Classical Studies
601 Agnes Arnold Hall
Department of Modern
and Classical Languages
Houston, TX 77204-3006
tel. 713-743-3240
fax 713-743-0935
MCL CLASSICAL STUDIES FACULTY
Casey Dué Hackney, Ph. D.
Professor of Classical Studies
Director, Program in Classical Studies
Executive Editor, Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington, D. C.
cldue@central.uh.edu
Casey Dué Hackney's page
B. A., Brown University; A. M., Ph. D. Harvard University. Interests: Greek and Latin languages and literatures, Homeric poetry, Greek oral traditions, Greek tragedy, women's song and dance traditions.
Richard H. Armstrong, Ph. D.
Associate Professor of Classical Studies
richarda@central.uh.edu
Richard Armstrong's
page
B. A., University
of Chicago; M. Phil., Ph.D. Yale University.
Interests: Greek and Latin languages and literatures, reception of classical
culture, translation studies, comparative literature.
Francesca
D'Alessandro Behr, Ph. D.
Associate Professor of Classical Studies and Italian Studies
fbehr@Central.uh.edu
Francesca D'Alessandro
Behr's page
M. A., Ph. D.,
State University of New York at Buffalo.
Interests: Greek and Latin languages and literatures, Roman epic, women's
history, Italian renaissance culture.
Dora Pozzi, Ph. D.
Professor Emerita of Classical Studies.
Founder, Classical Studies Program, UH
dcpozzi@uh.edu
Dora Pozzi's page
M.A., University of Buenos Aires; B. Litt. in Greek
Philology, Oxford University.
Interests: Greek and Latin languages and literatures, Greek tragedy, online
Greek pedagogy
Marcel. A. Widzisz, Ph.D.
Honors College and Visiting Assistant Professor in Classical Studies
mawidzis@central.uh.edu
B.A.(3 degrees) Southern Illinois University at Carbondale; M.A., Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin.
Interests: Greek Religion, Greek Tragedy, Greek Epic, and Roman Comedy.
Jonathan L. Zecher, Ph. D.
Lecturer in the Honors College and The Department of Modern and Classical Languages
jonathan.zecher@gmail.com
B. A., St. John’s College; M.A.T.R., Ph. D. Durham University.
Interests: Greek and Latin languages and literatures, historical theology, Byzantine history, and Eastern Christianity.
Andrew J. Kinzler
Visiting Assistant Professor in Classical Studies
B.A., Trinity University; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles
Interests: Greek and Latin linguistics and philology, Homeric Epic, Indo-European linguistics and poetics
