Faculty and Staff

headshot of Dr. Walter  Stevenson
Associate Professor of Classical Studies
Chair, Department of Classical Studies
Affiliated Faculty, Department of History

Specialties:
  • Ancient History
  • Roman Imperial Society
  • Greek and Latin Literature
Contact:
(804) 289-8424
headshot of Dr. Nicholas  Baker
Visiting Assistant Professor of Classical Studies

Specialties:
  • Classical tradition
  • Renaissance Italy
  • Mediterranean
Contact:
headshot of Dr. Elizabeth  Baughan
Associate Professor of Classics and Archaeology; Affiliated Faculty, Art & Art History
Coordinator, Archaeology Minor
Curator, Ancient World Gallery

Specialties:
  • Archaic Greek Art and Poetry
  • Anatolian Archaeology
  • Achaemenid Art
  • Funerary Monuments and Traditions
Contact:
(804) 289-8426
headshot of  Shelby  DeWalle
Administrative Coordinator
Contact:
(804) 289-8420
headshot of Dr. Dean  Simpson
Professor of Classical Studies

Specialties:
  • Classical Tradition
  • Medieval Latin
  • Greek and Latin Literature
Contact:
(804) 289-8425
headshot of Dr. Jorge  Wong Medina
Assistant Professor of Classical Studies

Specialties:
  • Archaic Greek Poetry
  • Greek Dialectology
  • Historical Linguistics
  • Food in the Ancient World
Contact:
headshot of Dr. Erika  Zimmermann Damer
Associate Professor of Classical Studies and Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

Specialties:
  • Roman Poetry of the Augustan Period
  • Sexuality and Gender in Antiquity
  • History of the Body
  • Roman Graffiti
Contact:
(804) 289-8080

Emeriti Faculty

headshot of Dr. Julie  Laskaris
Professor of Classical Studies Emerita

Specialties:
  • Ancient Medicine
  • Gender in Antiquity
  • Magic
Contact:
(804) 289-8734