Introduced here are the graduate students who are members of the Department of Ancient and Medieval Languages and Cultures, along with the graduate students in the Program in Early Christian Studies, who frequently serve as Teaching Fellows, Teaching Assistants, and Research Assistants in this department.
Elizabeth Anderson
Program: Ph.D., Early Christian Studies
Degrees: B.A., Letters, University of Oklahoma; B.A., Classical Languages, University of Oklahoma; M.A., Early Christian Studies, Catholic University
Research: Manichaean literature, heresiography, Syriac poetry
Teaching: ancient Greek history (TA)
Dissertation: Manichaeism and Anti-Manichaeism in the Syriac Book of Steps
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Wilson Anthony
Program: Ph.D., Christian Near Eastern Languages
Degrees: Mahatma Gandhi University, B.A.; University of Dallas, M.T.S.
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Bradley Assaraf
Program: M.A., Ancient Near Eastern Languages
Degrees: B.A., Covenant College
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Jodie Rice Augustine
Program: M.A., Greek and Latin; Ph.D., Greek and Latin
Degrees: B.A., Lee University
Research: Neoplatonism, Boethius
Teaching: elementary Latin (online and in person), intermediate Latin (online), archaeology (TA)
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Yiyeon Baek
Program: Ph.D., Ancient Near Eastern Languages
Degrees: B.S., Dongguk University (Korea); M.T.S. and Th.M., Boston College
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Andrew Buckingham
Program: Ph.D., Ancient Near Eastern Languages
Degrees: B.A., College of William and Mary; M.A., University of Texas, Arlington
Dissertation: The Uses of Apposition in Biblical Hebrew
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George Cassidy
Program: M.A., Greek and Latin
Degrees: B.A., Harvard College, English and American Language and Literature; Certificate in Latin and Greek, Austin Peay State University
Research: Latin poetry, Greek philosophy and historiography, patristics
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Catherine Chasen
Program: Ph.D., Greek and Latin
Degrees: B.A., Latin, Hillsdale College; M.A., Catholic University
Research: ancient historians, Homer, Cicero
Teaching: elementary Latin (online and in person), archaeology (TA)
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Christopher Cox
Program: M.A.-Ph.D., Early Christian Studies
Degrees: A.S., Snow College; B.A., Brigham Young University; B.M., Brigham Young University; M.A., University of Oxford
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Charles Crouch
Program: Ph.D., Ancient Near Eastern Languages
Degrees: B.S., University of Houston; M.A., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
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Paul A. Davis
Program: Ph.D., Christian Near Eastern Languages
Degrees: B.A., Southwest Missouri State University; M.A., Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Dissertation: The Social Function of Christian-Muslim Disputation Texts from the Early Abbasid Period
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Darren Duke
Program: Ph.D., Christian Near Eastern Languages
Degrees: B.S., United States Naval Academy; M.A., Naval Postgraduate School
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Ian Flanders
Program: Certificate in Greek
Degrees: B.A., Catholic University; M.T.S., Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
Research: late antiquity, patristics, reception of Plato, agricultural writers
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Nissa Flanders
Program: Ph.D., Greek and Latin
Degrees: B.A., Catholic University; M.A., Catholic University
Research: Greek literature, Plato and Neoplatonism, palaeography
Teaching: elementary Greek; intermediate Latin; staff tutor for Summer Program; private elementary Greek and Latin
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Qianyi (Charles) Fu
Program: M.A., Greek and Latin
Degrees: B.A., Classical Languages & Medieval Studies (Minor in Orthodox Christian Studies), Fordham University; M.A., History (Medieval), Fordham University
Research: late Roman and East Roman history, Near Eastern languages, Eastern Christianity
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Ferrell L. Gossett
Program: Ph.D., Ancient Near Eastern Languages
Degrees: B.A., Southeastern Bible College; M.A., Westminster Seminary California; M.A., Catholic University
Dissertation: The Discourse Uses of the Adverb 'attâh
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Rebecca A. Harper
Program: M.A., Medieval and Byzantine Studies
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Emily L. Howard
Program: M.A., Medieval and Byzantine Studies
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Meghan Howard
Program: Ph.D., Christian Near Eastern Languages
Degrees: B.A., UCLA; M.A., Trinity College
Dissertation: Najm al-Ṣaḥra’: A Critical Edition of the Arabic Letters of Saint Antony
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Jon Huff
Program: M.A., Ancient Near Eastern Languages
Degrees: B.A., Grove City College; M.Div., Reformed Theological Seminary, Washington DC.
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Fadhma Izri
Program: Ph.D., Christian Near Eastern Languages
Degrees: B.A., University of Algiers; M.A., Georgetown University; M.A., American University
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Keturah Kiehl Pratt
Program: Ph.D., Greek and Latin
Degrees: B.A., Classical Studies, Hillsdale College; M.A., Classical Languages, University of Missouri-Columbia
Research: ancient Greek athletics, Late Antique sermons
Teaching: elementary and intermediate Greek (online and in person), intermediate Latin (online and in person), classical mythology, ancient athletics, ancient world in cinema (TA), middle and high school Latin and etymology
Dissertation: Modes of Persuasion in the Sermons of Caesarius of Arles
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Todd Kofchur
Program: M.A., Greek and Latin
Degrees: B.A., Biblical Studies, Washington Bible College
Research: Homer, Greek philosophy, New Testament, Latin of the Protestant Reformers
Teaching: elementary and intermediate Latin
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Marissa Krmpotich
Program: Ph.D., Greek and Latin
Degrees: B.A., History, Patrick Henry College; M.A., Greek and Latin, University of Maryland - College Park
Research: intertextuality and reception of Vergil's Aeneid; intertextuality involving Lucretius; Latin pedagogy
Teaching: high school Latin III, Latin IV (Vergil), and Greek I; elementary Latin
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Madeleine Lantier
Program: M.A., Greek and Latin
Degrees: A.A., Liberal Arts, St. Mary's College; B.A., Philosophy (Minors in Classics and French), Benedictine College
Research: semantics, philosophy
Teaching: high school Greek, Latin, geography, and geometry
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William Linney
Program: Ph.D., Greek and Latin
Degrees: B.A., University of North Texas in Denton; M.A., University of North Texas in Denton; M.A., University of Maryland - College Park
Research: the influence of Ancient Near Eastern literature and myth on Classical myth; development of ancient writing systems, especially Bronze Age pre-alphabetic scripts; historical linguistics; wordplay in Virgil
Teaching: classical mythology (instructor of record); elementary Greek (online)
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Alex (A.J.) Lopez
Program: Ph.D., Early Christian Studies
Degrees: B.A., Biblical Languages, Oklahoma Baptist University; M.Div., Theology, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Research: Syriac literature, early Christian hymnography, early Christian theology and exegesis, education in antiquity, the intersection of Jews and Christians in late antiquity
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Luke Maschue
Program: Ph.D., Greek and Latin
Degrees: B.A., Classical and Early Christian Studies, Christendom College; M.A., Catholic University
Research: Latin poetry, classical philosophy, Greek and Latin epistolography
Teaching: intermediate Latin (online), classical mythology (TA), ancient world in cinema (TA), archaeology (TA)
Dissertation: The Influence of Statius on the Works of Prudentius
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Josiah McCoy
Program: Certificate in Greek and Latin
Degrees: B.S., Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; B.A. Linguistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.Div., Columbia International University
Research: language pedagogy, patristics, late antiquity, early Christian apologists
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Sarah Moravsik
Program: Ph.D., Greek and Latin
Degrees: B.A., Catholic University; M.A., Catholic University
Research: patristic exegesis, theosis in late antiquity, Prudentius
Teaching: intermediate Greek, elementary Latin for students of Canon Law (online and in person), intermediate Latin (online), classical mythology (TA)
Dissertation: Divinization in Christ: Re-evaluating the Poetic Intention of Prudentius’ Apotheosis
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Caleb Mulligan
Program: M.A., Medieval and Byzantine Studies
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Devonte Narde
Program: M.A., Christian Near Eastern Languages
Degrees: B.A., Liberty University
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Kyle Padden
Program: Ph.D., Ancient Near Eastern Languages
Degrees: B.A., University of Kansas; M.A., Westminster Theological Seminary
Dissertation: A Linguistic Analysis of Diachrony in History Psalms
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Matthew Pradichith
Program: Certificate in Greek and Latin
Degrees: B.A., Philosophy, SUNY Potsdam
Research: Plato, Stoicism, the history of philosophy
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Sarah Pride
Program: Ph.D., Ancient Near Eastern Languages
Degrees: B.A., Patrick Henry College
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Yuening Rao
Program: Ph.D., Early Christian Studies
Degrees: B.A. Philosophy, Peking University; M.A., Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literatures, Catholic University
Research: economy of the late antique Mediterranean world; philosophical education in early Christianity
Teaching: elementary Latin, honors humanities (TA)
Dissertation: Reception of Synesius of Cyrene in Late Quattrocento and Cinquecento Humanist Scholarship
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Christine Ascik Sanders
Program: Ph.D., Greek and Latin
Degrees: B.A., Christendom College; M.A., Early Christian Studies, University of Notre Dame; M.A., Catholic University
Research: early Christian Latin poetry, health and disease in antiquity, disability in antiquity
Teaching: elementary Latin (online and in person), intermediate Latin (online)
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Stephen Smoot
Program: Ph.D., Ancient Near Eastern Languages
Degrees: B.A., Brigham Young University; M.A., University of Toronto
Dissertation: A Comparative Study of the Cosmogonies of Ancient Egypt and the Hebrew Bible
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Maria Stouraiti
Program: Ph.D., Greek and Latin
Degrees: B.A., Greek Philology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; Certificate in Greek and Latin, Catholic University; M.A., Catholic University
Research: Pindaric poetry, Greek linguistics, sexual violence in Greek and Roman literature
Teaching: elementary and intermediate Greek (online and in person), elementary Modern Greek, classical mythology (TA), archaeology (TA)
Dissertation: Gnomic Statements, Volition, and the Valence of the Verb in Pindar
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Zachary Thornburg
Program: Ph.D., Early Christian Studies
Degrees: B.S. Biblical Studies, Cornerstone University; B.A. Humanities-Philosophy, Cornerstone University; M.A. Early Christian Studies, Catholic University
Research: early Christian ethics and anthropology; animal studies
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Elias Touchette
Program: M.A., Greek and Latin
Degrees: B.A., Classics, University of Massachusetts Amherst; B.A., History, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Research: Greek literature, early Christian theology
Teaching: classical mythology (TA)
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Joseph Turco
Program: Ph.D., Greek and Latin
Degrees: B.A., Benedictine College; M.A., University of Notre Dame
Research: Homeric Greek, narratology, Greek religion
Teaching: elementary Latin
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Boby Varghese
Program: Ph.D., Christian Near Eastern Languages
Degrees: M.A., St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute, Kottayam, India; M.A., St. Vladimir's Seminary, NY
Dissertation: Jacob of Serugh's Homilies on the Holy Eucharist: Critical Edition and Translation along with a Comparison with Ephrem's Eucharistic Exegesis
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Luke T. Villarreal
Program: M.A.., Early Christian Studies
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Jake Weiner
Program: Ph.D., Early Christian Studies
Degrees: B.A., Classics and Philosophy, University of Notre Dame; M.A., Early Christian Studies, Catholic University
Research: Evagrius of Pontus and the Origenian tradition, philosophical education and early Christian asceticism, early Syrian asceticism
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Catherine Wells
Program: M.A.-Ph.D., Greek and Latin
Degrees: B.A., Classics - Latin, University of Dallas
Research: Augustine's De Libero Arbitrio, medieval Latin biblical exegesis
Teaching: elementary Latin; Ancient World in Cinema (TA)
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Jacob You
Program: Ph.D., Ancient Near Eastern Languages
Degrees: B.S., Taizhou University; M.Div., Westminster Theological Seminary
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