Sienkewicz
SienkewiczMonmouth, Illinois 61462
(309) 457-2371
(630) 830-0660 FAX
toms@monm.edu
The Bird's Nest West
1103 East Second Avenue
Monmouth, Illinois 61462
(309) 734-3543
Education:
College of the Holy Cross, 1968-71
B.A. in Classics, summa cum laude, 1971
Aegean Institute (Poros, Greece), 1970
The Johns Hopkins University, 1971-75
M.A. in Classics, 1973
dissertation and archaeological research in Paris, France, 1973
Ph.D. in Classics, 1975
Dissertation:
Euripides' Trojan Women: An Interpretative Study based upon the Role of the
Chorus and Ironic Development
Advisor: Marsh McCall (Stanford University)
Current Position:
Minnie Billings Capron Professor of Classics 1985-present
Chair of Classics Department 1984-present
Monmouth College
Other Professional Experience:
The Johns Hopkins University
Graduate Instructor 1974-75
Georgetown University
School of Continuing Education 1975; 1979
Howard University
Assistant Professor 1975-81
Associate Professor 1981-85
Monmouth College
Visiting Associate Professor 1984-85
ACM Florence in the Arts Programs
Visiting Director 1992-93
NEH Summer Institute on "Homer and Oral
Traditions"
Visiting Faculty Member
University of Arizona at Tucson, June, 1994
Orbis Romanus, 1992 Summer Latin Institute Visiting Lecturer
College of Notre Dame, Baltimore, Maryland
Courses Taught:
All levels of Latin and Greek language, The Ancient Epic, Ancient Love
Poetry, Ancient Comedy, Ancient Tragedy, Classical Mythology, Word Elements, History of
Greece, The Ancient Family, Sport and Recreation in the Ancient World, Africa and Blacks
in Antiquity, The Ancient City, Ancient Literature: Love and Marriage, Ancient Literature:
Enthusiasm, The Ancient Novel, Images of Masculinity, Classical Mythology and
Religion, Reading Across the Millennia, Elementary Italian. In addition, I have taught Renaissance
and modern literature in Howard University's general education program. At Monmouth I have
participated frequently in Freshman Seminar, where I have taught texts like Maya Angelou's
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, and the
Bible as literature. I have also taught courses in the Honors Program at both
Howard University and Monmouth College.
Media Appearances:
Fred Anderle's call-in show on WOSU in Columbus, Ohio, on November 24, 1999.
Milton Rosenberg's Extension 720 on WGN Chicago, December 6, 1999.
"Latin Renaissance" on National Public Radio's "The
Connection" on WBUR Boston, July 6, 2001. See http://www.theconnection.org/archive/2001/07/0706b.shtml
Foreign Travel:
Greece (1970 and 1974); Italy (1974, 1988, 1991, 2001,
2002); residence in
Paris (1973-74); residence in Edinburgh (1972); Mali, Cote d'Ivoire, and Senegal (1987);
France (1988, 2000, 2001 and 2002); Roman Britain (1988); residence in Florence (1992-93). I
have led groups to Rome in 1992 and 2002, to Greece in 1998 and 1999, to Turkey in
1999 and to Roman France in 2000.
Professional Affiliations:
American Philological Association (APA) 1974-present
American Institute of Archaeology (AIA) 1974-present
American Classical League (ACL) 1975-present
Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS)1984-present
Illinois Classical Conference (ICC) 1984-present
Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ICTFL) 1989-present
American Association of University Professors (AAUP) 1974-1993
Eta Sigma Phi National Classics Honorary 1985-present
Awards:
NDEA Graduate Fellowship, The Johns Hopkins University 1971-1974
Phi Beta Kappa, Hopkins Chapter 1976
Honorary Fellowship, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities
University of Edinburgh, Scotland 1982
American Philological Association Award for Excellence in Teaching of the Classics 1989
Burlington-Northern Award for Outstanding Teaching and Professional Development 1991
Illinois Lieutenant Governor's Award for Contributions to Foreign Language Learning 1993
CAMWS Outstanding State Vice-President 1995
CAMWS Outstanding Regional Vice-President 1997
CAMWS Ovatio, 2002
Grants:
NEH Summer Seminarist, Harvard University 1985
"The Ancient Greek Concept of Myth and Contemporary Theory and Criticism"
Gregory Nagy, director
Illinois Humanities Council Summer Institute 1987
"On Teaching Roman Civilization in High School"
Project Director and Participating Humanist
NEH Summer Fellowship 1987
"The Sunjata: An Oral Epic of West Africa"
Faculty Research Grant, University of Michigan 1987-88
Program for Inter-Institutional Collaboration in Area Studies (PICAS)
British Council Academic Travel Grant 1988
NEH Summer Seminarist, American Academy in Rome 1991
"The Roman Family and Household"
Richard Saller and John Bodel, directors
Associated Colleges of the MidWest Minority Student Summer Scholarship mentor for Zina Lewis (1999) and for Rebekah McBeth (2000).
Books:
Classical Gods and Heroes in the National Gallery of Art. A Handbook of artwork with
themes from Greco-Roman mythology Washington, D.C.: University Press of America, 1983
Reviewed in Classical Outlook 61 (1984) 102; New England Classical Newsletter
XIII (1986) 18-19.
Oral Cultures Past and Present: Rappin' and Homer
with Vivien Edwards, of Birkbeck College.
Oxford: Blackwells, 1990
Reviewed in The Classical Review 41 n.s. (1991) 493-494; Classical Outlook
71 (1994) 106.
Sex Fabulae Breves, translated by Bernice L. Fox and edited by Thomas J.
Sienkewicz
Monmouth, Il.: Monmouth College Press, 1990
The Classical Epic: An Annotated Bibliography. Pasadena, Ca. and Englewood
Cliffs, N.J.: Salem Press, 1991
Reviewed in The Classical World 86 (1992-1993) 69-70
Foxfestschrift in Honor of Bernice L. Fox, editor and contributor. Monmouth, Il.:
Monmouth College Press, 1992
World Mythology: An Annotated Guide to Collections and Anthologies. Salem Press
and Scarecrow Press, 1996.
Reviewed in: Library Journal (February 1, 1997) 74; Choice, April 1997,
Vol 34, No. 8; ARBA97, pg. 99, #1092; Reference Reviews 11/4 (1997), 12;
Asian Folklore Studies 57 (1998) 150-152.
Festschrift in Honor of Charles Speel, edited with James Betts. Monmouth,
Ill.: Monmouth College Press, 1996
Theories of Myth: An Annotated Guide. Scarecrow Press and Salem Press, 1997.
Reviewed in Religious Studies Review 25 (1999) 53; College and Research
Libraries 59 (1998) 468-469; Journal of Children's Literature 27
(2001) 71.
World Dictionary of Foreign
Expressions by Gabriel Adeleye and Kofi Acquah-Dadzie, edited by Thomas J.
Sienkewicz with James McDonough, Jr. Chicago, Ill.: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, Inc.,
1999.
Reviewed in Library Journal July 1999:79; Steinberg, Neil. "English
language falls short," Chicago Sun-Times November 2, 1999, pg. 40;
Constable, Burt, "Voila! Dictionary proves we are not ignoramuses,"
Chicago Daily Herald October 26, 1999, Section 1, pg. 12.; Kilpatrick,
James J., "Here are data on writerly gifts," Chicago Sun Times
October 5, 1999; Choice, May, 2000, pg. 1615.
Encyclopedia of the Ancient World,
Editor. Pasadena, Ca.: Salem Press, 2002.
Reviewed by Mary Ellen Quinn in
Articles:
"Sophocles' Telepheia," Zeitschrift fr Papyrologie und
Epigraphik 20 (1976), 109-112.
"Euripides' Trojan Women: An Interpretation," Helios 6 (1978), 81-95.
"Helen--Scapegoat or Siren?" The Classical Bulletin 56 (1980), 39-43.
"On Euripides' Trojan Women 279-91," The Classical Outlook 57 (1980),
97-98.
"Circles, Confusion and the Chorus of Agamemnon," Eranos 78 (1980),
133-142.
"Catullus: Another Attis?" The Classical Bulletin 57 (1981), 37-43.
"A Note on Anchises' Name," Aevum 56 (1982), 19-20.
"Anacreon," in Magill's Critical Survey of Poetry, Salem Press (1984),
33-39.
"Archilochus," in Magill's Critical Survey of Poetry, Salem Press
(1984), 85-92.
"Sextus Propertius," in Magill's Critical Survey of Poetry, Salem Press
(1984), 1282-1291.
"Historical Perspectives: Latin Poetry," in Magill's Critical Survey of
Poetry, Salem Press (1984), 2081-2117.
"The Chorus of Prometheus Bound: Harmony of Suffering," Ramus 13
(1984), 60-73.
"Long Fiction in Antiquity," in Magill's Critical Survey of Long Fiction,
Salem Press (1984), 1997-2018.
"Aeschylus," in Magill's Critical Survey of Drama, Salem Press (1986),
20-30.
"Sophocles," in Magill's Critical Survey of Drama, Salem Press (1986),
563-578.
"Euripides," in Magill's Critical Survey of Drama, Salem Press (1986),
1722-1733.
"Aristotle's Poetics," in Critical Survey of Literary Theory, Salem
Press (1988), 36-44.
"Aeschylus" in Great Lives from History: Ancient and Medieval, Salem
Press (1988), 48-53.
"Sophocles" in Great Lives from History: Ancient and Medieval, Salem
Press (1988), 1967-1971.
"Sundjata" in Great Lives from History: Ancient and Medieval, Salem
Press (1988), 2032-2036.
"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," in Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young
Adult Fiction, Vol. II, Salem Press (1991), 10-12
"The Greeks Are Too Like the Others: The Sunjata epic of West Africa" in Myth
and Polis, edited by John Wickersham and Dora Pozzi Cornell University Press, 1991.
Reviewed by Daniel P. Tompkins in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 3.2 (1992), 152-157.
"The Triad Course: Teaching Classics in the One-Room Schoolhouse" in
Monmouth College Faculty Forum 4 (1991), 7-10.
"Carl Lewis," in The
Twentieth Century: Great Athletes, Salem Press, (1992), 1455-1459.
"Yet Do I
Marvel," in Masterplots II: Poetry, Salem Press (1992), 2476-2478.
"Courage and a Steadfast Heart: Joe Paterno, Aeneas and the Latin Student," in Foxfestschrift
in Honor of Bernice L. Fox, Monmouth College Press, 1992
"Cleopatra: Sister of
the Moon," in Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography, Salem
Press (1993) 385-388.
"Plautus," revised for Cyclopoedia of World Authors, Revised Edition,
edited by Frank N. Magill, Salem Press (1997), 1610-1611.
"Terence," revised for Cyclopoedia of World Authors, Revised Edition,
edited by Frank N. Magill, Salem Press (1997), 1987-1988.
"Introduction," in Festschrift in Honor of Charles Speel, Monmouth
College Press, 1997.
"On Myths and Sisyphean Tasks," Monmouth College Faculty Forum 9
(1997), 1-11.
"All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes," in Issues and Identities in
Literature, Salem Press (1997) 47-48.
"Angelou, Maya (Marguerite Johnson)" in Issues and Identities in
Literature, Salem Press (1997) 89-90.
"Angelou, Maya, Poetry of" in Issues and Identities in Literature,
Salem Press (1997) 90-91.
"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," in Issues and Identities in
Literature, Salem Press (1997) 511
"Nero," in Dictionary of World Biography: The Ancient World, Salem
Press (1998) 577-580.
"Latin Teaching Standards: Process, Philosophy and Application." With Danetta
Genung, Carol Ihlendorf and Sue Robertson. Classical Journal 95 (1999): 55-63.
"Aristotle" in the Encyclopedia of Literary Critics and
Criticism, Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers of London, 1999, pp. 47-51.
"Drama: Theory and Criticism" in the Encyclopedia of Literary Critics
and Criticism, Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers of London, 1999, pp. 325-236.
"Epic" in the Encyclopedia of Literary Critics and Criticism,
Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers of London, 1999, pp. 362-363.
"'Abd Allah ibn Sa'd ibn Abi Sarh," in Encyclopedia of the Ancient World,
Pasadena, Ca.: Salem Press, 2002, pp. 179-180.
"Abraha" in Encyclopedia of the Ancient World,
Pasadena, Ca.: Salem Press, 2002, pg. 181.
"Aristides
of Miletus" in Encyclopedia of the Ancient World,
Pasadena, Ca.: Salem Press, 2002, pp. 287-288.
"Celsus, Aulus Cornelius" in Encyclopedia of the Ancient World,
Pasadena, Ca.: Salem Press, 2002, pp. 393-394.
"Jingu" in Encyclopedia of the Ancient World,
Pasadena, Ca.: Salem Press, 2002, pp. 680-681.
"Mimaji" in Encyclopedia of the Ancient World,
Pasadena, Ca.: Salem Press, 2002, pg. 792.
"Mu'allaqat,Al-" in Encyclopedia of the Ancient World,
Pasadena, Ca.: Salem Press, 2002, pp. 811-812.
"Ojin Tenno" in Encyclopedia of the Ancient World,
Pasadena, Ca.: Salem Press, 2002, pg. 850.
"Qijia culture" in Encyclopedia of the Ancient World,
Pasadena, Ca.: Salem Press, 2002, pg. 943.
"'Uthman ibn 'Affan" in Encyclopedia of the Ancient World,
Pasadena, Ca.: Salem Press, 2002, pg. 1109.
"Xin zhui's tomb" in Encyclopedia of the Ancient World,
Pasadena, Ca.: Salem Press, 2002, pg. 1144.
"Zhangdi" in Encyclopedia of the Ancient World,
Pasadena, Ca.: Salem Press, 2002, pg. 1164.
"Bibliography." in Encyclopedia of the Ancient World,
Pasadena, Ca.: Salem Press, 2002, pp. 1229-1275.
"Time Line." in Encyclopedia of the Ancient World,
Pasadena, Ca.: Salem Press, 2002, pp. 1173-1192.
"Web Sites." in Encyclopedia of the Ancient World,
Pasadena, Ca.: Salem Press, 2002, pp. 1223-1228.
"Greek Poetry in Antiquity" with Richard Martin. Critical
Survey of Poetry, 2nd revised edition. Pasadena, Ca.: 2002, pp. 4684-4694.
"Lingua Latina Liberis: Four Models for Latin the Elementary
School," with Alice Mulberry, Patrice Reaves, Elizabeth Kann and Barbara
Bell. Forthcoming in Classical Journal.
Reviews:
J. Carriere. Le choeur secondaire dans le drame grec. American Journal of Philology
100 (1979), 586-587.
P. Pucci. The Violence of Pity in Euripides' Medea. The Classical Bulletin 57
(1980), 31-32.
A. Kossatz-Deissmann. Dramen des Aischylos auf westgriechischen Dramen. Archaeological
News 9 (1980), 75-76.
R.P. Winnington-Ingram. Sophocles. An Interpretation. The Classical Bulletin 57
(1981), 9-80.
R.W.B. Burton. The Chorus in Sophocles' Tragedies. The Classical Bulletin 58
(1982), 58.
W.P. Johnson. The Idea of Lyric. The Classical Bulletin 60 (1984), 62-63.
R. Scodel. The Trojan Trilogy of Euripides. American Journal of Philology 105
(1984), 482-484.
Andrew Brown. A New Companion to Greek Tragedy. The Classical Bulletin 61 (1985),
21-22.
"Sappho's 'Prayer to Aphrodite,'" "Homer's 'Odyssey'" and
"Euripides' 'Trojan Women'" in Magill's On-Line Book Review (Salem
Press), 1985.
Anne Carson. Eros The Bittersweet. The Classical Bulletin 63 (1987), 89-90.
Cynthia Gardiner. The Chorus of Sophocles. The Classical Bulletin 64 (1988),
56-57.
James H. Dee. A Lexicon of Latin Derivatives in Italian, Spanish, French, and
English. The Classical Bulletin 76 (2000), 97-100.
William Blake Tyrrell and Larry J. Bennett. Recapturing Sophocles' Antigone.
Classical Outlook 78 (2001), 173.
Taylor-Briggs, P. Ruth. VIA PLANA: Graduated Readings in Advanced Latin. Bryn
Mawr Classical Review 2001.06.15. (http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2001/2001-06-15.html)
Essay Reviews:
Thomas Hagg. The Novel in Antiquity. Magill's Literary Annual 1984 (Salem Press),
618-623.
George Steiner. Antigones. Magill's Literary Annual 1985 (Salem Press), 17-21.
Ramsay MacMullen. Christianizing the Roman Empire (A.D. 100-400). Magill's Literary
Annual, History and Biography, 1985 (Salem Press), 68-72.
C.J. Herington. Poetry into Drama. Magill's Literary Annual 1986 (Salem Press),
742-746.
Anne Carson. Eros the Bittersweet. Magill's Literary Annual 1987 (Salem Press),
248-252 (with Anne. W. Sienkewicz).
Eric A. Havelock. The Muse Learns to Write. Magill's Literary Annual 1987 (Salem
Press), 590-593.
Conacher, D. J. Aeschylus' Oresteia. A Literary Commentary. Magill's Literary Annual
1988(Salem Press), 1-5.
Paul Veyne. A History of Private Life from Pagan Rome to Byzantium. Magill's Literary
Annual 1988 (Salem Press), 386-391.
Bernard Knox. Essays Ancient and Modern. Magill's Literary Annual 1990 (Salem
Press), 219-221.
Green, Peter. Alexander to Actium. Magill's Literary Annual 1991 (Salem Press),
15-19.
Henry, Elisabeth. The Vigour of Prophecy. A Study of Virgil's "Aeneid."
Magill's Literary Annual 1991 (Salem Press), 847-850.
Stock, Robert. D. Flutes of Dionysus. Magill's Literary Annual 1991 (Salem
Press), 304-307.
Wilford, John Noble. The Mysterious History of Columbus. Magill's Literary Annual 1992(Salem
Press), 540-544.
Burchfield, Robert. Unlocking the English Language. Magill's Literary Annual 1992
(Salem Press), 849-853.
Miller, J. Hillis. Ariadne's Thread. Magill's Literary Annual 1993 (Salem Press),
32-35.
Calasso, Roberto. The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony. Magill's Literary Annual 1994(Salem
Press), 508-511.
Wolff, Tobias. In Pharaoh's Army. Magill's Literary Annual 1995 (Salem Press),
347-350.
Mitchell, William J. City of Bits. Magill's Literary Annual 1996 (Salem Press),
112-115.
Lefkowitz, Mary R., and Guy MacLean Rogers, Black Athena Revisited. Magill's
Literary Annual 1997. (Salem Press).
Gould, Stephen Jay. Questioning the Millennium. Magill’s
Literary Annual 1998 (Salem Press), 652-655.
Handke, Peter. Once Again for Thucydides. Magill’s Literary Annual 1999
(Salem Press), 589-592.
Gould, Stephen Jay. Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Words.
Magill's On-Line Review, 1999.
Weber, Eugen. Apocalypses. Magill’s Literary
Annual 2000 (Salem Press), 44-47.
Charles Feldman. The Greek Achievement: The Foundation of the Western World.Magill's
On-Line Review, 2000.
Rybczynski, Witold. One Good Turn. A Natural History of the
Screwdriver and the Screw. Magill's Literary Annual 2001 (Salem
Press), 679-683.
Nicholas
Clapp’s Sheba. Through the Desert in Search of the Legendary Queen. Magill’s
Literary Annual 2002 (Salem Press), 747-751.
Contributions to Professional Meetings
"Agamemnon Chorus: Structural Confusion," Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies
Conference, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., 1976.
"Catullus: Another Attis?" Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies Conference,
Highland Falls, N.Y., 1978.
"Vocabulary Building: Student-Teacher Colloquium" (moderator), CAAS fall
meeting, Washington, D.C., 1978.
"The Chorus of Prometheus Bound: Harmony of Suffering," CAAS spring meeting,
East Orange, N.J., 1980.
"Teaching Mythology at Howard University," American Classical League Institute,
Durham, N.H., 1980.
"Classical Gods and Heroes at the National Gallery of Art" (illustrated),
Classical Association of New England spring meeting, Brunswick, Maine, 1981.
"Metamorphoses in the National Gallery of Art," Classical Association of the
Middle West and South, 1984.
"The 'Galene' of Andromachus the Elder and the Theriac of Mose Charas,"
Classical Association of the Middle West and South, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1985.
"Attending the first Antigone," Illinois Classical Conference, Champaign-Urbana,
Illinois, October, 1985.
"The Homeric Audience as Social Control: A Glimpse in the Odyssey," Classical
Association of the Middle West and South, Tampa, Florida, April, 1986.
"Teaching Techniques and Ideas Exchange" (moderator), Illinois Classical
Conference, Chicago, Illinois, October. 1986.
"Creating Productive Ties Between Schools and Colleges," Conference on Second
Language and International Studies, Springfield, Illinois, 1987.
"Performance and Audience in Traditional Oral Epics--A Comparative View,"
Classical Association of the Middle West and South, New Orleans, Louisiana, April, 1988.
"Classics in Cartoons," Conference for Teachers of Foreign Languages and
International Studies, Chicago, Illinois, 1988.
"Non-punitive Grading in Language Class," Conference for Teachers of Foreign
Languages, Normal, Illinois, 1989.
"Classics in Cartoons," Classical Association of the Middle West and South,
Lexington, Kentucky, 1989.
"Ancient History in Cartoons," Illinois Classical Conference, Pekin, Illinois,
1989.
"Foreign Language Olympics: Parallel Projects for College and High School," with
LeaAnn Osburn and Nancy Riesco, at Taking Stock: Annual Statewide Foreign Language
Conference, Springfield, Illinois, 1989.
"Foreign Language Week Activities" with Fred Keller, Winterfest: ICTFL Foreign
Language Conference, Western Springs, Illinois, 1990.
"The Triad Course or Teaching Classics in the One-Room Schoolhouse" at American
Philological Association, San Francisco, 1990.
"Parsons in West Africa," photographic contributor, at Parsons School of Design,
New York, New York, 1991.
"Panel on the Teaching of Women in Antiquity," participant, Illinois Classical
Conference, Macomb, 1991.
"The Multi-lingual Spider: A Multilanguage Reading from Charlotte's Web,"
organizer and participant, ICTFL Foreign Language Conference, St. Charles, Il., 1991.
"Workshop on Classics and the Liberal Arts College: Some Collaborative
Strategies," convener and moderator, at American Philological Association, Chicago,
1991.
"Gladiators and Their Private Lives," Classical Association of the Middle West
and South, Austin, Texas, 1992.
"Rappin' and Homer: Merging the Margins," ICC and ICTFL Foreign Language
Conference, Peoria, Il., 1993.
"Classical Sculpture in Florence," CAMWS, Atlanta, Georgia 1994. Also at
Illinois Classical Conference, Chicago, 1994.
"In Medias Res: Epic Time in Greek and West African Epics," CAMWS, Omaha, Neb.,
1995.
"Taking Students Abroad," panelist, Illinois Classical Conference, Champaign,
Ill., 1995.
"Teaching Comparative Mythology: Some Practical Considerations." Classical
Association of the Middle West and South, Nashville, 1996.
"Classical Sculpture in Florence," an illustrated lecture, at the annual meeting
of the American Classical League in College Park, Maryland, June, 1996
"Classics in Cartoon," an illustrated lecture at the Wisconsin Association of
Foreign Language Teachers Conference, Appleton, Wisconsin, 1996.
""Report on the 1996 Goals for Education: A Latin Teacher's Perspective,"
joint meeting of the Illinois Classical Conference, the Missouri Classical Association,
the Illinois Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages, and the Missouri Council for
the Teaching of Foreign Languages, St. Louis, Missouri, 1996
"International Baccalaureate and Block Scheduling," co-moderator
of CPL panel at CAMWS, Boulder, Colorado, 1997.
"Latin Teaching Standards," moderator of CPL panel at CAMWS, Charlottesville,
Virginia, 1998.
"Teaching Latin into the 21st Century," moderator of CPL panel at
CAMWS Southern Section, Waco, Texas, 1998.
"Teaching Diverse Student Populations in the Latin Classroom," moderator of a
CPL panel at CAMWS, Cleveland, Ohio, 1999.
"Classical Philosophy in Modern Cartoons," an
illustrated lecture at CAMWS, Cleveland, Ohio, 1999.
"Who Will Teach the Teachers? A Panel Discussion of the Apparent Shortage
of Latin Teachers," panelist at the Illinois Classical Conference in
Chicago, Illinois, 2000.
"Romans on the Rhone: The Major Roman Sites in the Rhone Valley" an
illustrated lecture with Thomas Watkins at the Illinois Classical Conference in
Chicago, Illinois, 2000.
"Teaching Latin in Elementary and Middle School," moderator of a CPL
panel at CAMWS Southern section, Athens, Georgia, 2000.
'"From 'Stupid Cupid' to 'Achilles, the Agony and the Ecstasy': Classical
Mythology and Pop/Rock Music in the 20th Century," with Marty Pickens,
CAMWS, Provo, Utah, 2001.
"Latin Outreach: Working with Administrators, Counselors, and
Parents," moderator of a CPL panel at CAMWS, Provo, Utah, 2001.
"What Marcus Can Read: A Panel on Transitional Reading in Latin."
Moderator. American Classical League Institute, 2001.
"Running a District-wide Classics Bee." American Classical
League Institute, 2001.
'"From 'Stupid Cupid' to 'Achilles, the Agony and the Ecstasy': Classical
Mythology and Pop/Rock Music in the 20th Century." Illinois Classical
Conference, Itaska, Illinois, 2001.
"The Darker Side: The Use of Classical Mythology in
Rock Music of the Late Twentieth Century," with Marty Pickens, CAMWS,
Austin, Texas, 2002.
"Helping Marcus Read: Some Approaches towards Bridging the Transition from
Elementary Latin to Reading Roman Authors." Moderator. CAMWS, Austin,
Texas, 2002.
"Linking Latin in the Curriculum Beyond the Latin Classroom."
Moderator of a CPL panel at CAMWS, Austin, Texas, 2002..
"Using FORUM ROMANUM in the Latin Classroom." with Jennifer Mitten and
Michael Fanucce. American Classical League Institute, 2002.
Invited Lectures:
"Classical Gods and Heroes," University of Reading, England, February 4,
1982.
"Classical Gods and Heroes," Machette Foundation Lecture at the University of
Wales at Aberystwyth, February 22, 1982.
"Classical Gods and Heroes," University College of St. David, Lampeter, South
Wales, February 23, 1982.
"The Chorus of Prometheus Bound: Harmony of Suffering," at a joint meeting of
the Glasgow and Edinburgh Departments of Greek, University of Glasgow, Scotland, March 19,
1982.
"The Chorus of Prometheus Bound: Harmony of Suffering," University of St.
Andrews, Scotland, April 22, 1982.
"The Chorus of Prometheus Bound: Harmony of Suffering," University of
Manchester, England, April 29, 1982.
"Classical Iconography in the National Gallery of Art" (illustrated), University
of Maine at Orono, April 18, 1984.
"With Courage and a Steadfast Heart," address at Latin Honors Banquet at
Barrington High School, Barrington, Illinois, May, 1989.
"Is There a Traditional Africa," at Africa Week, Wabash College, Crawfordsville,
Indiana, 1990.
"Can I Get a Witness?: The Role of Audience in Composition in Performance,"
University of Iowa, Iowa City, April, 1990.
"With Courage and a Steadfast Heart: Vergil, Joe Paterno and the Classics,"
address to Honors students at Marquette High School in Ottawa, Illinois, May, 1990.
"A Tale of Two Epics or What Do Ithacas Mean?," Monmouth College Convocation,
October, 1991.
"The Theme of Metamorphosis in Art," Orbis Romanus, 1992 NEH Summer Latin
Institute, College of Notre Dame, Baltimore, Maryland.
"What is an Epic? A Comparison of the West African Sunjata and the Homeric
Epics" and "The Epic Hero in the West African Sunjata and the Homeric
Epics" at a NEH Summer Institute on "Homer and Oral Traditions," University
of Arizona at Tucson, June, 1994.
"Classical Sculpture in Florence," Knox College, May, 1996.
"Heracles and Alexander," Western Illinois
University, September, 1998.
"The Trojan Horse in Cartoons," Illinois Junior Classical League, Rolling
Meadows, Illinois, February, 2000.
"Gladiators and Their Private Lives," Chicago Classical Club, May, 2000.
"The
Private Lives of Gladiators," Illinois Junior Classical League, Tinley
Park, Illinois, March, 2001.
"The Trojan Horse in Cartoons," Durham Academy for the Arts, Durham,
North Carolina, March, 2001.
"The Aeneid in Art," Cary Academy, Cary, North Carolina, March,
2001.
"Ancient Roman Gladiators: Evidence for Their Private Lives," Western
Illinois University History Conference, Macomb, Illinois, March, 2001.
'"From 'Stupid Cupid' to 'Achilles, the Agony and the Ecstasy': Classical
Mythology and Pop/Rock Music in the 20th Century." Barrington Middle
Schools Honors Dinner Speaker, Barrington, Illinois, June, 2001.
"Don't Count Latin Out in the 21st Century," Blue Key Last Lecture
Series, Monmouth College, February 15, 2002.
"Latin in the 21st Century," World Community Institute, Bettendorf,
Iowa, February 27, 2002.
"From 'Stupid Cupid' to 'Achilles, the Agony and the Ecstasy': Classical
Mythology and Pop/Rock Music in the 20th Century." With Marty Pickens,
MC'03
Illinois Junior Classical League,
Tinley Park, Illinois, March, 2002.
Work in Progress:
The Sunjata: A Literary Study of a West African Oral Epic in Multiform (in manuscript).
Classical Myths in Florence: A Walking Tour
Translation of the Latin passages for an English translation (with commentary) of Histoire
naturelle des Animaux, des Plantes, et des Minraux qui entrent dans la Composition de la
Thriaque d'Andromachus by Mose Charas (Paris, 1670). In collaboration with Bernardine
Paulshock, and Anne W. Sienkewicz
Professional Service:
A. Internal Service at Howard University
Member of Humanities Faculty, 1975-1984
Departmental Representative, Humanities Executive Committee, 1976-1978; 1981
Corresponding Secretary of Humanities Division, 1976-1978
Acting Chairman, Department of Classics, summers of 1978 and 1980
Member of General Education Committee, College of Liberal Arts, 1978-1980
Member of Honors Faculty, 1978-1980
Member of Gamma Chapter, Phi Beta Kappa, 1978-1984
Secretary of Gamma Chapter, Phi Beta Kappa, 1979-1981
Member of Executive Committee, Department of Classics, 1978-1984
Member of Library Committee, Department of Classics, 1978-1984; chair, 1983-1984
Member of Curriculum Committee, Department of Classics, 1983-1984
Member and Chair, Lecture Committee, Department of Classics, 1983-1984
B. External Service at Howard University
Member of Faculty, College Classics, Weekend, College of Notre Dame, Baltimore,
Maryland , 1977 and 1979
Member of local Committee, APA-AIA annual meeting, Washington, D.C., 1975
Member of Local Committee, Fall Meeting of the Classical Association of the Atlantic
States, 1978
Guest Lecturer, Latin Day, University of Maryland, 1978
Guest Lecturer, Virginia Junior Classical League, 1978
Member of Washington Classical Society, 1974-1984; Secretary, 1979-1981
Editor of CAPITOLIUM, the newsletter of the Washington Classical Society, 1979-1981
Co-Ordinator of the Washington Classical Forum, 1977-1981
Member of Latin Bowl Committee, Washington Classical Society, 1980
Guest Lecturer, Washington Classical Society, 1983
C. Internal Service at Monmouth College
Chair, Department of Classics, 1984-present
Faculty Advisor, Gamma Omicron Chapter, Eta Sigma Phi, 1984-present
Member of ad-hoc faculty Committee on Distinction, 1984-1985
Faculty Advisor, Classics Club, 1985-present
Faculty Advisor, ACM Program in London and Florence, 1985-1986; 1988-1992; 1993-present
Member, Public Events Committee, 1985-present; chair, 1986-1987
Member, Freshman Seminar Faculty, 1985; 1987; 1994-1999; webmaster, 1996
Member of Distinction Faculty, 1986
Member of Peace Week Committee, 1985-1986
Co-Ordinator, Robert Burns Celebration, 1986; 1987
Member, Library Advisory Committee, 1986-present
Member of Curriculum Committee, 1988
Vice-President of Monmouth College chapter of the American Association of University
Professors, 1988-89
President of Monmouth College chapter of the American Association of University
Professors, 1989-1990
Library Task Force, 1990-1991; Chair, 1990
Fulbright Committee, 1990-1992
Member, Faculty and Institutional Development Committee, 1989-1992
Co-ordinator of Language Rubric, 1993-1994
Faculty Secretary, 1994-present
Member of Information Systems Sub-Committee, 1995-1999
Member of General Education Task Force, 1996-1999
Member of Instructional Media Task Force, 1996-1998
Co-ordinator of Off-Campus Studies,
1993-1995; 1998-present
D. External Service at Monmouth College
Co-Ordinator, Western Illinois Chapter, Archaeological Institute of America, 1984-present
Member, Illinois Classical Conference, 1984-present; Vice-President and Program Chair,
1986-1988; President, 1988-1990; Local Co-Chair and Book Display Chair, 1991; Acting
President, 1993-1995; chair of endowment committee, 1995-1999; awards committee,
1999-present..
Member of the Latin Content Advisory Committee of the Illinois State Board of Education:
assisted in design of first statewide certification test in Latin, 1987; member of
reevalution and review team, 1996
Member of the Foreign Language Standards Team of the Illinois State Board of Education,
1995-1996
Frequent lecturer at high school Latin classes throughout the state
Member, Classical Association of the Middle West and South, 1984-present: Nominations
Committee, 1986-1989; Member, Awards Committee, 1992-1993; State Vice-President for
Illinois, 1993-1995; Regional Vice-President, 1995-1997; Chair of the CAMWS Committee for
the Promotion of Latin, 1997-present
Member, Eta Sigma Phi (Gamma Omicron Chapter) National Classics Honorary Society, 1985:
Summer Scholarship Committee of Eta Sigma Phi, 1988-92; Chair, 1990-92; Member of Board of
Trustees, 1996-present
Reader, Advanced Placement Latin Exam, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey,
1992
Editor of Erato, the newsletter of ACM/GLCA Classicists, 1995-1998
Member, ACL/APA Joint National Committee on Classics in American Education, 1995-1997
Consultant-Evaluator for the North Central Association, 1997-present.
Chair of LEGAMUS Easy Latin Reader Committee organized by Bolchazy-Carducci
Publishers, 2000-present.
E. Community Service
Elected Representative of Northeast Center, Advisory Council of Kaiser-Georgetown
Community Health Plan, 1982-1984
Transportation Co-Ordinator, Mount Rainier Voter Registration Drive, spring of 1983
Member of Nominations Committee, Mount Rainier Elementary School PTA, 1983
Membership Chairman, Mount Rainier Elementary School PTA, 1983-1984
Member, Mount Rainier Newspaper Recycling Committee, 1983-1984
Member, Community Advisory Council, Monmouth School District, 1986-1987
Religious Education Teacher, Immaculate Conception Church, Monmouth, Illinois, 1986-1990
Member, Monmouth Community Orchestra, 1992-1994
Member, Choir of Immaculate Conception Church, Monmouth, Illinois, 1984-present
Mentor, Monmouth Public Schools, 2001-present.