Current Students

Ballantine Hall 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 & BackgroundContactInterests
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