Contact Information

Department of History, Main 307
Utah State University
Logan, Utah 84322-0710
Phone: (435) 797-3786

Special Fields

Greek and Roman Drama
The History of the Theatre and Drama In Performance
Ancient History

Education

•Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin, 1985 (Dissertation: The Comedy of Diphilus Sinopeus in Plautus, Terence and Athenaeus)
•M.A., The University of Texas at Austin, 1980
•A.B. (with highest honors, Latin), The University of Florida, 1978

Positions Held

•Professor of History and Classics, Utah State University, Logan, 2005-
•Visiting Professor, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan, 2003
•Visiting Professor, Hunter College, New York, 1995-1996
•Associate Professor of History and Theatre, Utah State University, Logan, 1993-2004
•Assistant Professor of History, Utah State University, Logan, 1989-1993
•Adjunct Assistant Professor of History, Utah State University, Logan, 1988-1989
•Assistant Professor of Classical Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1985-1988
•Instructor, Independent Study Program, Division of Extended Studies, Indiana University, 1986-1990
•Assistant Instructor, The University of Texas at Austin, 1981-1985
•Teaching Assistant, The University of Texas at Austin, 1979-1980
•Assistant, The University of Florida, 1978

Publications

•"Trichiasis Admiranda: A Seventeenth-Century Medical Treatise" (in process)
•"French Scenes in Greek Tragedy: The Scenic Structure of Classical Drama," Theatre Journal 55 (2003) 113-134.
•Editor and translator, "Hrotsvit's Callimachus and the Art of Comedy," Women Writing in Latin, Volume 2, edd. Laurie J. Churchill, Phyllis R. Brown and Jane E. Jeffrey (Routledge, New York: 2002) 37-91.
•Editor and translator, "Hrotswitha of Gandersheim: Dulcitius and Callimachus in a new translation," Journal of the Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association 18 (1997) 1-110.
•Editor and translator, De Probabilitate Historica, sive Evidentia Morali ("On Historical Probability, or Moral Evidence"), in The Works of William Robertson, ed. Nicholas Phillipson, Richard B. Sher, and Jeffrey Smitten (London: Routledge/Thoemmes Press, 1996), vol. 12, pp. 1-14.
•"By the gods, boy, . . . Stop bothering me! Can't you tell Menander from Plautus?," Antichthon 29 (1995) 15-29.
•"Actor, Character and Role in Chrysalus' 'Trojan Aria' (Bacchides 925-978)," Text & Presentation: Journal of the Comparative Drama Conference 16 (1995) 24-31.
•"Translating Scenes: Plautus' Adaptation of Menander's Dis Exapaton," Phoenix 46 (1992) 205-231.
•"Electra's Monody and the Role of the Chorus in Euripides' Orestes 960-1012," Transactions of the American Philological Association 120 (1990) 133-145.
•"Structure and Symmetry in Terence's Adelphoe," Illinois Classical Studies 15 (1990) 85-106.
•"Actor and Character in Greek Tragedy," Theatre Journal 41 (1989) 316-340.
•"Actors and Act-Divisions in Plautus' Menaechmi" Classical World 82 (1989) 409-421.
•"Reconstructing the Beginning of Menander's Adelphoi (B)," Illinois Classical Studies 12 (1987) 67-84.
•"The Registration of a Deed of Sale," (with Nancy E. Priest), Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 19 (1982) 129-141.

Public Lectures

•"True Blood and the Sookie Stackhouse Novels of Charlaine Harris: A Bacchae for Our Time," The Classical Association (UK), April 2010 (co-authored with Frances B. Titchener).
•"History, or What-Really-Happened," Keynote Speakers, Financial Aid Conference, Utah, April 2009.
•"A Brief History of Indo-European Linguistics" and "The Development of American English," NUPaths Conference, February 2009.
•"Teaching General Education: Humanities," Educated Persons Conference, November 2007.
•Commencement Speaker, USU Graduation, December 2004.
•Presentations of original translations, "Poe in the Dark" (sponsored by students in the English Department, USU), 2002-.
•"Music and the Power of Love: The Opening Scenes of The Eunuch and The Conversion of Thais," Authenticity and Revision in Performance: The Case of Hrotsvit and Terence, The University of California at Santa Cruz, May 2003.
•"Poetic Figures in Vergil's Aeneid," Meeting of the National Junior Classical League, Tallahassee, FL, August 1999.
•"A Little Linguistics Can Go A Long Way: Making Latin Make Sense," Meeting of the National Junior Classical League, Tallahassee, FL, August 1999.
•"Classical Studies at Early Utah State University," Founders' Day, Utah State University, March 1999.
•"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Cloister: Hrotswitha and the Tradition of Ancient Comedy," The Medieval Institute at Western Michigan University, May 1996.
•"Actors in Sophocles' Antigone," "An Introduction to Euripides' Orestes," and "Commonly Held Misconceptions about Greek Theatre," Ohio University, May 1996.
•"Actor, Character and Role in Chrysalus' 'Trojan Aria' (Bacchides 925-978), Comparative Drama Conference, March 1995.
•"The Structure of Scenes in Greek Tragedy," Meeting of the American Philological Association, December 1993.
•"From Classics to Class Acts: Keeping the Classics Current," Meeting of the Idaho Council of Teachers of English, October 1993 and October 1994.
•"Facing Alcestis: Production Choices in Early Euripides," Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, April 1993.
•Chair, panel on "Questions of Periodization in Theatre History: Theory and Practice," Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association, April 1993.
•"The Structure of Scenes in Greek Tragedy," Meeting of the Utah Academy, May 1991.
•"Mirabile Visu: The Use of Visual Aids in Western Civilization Classes" (in a panel entitled "In Loco Trivii: Innovative History Pedagogy"), Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association, April 1991.
•"Plautus' Bacchides," Brigham Young University, April 1991.
•"Plautine Pimps in Performance," Meeting of the American Philological Association, December 1990.
•"The Structure of Scenes in Plautus and his Greek Originals," Meeting of the Utah Academy, May 1990.
•"The Structure of Scenes in Plautus and his Greek Originals," Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, April 1990.
•"The Scenic Structure of Roman Comedy," Meeting of the American Philological Association, December 1989.
•"Electra's Monody in Euripides' Orestes," Meeting of the Utah Academy, May 1989.
•"Orestes 960-1012: Monody or Chorus?," Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, March 1989.
•"The Role of the Chorus in Orestes 960-1012," Meeting of the American Philological Association, January 1989.
•"The Rose Garden Conspiracy: A New Adaptation of Aristophanes' Lysistrata," Biannual Theatre Conference at Ohio State University, May 1988.
•"Menander and Metatheatre," Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, April 1988.
•"The First Scene of Menander's Eunouchos and Its Adaptations," Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, April 1987.
•"The Greek Original of Plautus' Menaechmi," Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, April 1986.
•"Quis Pontem Interrupit: Euthynicus in Plautus' Casina," Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, April 1986.
•"Euripides' Hippolytos and Bunuel's Viridiana," Comparative Literature Circle Conference, Tallahassee, FL, January 1978.

Reviews

•Reviewer for Theatre Journal, 2000, 2001, 2002.
•Reviewer for Diotima (on-line journal), 2001.
•Reviewer for Transactions of the American Philological Association, 1999.
•Reviewer for Classical World, 1997, 2000, 2004.
•Reviewer for Classical Journal, 1993, 2002.
•Review of K.B. Frost, Exits and Entrances in Menander (Oxford 1988) in Classical Journal 87 (1991/2) 200-203.
•Reviewer (Classical Drama), Choice Magazine, 1985-1993.

Theatre and Drama (Roles Performed*)

•Executive Program Producer for the Festival of New Plays, Logan, 1999-2007.
•*Paegnium (Toyboy), Persa (Iran Man) (staged reading), Feminism and Classics IV Conference, Tucson, Arizona, May 2004; Meeting of the American Philological Association, January 2005.
•*Jupiter, The Golden Age (staged reading), Meeting of the American Philological Association, January 2004.
•Director, Synecdoche (performance of original works), Utah Public Radio, August 2003.
•*Pollard, The Invention of Love (staged reading), Meeting of the American Philological Association, January 2002.
•Director, Yielding (Ten-Minute Play), New Plays Festival, 2001.
•*Autolycus, A Winter's Tale, Utah State Theatre, April 1999.
•*Comte de Guiche, Cyrano de Bergerac, Utah State Theatre, April/May 1998.
•*King Edward, Richard III, Utah State Theatre, April/May 1997.
•Translator, Dulcitius and Callimachus by Hrotswitha of Gandersheim, Utah State Theatre, May 1995.
•*Aegeon, The Comedy of Errors, Utah State Theatre, April 1994.
•*King of France, King Lear, Utah State Theatre, March 1993.
•*Duke Senior, As You Like It, Utah State Theatre, March 1992.
•*Salerio, The Merchant of Venice, Utah State Theatre, May 1991.
•*Philostrate, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Utah State Theatre, February 1990.
•*Lodovico, Othello, Utah State Theatre, April-May 1989.
•Co-author (book), The Rose Garden Conspiracy (A Musical based on Aristophanes' Lysistrata), April 1988.
•Playwright, Bloomington Playwrights' Project, March 1988.
•*Dionysus, Euripides' Bakkhai, Bloomington Town Theatre, February-March 1987.
•Assistant Director, Sophocles' Antigone, Indiana University Theatre, March 1986.

Honors and Awards

•Interview in Utah State Alumni Magazine ("Hairy Tumors and the Rare 17th-Century Text"), Summer 2008, 14-15.
•Last Lecture, "'Look there, look there!' What's The Past Imperative?," sponsored by the USU Honors Program, April 2006.
•Golden Mouse Award (for application of computer technology to teaching), USU, 2005.
•Humanist of the Year, USU Department of History, 2005.
•Top Prof, USU Mortar Board Society Outstanding Professor, 2005.
•Grant, The Marie Eccles Caine Foundation, Festival of New Plays (1999-2002), 1999.
•Curricular Enhancement Grant (Classical Drama), Fall 1998.
•Course Development Grant (Classical Mythology), Honors, Utah State University, 1998.
•Carnegie Foundation CASE Professor for the State of Utah, 1997-1998.
•Teacher of the Year, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Utah State University, 1997-1998.
•Course Development Grant (Ancient Near East), HASS, Utah State University, 1995.
•Top Prof, USU Mortar Board Society Outstanding Professor, 1993.
•Top Prof, USU Mortar Board Society Outstanding Professor, 1992.
•Course Development Grant, (Theatre History), HASS, Utah State University, 1991.
•Summer Research Grant (Scenic Structure), Utah State University, Summer 1990.
•Summer Faculty Fellowship, Indiana University, Summer 1986.
•Dissertation, nominated for Outstanding Dissertation Prize, April 1985.
•University Fellowship, University of Texas (1983-84).
•Outstanding Graduate-Student Teacher: College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas (Spring 1982).
•William Battle Fellowship, Department of Classics, University of Texas (Spring 1981).
•Phi Beta Kappa (1978).
•Outstanding Graduate (First in Class), University of Florida (June 1978).

Teaching Experience

Latin

•Beginning Latin (Texas, Indiana, Utah, Grand Valley)
•Self-Paced Beginning Latin (Texas)
•Readings from Caesar (Indiana, Utah)
•Vergil's Aeneid (Texas, Utah)
•Roman Lyric Poetry: Catullus, Vergil, Horace, Ovid, Martial (Texas)
•Roman Comedy: Plautus and Terence (Texas, Indiana, Utah, Grand Valley)
•Vergil's Eclogues and Georgics (Indiana)
•Seneca's Phaedra (Utah)
•Juvenal's Satires (Utah, Hunter)
•Ovid's Ars Amatoria, Metamorphoses (Utah)

Greek

•Beginning Greek (Texas, Indiana, Utah)
•Intermediate Reading: Euripides' Bacchae, Plato's Apology, selections from Aeschylus (Utah)
•Senior Reading: Euripides' Bacchae, Ion (Indiana)
•Graduate Reading: Euripides' Orestes (Indiana)
•Graduate Survey in Greek Literature (Indiana)

Ancient Civilization

•Classical Mythology (Texas, Utah, Hunter)
•Latin and Greek Elements in English (Texas, Utah)
•Introduction to Ancient Greek Culture (Indiana)
•Introduction to Western Civilization (Utah)
•The Ancient Near East (Utah)
•History and Civilization (Utah)
•Survey of Classical Literature (Grand Valley)

Theatre and Drama

•Theatre History I: Prehistory to 1500 A.D. (Utah)
•Graduate Survey in Classical Drama and Theatre (Utah)
•Beginning Playwriting (Utah)
•Advanced Playwriting (Utah)
•Greek and Roman Theatre (Hunter)
•Classical Drama and Theatre (Utah)

Extended Syllabi

[For these classes, I have written extended syllabi. These come in various forms according to the needs of the class: texts, readers, teaching guides, summaries of lectures and aids for note-taking in class and at home.]

Beginning Latin: Teaching guide, pp.267; introduction to instructional technologies including lecture notes, worksheets, sample tests and vocabulary aids[available on-line soon]; with companion vade-mecum for students [now available on-line].

Western Civilization: Aid for note-taking in class, pp. 129; key-terms coded to lectures, maps and guides for taking quizzes and writing essays.

Ancient Greece: Summary of lectures, pp.336; lecture notes with key-terms in bold face, commentary on readings and sample tests.

Classical Mythology: Summary of lectures, pp.355; lecture notes with key-terms in bold face, commentary on readings and sample tests.

Second-Year Latin: Readings in Julius Caesar, text and commentary, pp.142; Latin text with notes, selections of readings from ancient and modern authors.

Theatre History: Aid for note-taking in class and at home, pp. 142; key-terms coded to lectures and reading, guides for taking quizzes and writing essays and papers.

Theatre History: Reader of sources in theatre history through Elizabethan England, pp.200; sampler of sources with commentary and questions pertaining to each text.

Latin and Greek Elements in English: Aid for note-taking in class, pp. 104; key-terms coded to lectures, answers to homework, alphabetized appendices and guides for taking quizzes and tests.

Beginning Greek: Reader, pp.56; selections of readings from ancient Greek comic poets with introduction and commentary.

Classical Drama and Theatre: Text, pp.300; introductory textbook surveying Classical Drama and Theatre from origins through late Rome, with key-terms coded and selections from Classical plays and dramatic texts designed for in-class performance and discussion. [available on line].

History and Civilization: Text, pp. 250; comprehensive review of lecture topics including chapters on "Women and Historical Biography," "Culture and Space," and "The Nature and Triumph of Islam"; with introductory abstracts and key-terms coded. [available on line].

Ancient Literature in Translation: Text, pp. 180; survey of ancient literature in translation from The Epic of Gilgamesh through Ovid's Metamorphoses; includes detailed commentaries on those works as well as Homer's The Iliad, Aeschylus' Agamemnon, Sophocles' Oedipus, Euripides' Hippolytus, Vergil's The Aeneid and others; with key-words coded [available on line].