Student Profiles

MA Students

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Degree: Honours BA in Classics, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador
Areas of Interest: Greek and Roman archaeology and material culture, Greek festivals, traditions, and history through the context of social memory.
TA Assignment: TBA
Contact Information: hborotsi@uwo.ca

 

 

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Degree: Honours BA in Classical Studies, Western University
Areas of Interest: Roman art and archaeology (mainly in the provinces), mortuary archaeology, and fashion and expression in antiquity. I am additionally passionate about domestic archaeology, architecture, sexuality and gender, and 3D imaging
TA Assignment: TBA
Contact Information: sdurham2@uwo.ca

 

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Degree: Honours BA in Classical Studies, Western University
Areas of Interest: Greek and Roman history and literature, more specifically Attic funeral oratory, the political use of the Athenian autochthony myth, and the history of the Late Roman Republic and Augustan period
TA Assignment: TBA
Contact Information: cfindler@uwo.ca

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Degree: Honours BA in Classical Studies, University of New Brunswick
Areas of Interest: Greek and Roman philosophy, history, and Roman morality and the narrative of moral decline
TA Assignment: TBA
Contact Information: mmacke83@uwo.ca

PhD Students

Tarryn Andrews

Degree: Honours BA Classical Studies, Queen's University; MA in Classical Studies and Archaeology, Queen's University; MA in Religious Studies, Queen's University
Areas of Interest: Architecture of sacred space in the Classical and Hellenistic periods, Greek archaeology, ancient Mediterranean religions. 
TA Assignment: TBA
Contact Information: tandre8@uwo.ca

imageRowan Ash

Degree: BA in Classics, Honours English (Literature), McGill University; MA in Ancient Mediterranean Cultures, University of Waterloo.
Areas of Interest: Ancient magic (especially the Greek magical papyri), Greek and Roman religion and myth, Greek literature, gender and sexuality in the ancient world
External Scholarship: OGS 2015
Contact Information: rash3@uwo.ca

maryMary Deminion

Degrees: Honors BA in Greek and Roman Studies, Univ. of Victoria, 2007, MA in Greek and Roman Studies, University of Victoria, 2010
Area Interests: Ancient law, Roman History, women in antiquity, morality, and spectacle.
Contact Information: mdeminio@uwo.ca

Stephanie Dennie

Degree: Honours BA in Classics, University of Guelph; MA in Classics, Brock University
Areas of Interest: Disciplinary interest: my current focus is the socio-political development of Archaic and Classical Sparta with a focus on the development and legitimization of the dyarchy. This reflects a keen interest generally in this history and historiography of Sparta, the political development of the Greek polis and Archaic and Classical History. I am additionally interested in genre-play in Ovid and the adaptation of Attic drama in Senecan tragedy.
Pedagogical research: the interplay of pedagogical models across disciplinary boundaries in
                                          the service of community engaged learning.
                                          Teaching Assignment: TBA
                                          Contact Information: stephanie.dennie@uwo.ca  

Cheyenne Eversole

Degree: BA in Global and International Studies with minors in German and Classics at IUPUI;  MA in Classical Archaeology at the University of Missouri
Areas of Interest: Imitation of wealth among non-elites through the lens of bronze in the Republic and Imperial period. Additionally, 3D Modeling, VR (Virtual Reality), Metallurgy, craftsmen, household archaeology, and the Roman economy. 
TA Assignment: TBA
Contact Information: ceversol@uwo.ca

Andrew Field

Degree: BA in Classics (University of Guelph); MA in Classics (Queen's University)
Areas of Interest: Intertextuality within and between the Greek and Latin corpuses, especially the connection between Hellenistic poetry and early "golden" Latin. I am also interested in literary theory and in particular genre studies. I hope to work on Catullus 64 (The Wedding of Peleus and Thetis) and the connection between that poem and the famous Alexandrian poet-scholars. 
TA Assignment: TBA
Contact Information: afield27@uwo.ca

 

Maria Glanfield

Degree: Honours BA in Classical Studies, Western University; MA Classics, Western University
Areas of Interest: Roman provincial archaeology, funerary art & archaeology, digital imaging techniques in archaeology  
TA Assignment: TBA
Contact Information: mglanfie@uwo.ca

Tyler Jordan

Degree: BA Classics, minor Philosophy (Carleton); MA Classics (Western); MA Comparative Literature (Western)
Areas of Interest: I’m interested in most areas of the Humanities, but my primary interest is in literary studies, specifically in ancient Greek poetry. A major secondary area of interest is in Russian literature and culture. A few of my favourite authors to read and study are Homer, Aeschylus, Søren Kierkegaard, Henrik Ibsen, Virginia Woolf, and Vladimir  Nabokov.
Teaching Assignment: TBA
                                          Contact Information: tjordan7@uwo.ca    

Olayiwola "Gabriel" Ologbonde

Degree: BA in Classics (Latin and Greek), University of Ibadan; MA in Classical Studies,  Memorial University 
Areas of Interest: Greek new comedy, friendship and affective relationships in antiquity 
Teaching Assignment: TBA
Contact Information: oologbon@uwo.ca 

Richard Parker

Degree: BA English Literature, Brock University; MA Classical Studies, University of Western Ontario; PhD (ABD) Classical Studies, University of Western Ontario 
Areas of Interest: Greek poetry of all types and periods (especially Greek hymns), Greek cult & religion, Greek epigraphy, Greek textual criticism 
Teaching Assignment: TBA
Contact Information: rparke@uwo.ca, office hours by appointment vis Zoom/Skype

Marina Schmidt

Degree: BA (Honours) in Classics with a double-major in History, and Certificate in Ancient Languages, Memorial University; MA in Classics, Memorial University
Areas of Interest: Roman medicine and social history, gender, and ancient law
Teaching Assignment: TBA
Contact Information: hschmid8@uwo.ca