Classics

Faculty

D. Ben DeSmidt
  • Director of the Western Heritage Program
  • Associate Professor of Great Ideas and Classics
Lentz Hall 215
·(262) 551-5954
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 ...
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Richard Heitman
  • Associate Professor of Great Ideas, Classics and Philosophy
Lentz Hall 314
·(262) 551-5783
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 ...
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Julian Hendrix
  • Assistant Professor of Classics and History
Lentz Hall 236
·(262) 551-5716
Julian Hendrix is a historian specializing in early medieval Europe. He earned a B.A. in religion from Reed College, an M.A. in medieval studies from Fordham University, an M.A. in ...
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Joseph McAlhany
  • Director, Great Ideas Program
  • Associate Professor of Great Ideas and Classics
Lentz Hall 241
·(262) 551-2302
Joseph McAlhany holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Haverford College and a Ph.D. in Classics from Columbia University, where he received the Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching by Graduate Students. ...
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Jennifer McBride
  • Adjunct Professor of Classical Studies
Lentz Hall 232A
·(262) 551-6041
Jenny McBride teaches classes on Greco-Roman history, language, and culture, and the core texts of the Western tradition. She comes to Carthage from San Antonio, Tx., where she taught at ...
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Christine Renaud
  • Chair of the Classics Department
  • Director of the Women and Gender Studies Program
  • Professor of Classics and Religion
Lentz Hall 427
·(262) 551-5739
Chris Renaud has excavated in the ancient agora of Athens, the Roman Forum, an ancient Greek necropolis outside of Metaponto in southern Italy, and the Panhellenic sanctuary of Isthmia, Greece. ...
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Daniel Schowalter
  • Professor of Religion and Classics
Lentz Hall 218
·(262) 551-5884
Daniel Schowalter is interested in archaeology and the religions of the ancient Roman world. He is co-director of the excavation of a three-phase Roman Temple at Omrit in northern Israel, ...
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