Republican and Augustan Literature and Civilization
Education
Ph.D., Classics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
2002
Dissertation: The Theme of Erotic Love in Plutarch's Late-Republican
Lives, directed by Philip A. Stadter
M.A., Classics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
1999
M.S., Industrial Engineering, University of Wisconsin,
Madison, 1989
B.S., Industrial Engineering and Computer Science,
University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1987
Current Position
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Classics
Assistant Professor, 2006-present
Visiting Assistant Professor, Spring 2003 & 2005-2006
Previous Positions
St. Anselm College, Department of Classics, Assistant
Professor, 2004-2005
University of Iowa, Department of Classics, Visiting
Assistant Professor, 2003-2004
North Carolina State University, Department of Foreign
Languages and Literatures, Visiting Lecturer, 2000-2002
Articles and Chapters in Books
"Plutarch on the Role of Eros in a Marriage," in A. G. Nikolaidis (ed.), The Unity of Plutarch's Work: Moralia Themes in the Lives, Features of the Lives in the Moralia (Berlin 2008) 689-99.
Eros and Intellect: Plutarch’s Portrait of Aspasia and Pericles," in J.-M. Nieto Ibáñez and R. López López (eds.), El Amor en Plutarco (León: Universidad de León 2007) 245-53.
"Variations on a Theme: An Experiment in Latin Prose Composition," CPL Online 3 (2006).
"Plutarch on the Rise and Fall of Pompey," in A. Perez
Jimenez, F. Titchener (eds.), Historical and Biographical Values of
Plutarch's Works: Studies Devoted to Professor Philip Stadter by the
International Plutarch Society (Malaga and Logan, Utah: I.P.S. 2005)
33-46.
"Thematic Correspondences in Plutarch's Lives of
Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus," in L. de Blois, J. Bons, T. Kessels, and D. M.
Schenkeveld (eds.), The Statesman in Plutarch's Works, Volume II: The
Statesman in Plutarch's Greek and Roman Lives (Leiden, Boston: Brill
2005) 315-325.
"The Theory and Practice of Ostracism in Plutarch's Lives,"
Ploutarchos n.s. 2 (2004/05) 3-10.
"No Time for Love: Plutarch's Chaste Caesar," GRBS 43
(2002/03) 13-29.
Book Review
A. Casanova (ed.), Plutarco e l’età ellenistica: Atti del convegno internazionale di studi, Firenze, 23-24 settembre 2004 (Firenze 2005), in JHS 127 (2007) 190.
Conference Papers and Invited Talks
"Plutarch on the Rise and Fall of Alexander," Classical
Association of the Middle West and South, Minneapolis, MN, April 2009.
"Oinos, thumos, and kratos: Drunken Violence and the Transition of Power in Plutarch’s Alexander," Eighth International Conference of the International Plutarch Society, Coimbra, Portugal, September 2008.
"Nepos’ Biographical Purpose and Methods," Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Panel: Ausus es unus Italorum: Cornelius Nepos Reconsidered, Tucson, AZ, April 2008.
"Writing about the Rubicon in the Early Empire," Colloquium Series of the Department of Classics, University of Iowa, February 2008 (invited).
"Caesar on the Brink: Writing about the Rubicon in the Early Empire," Classical
Association of the Middle West and South, Cincinnati, OH, April 2007.
"Eros and Intellect: Plutarch's Portrait of Aspasia and
Pericles," IX Simposio
Internacional de la Sociedad Española de Plutarquistas, León, España, September 2006.
"Variations on a Theme: An Experiment in Latin Prose
Composition," Classical
Association of the Middle West and South, Panel: Variety in the Active Latin Classroom, Gainesville,
FL, April 2006.
"More Platonic than Plato: History and Philosophy in
Plutarch's Dion," American Philological Association, Panel:
Inventing the Past: History and Historical Tradition in Greek Prose
Literature, Montreal, January 2006.
"Asemotatos or Autokrator? Choosing Power and
Fame in Plutarch's Lives," Symposium of the Irish branch of the
International Plutarch Society, University College, Cork, September 2005
(invited).
"Plutarch on the Role of Eros in a Marriage," Seventh
International Conference of the International Plutarch Society, Rethymno,
Crete, May 2005.
"Virtues for the Heroes: Plutarch's De virtute morali
and Alexander-Caesar," Symposium of the Katholieke Universiteit of
Leuven, Belgium: Virtues for the People: Plutarch and Contemporaries on
Desirable Ethics, Delphi, Greece, September 2004 (invited).
"Plutarch on the Rise and Fall of Pompey," Classical
Association of the Middle West and South, Panel: New Perspectives in
Roman Historiography, St. Louis, MO, April 2004.
"Plutarch on the Rise and Fall of Pompey," Colloquium Series
of the Department of Classics, University of Iowa, January 2004 (invited).
"Plutarch and Greek Paideia in the Roman Period,"
Symposium of the Hellenic Student Association: Paideia: A Conversation on
Culture and Education, Ancient and Modern, Madison, WI, May 2003
(invited).
"The Theory and Practice of Ostracism in Plutarch's Lives,"
American Philological Association, Panel: Plutarch and History, New
Orleans, LA, January 2003.
"Plutarch and the First Triumvirate: Thematic
Correspondences in the Lives of Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus," Sixth
International Conference of the International Plutarch Society, Nijmegen/Hernen,
The Netherlands, May 2002.
"No Time for Love: The Chaste Heroes of Plutarch's Alexander-Caesar," American Philological Association, Philadelphia, PA,
January 2002.
"The Politics of Poetry: Public Recitation in Horace's
Epistles," Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Southern
Section, Athens, GA, October 2000.
"A Literary Triumvirate: Plutarch's Alexander,
Caesar, and Pompey," Classical Association of the Middle West and
South, Knoxville, TN, April 2000.
"No Time for Love: Plutarch's Chaste Caesar," Classics
Graduate Student Colloquium: Love of Power. Power of Love. Eros and
Imperium in Classical Antiquity, Charlottesville, VA, February 2000.
Panel
Co-organizer with Craig A. Gibson, University of Iowa, "Inventing the Past: History and Historical Tradition in Greek Prose Literature," American Philological Association, Montreal, January 2006.