Faculty and Staff
Faculty
Michael Laughy
Boetsch Term Associate Professor of Classics and Department Head
- Tucker Hall 106
- Email: laughym@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-4569
Laughy teaches courses in ancient Greek religion, history, art and archaeology. His research interests are Greek religion, Greek epigraphy and ancient Athens.
Rebecca Benefiel
Abigail Grigsby Urquhart Professor of Classics
- Tucker Hall 105
- Email: benefielr@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8082
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.
George P. Carras
Senior Research Professor (Classical studies, Religion)
Kevin Crotty
J. Donald Childress Professor of Classics
On Leave
- Tucker Hall 102
- Email: crottyk@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8910
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.
Caleb Dance
Associate Professor of Classics
- Tucker Hall 104
- Email: dancec@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8312
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.
Gabrielle Roehr
Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics
- Tucker Hall 105
- Email: groehr@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8082
Roehr teaches Latin at the elementary and intermediate level as well as courses on topics in ancient literature and culture. Her research focuses on women in classical mythology (especially Helen of Troy); Greek and Latin poetry; feminist and narrative theory; and fiber arts in antiquity.
Lily van Diepen
Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics
- Tucker Hall 316
- Email: lvandiepen@wlu.eud
- Phone: 540-458-8234
Lily van Diepen teaches courses in ancient Greek and Roman history, as well as ancient literature and elementary Latin courses. Her research interests include Roman social and political history (especially of the late Republic and Principate), treason in ancient Rome, and Tacitus.
Affiliated Faculty
George Bent
The Sidney Gause Childress Professor of Art History
- Wilson Hall 3020
- Email: bentg@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8863
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.
Alexandra R. Brown
Fletcher Otey Thomas Emerita Professor of Religion
- Tucker Hall 206
- Email: browna@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8789
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.
Timothy Lubin
Jessie Ball DuPont Professor of Religion and Law, Justice, and Society Program Head
- Tucker Hall 204
- Email: lubint@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8146
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.
Emeritus Faculty
Staff
Department Info
- P: 540-458-8180
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202 Tucker Hall
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, Virginia 24450