D., 1973, Classics with a minor in Comparative Literature, Stanford University
Pindar, Hellenistic poetry, classical tradition
James Rives, Kenan Eminent professor of Classics, liaison for the King's College London Exchange Program
Ph.D., 1990, Classics, Stanford University
Roman religion, Latin historiography, Roman law
Kenneth Sams, professor
Ph.D., 1971, Classical Archaeology, The University of Pennsylvania
Greek archaeology, Iron Age Near Eastern archaeology
Monika Truemper, associate professor
Ph.D., 1995, Classical Archaeology, Munich University
Hellenistic and Roman art and architecture
Cecil Wooten, professor, department chair
Ph.D., 1972, Classics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Greek and Latin rhetoric and oratory, the ancient novel
Emeriti
Edwin Brown
Ph.D., Princeton University
Classical Didactic Poetry, Hellenistic Civilization
Carolyn Connor
D.Phil., 1987, Classical Archaeology, New York University
Byzantine Art and Civilization
George Houston
Ph.D., 1971, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Latin Literature, Roman Historians, Latin Epigraphy
Henry Immerwahr
Ph.D., Yale University
Greek Literature, Greek Epigraphy
Ph.D., Harvard University
Gerhard Koeppel
Ph.D., University of Cologne
Roman Art and Architecture
Jerzy Linderski
Ph.D., 1960, University of Krakow
Latin Prose, Roman History, Roman Religion and Politics, Roman Law, Latin Epigraphy
Sara Mack
Ph.D., Harvard University
Latin Poetry
Kenneth Reckford
Ph.D., Harvard University
Greek Tragedy, Greek and Roman Comedy, Satire
Peter Smith
Ph.D., 1970, Classics, Harvard University
Homer, Greek philosophical literature, Greek tragedy
Philip Stadter
Ph.D., 1962, Harvard University
Greek Historiography and Biography
William West
Ph.D., 1965, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Greek Prose, Greek Historians, Greek Epigraphy
Adjunct and Associated Faculty
Carole Crumley
Department of Anthropology
Ph.D., 1972, University of Wisconsin
Archaeology of Europe, Complex Societies
Eric Downing
Comparative Literature
Ph.D., 1987, University of California at Berkeley
Ancient Literary Theory, Ancient/Modern Relations
Bart Ehrman
Department of Religious Studies
Ph.D., 1985, Princeton Theological Seminary
Hellenistic Religion, New Testament
J.H. Lesher
Department of Philosophy
Ph.D., Rochester
Ancient Greek Philosophy
Jodi Magness
Department of Religious Studies
Ph.D., 1989, The University of Pennsylvania
Early Judaism
Fred Naiden
Department of History
Ph.D., 2000, Harvard University
Greek History
Zlatko Plese
Department of Religious Studies
Ph.D., 1996, Yale University
Ancient Mediterranean Religions
C.D.C. Reeve
Department of Philosophy
Ph.D., Cornell University
Greek Philosophy
Mary Sturgeon
Department of Art
Ph.D., 1971, Bryn Mawr College
Greek and Roman Art
Richard Talbert
Department of History
D.Phil., 1972, University of Cambridge
Roman History