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CNES Officers and Committees AY 2011-2012

Core Faculty

Name	Specialties	Email
Spencer Cole Assistant Professor Ph.D., Columbia University	Latin Prose and Roman Culture	secole@umn.edu
Andrew Gallia Associate Professor Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania	Roman History, Latin Literature, Greek History, Roman Archaeology and Topography	abgallia@umn.edu
Alex Jassen Assistant Professor Ph.D., New York University	Early Judaism	jassen@umn.edu
Nita Krevans Associate Professor Director of Graduate Studies Ph.D., Princeton University	Greek and Latin Poetry, Hellenistic Greek Literature	nkrevans@umn.edu
Bernard M. Levinson Professor Berman Family Chair in Jewish Studies and Hebrew Bible Affiliated Professor of Law Scholar of the College, 2010-2013 Ph.D., Brandeis University	Hebrew Bible & ancient Near Eastern Studies; Biblical law	levinson@umn.edu
Peter Mauritsch Visiting Professor (University of Graz) Ph.D., University of Graz	Ancient Warfare, Homeric Epic, and Greek Sexuality	pmaurits@umn.edu
Christopher Nappa Associate Professor Department Chair Ph.D., University of Virginia	Latin literature, Gender and Sexuality in Antiquity	cnappa@umn.edu
Oliver Nicholson Associate Professor D. Phil, Oxford University	Late Antiquity, Patristics, Later Latin	opn@umn.edu
S. Douglas Olson Distinguished McKnight Professor Ph.D., Bryn Mawr College	Greek poetry of the archaic and classical periods	sdolson@umn.edu
Marco Perale Postdoctoral Associate in Papyrology Ph.D., University of Venice	Sciences of Antiquity and the Middle East	mperale@umn.edu
Renana S. Schneller Hebrew Language Coordinator Teaching Specialist A.B.D., Erlangen-Nuremberg University	Modern Hebrew Language and Literature, Biblical Hebrew, Arabic	schne068@umn.edu
Philip H. Sellew Associate Professor Th.D., Harvard University	Early Christian studies, Gospel literature, Coptic	psellew@umn.edu
George A. Sheets Associate Professor Ph.D., Duke University J.D., William Mitchell College of Law	Historical Linguistics, Latin Literature, Legal History	gasheets@umn.edu
Stephen C. Smith Latin and Greek Language Coordinator Lecturer Ph.D., University of Virginia	Augustan Latin literature, Latin and Greek pedagogy	smith504@umn.edu
Eva von Dassow Associate Professor Director of Undergraduate Studies Ph.D., New York University	Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Akkadian and Ugaritic	vonda001@umn.edu

Emeritus Faculty

Name	Specialties	Email
Elizabeth S. Belfiore Professor Emerita Ph.D., UCLA	Ancient Philosophy; Greek Tragedy; Greek Literature.	esb@umn.edu
Frederick Cooper Professor Emeritus (Art History) Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania	Greek Architecture, Greek Archaeology
Sheila McNally Professor Emerita (Art History) Ph.D., Harvard University	Roman and Medieval Archaeology, Roman Art	mcnal001@umn.edu
Jonathan Paradise Professor Emeritus Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania	Hebrew Bible, Cuneiform	jparadis@umn.edu
Calvin J. Roetzel Professor Emeritus Ph.D., Duke University	Pauline Theology	roetz002@umn.edu
Robert P. Sonkowsky Professor Emeritus Ph.D., University of North Carolina	Latin Literature, Oral Performance, Medieval Latin	sonko001@umn.edu

Associated Faculty in Other Departments

Name	Home Department	Specialties	Email
Matthew Canepa Assistant Professor	Art History	Greek and Roman Art and Archaeology	mpcanepa@umn.edu
Thomas S. Clayton Regents' Professor	English	Drama and Theater, Shakespeare, Classical Tradition	tsc@umn.edu
John K. Evans Professor	History	Roman History	evans002@umn.edu
Richard Graff Associate Professor	Writing Studies	Classical Rhetoric, contemporary rhetorical theory	graff013@umn.edu
Sandra L. Peterson Professor	Philosophy	Ancient Philosophy	peter009@umn.edu
Edward Schiappa Professor	Communication Studies	Origins of Rhetorical Theory in 5th and 4th centuries	schiappa@umn.edu
Theofanis Stavrou Professor	History	Modern Greek Studies	stavr001@umn.edu
Peter S. Wells Professor	Anthropology	European Prehistoric and Roman Period Archaeology	wells001@umn.edu