Recent Graduates

Maria Glanfield completed her MA in August 2023

MA Thesis Title: "Applying 3D Structured Light Scanning to Roman Leather Insoles From Vindolanda: A Novel Approach to Podiatric Data Collection"

External Scholarship: OGS (2022-2023), SSHRC CGSM (2021-2022)

Contact Information: mglanfie@uwo.ca


Casey Boettinger completed her MA in August 2023

MA Thesis Title: "Shoe Modifications and Foot Health: A Case Study from Roman Britain" 

External Scholarship: SSHRC CGSM (2022-2023), OGS (2021-2022)

Contact Information: cboettin@uwo.ca


Ashley Franker-Shuh completed her MA in April 2022

MA Thesis Title: "Evidence of the Erotic in the House of the Vettii"

External Scholarship: SSHRC CGSM 2020-21

Contact Information: afranke5@uwo.ca


Jacob E. Hopkins completed his MA in April 2022

Contact Information: jhopki44@uwo.ca 
Zachary Mohan completed his MA in April 2022

Contact Information: zmohan2@uwo.ca     

MA Student Jaymie OrchardJaymie Orchard completed their MA in April 2022

MA Thesis Title: "Who Gets to be a Knower? Epistemic Authority in Classical Studies" 


External Scholarship: OGS 2021-22, SSHRC CGSM 2020-21


Emily Boger completed her MA in April 2020

 

Contact Information: eboger@uwo.ca 


Michael Castellano completed his MA in April 2020

 

Contact Information: mcaste23@uwo.ca


Tara Jacklin completed her MA in April 2020

 

Contact Information: tjacklin@uwo.ca 


Tyler Jordan completed his MA in Summer 2020

MA Thesis Title: "The Gift in the Iliad"

Contact Information: tjordan7@uwo.ca


James Royer completed his MA in April 2020

 

Contact Information: jroyer2@uwo.ca 


Garett Schoffro completed his MA in Summer 2020

MA Thesis Title: "A Commentary on the first 118 lines of John of Garland's Integumenta Ovidii"

Contact Information: gschoffr@uwo.ca 


Alexandra Dawson completed her PhD in Summer 2020

Thesis Title: “Euripides' 'Andromache' and Athenian Hegemonic Ideology”

Contact Information: adawso22@uwo.ca


Jenna Colclough completed her MA in April 2019

 

Contact Information: jcolclou@uwo.ca 


Dylan Hall completed his MA in April 2019

 

Contact Information: dhall58@uwo.ca 


Valeria Logacheva completed her MA in April 2019

MA Thesis Title: "Ritual Impasse in Tragic Marriage: Sophocles' Deianeira, Euripides' Hermione, Euripides' Electra."

Contact Information: vlogache@uwo.ca 


Douglas MacKenzie completed his MA in April 2019

 

Contact Information: dmacke23@uwo.ca 


Erin Pierik completed her MA in April 2019

 MA Thesis Title: "Lictors in the Roman World"

Contact Information: epierik@uwo.ca 


Sarah Shaughnessy completed her MA in April 2019

 

Contact Information: sshaugh2@uwo.ca 


Andrew Bresch completed his MA in April 2018

 

Contact Information: abresch@uwo.ca 


Marissa Palumbo completed her MA in April 2018

 

Contact Information: mpalumb5@uwo.ca 


michelleMichelle Sugar completed her PhD in April 2018

Thesis Title: "Guilt in Vergil’s 'Aeneid' and Lucan’s 'Bellum Civile'"

Contact Information: msugar@uwo.ca


Past student Cody AnderssonCody Andersson completed his MA in April 2017



Past student Edin GurdicEdin Gurdic completed his MA in April 2017

 


Past student Morgan KostiewMorgan Kostiew completed her MA in April 2017

 MA Thesis Title: "Xenia in Classical Economies: The Function of Ritualized Interpersonal Relationships in Athenian Trade"


 Past student Meagan RobinsonMeagan Robinson completed her MA in April 2017. 


Past student Tim WrightTim Wright completed his PhD in December 2016. Tim now teaches in the Department of Classics at Queen's University.

Thesis Title: "Homeric Kinship on the Margins of the Oikos"

 


Jonathan Vickers completed his PhD in July 2016. 

Thesis title: "The Acrobatic Body in Ancient Greek Society"

External Scholarship Awards: Crake Doctoral Fellow in Classics at Mount Allison University (2015-2016), SSHRC Doctoral 2014-15

 


image Letticia Cosbert completed her MA April 2016.

Contact Information: lcosbert@uwo.ca

 


image Richard Parker completed his MA April 2016.

Contact Information: rparke@uwo.ca

 


image Sarah Vanderploeg completed her MA April 2016.

External Scholarship: SSHRC CGS Masters 2014

 MA Thesis Title: "The Real Housewives of Ancient Rome: Evidence for the Economic Contributions of Women"

Contact Information: svanderp@uwo.ca


Woodcock Robert Woodcock completed his MA April 2016.

External Scholarship: SSHRC CGS Masters 2014

Contact Information: rwoodco2@uwo.ca

 


meagan

Meagan Cleveland completed her MA December 2015.

Contact Information:mclevel2@uwo.ca

 


dwaneDwayne Meisner.  graduated from our PhD program in August 2015. 

Thesis Topic: "Zeus the Head, Zeus the Middle”: Studies in the History and Interpretation of the Orphic Theogonies"

Contact Information: dmeisner@uwo.ca

 


Stephanie Stephanie Bergman. After completing her MA in April 2015, Stephanie began working for Stantec Consulting Ltd. as an urban planner here in London. Move over Hippodamus!

Contact: stephbergman@gmail.com

 


Drew Drew Davis graduated from our MA program in June 2015.  He will be pursuing a PhD in Classics at the University of Toronto beginning Fall 2015.

Contact: ddavis26@uwo.ca

 


Stephanie Alan Dempsey graduated from our MA program in June 2015.

Contact: adempse3@uwo.ca

 


Sarah T. Sarah Taylor graduated from our MA program in June 2015.

Thesis Topic: "Frontiers of Food: Identity and Food Preparation in Roman Britain"

Contact: staylo95@uwo.ca

 

 

 

 

 


Tristan Tristan Wicks graduated from our MA program in June 2015.

Contact: twicks@uwo.ca

 

 

 

 

 

 


jamesJames Kruck graduated from our PhD program in October 2014. He currently holds the position of Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Classics at the University of Illinois.

Thesis Topic: "The Modalities of Roman Tranlation: Source-Representative, Allusive, and Independent"

Contact: jkruck@uwo.ca

 

 

 


peterPeter Miller graduated from our PhD program in June 2014. He currently holds the position of Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Winnipeg.

Thesis Topic: "Athletes in Song and Stone: Victory and Identity in Epinician and Epigram"

Contact: pj.miller@uwinnipeg.ca

 

 

 

 


OdessaOdessa Cadieux-Rey graduated from our Classics MA program in April 2014 and is now working in administration and education for Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival in Vancouver, BC.

Contact: odessarey@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

 


markMark Walley graduated from the Masters in Classics program in April 2014. He currently teaches History, Geography, and English Literature at an international secondary school in Brussels, Belgium. He also continues to take part in the archaeological excavations at both the Athenian Agora and at Dion.

Contact: mwalley@alumni.uwo.ca

 

 

 

 


frankFrank D'Earmo graduated from our MA program in June 2013. Soon after convocation Frank has plans to move to South Korea to teach English.

Contact: fdearmo@alumni.uwo.ca

 

 

 

 

 


susanSusan Grouchy received a BA in Classical Studies from Brock University (2011) and an MA in Classical Studies from UWO (2013).  This summer (2013) she will be joining the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill team on Crete at the site of Azoria and hopes to pursue a PhD in the future.  Her main interests are archaeology and religion in the ancient world.

Fellowships:
2011-12: SSHRC CGS Master's
2012-13: OGS

Contact: sgrouchy@alumni.uwo.ca