Department of Classics
CB# 3145, 212 Murphey Hall
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3145
PHONE: (919) 962-7191
FAX: (919) 962-4036




Current Full-Time Greek & Latin Literature Faculty Members

Emily Baragwanath (Assistant Professor)
D.Phil. 2005, Oxford University (Classics)
Greek Historiography, Greek Literature and Culture, Women in Antiquity

Brendan Boyle (Assistant Professor)
Ph.D. 2007, University of Chicago (Classics)
Greek political thought, Greek law, Ancient ethics

Sharon James (Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies)
Ph.D. 1991, University of California at Berkeley (Comparative Literature)
Elegy, Women and Gender in Antiquity, Roman Comedy, Comparative Literature

James O'Hara (George L. Paddison Professor of Latin, Director of the Post-Baccalaureate Program)
Ph.D. 1986, University of Michigan (Classics)
Greek Poetry, Latin Poetry, Augustan Poetry

William Race (George L. Paddison Professor of Classics)
Ph.D. 1973, Stanford University (Classics with a minor in Comparative Literature)
Pindar, Greek Poetry, The Classical Tradition

Werner Riess (Associate Professor)
Ph.D. 2000, University of Heidelberg (Ancient History)
Roman History, Latin Prose, Latin Epigraphy

James Rives (Kenan Eminent Professor of Classics, Liaison for the King's College London Exchange Program)
Ph.D. 1990, Stanford University (Classics)
Ancient Religion, Roman Literature and Culture

Peter Smith (Associate Professor)
Ph.D. 1970, Harvard University (Classics)
Homer, Greek Philosophical Literature, Greek Tragedy

Cecil Wooten (Professor, Department Chair)
Ph.D. 1972, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Classics)
Greek Prose, Latin Prose, Elementary Latin Teaching