Faculty and Staff

Faculty 

Michael Laughy

Michael Laughy

Boetsch Term Associate Professor of Classics and Department Head

Laughy teaches courses in ancient Greek religion, history, art and archaeology. His research interests are Greek religion, Greek epigraphy and ancient Athens.

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Rebecca Benefiel

Rebecca Benefiel

Abigail Grigsby Urquhart Professor of Classics

Benefiel teaches classics and Latin courses such as Pompeii, Classics in a Digital Age, Roman Religion, and The Poetry of Ovid. Her research focuses on Pompeii, Latin epigraphy, and Roman social and cultural history.

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George P. Carras

George P. Carras

Senior Research Professor (Classical studies, Religion)

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Kevin Crotty

Kevin Crotty

Professor of Classics, The J. Donald Childress Professor in Foreign Languages

Crotty’s courses include Classical Mythology; Homer; and Law, Litigation and Justice in the Ancient World. His research interests include myth, archaic Greek poetry, Plato and legal theory.

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Caleb Dance

Caleb Dance

Associate Professor of Classics

Professor Dance teaches courses on topics in ancient literature as well as Greek and Latin language courses at all levels. His research focuses upon comic theory and laughter in ancient poetry.

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Lily van Diepen

Adjunct Professor of Classics

Affiliated  Faculty

George Bent

George Bent

Sidney Gause Childress Professor in the Arts

Bent teaches courses on medieval art, Renaissance art and gothic art. He has researched Italian art extensively and recently taught a course called Digital Florence in which students helped to digitally reconstruct the city.

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Alexandra R. Brown

Alexandra R. Brown

Fletcher Otey Thomas Professor in Bible

On Sabbatical 2024-2025

Brown teaches courses on the New Testament and other ancient Christian texts, Bible and film, gender and religion, Christian mysticism, and theory and method in the study of religion. Her primary research is in New Testament, particularly the Pauline letters.

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Matthew Loar

Matthew Loar

Director of Fellowships and Student Research

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Timothy Lubin

Timothy Lubin

Jessie Ball DuPont Professor of Religion

Professor Lubin teaches courses on Asian religions and comparative study of religion and law. He researches Hindu religious history, law in ancient Asia, and texts and inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, Old Javanese and Old Tamil.

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Emeritus  Faculty

Miriam Carlisle

Miriam Carlisle

Associate Professor of Classics

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Staff 

Kerri Ritter

Kerri Ritter

Administrative Assistant

Department Info

  • 202 Tucker Hall
    Washington and Lee University
    Lexington, Virginia 24450

Michael Laughy

Department Head

Kerri Ritter

Administrative Assistant