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Ancient History


Graduate Student
B.A. Western Michigan 02(Political Science); Post-Bac Penn 05(Classics); M.A. Colorado 07 (Classics)

Office: HSSB 3222
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Advisor: John W.I. Lee
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My dissertation is a social history of nighttime in Ancient Rome. However, I consider myself a generalist. I study the political and social history of Classical Sparta, Hellenistic Greece, and Late-Antique Rome. I also dabble in Byzantine history as well as the History of Science and Medicine.

Dissertation Title

  • The Dark Side of Rome: A Social History of Nighttime in Ancient Rome

Teaching Fields

  • Ancient Rome
  • Ancient Greece
  • Byzantine History
  • History of Science and Medicine

Courses Taught

  • Hist 111c: The Hellenistic World
    Summer session A 2012
  • SAT (June 2007-present)
    Princeton Review
  • LSAT (July 2006-present)
    Princeton Review
  • ACT (Feb 2006-present)
    Princeton Review

Teaching Assistantships

  • Bread & Circuses (Spring 2007)
    Classics 1140 (CU-Boulder) with Peter Knox
  • World History: Prehistory-AD 1000 (Spring 2009)
    History 2A with John W.I. Lee
  • World History: Prehistory-AD 1000 (Fall 2009)
    History 2A with Beth Digeser
  • World History: Prehistory-AD 1000 (Winter 2010)
    History 2A with John W.I. Lee
  • Western Civilization: 1050-1715 (Spring 2010)
    History 4B with Stefania Tutino
  • World History: Prehistory-AD 1000 (Fall 2010)
    History 2A with Beth Digeser
  • World History: Prehistory-AD 1000 (Winter 2011)
    History 2A with Xiao-bin Ji
  • World History: 1700-present (Spring 2011)
    History 2C with Paul Spickard
  • World History: Prehistory-AD 1000 (Fall 2011)
    History 2A with Tony Barbieri-Low
  • World History: AD 1000-1700 (Winter 2012)
    History 2B with Luke Roberts
  • Western Civilization: 1050-1715 (Spring 2012)
    History 4B with Stefania Tutino
  • Intro to Environmental Studies (Fall 2012)
    Environmental Studies 1 with Peter Alagona
  • Western Civilization: 1050-1715 (Spring 2012)
    History 4B with Paul Sonnino
  • Intro to the Social & Cultural Environment (Spring 2013)
    Environmental Studies 3 with Greg Graves

Publications

  • Roman grain supply: 442-455
    Journal of Late Antiquity 5.2 (Fall 2013): 322-345
  • Review of Sparta: Comparative Approaches, S. Hodkinson (ed.)
    Classical Review 62.1 (2013)

Awards

  • North American Patristics Society's Outstanding Student Paper (2012)
  • Academic Senate Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (2011)
  • Mark Denenfeld Memorial Endowed Scholarship (2001)
    Western Michigan Political Science dept

Service to the University

  • AS Outstanding Teaching Awards Committee
    2012,13
  • History Graduate Students Association Secretary
    2011-12
  • Intercollegiate Athletics Policy Board
    2010-Present
  • Chancellor's Search Advisory Committee for the University Librarian
    2010-11
  • Borderlands Conference Planning Committee
    2010, 12

Conferences

  • Roman Grain Supply: 442-455
    Ancient Borderlands graduate student conference. UC Santa Barbara (April 2010)
  • Booty Calls and Ambushes: The Nocturnal Mirage in Ancient Sparta
    Rocky Mountain Interdisciplinary history conference. CU-Boulder (September 2010)
  • Julian's Laws: The Pagan Counteroffensive
    North American Patristics Society. Chicago (May 2012)
  • Snuggling with your identity: Beds in Ancient Rome
    Public and Private in the Roman House. NYU (October 2012)