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Classical Languages

  • Phone: (507) 222-5437
  • Fax: (507) 222-7538

Faculty

Clara Hardy
Clara Hardy
Professor of Classical Languages
Phone: x4230

Office Hours: Monday  11:00-12:00,  Wednesday, Thursday 1:00-2:00; and by appointment

B.A. Oberlin College; Ph.D. Brown University. Special interests in the performance of Greek and Roman drama, and gender studies. Began teaching at Carleton in 1990.

Chris Polt
Chris Polt
Visiting Assistant Professor of Classical Languages
Phone: x5136

Office Hours:  Monday, Wednesday 12:20-1:40, and Thursday 8:30-9:30; and by appointment

B.A., M.A. Boston University; M.A., Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Special interests in Latin poetry of the Republic and early Empire, ancient drama, fragmentary texts, and translation studies. Began teaching at Carleton in 2010.

Kathryn Steed
Kathryn Steed
Assistant Professor of Classical Languages
Off Campus: Spring 2014
Phone: x5972

Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday 9:00-9:45, and Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 10:45-11:45; and by appointment

B.A. Kalamazoo College, Ph.D. University of Michigan.  Special interests in Roman history (especially of the Republic), Greek and Roman law and oratory. Began teaching at Carleton in 2010.

Nancy Wilkie at Meteora
Nancy Wilkie
William H. Laird Professor of Classics, Anthropology, and the Liberal Arts
Director of Archaeology
Off Campus: Spring 2013
Phone: x4231

Office Hours:  TBA, and by appointment

A.B. Stanford University; M.A., Ph.D. University of Minnesota. Special interest in archaeology. Co-coordinator of the Archaeology Concentration. Began teaching at Carleton in 1974.

Chico Zimmerman
Chico Zimmerman
Chair of Classical Languages
Chair of Middle Eastern Languages
Hazel Lillian Amland Grose Professor of Classics
Phone: x4233

Office Hours:  Monday, Wednesday 1:00-3:00, Tuesday, Thursday 9:30-11:30 and 1:30-2:30, Friday 9:30-11:30; and by appointment

B.A., Duke University; M.A., Ph.D. University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill). Special interests in Hellenistic poetry, mythology, and Augustan poetry. Began teaching at Carleton in 1989.

Nigel Pollard
Benedict Distinguished Visiting Professor of Classics
Phone: x7929

Office Hours:  Wednesday 9:30-10:30 am, Friday 10:30-11:00 am; and by appointment

Jo Berry
Benedict Distinguished Visiting Professor of Classics
Phone: x7489

Office Hours: Tuesday, Thursday 2:00-3:00; and by appointment

Emeriti Faculty

Jackson Bryce
Jack Bryce
Marjorie Crabb Garbisch Professor of Classical Languages and the Liberal Arts, Emeritus
Senior Lecturer in Bassoon and Chamber Music
Phone: x4234

Office Hours:  by appointment

A.B. Catholic University; A.M., Ph.D. Harvard University. Special interests in Roman literature and history (especially of the Christian era). Jackson's bibliography of Lactantius available here. Began teaching at Carleton in 1972.

Staff

Jean Sherwin
Jean Sherwin
Administrative Assistant in Classical Languages
Administrative Assistant in Middle Eastern Languages
Administrative Assistant in Asian Languages and Literatures
Phone: x5437

Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00-12:00, 1:00-5:00

B.A., St. Cloud State University. Began working at Carleton in 1991.

Rob Hardy
Research Associate