Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

Oratory and Law, Ancient History and Historiography, Greek Epic

Education

Ph.D. in Classical Philology, University of Florida, 2010

M.A. in Classical Philology, University of Florida, 2006

B.A. in History and Classics, summa cum laude, Baylor Unversity, 2004

Employment

Teaching Assistant, University of Florida, 2004-2010

Publications

“The Non-Homeric Cyclops in the Homeric Odyssey,” GRBS 49.3 (2009) 323-333

“A Hyperbolic Statement: Propertius IV.1.38,” accepted by Philologus (2010)

Dissertation and Master's Thesis

“The Rhetoric and Conceptualization of Enmity in Classical Athens,” 2010

“Greeks and Barbarians in Fifth and Fourth Century Sicily,” 2006

Conference Presentations

“Enmity and Probability in the Attic Orators,” CAMWS, 2010

“Violence in Classical Athens,” UF-FSU Graduate Student Colloquium, 2009

“Ancient and Modern Character Assassination,” Florida State Latin Forum, 2010

“The Oligarchic Ideology of Freedom in Fifth-Century Greece,” CAMWS, 2008

“The Non-Homeric Side of the Homeric Cyclops,” CAMWS, 2007

“The Role of Daphnis in Vergil’s Eclogues,” CAMWS SS, 2006

“Preference for Authoritarianism in Fourth Century Syracuse,” CAMWS, 2006

Courses Taught

Homer, Spring 2010

Beginning Latin 1, Fall 2009

Cornelius Nepos, Spring 2009

Beginning Latin 1, Fall 2008

Accelerated Greek 2, Summer 2008

Accelerated Greek 1, Spring 2008

Accelerated Greek 1, Fall 2007

Accelerated Greek 1, Spring 2007

Accelerated Latin 2, Summer 2006

Beginning Latin 2, Fall 2005

Accelerated Latin 1, Summer 2005

Beginning Latin 3, Spring 2005

Beginning Latin 2, Fall 2004

Courses Assisted

The Grandeur that Was Rome, Spring 2010

The Glory that Was Greece, Fall 2009

Greek and Roman Mythology, Summer 2009

The Grandeur that Was Rome, Spring 2009

Greek History, Fall 2008

Pompeii, Summer 2007

The Glory that Was Greece, Fall 2007

Accelerated Greek 1, Spring 2006

Accelerated Greek 2, Fall 2005

Latin Love Poetry, Spring 2005

Classical Archaeology, Fall 2004

Awards

Rothman Scholar Award in Classical Studies (University of Florida, 2010)

Outstanding Graduate Student Paper: Honorable Mention (CAMWS, 2007)

Earls Essay Prize (Classics Department, University of Florida, 2006 & 2007)

Anargyros Comnenos Award (Classics Department, University of Florida, 2007)

Phi Beta Kappa (Baylor University, 2004)

Robinson Scholarship from Phi Beta Kappa (top three juniors at Baylor University, 2003)