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. She spent the 2007-08 academic year on a research leave, funded by the Grauel Faculty Fellowship and the Loeb Classical Library Foundation, to work on a book about costume in fifth-century Athenian comedy. Dr. Compton-Engle is the 2008 president of the Ohio Classical Conference.

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 2010

• Office: O'Malley Center 120
• Office Hours: M 12-3; W 12-2; Th 3:30-4:30.
  
• Phone: (216) 397-1969
• E-Mail: gcomptonengle@jcu.edu
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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.

Spring 2010

• Office: O'Malley Center 119
• Office Hours: M/T/W/Th/F 9 - 9:50 AM; F 4 - 5 PM & by appt.
• Phone: (216) 397-4728
• E-Mail: TNEVIN@JCU.EDU
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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 as a part-time instructor Latin 101 and 102 at John Carroll since 2001.  His special interests include rhetoric, oratory, and St. Thomas' Summa Theologica.

Spring 2010

• Office: O'Malley Center 137
• Office Hours: M/W/F 12 - 1 PM
• 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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