Classics News
Updates and Happenings from the Randolph College Classics Department
Allison Sterrett-Krause '03 digs in Tunisia, begins Ph.D. workAllison Sterrett-Krause ’03, now a Ph.d candidate at the University of Cincinnati, was in Tunisia doing research for her dissertation.
Stephanie Miller '09 selected for archaeological field school in IsraelStephanie Miller ’09 was selected to participate in an archaeological field school associated with Tel Aviv University’s excavations at Megiddo, a royal Canaanite city in Israel.
Sam Henderson '10 joins excavation at George Washington's homeSam Henderson ’10 spent summer 2008 working on an excavation at Ferry Farm, the boyhood of George Washington, outside of Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Rhiannon Knol '11 conducts research in TunisiaRhiannon Knol’s ’11 project “Carried upon the Shoulders of the Good Shepherd. Expressions of Christian Identity, and Afterlife on the new tomb mosaics at Leptiminus (Lamta, Tunisia),” was funded as part of the 2008 Summer Research Program.
Dr. Stevens activities update - Summer 2008Dr. Stevens’ article "Commemorating the Dead in the Communal Cemeteries of Carthage," appeared in May 2008 in Roman Burials: Commemorating the Dead in Texts and Artifacts.
Leah Campbell '10 presents at Symposium of Artists and ScholoarsLeah Campbell ’10 had her paper on Petronius and Burroughts, “A Naked Lunch and a Bizarre Dinner,” selected for presentation in The Symposium of Artists and Scholars.
Jenny Kreiger '08 to contribute to book on Childhood in the Roman WorldJenny Kreiger ’08 had her paper “Remembering Children in the Catacombs of Domitilla,” part of her senior honors thesis, selected for presentation in The Symposium of Artists and Scholars.
Dr. Amy Cohen activities update - Summer 2008Dr. Cohen received the Classical Association of Virginia's Lurene W. Todd Teacher of the Year award at the Spring meeting of CAV at The College of William and Mary in May ’08.