Gwendolyn Compton-Engle, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Classics

Dr. Compton-Engle teaches all levels of Latin and Greek language and literature, as well as courses on the classical world in translation. Her research focuses on Greek drama, especially comedy. Her articles on the fifth-century Athenian comic poet Aristophanes have appeared in such journals as Classical Philology, Classical Journal, and The American Journal of Philology. Her 2003 article “Control of Costume in Three Plays of Aristophanes” won the Gildersleeve Prize from The American Journal of Philology. Dr. Compton-Engle is currently working on a book about the manipulation of costume in fifth-century Athenian comedy.

Dr. Compton-Engle was the 2008 president of the Ohio Classical Conference and remains a member of its Council.  She also currently serves as the Director of the Core Curriculum at John Carroll.

Dr. Compton-Engle received her B.A. in Classics from St. Olaf College and her Ph.D. in Classics from Cornell University. After teaching at Colgate University and St. Olaf College, she came to John Carroll in 2002.

Spring 2012

• Office: O'Malley Center 120
• Office Hours: Tues 1-3; W/F 10-12
  
• Phone: (216) 397-1969
• E-Mail: gcomptonengle@jcu.edu
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Kristen Ehrhardt , Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics

Dr. Ehrhardt is excited to bring her love of classical texts, society and art to John Carroll.  She particularly enjoys, as both a scholar and a teacher, combining Greek and Roman poetry with ancient material culture to examine the interactions (and disjunctions) between different cultural products—particularly in the context of eating and drinking.  A native of Wisconsin, she completed her Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her B.A. at Macalester College in St. Paul, MN.  Her current research includes articles on Roman satire, Horace’s Odes and the Greek symposium.

Fall 2011

• Office: O'Malley Center 119
• Office Hours: M/W 1-2; T 10:30-1:30; W 5-6
  
• Phone: (216) 397-1571
• E-Mail: kehrhardt@jcu.edu

Thomas R. Nevin, Ph.D.
Professor of Classical Studies

Dr. Thomas Nevin has written four books. His Irving Babbitt: An Intellectual Study (Chapel Hill, 1984) was given the Alpha Sigma Nu Award from the Society of Jesus. Simone Weil (Chapel Hill, 1991) was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Ernst Jünger and Germany: Into the Abyss, 1914-1945 (Duke, 1996 and Constable, 1997) was as vigorously attacked in Britain as it was sedulously ignored in America. His latest book, on Thérèse of Lisieux, popularly known as The Little Flower, appeared from Oxford University Press in November, 2006.

His special interests include ancient historiography, ancient philosophy, and the New Testament.

Fall 2011 - on leave

• Office: O'Malley Center
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PART-TIME CLASSICS FACULTY

Sam Rametta, M.S.
Lecturer in Latin

Coming from Malone University, where he teaches English and Latin as an advanced topic, Mr. Rametta has been teaching Latin as an adjunct faculty member at John Carroll since 2001. He teaches Latin 101 and 102, as well as 201 and 202.  His special interests include rhetoric, oratory, and St. Thomas' Summa Theologica.

Fall 2011

• Office: O'Malley Center 137
• Office Hours: M/W/F 10-11 AM
• Phone: (216) 397-4730
• Email: srametta@jcu.edu
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Donald M. Poduska, Ph.D. 
Professor Emeritus of Classical Languages

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