Current Students
The 25 students currently resident in Bloomington represent all sections
of the country, and a variety of college backgrounds including both
large universities similar to ours, and small liberal arts colleges.
Because of the relatively small size of our program, we are able to
mentor all aspects of our students' preparation for careers in
scholarship and teaching. Each year several students present papers
at the Annual Meetings of CAMWS and the APA; the department offers some
travel allowance to offset the cost and other funds are available
competitively through the Graduate School. We are committed to the idea
that all classics teachers should enjoy a first hand experience of Greek
and/or Roman sites, and we encourage their participation in the Summer
Sessions of the American Academy, American School of Classical Studies
or appropriate field archaeology programs. Funds for the partial support
of summer study abroad are available on a competitive basis from the
Norman T. Pratt Travelling Fellowship Fund, but many of our students
have also been awarded fellowships from CAMWS or from the summer
programs themselves.
Paper Presentations: 2012 & 2013
Awards to Current students
| Name & Background | Contact | Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Contact: 651 Ballantine Hall, 812-855-6561 unless otherwise noted | ||
| Charles Aull B.A. University of Southern Indiana M.A. Indiana University |
cnaull@indiana.edu | Roman History, Fourth Century Latin Literature |
| Eric Beckman B.A. DePauw University |
ecbeckma@indiana.edu | Greek and Roman Archaeology/Material Culture, the Antiquities Trade |
| Laura Brant B.A. Miami University, Ohio M.A. Indiana University |
lbrant@indiana.edu | Mythology/Folklore, Augustan Age Latin Poetry, Egyptian/Cuneiform languages, Ancient Novel |
| Kathryn Caliva B.A. Providence College |
kmcaliva@indiana.edu | Greek and Latin epigraphy, ancient religion, Roman Republic |
| Jonathan Chicken B.A. University of Wisconsin M.A. Indiana University |
jchicken@indiana.edu | Greek Lyric, Greek Historiography, Military History, Greek/Barbarian Identity |
| Marie Crow B.A. Indiana University |
mycrow@indiana.edu | Latin pedagogy |
| Kenneth Draper B.A. Northwestern University M.A. Indiana University |
kdraper@indiana.edu | Greek and Latin lyric, esp. Horace; literary theory and criticism |
| Alan Fleming B.A. Grand Valley State University M.A. Indiana University | fleminac@indiana.edu | Seneca, Ancient philosophy, Ancient science |
| Kyle Grothoff B.A. Missouri State University | kgrothof@indiana.edu | Ancient astronomy; comparative epic; satire, didactic poetry; Indo-European poetics |
| Megan Grundtisch B.A. College of Wooster | mgrundti@indiana.edu | Latin Pedagogy, Mythology |
| Margaret Hawkins B.A. Eastern Illinois University | maelhawk@indiana.edu | Alexander the Great, hoplite warfare, Cicero, Roman society |
| Benjamin Howland B.A. Purdue University M.A. Purdue University | bhowland@indiana.edu | Late Roman Republic, Roman slavery, Julius Caesar, Spartacus, Classical reception in modern media |
| Michael Holstead B.A. Pennsylvania State University M.A. Indiana University |
mholstea@indiana.edu | Archaic Greek Poetry, Greek Military History |
| Misti Kienzynski B.A. University of Evansville M.A. Indiana University |
mkienzyn@indiana.edu | Latin linguistics |
| Aleda Krill B.S. UCLA M.A. Indiana University |
akrill@indiana.edu | Greek and Roman religion and mythology, Lucretius, Science in the ancient world |
| Sean Miranda B.A. Wright State University |
semirand@indiana.edu | Late antiquity, Latin literature and the early middle ages |
| Robert Nichols B.A. University of Nebraska M.A. University of Colorado |
nicholrj@indiana.edu | Athenian Legal and Social History, Greek Rhetoric and Oratory, Greek History and Historiography |
| Tom Pappas B.A. University of Notre Dame M.A. Indiana University |
topappas@indiana.edu | Greek linguistics, Homer, and Greek military history |
| Martin Shedd B.A. St. Olaf College |
mpshedd@indiana.edu | Medieval Latin Secular Literature, Early Ecclesiastical Literature, Literary Transmission of Classical Mythology |
| Mariah Smith B.A. Willamette University M.A. University of Kansas |
smitmari@indiana.edu | Roman Religion (esp. domestic/private), Roman private life, Roman (western/northern) provinces, Folklore, Adoptive Emperors |
| Sean Tandy B.A. University of New Hampshire M.A. Indiana University |
smtandy@indiana.edu | Late Antique/Early Medieval literature and history, Latin poetry, comparative mythology |
| Erin Taylor B.A. Earlham College M.A. Indiana University |
meletayl@indiana.edu | Silver Age Latin, Classical Art and Archaeology, Gender studies |
| Emily Trygstad B.A. Miami University, Ohio |
etrygsta@indiana.edu | Middle-Republic of Rome, Julio-Claudian dynasty, Ancient Greek novels |
| Michael Vasta B.A. Illinois Wesleyan University M.A. Indiana University |
mivasta@indiana.edu | Greek and Roman historiography, Late Republican Roman history, Sallust, Cicero |
| Zachary Woolfolk B.A. Creighton University |
zwoolfol@indiana.edu | Latin pedagogy, Latin lyric, Roman satire |
| Amy Yarnell B.A. Gettysburg College M.A. Indiana University |
amyarnel@indiana.edu | Roman Archaelogy, Cultural Contact, Roman Literature |
