Personal Statement:

Specialties include the ancient novel, Latin Literature especially satire, ancient drama, and later Latin, including Erasmus.

Educational History:

B.A. Wesleyan University 1962

M.A. Indiana University 1964

Ph.D Yale University 1968.

Research Interests:

Selected Publications:

Books

• Satiric Advice on Women and Marriage from Plautus to Chaucer 
  (University of Michigan Press 2005).
• Spanish Humanism on the Verge of the Picaresque: 
  The Ludus Chartarum, Pastor Bonus, and Bacchanalia of Juan Maldonado. 
  with Clark Colahan (University of Leuven Humanistic Series).

Selected Conference Presentations:

• The We-Passages in Acts as Mission Narrative 
  International Conference on the Ancient Novel, Lisbon (2008)
• Eumolpus the Poet 
  International Conference on the Ancient Novel, University of Crete in Heraklion (May 2007).

Teaching Interests:

• Roman satire
• Ancient narrative
• Comparative Literature

Representative Courses:

• COMP 224 - The State and the Individual
• LATN 304 - The De Rerum Natura of Lucretius