The Faculty

Full-Time Faculty

Andrea Kouklanakis Associate Professor; PhD, Harvard University Specialties: Homeric Poetry, Latin Literature, Classical Receptions in Afro-Latin American Literature, Comparative Studies of Ancient and Modern Slavery 1402 Hunter West; curriculum vitae akouklan@hunter.cuny.edu
Lawrence M. Kowerski III MA Advisor and Associate Professor; PhD, Rutgers University Specialties: Greek History and Historiography, Early Greek poetry (elegy and lyric), Greek Papyrology 1425b Hunter West; (212) 772-5007 curriculum vitae lkowersk@hunter.cuny.edu
David Petrain Department Chair and Associate Professor; PhD, Harvard University Specialties: Latin Poetry, Hellenistic Greek Literature, Roman Visual Culture 1428 Hunter West; (212) 772-5181 curriculum vitae david.petrain@hunter.cuny.edu
Maria Silvia Sarais Doctoral Lecturer; PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia Specialties: Latin Poetry, Greek and Roman Drama, Seneca, Ancient Literary Criticism, Poetic Theory, and Metapoetics, Classical Mythology and Contemporary Reception; Gender and Ethnicity in Classical Literature 1435B Hunter West; curriculum vitae maria.sarais40@hunter.cuny.edu
Joanne Spurza Classics Division Head, Associate Professor; PhD, Princeton University Specialties: Ancient Roman Art, Archaeology, Architecture, and Urban Design 1427 Hunter West; (212) 772-4962 curriculum vitae jmspurza@hunter.cuny.edu
Bronwen L. Wickkiser Solomon Bluhm Professor; PhD, University of Texas at Austin Specialties: Greek and Roman medicine, Greek religion, Augustan culture, Classical reception curriculum vitae bronwen.wickkiser38@login.cuny.edu

Adjunct Faculty

Noah Davies-Mason Adjunct Lecturer PhD Student, The Graduate Center, CUNY Specialties: ancient philosophy, Hellenistic poetry, pastoral poetry, didactic poetry, epicureanism, cynicism, neoplatonism *Bluhm Scholars Program Advisor HW 1431; (212) 772-4787 ndaviesmason@gradcenter.cuny.edu
Kathleen Durkin Adjunct Lecturer MA. Hunter College Specialties: Latin Pedagogy HW1431; (212) 772-4787 kdurkin@hunter.cuny.edu Durkin CV
Timothy Hanford Adjunct Assistant Professor PhD, The Graduate Center, CUNY Specialties: SenecanTragedy, Latin Pedagogy HW 1431; (212) 772-4787 thanford@hunter.cuny.edu
Patricia Hatcher Adjunct Lecturer PhD Student, The Graduate Center, CUNY HW 1431; (212) 772-4787 phatcher@hunter.cuny.edu
Victoria Jansson Adjunct Lecturer PhD Student, The Graduate Center, CUNY HW 1431; (212) 772-4787 vj348@hunter.cuny.edu
Brian S. Kunkel Adjunct Assistant Professor PhD, Temple University Specialties: Art and Archaeology of the Bronze Age Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean, Socio-Political Evolution and State Formation in Minoan Crete HW 1431; (212) 772-4787 bkunkel@hunter.cuny.edu
Eleftheria Kallimani Adjunct Lecturer M.A., M.Ed., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Specialties: Greek tragedy, Mythology, Pedagogy of Classics HW 1431; (212) 772-4787 ek3638@hunter.cuny.edu
Shawna Leigh-Roberts Adjunct Assistant Professor PhD, University of Pennsylvania Specialties: Classical Archaeology, Ancient Technology, Ancient City Planning HW 1431; (212) 772-4787 sle0100@hunter.cuny.edu Leigh CV
Sara Levi Adjunct Associate Professor PhD, Università Sapienza Roma Specialties: Mediterranean prehistory, archaeometry, field archaeology HW 1431; (212) 772-4787 sl1889@hunter.cuny.edu
Rama Madhu Adjunct Lecturer Latin MA, Hunter College HW 1431; (212) 772-4787 rmadhu@hunter.cuny.edu
Melissa Marturano Adjunct Assistant Professor, PhD CUNY Graduate Center Specialties: Ancient Greek and Roman gender and Sexuality Studies, Ovid, Reception HW 1431; (212) 772-4787 mm6384@hunter.cuny.edu Marturano CV
Louise Michaud Adjunct Lecturer MA Hunter College Specialties: Roman military, Latin pedagogy, educational technology HW 1431; (212) 772-4787 lmichaud@hunter.cuny.edu
Alessandra Migliara Adjunct Lecturer PhD Student, The Graduate Center, CUNY Specialties: Greek Drama, Second Sophistic, Literary Theory, Ancient and Modern Fantastic Literature HW 1431; (212) 772-4787 am3949@hunter.cuny.edu
Thomas Moody Adjunct Lecturer PhD Student, The Graduate Center, CUNY Specialties: Plato, Ancient Philosophy, and Urban Theory HW 1431; (212) 772-4787 tm1854@hunter.cuny.edu
Katrina Moore Adjunct Lecturer PhD Student, The Graduate Center, CUNY MA, Clemson University Specialties: the Roman Republic and Early Empire, gender, and identity HW 1432; (212) 772-4787 km3643@hunter.cuny.edu
Aaron Poochigian Adjunct Assistant Professor PhD Classics, University of Minnesota, MFA Poetry, Columbia University HW 1431; (212) 772-4787 ap5448@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 js51@nyu.edu curriculum vitae
Georgios Spiliotopoulos Adjunct Assistant Professor PhD, The Graduate Center, CUNY Poetry (especially Homer), Attic tragedy, Papyrology HW 1431; (212) 772-4787 gs1419@hunter.cuny.edu
Elias J. Theodoracopoulos Adjunct Lecturer BA, MPhil, PhD cand., Columbia University Greek and Latin languages and literatures (all genres and periods), esp. Greek Tragedy & Comedy; The Western Classical Tradition; Historical Linguistics HW 1431; (212) 772-4787 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
John Young Adjunct Lecturer MA, Hunter College PhD student, CUNY Graduate Center Graduate Teaching Fellow HW 1431; (212) 772-4787

Faculty in Related Areas

Hendrik Dey Associate Professor, Department of Art and Art History; PhD Classical Art and Archaeology (IPCAA), U. of Michigan Specialties: Roman, late antique and early medieval architecture and urbanism 1500E Hunter North; (212) 650-3318 hdey@hunter.cuny.edu http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/art/art-history/faculty-staff-ah/hendrik-dey
Barbara Sproul New Testament (Religion: Associate Professor; PhD, Columbia University) 1206 Hunter West; (212) 772-4986 bsproul@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

Emeriti (Retired) Faculty

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
Tamara M. Green Professor; PhD, New York University Specialties: Ancient History, Late Antiquity, Greek and Roman Religion curriculum vitae tgreen@hunter.cuny.edu
Adele J. Haft Professor; PhD, Princeton University Specialties: Epic, especially Homer; Greek Tragedy, Ancient Novel, Maps in Literature, Ancient Sports 1428 Hunter West; (212) 772-5063 curriculum vitae ahaft@hunter.cuny.edu
Robert B. Koehl Professor; PhD, University of Pennsylvania Specialties: Aegean Bronze Age, Iron Age, and Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology 1425 Hunter West; (212) 772-5181 curriculum vitae rkoehl@hunter.cuny.edu
William J. Mayer Lecturer; MA, ABD, Columbia University Specialties: Latin Pedagogy, Cicero, Vergil curriculum vitae in memoriam (1944-2017)
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 sarahbpom@gmail.com The Sarah B. Pomeroy Papers at the Hunter College Library
Robert J. White Professor; PhD, Yale University Specialties: Greek Literature, Classical Mythology, Greek Tragedy, Classics in Translation, Caesar curriculum vitae rwhite@hunter.cuny.edu