Faculty & Staff

Faculty

Mary Ebbott

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Professor, Department Chair
Ph.D., Harvard University
Fields: Homeric epic (http://www.homermultitext.org), oral poetics, Greek tragedy
Email: mebbott@holycross.edu 
Office:  Fenwick 425     Phone:   508-793-2631
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Nancy E. Andrews

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Associate Professor
Ph.D., Harvard University
Fields: Hellenistic poetry, Greek and Roman epic poetry, Greek and Roman mythology
Email: nandrews@holycross.edu 
Office: Fenwick 424   Phone:  508-793-2549 
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Natasha Binek

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Visiting Assistant Professor 
Ph.D., Cornell University
Fields: Greek and Latin poetry; Vergil; Aphrodite/Venus and literary treatments of erotic passion
Emailnbinek@holycross.edu
Office:  Fenwick 410   Phone:  508-793-3070

 

 

Danielle Candelora

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 Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of California Los Angeles
Fields: Egyptian archaeology, immigration and xenophobia, ethnicity and identity in the ancient world, gender
Email: dcandelora@holycross.edu
Office: Fenwick 408  Phone: 508-793- 3494

 

 

Jacob Damm

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Visiting Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Fields: Levantine Archaeology, Foodways, Human-Environment Interaction, Ancient Imperialism/Colonialism, Archaeological Science
Email: jdamm@holycross.edu
Office: Fenwick 413  

 

Ann Glennie

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Visiting Assistant Professor
Ph.D., The Florida State University
Fields: archaeology, art, and architecture of the ancient Mediterranean; ecology, hydraulic engineering, and water management
Emailaglennie@holycross.edu
Office: Fenwick 117  Phone: 508-793-3494
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Elizabeth Knott

Assistant Professor 
Ph.D., New York University 
Fields: art, history, and languages of ancient West Asia; ritual practice, divine interactions, and histories of vision; digital humanities and museum studies
Email: eknott@holycross.edu
Office: Fenwick 415   Phone: 508-793-2621

Mahri Leonard-Fleckman

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Associate Professor 
Ph.D., New York University
Fields: Hebrew Bible, Ancient Middle East Studies
Email: mleonard@holycross.edu 
Office: Smith 431 Phone: 508-793-3435
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Katherine Lu Hsu

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Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Fields: Greek literature, mythology, violence and heroism, reception, migration in ancient myth
Emailkluhsu@holycross.edu
Office:  Fenwick 426   Phone:   508-793-3959  
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Timothy Joseph

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Professor
Ph.D., Harvard University
Fields: Latin historiography and epic poetry; the reception of the Classics in the U.S.
Email: tjoseph@holycross.edu 
Office:   Fenwick 427    Phone:   508-793-3780
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Dominic M. Machado

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Associate Professor 
On Leave 2024-2025
Ph.D., Brown University 
Fields: Roman history and historiography, particularly collective action, dissent and resistance in the late Republic and early Empire
Email: dmachado@holycross.edu 
Office:  Fenwick 413   Phone: 508-793-2202
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Thomas R. Martin

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Professor,  Jeremiah W. O'Connor Jr. Chair in Classics
Ph.D., Harvard University
Fields: Greek and Roman history
Email: tmartin@holycross.edu 
Office:  Fenwick 422     Phone:  508-793-2550
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Ellen Perry

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Professor
Monsignor Edward G. Murray Professor of the Arts and Humanities
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Fields: Classical archaeology, ancient sculpture, Roman art and rhetoric
Email: eperry@holycross.edu 
Office:  Fenwick 414    Phone:  508-793-3068
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Aaron M. Seider

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Professor and Dean of the Faculty
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Fields: Latin literature; human landscapes of ancient Italy; gender in antiquity and its reception; constructions of memory in Roman culture
Email: aseider@holycross.edu 
Office:  Fenwick 117    Phone: 508-793-3976
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Staff

Karen Paquin

Academic Office Administrator Classics
Email: kpaquin@holycross.edu
Office:  Fenwick 411   Phone  508-793-2547

 

Faculty Emeriti

Blaise Nagy

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Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Harvard University
Fields: Greek and Roman history, Greek and Roman religion
Email: bnagy@holycross.edu 
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D. Neel Smith

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Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Fields: Classical archaeology, ancient science, digital methods in Classical studies
Email: nsmith@holycross.edu 
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William J. Ziobro

Associate Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Fields: Greek tragedy (Sophocles), American Classical tradition, American neoclassical architecture
Email: wziobro@holycross.edu 
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