Current Students
The 30 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: 2007 & 2008
Awards to Current students
| Name & Background | Contact | Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Contact: 651 Ballantine Hall, 812-855-6561 unless otherwise noted | ||
| Diana Beuster M.A. Ancient History & Classical Archaeology Universität Leipzig |
dbeuster@indiana.edu | Ancient Coinage, Greek and Roman archaeology, Julio-Claudian dynasty |
| Dianne Boetsch A.B. Whitman College |
dboetsch@indiana.edu | Comparative mythology, Comparative genre, Medieval Studies |
| Kristina Bradley A.B. DePauw University |
bradlekn@indiana.edu | Bronze Age Archaeology, Anatolia (Lycia), Ancient history |
| Laura Brant A.B. Miami University, Ohio |
lbrant@indiana.edu | Mythology/Folklore, Golden Age Latin Poetry, Egyptian/Cuneiform languages |
| Jonathan Chicken A.B. University of Wisconsin M.A. Indiana University |
jchicken@indiana.edu | Greek Lyric, Greek Historiography, Military History, Greek/Barbarian Identity |
| Josh Congrove A.B. Grand Valley State University, Michigan M.A. Indiana University | jcongrov@indiana.edu | Linguistics, Vergil, Medieval Studies, New Testament, Patristics |
| Susan A. Curry A.B. Grinnell College M.A. University of Kansas |
suscurry@indiana.edu | Animals in Antiquity, Apuleius, Roman Imperial Literature and Culture |
| Kenneth Draper A.B. Northwestern University M.A. Indiana University |
kdraper@indiana.edu | Didactic poetry, Lyric poetry |
| Varunadatta Edirisinghe B.A. University of Perideniya, Sri Lanka M.A. Indiana University |
vedirist@indiana.edu | Greek Tragedy, Hellenistic Literature, Lucretius |
| Benjamin Finnegan A.B. Hope College |
bdfinneg@indiana.edu | Latin Poetry, esp. Republican/Augustan lyric and elegy |
| Alan Fleming A.B. Grand Valley State University | fleminac@indiana.edu | Ancient Philosophy, Ancient Science |
| Gabe Grabarek A.B. Indiana University M.A. Florida State University |
ggrabare@indiana.edu | Late Roman Republic, Augustan Age, Hellenistic Greece |
| Nicholas Gresens A.B. University of Wisconsin M.A. Tufts University | ngresens@indiana.edu | Strabo, Ancient rivers, Geographical theory |
| Michael Holstead A.B. Pennsylvania State University M.A. Indiana University |
mholstea@indiana.edu | Archaic Greek Poetry, Greek Military History |
| Jennifer Jarnagin A.B. Louisiana State Honors College |
jjarnagi@indiana.edu | Medieval Literary Criticism, Commentary Tradition, Material philology |
| Chelsea Jensen A.B. University of Nebraska |
jensenc@indiana.edu | Latin pedagogy, Republican/Early Imperial Rome |
| Stacie Kadleck A.B. University of Dallas M.A. Indiana University |
skadleck@indiana.edu | Latin Historiography, Early & Republican Rome, Latin and Greek Literary History |
| Misti Kienzynski A.B. University of Evansville M.A. Indiana University |
mkienzyn@indiana.edu | Latin linguistics |
| Robert Nichols A.B. University of Nebraska M.A. University of Colorado |
nicholrj@indiana.edu | Greek History, Greek Prose, Intellectual History |
| Hollister Pritchett A.B. Indiana University |
hpritche@indiana.edu | Greek Art and Archaeology, Xenophon, Homer |
| Elizabeth Richey A.B. Oberlin College M.A. Indiana University |
elrichey@indiana.edu | Theocritus, Mythology/Folklore, Nymphs |
| Edward Roe A.B. Cornell College M.A. Indiana University |
ejroe@indiana.edu | Greek History, Thucydides |
| Gregory Sears A.B. University of Massachusetts, Boston M.A. Indiana University |
gsears@indiana.edu | Athenian law/oratory, Folklore/Mythology, Comedy/ Lyric Poetry |
| Corinne Shirley A.B. College of William and Mary M.A. Vanderbilt University |
coshirle@indiana.edu | Ovid, Augustan Age, Medieval Latin |
| Erin Taylor A.B. Earlham College M.A. Indiana University |
meletayl@indiana.edu | Silver Age Latin, Classical Art and Archaeology, Gender studies |
| Sarah Tilson A.B. Indiana University |
astilson@indiana.edu | Classics in Victorian Culture |
| Marie Valverde A.B. University of New Mexico |
amvalver@indiana.edu | Greek drama & Athenian democracy, Biographical theory and practice, Exile narratives |
| Michael Vasta A.B. Illinois Wesleyan University |
mivasta@indiana.edu | Flavian Rome, Tacitus, Suetonius, Ancient use of propaganda |
| Bruce Warren A.B. University of New Mexico M.A. Indiana University |
brulwarr@indiana.edu | Roman history, Roman historiography, Roman archaeology |
| John Wrenn A.B. University of Rhode Island M.A. Boston College |
jpwrenn@indiana.edu | Latin historiography, History of Classical Scholarship/paleography, numismatics |
