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The Faculty
Full-Time Faculty
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Ronnie Ancona Professor; PhD, Ohio State University Specialties: Latin Poetry, Latin Pedagogy, Women in Classical Antiquity 1402 Hunter West; (212) 772-5065 curriculum vitae rancona@hunter.cuny.edu |
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Tamara M. Green Professor and Chair; PhD, New York University Specialties: Ancient History, Late Antiquity, Greek and Roman Religion 1442 Hunter West; (212) 772-5061 curriculum vitae tgreen@hunter.cuny.edu |
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Adele J. Haft Professor; PhD, Princeton University Specialties: Epic, especially Homer; Greek Tragedy, Ancient Novel, Maps in Literature, Ancient Sports 1428 West Building; (212) 772-5063 curriculum vitae ahaft@hunter.cuny.edu |
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Robert B. Koehl Professor; PhD, University of Pennsylvania Specialties: Aegean Bronze Age, Iron Age, and Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology 1442 Hunter West; (212) 772-5181 curriculum vitae rkoehl@hunter.cuny.edu |
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Lawrence M. Kowerski III Associate Professor; PhD, Rutgers University Specialties: Greek History and Historiography, Early Greek poetry (elegy and lyric), Greek Papyrology 1435 Hunter West; (212) 772-5007 curriculum vitae lkowersk@hunter.cuny.edu |
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Joanne Spurza Associate Professor; PhD, Princeton University Specialties: Ancient Roman Art, Archaeology, Architecture, and Urban Design 1401 Hunter West; (212) 772-4962 curriculum vitae jmspurza@hunter.cuny.edu |
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Robert J. White Professor; PhD, Yale University Specialties: Greek Literature, Classical Mythology, Greek Tragedy, Classics in Translation, Caesar 1427 Hunter West; (212) 772-4784 curriculum vitae rwhite@hunter.cuny.edu |
Emeriti (Retired) Faculty

William J. Mayer Lecturer; MA, ABD, Columbia University
Specialties: Latin Pedagogy, Cicero, Vergil
1403 Hunter West; (212) 772-4958
curriculum vitae
Sarah B. Pomeroy
Distinguished Professor of Classics and History, Emerita, Hunter College & The Graduate School, CUNY; PhD, Columbia University
Specialties: Women and the Family in Classical Antiquity, Social History, Papyrology
Part-Time Faculty
Jeffrey M. Barnes
Adjunct Assistant Professor
CUNY Graduate Center
Specialties: Latin Poetry and Comparative Studies
HW 1431; (212) 772-4787
jbarnes@gc.cuny.edu
Yvonne Bernardo
Adjunct Assistant Professor
PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Specialties: Cicero, Latin Literature
HW 1431; (212) 772-4787
ybernardo@msn.com
David Clark
Adjunct Assistant Professor
PhD, Columbia University
Specialties: Latin Poetry, Greek and Roman Philosophy
HW 1431; (212) 772-4787
davidclark@riseup.net
Emyr Dakin
Adjunct Lecturer
PhD Student, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Specialties: Hellenistic History, Greek and Roman Religion, Classical Mythology.
HW 1431; (212) 772-4787
edakin@hunter.cuny.edu
Nicholas Fokas
Adjunct Lecturer
CUNY Graduate Center
Specialties: Greek and Roman History and Historiography
HW 1431; (212) 772-4787
nfokas@gc.cuny.edu
Timothy Hanford
Adjunct Lecturer
CUNY Graduate Center
Specialties: Epic Poetry
HW 1431; (212) 772-4787
thanford@hunter.cuny.edu
Vassiliki Kekela
Instructor of Modern Greek Literature (300-level)
MS, APD, City University of New York, St. John's University
Specialties: Greek Historical Literature, Foreign Language Education, Applied Psychology
HW 1431; (212) 772-4787
vkekela@hunter.cuny.edu
G. Elizabeth Korn
Adjunct Lecturer, Classics and English
MPhil, Columbia University
Specialties: Greek and Latin Roots of English, Mythology, Ancient Theatre, Greek and Roman Drama, Women in the Ancient World, The Roman Plays of Shakespeare
HW 1431, (212) 772-4787; HW 1432, (212) 772-5112
ekorn@hunter.cuny.edu
Andrea Kouklanakis
Adjunct Lecturer
MA, Harvard University
Specialties: Homer, Greek Poetry, Roman Satire, Classical Scholarship
HW 1431; (212) 772-4787
akouklan@hunter.cuny.edu
Shawna Leigh
Adjunct Assistant Professor
PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Specialties: Classical Archaeology, Ancient Technology, Ancient City Planning
HW 1431; (212) 772-4787
sle0100@hunter.cuny.edu
Aramis L. López
Adjunct lecturer
PhD Student, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Specialties: Ancient Philosophy, Hellenistic Poetry
HW 1431
aramisllopez@gmail.com
Joanell M. Meringolo
Adjunct Lecturer
MA, Northeastern University
Specialties: Latin Pedagogy, Curriculum Advisor, Theater for a New Audience
HW 1431; (212) 772-4787
Auntnell25@aol.com
Yael Nezer
Graduate Teaching Fellow
PhD candidate, CUNY Graduate Center
Specialties: Early Modern English Literature, Latin Literature, Mythology
HW 1431; (212) 772-4787
ynezer@hunter.cuny.edu
Joseph S. Salemi
Adjunct Assistant Professor
PhD, New York University
Specialties: Renaissance English Literature, Neo-Latin Literature, Rhetoric
HW 1431; (718) 788-7938
curriculum vitae js51@nyu.edu
Jared Simard
Adjunct Lecturer
CUNY Graduate Center
Specialties: Latin Poetry, Mythology, Reception Studies
HW 1431; (212)-772-4787
jsimard@hunter.cuny.edu
http://web.gc.cuny.edu/Classics/pages/students.html
Jacob Stern
Professor of Classics, CUNY Graduate Center
PhD, Columbia University
Specialties: Greek Literature, Mythography, Mythology
HW 1431; (212) 817-8157
jstern@gc.cuny.edu
http://web.gc.cuny.edu/Classics/pages/faculty.html
Elias J. Theodoracopoulos
MPhil, PhD candidate, Columbia University
Specialties: Greek and Roman epic and drama; ancient myth; the Classical tradition; Greek and Roman history and historiography; Greek law
HW 1431; (212) 772-4960
ejtheod@hunter.cuny.edu
Marina Thomatos
Adjunct Assistant Professor
PhD, University of Edinburgh
Specialties: Archaeology of the Mediterranean, Aegean Prehistory, Greek Bronze and Iron Age
HW 1431; (212) 772-4787
mthomato@hunter.cuny.edu
Catherine Venturini
Adjunct Lecturer
MA, Hunter College
Specialties: Latin Poetry, Latin Pedagogy, Roman Coinage
cathwin@gmail.com
Faculty in Related Areas
Thomas Head
Medieval History (History Department: Professor; PhD, Harvard University)
1507 Hunter West; (212) 772-5484
thead@hunter.cuny.edu
http://urban.hunter.cuny.edu/~thead or http://maxweber.hunter.cuny.edu/histo/faculty/tfhead.html
Gerald Press
Ancient Philosophy, especially Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus and Augustine (Philosophy Department: PhD, University of California, San Diego)
1414 Hunter West; (212) 772-4971; fax: (212) 650-3675
gpress@hunter.cuny.edu
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/philosophy/
Barbara Sproul
New Testament (Religion: Associate Professor; PhD, Columbia University)
1206 Hunter West; (212) 772-4986
bsproul@hunter.cuny.edu
Richard Stapleford
Roman Architecture, Late Antique and Early Medieval Art and Architecture (Art Department: Professor; PhD, New York University)
1500A Hunter North; (212) 650-3315
rstaplef@hunter.cuny.edu
John Wallach
Ancient Greek and Roman Political Theory (Political Science: Professor; PhD, Princeton University)
1721 Hunter West; (212) 772-5671
jwallach@hunter.cuny.edu
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/polsci/faculty/wallach






