Professor DeSmidt's interests in classics center on the Latin language and literature, and more broadly on the influence of ancient legal thought on the origins of the novel. He earned his B.A. from the University of Chicago, and his M.A., M.Phil and Ph.D. from Columbia University. He joined Carthage in 2005.

Richard Heitman came to Carthage in 2003 from the University of Chicago, where he was an instructor at Graham School of General Studies. Prior to that appointment, he served as an adjunct lecturer of English at New York City Technical College (CUNY). For many years, he was active in the theater in New York City, writing several plays and a screenplay.

He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, Committee on Social Thought. He has presented several doctoral lectures, has written for two scholarly publications, and has been selected three times as a participant in the National Endowment for the Humanities summer seminars. His book, "Taking Her Seriously: Penelope and the Plot of Homers Odyssey," was published by the University of Michigan Press in 2005.

Joseph McAlhany specializes in Roman intellectual history, and has additional interests in the history of classical scholarship and the reception of classical literature. He teaches Latin and Greek courses at Carthage. He also taught a course on James Joyce's Ulysses, and an interdisciplinary course titled "It's About Time" on the concept of time in science, philosophy, religion, art and literature.

Professor McAlhany was an assistant professor of classics at the University of New Mexico for five years. He also has held teaching positions at Columbia University, New York University, the City University of New York and Queens College. He received Columbia's Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching by Graduate Students in 2002. He earned a B.A. in philosophy from Haverford College in 1990, and a Ph.D. in classics from Columbia in 2003. He came to Carthage in 2007.

Chris Renaud's interests focus on different aspects of the Roman world, including history of Rome, art, architecture, archaeology, urban history of Rome, and the poet Vergil. Since 2005 she has excavated at Villa delle Vignacce excavations (under the auspices of the American Institute for Roman Culture) in Rome's ancient suburbium (suburb), where she supervises excavations and serves as translator and photographer. The American Institute for Roman Culture has named her to their Board of Advisors. At present she is engaged in creating Digital Ancient Rome with Drs. Darius Arya and Albert Prieto at the Institute.

Among the many classes she teaches at Carthage, she also leads class trips to Greece, Italy and Turkey, and takes students with her to the Vignacce excavations during the summer months.

Prof. Renaud earned her Ph.D. (Phi Kappa Phi) in classics and classical archaeology from University of Texas at Austin in 1990. While at University of Texas at Austin, she received the prestigious Fulbright-Hays Research Grant for Italy. Before coming to Carthage, Prof. Renaud taught at Duquesne and Bucknell Universities. She joined Carthage in 1995.

Dan Schowalter's academic interests include archaeology, the development of the New Testament, honors offered to the Roman Emperors, and the modern dialogue between science and religion. He serves on the steering committee for the Archaeology and Religion in the Greco-Roman World section for the Society of Biblical Literature, and is associate director of the Carthage College/Macalester College excavation at Omrit in northern Israel. He is a contributor to "The Cities of Paul: Images and Interpretations from the Harvard New Testament Archaeology Project," a DVD released by Fortress Press. Along with Steve Friesen, he is co-editor of "Urban Religion in Roman Corinth: Interdisciplinary Approaches," from Harvard University Press.

Prof. Schowalter was the featured Bible Lecturer at the 2005 annual meeting of the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches, and has lectured extensively at Biblical Archaeological Society programs for more than 10 years.

Prof. Schowalter's course offerings include Creation and Apocalypse, the Gospels and Acts, Women and the New Testament, Letters of the New Testament and Greek. He also teaches in the Heritage Studies program. He joined the Carthage faculty in 1989.