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Faculty

The faculty of the Classics Division are dedicated scholars who have a wide variety of interests, publications, and professional activities.

On This Page:

  • Full Time Faculty
  • Adjunct Faculty
  • Affiliated Faculty
  • Emeriti Faculty
  • In Memoriam

Full-Time Faculty

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Andrea Kouklanakis
Associate Professor of Greek and Latin Literature
Curriculum Vitae
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Education
PhD, Classical Philology, Harvard University
Specialties
Homeric Poetry, Latin Literature, Comparative Literature, Classics and Latin America, Ancient and Modern Slavery
Office
68th Street West 1402
Phone
(212) 772-4787
Email
akouklan@hunter.cuny.edu
More About Andrea Kouklanakis
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Lawrence Kowerski
Associate Professor
Curriculum Vitae
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Education
PhD, Classics, Rutgers University
Specialties
Greek History and Historiography, Early Greek poetry (elegy and lyric), Greek Papyrology
Office
68th Street West 1403
Phone
(212) 772-5007
Email
lkowersk@hunter.cuny.edu
More About Lawrence Kowerski
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David Petrain
Department Chair, MA Advisor, and Associate Professor
Curriculum Vitae
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Education
PhD, Classical Philology, Harvard University
Specialties
Latin Poetry, Hellenistic Greek Literature, Roman Visual Culture
Office
68th Street West 1435
Phone
(212) 772-5181
Email
David.Petrain@hunter.cuny.edu
More About David Petrain
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Maria Sarais
Doctoral Lecturer
Curriculum Vitae
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Office
68th Street West 1435B
Phone
(212) 772-4787
Email
maria.sarais@hunter.cuny.edu
More About Maria Sarais
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Joanne Spurza
Classics Division Head and Associate Professor
Curriculum Vitae
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Education
PhD, Princeton University
Specialties
Ancient Roman Art, Archaeology, Architecture, and Urban Design
Office
68th Street West 1427
Phone
(212) 772-4962
Email
jmspurza@hunter.cuny.edu
More About Joanne Spurza
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Bronwen Wickkiser
Solomon Bluhm Professor
Curriculum Vitae
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Office
68th Street West 1427A
Phone
(212) 772-4960
Email
bronwen.wickkiser@hunter.cuny.edu
More About Bronwen Wickkiser

Adjunct Faculty

Noah Davies-Mason
Adjunct Lecturer
Education
PhD Student, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Specialties
Ancient Philosophy, Hellenistic Poetry, Pastoral Poetry, Didactic Poetry, Epicureanism, Cynicism, Neoplatonism
Office
68th Street West 1431
Email
ndaviesmason@gradcenter.cuny.edu
Kathleen Durkin
Adjunct Lecturer
Curriculum Vitae
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Education
MA, Hunter College
Specialties
Latin Pedagogy
Office
68th Street West 1431
Email
kdurkin@hunter.cuny.edu
Timothy Hanford
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Education
PhD, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Specialties
Senecan Tragedy, Latin Pedagogy
Office
68th Street West 1431
Email
thanford@hunter.cuny.edu
Patricia Hatcher
Adjunct Lecturer
Education
PhD Student, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Office
68th Street West 1431
Email
phatcher@hunter.cuny.edu
Victoria Jansson
Adjunct Lecturer
Education
PhD Student, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Office
68th Street West 1431
Email
vj348@hunter.cuny.edu
Brian Kunkel
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Bluhm Scholars Program Coordinator
Education
PhD, Temple University
Specialties
Art and Archaeology of the Bronze Age Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean, Socio-Political Evolution
and State Formation in Minoan Crete
Office
68th Street West 1431
Email
bkunkel@hunter.cuny.edu
Eleftheria Kallimani
Adjunct Lecturer
Education
M.A., M.Ed., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Specialties
Greek Tragedy, Mythology, Pedagogy of Classics
Office
68th Street West 1431
Email
ek3638@hunter.cuny.edu
Shawna Leigh-Roberts
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Curriculum Vitae
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Education
PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Specialties
Classical Archaeology, Ancient Technology, Ancient City Planning
Office
68th Street West 1431
Email
sle0100@hunter.cuny.edu
Sara Levi
Adjunct Associate Professor
Education
PhD, Università Sapienza Roma
Specialties
Mediterranean Prehistory, Archaeometry, Field Archaeology
Office
68th Street West 1431
Email
sl1889@hunter.cuny.edu
Rama Madhu
Adjunct Lecturer
Education
MA, Latin, Hunter College
Office
68th Street West 1431
Email
rmadhu@hunter.cuny.edu
Melissa Marturano
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Curriculum Vitae
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Education
PhD, CUNY Graduate Center
Specialties
Ancient Greek and Roman gender and Sexuality Studies, Ovid, Reception
Office
68th Street West 1431
Email
mm6384@hunter.cuny.edu
Louise Michaud
Adjunct Lecturer
Education
MA, Hunter College
Specialties
Roman Military, Latin Pedagogy, Educational Technology
Office
68th Street West 1431
Email
lmichaud@hunter.cuny.edu
Alessandra Migliara
Adjunct Lecturer
Education
PhD Student, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Specialties
Greek Drama, Second Sophistic, Literary Theory, Ancient and Modern Fantastic Literature
Office
68th Street West 1431
Email
am3949@hunter.cuny.edu
Thomas Moody
Adjunct Lecturer
Education
PhD Student, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Specialties
Plato, Ancient Philosophy, and Urban Theory
Office
68th Street West 1431
Email
tm1854@hunter.cuny.edu
Katrina Moore
Adjunct Lecturer
Education
PhD Student, The Graduate Center, CUNY. MA, Clemson University
Specialties
The Roman Republic and Early Empire, Gender, and Identity
Office
68th Street West 1431
Email
km3643@hunter.cuny.edu
Aaron Poochigian
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Education
PhD Classics, University of Minnesota. MFA Poetry, Columbia University
Office
68th Street West 1431
Email
ap5448@hunter.cuny.edu
Joseph S. Salemi
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Curriculum Vitae
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Education
PhD, New York University
Specialties
Renaissance English Literature, Neo-Latin Literature, Rhetoric
Office
68th Street West 1431
Email
js51@nyu.edu
Georgios Spiliotopoulos
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Education
PhD, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Specialties
Poetry (especially Homer), Attic tragedy, Papyrology
Office
68th Street West 1431
Email
gs1419@hunter.cuny.edu
Elias J. Theodoracopoulos
Adjunct Lecturer
Education
BA, MPhil, PhD cand., Columbia University
Specialties
Greek and Latin languages and literatures (all genres and periods), esp. Greek Tragedy & Comedy;
The Western Classical Tradition; Historical Linguistics
Office
68th Street West 1431
Email
ejtheod@hunter.cuny.edu
Marina Thomatos
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Education
PhD, University of Edinburgh
Specialties
Archaeology of the Mediterranean, Aegean Prehistory, Greek Bronze and Iron Age
Office
68th Street West 1431
Email
mthomato@hunter.cuny.edu
John Young
Adjunct Lecturer
Education
MA, Hunter College. PhD student, CUNY Graduate Center, Graduate Teaching Fellow
Office
68th Street West 1431

Affiliated Faculty

Protected: Hendrik Dey
Professor and Associate Chair for Art History
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Emeriti Faculty

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Ronnie Ancona
Professor Emerita
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Tamara Green
Professor Emerita
Email
tgreen@hunter.cuny.edu
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Adele Haft
Professor Emerita
Phone
(212) 772-5063
Email
ahaft@hunter.cuny.edu
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Robert Koehl
Professor Emeritus
Phone
(212) 772-5061
Email
rkoehl@hunter.cuny.edu
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Sarah Pomeroy
Professor Emerita
Email
sarahbpom@gmail.com
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Robert White
Professor Emeritus
Email
rwhite@hunter.cuny.edu

In Memoriam

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William Mayer
Professor Emeritus

William J. Mayer was a professor emeritus in the Department of Classical and Oriental Studies.

More About William Mayer

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