Faculty and Staff

Michael Laughy
Associate Professor of Classics, Dept. Chair
Tucker Hall 106
540-458-4569
laughym@wlu.edu

Greek Art and Archaeology; Greek Religion; Greek Epigraphy; Ancient Athens

Rebecca R. Benefiel
Abigail Grigsby Urquhart Professor of Classics
on Sabbatical Winter/Spring '24
Tucker Hall 105
540-458-8082
benefielr@wlu.edu

Latin epigraphy, Latin literature, Pompeii and Herculaneum, Roman archaeology

Emma Brobeck
Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics
Tucker Hall 316
540-458-8234
ebrobeck@wlu.edu

Latin literature, Roman social and cultural history, art and archaeology of Rome

Kevin Crotty
Professor of Classics, The J. Donald Childress Professor in Foreign Languages
Tucker Hall 102
540-458-8910
crottyk@wlu.edu

Mythology, Greek Law, Plato, Ancient Greek literature

Caleb M. X. Dance
Associate Professor of Classics
On sabbatical 2023-2024
Tucker Hall 104
540-458-8312
dancec@wlu.edu

Latin Literature; Laughter and Comic Theory; Genre and Ancient Literary Criticism; Book History

George P. Carras
Senior Research Professor (Classical studies, Religion)
434-409-1703
gcarras@wlu.edu

George Bent
Sidney Gause Childress Professor in the Arts
Wilson Hall 3020
540-458-8863
bentg@wlu.edu

Alexandra Brown
Fletcher Otey Thomas Professor in Bible
Interim Chair
Tucker 206
540-458-8789
browna@wlu.edu

Early Christian Writings and Culture from the New Testament to Late Antiquity, Bible and Film, Pilgrimage, Mysticism, Gender and Religion, Early Irish Religion, Theory and Method in the Study of Religion

Matthew Loar
Director of Fellowships, Assistant Professor of Classics (Courtesy Appointment)
Leyburn Library 114
540-458-4863
mloar@wlu.edu

Timothy Lubin
Jessie Ball duPont Professor of Religion and Adjunct Professor of Law
Tucker 204
540-458-8146
lubint@wlu.edu

History of religion and law of South and Southeast Asia, working on texts and inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, Old Javanese, and Old Tamil; National Endowment for the Humanities fellow and American Council of Learned Societies fellow, 2020-2021 (h)

Miriam Carlisle
Associate Professor of Classics
carlislem@wlu.edu

Kerri Ritter
Administrative Assistant
Tucker 103
540-458-8180
ritterk@wlu.edu