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THE FACULTY

Full-Time Faculty

Ronnie Ancona
Professor; Ph.D., Ohio State University
Specialties: Latin Poetry, Latin Pedagogy, Women in Classical Antiquity
1402 Hunter West; 212-772-5065
curriculum vitae    rancona@hunter.cuny.edu

Tamara M. Green
Professor and Chair; Ph.D., New York University
Specialties: Ancient History, Late Antiquity, Greek and Roman Religion
1442 Hunter West; 212-772-5061
curriculum vitae    tgreen@hunter.cuny.edu

Adele J. Haft
Professor; Ph.D., 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

Robert B. Koehl
Professor; Ph.D., 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

Lawrence M. Kowerski III
Assistant Professor; Ph. D., Rutgers University
Specialties: Greek History and Historiography, Early Greek poetry (elegy and lyric), Greek Papyrology
1445 Hunter West; 212-772-5007
curriculum vitae    lkowersk@hunter.cuny.edu

William J. Mayer
Lecturer; MA, ABD, Columbia University
Specialties: Latin Pedagogy, Cicero, Vergil
1403 Hunter West; 212-772-4958
curriculum vitae    wmayer@hunter.cuny.edu

Joanne Spurza
Associate Professor; Ph.D., Princeton University
Specialties: Ancient Roman Art, Archaeology, Architecture, and Urban Design
1401 Hunter West; 212-772-4962
curriculum vitae    jmspurza@hunter.cuny.edu

Robert J. White
Professor; Ph.D., 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

Emeritae/i (Retired) Faculty

Sarah B. Pomeroy
Distinguished Professor of Classics and History, Emerita, Hunter College & The Graduate School, CUNY; Ph.D., 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
HW 1431; 212-772-4787
jbarnes@hunter.cuny.edu (paste onto e-mail message)

 

Yvonne Bernardo
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Specialties: Cicero, Latin Literature
HW 1431; 212-772-4787
ybernardo@msn.com

 

Nicholas Fokas
Adjunct
Lecturer
CUNY Graduate Center
Specialties: Greek and Roman History and Historiography
HW 1431; 212-772-4787
nfokas@gc.cuny.edu

 

Vassiliki Kekela
Instructor of Modern Greek Literature (300-level)
M.S., A.P.D., 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
M.Phil., 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

 

Joanell M. Meringolo
Adjunct Lecturer
M.A., Northeastern University
Specialties: Latin Pedagogy, Curriculum Advisor, Theater for a New Audience
HW 1403; 212-772-4958
Auntnell25@aol.com (paste onto e-mail message)

 

Joseph S. Salemi
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Ph.D., New York University
Specialties: Renaissance English Literature, Neo-Latin Literature, Rhetoric
HW 1431; 718-788-7938
curriculum vitae    js51@nyu.edu

 

Jacob Stern
Professor of Classics, CUNY Graduate Center
Ph.D., Columbia University
Specialties: Greek Literature, Mythography, Mythology
HW 1431; 212-817-8157
jstern@gc.cuny.edu
http://web.gc.cuny.edu/Classics/faculty.htm

 

Elias J. Theodoracopoulos
M.Phil., Ph.D cand., 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

 

Faculty in Related Areas

Thomas Head
Medieval History (History Department: Professor; Ph.D., 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


Mary Moore
Greek and Roman Art (Art Department: Professor; Ph.D., New York University)
1500D Hunter North; 212-650-3753
mmoore@hunter.cuny.edu


Gerald Press
Ancient Philosophy, especially Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus and Augustine (Philosophy Department: Ph.D., 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; Ph.D., 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; Ph.D., New York University)
1500A Hunter North; 212-650-3315
rstaplef@hunter.cuny.edu


John Wallach
Ancient Greek and Roman Political Theory (Political Science: Professor; Ph.D., Princeton University)
1721 Hunter West; 212-772-5671
jwallach@hunter.cuny.edu
(http://maxweber.hunter.cuny.edu/polsc/staff.html)

 

For those wishing to pursue a Ph.D. in Classics at CUNY
see The City University of New York Graduate School and University Center

 

Also see Latin M.A. in Adolescence Education, and Ph.D. Program in Classics


Department of Classical and Oriental Studies
1425 HW
Hunter College, CUNY  
695 Park Ave
New York, NY 10065

(212) 772-4960