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Classical Studies

In its Honors Program the Classical Studies Department awards Honors and Highest Honors to student research projects. (Note: prior to Fall 2019 High Honors were awarded as well.) The projects listed below have been defended successfully, and a copy of the thesis deposited in Swem Library.

Key:
  • Student, "Thesis" (Honors level)
    Committee Chair + Other Committee Members
2019-2020
  • No Honors students this year
2018-19
2017-18
2016-17
2015-16
2014-15
2013-14
  • No Honors students this year
2012-13
2011-12
  • No Honors students this year
2010-11
2009-10
2008-09
  • No Honors students this year
2007-08
  • Barbara Blythe, "The Rape of the Bough: The Persephone Myth in Vergil's Aeneid" (High Honors)
    Vassiliki Panoussi + John Chesley, Paula Blank (defended December 2007)
  • Jessica Lamont, "Sacred Space and Healing: The Cult of Asklepios in Athens" (High Honors)
    Barbette Spaeth + Linda Reilly, Mary Voigt
2006-07
  • Emily Rossow, "Ranting and Reading: Stand-Up Comedy and the Satiric Recitatio" (Honors)
    John Donahue + John Chesley, Gary Green
2005-06
  • Julie Colaneri, "The Sicilian Tyrants: Greek or Not?" (Honors)
    William Hutton + Linda Reilly, Ted Perlmutter
  • William Hall
    Georgia Irby-Massie + William Hutton, George Greenia
  • Leigh Oldershaw, "Roman Domestic Religion: An Archaeological Examination of the Domestic Divinities Depicted in Pompeian Lararium Paintings" (High Honors)
    Barbette Spaeth + Linda Reilly, Michael Blakey
  • Timothy Treem
    Georgia Irby-Massie + John Chesley, Noah Lemos
2004-05
  • William Burghart
    John Donahue + John Oakley, Phil Daileader
  • Julie Mills
    James Baron + Georgia Irby-Massie, Noah Lemos
  • Robert Schwieger
    William Hutton + Linda Reilly, John Conlee