1997-present University of Louisville

        Associate Professor of Classics

1991-1997 University of Louisville

        Assistant Professor of Classics

1990-91 University of Southern California,

        Lecturer in Classics

1984-90 University of California Irvine

        Ph.D. in Classics 1990

        M.A. in Classics 1986

1982-84 Talbot Theological Seminary

        M.A.B.S in Hebrew Old Testament 1984, highest honors

1980-82 University of Illinois Champaign

        B.A. 1982, highest distinction in Classics

1975-79 United States Marine Corps

        final rank: Captain USMCR

1973-75 University of Illinois Chicago

        B.A. in History 1975, honors

1971-73 Northeastern Illinois University
 

Books:

Thucydides on War and National Character (Boulder 1999)

Articles and Reviews:

"P.Oxy. XVII 2100 fr.15," BASP 27 (1990) 43.

"Othismos: the Importance of the Mass-Shove in Hoplite Warfare," Phoenix 48 (1994) 51-61.

"Ho Pandomator Chronos: Simonides 531 P," UFLR (1994-5) 290-295 [with special thanks to Shelly Forbis and Scott  Milby].

"Ibycus 286: The Beleaguered Heart," MAIA 47 (1995) 343-347.

Leslie J. Worley's Hippeis: the Cavalry of Ancient Athens, Phoenix 49 (1995) 362-363.

"Rethinking Antiphon's PERI ALETHEIAS," Apeiron 30 (1997) 163-187.

"Thucydides' Evaluation of the Sicilian Expedition: 2.65.11," The Ancient World 28 (1997) 127-132.

"Chariton's Use of Thucydides in his Description of the Egyptian Revolt: Chaireas and Callirhoe 6:8," Mnemosyne 53  (2000) 1-11.

"A Delightful Possession: Longus' Prologue and Thucydides,"  The Classical Journal 97 (2002) 233-247.

"Tyrtaeus 12 West: Come Join the Spartan Army," The Classical Quarterly 52 (2002) 405-414.

"Paragraph 3.84 and Thucydides’ History," Ancient History Bulletin 16 (2003) 151-174. 

"Docti Iudicent: a note on Bacchae 630-631" Dioniso n.s. 2 (2003) 32-35.

"The Thucydidean element in the speeches of the Mytilenian debate: History 3.37-48," Akroterion 51 (2006) 21-42.

"Thucydides on Peloponnesian Strategy at Pylos,"  AJAH n.s. 3-4 (2004-2005 [2007]) 7-25.

"The Route of the Peloponnesian Fleet to Pylos in 425", AW 38 (2007) 5-14.
 

Honors, Awards and Grants:

2002 Honorary Member, Golden Key International Honour Society

1997 University of Louisville Research Grant

1996 University of Louisville Project Completion Grant

1996 Honorary Member, Eta Sigma Phi Classics Honor Society

1993 University of Louisville Modern Languages Fund Grant

1992 University of Louisville Dean's Professional Initiative Grant

1989 University of California Pre-doctoral Dissertation Fellowship

1988 School of Humanities Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award

1987 and 1988 Outstanding TA Teaching Award Department of Classics

1985 and 1986 Outstanding Essay Award Department of Classics

1985 University of California Regents Research Fellow

1984 University of California Regents Fellow

1984 Kappa Tau Epsilon Honor Society

1982 Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society