Faculty Directory
- Title
- Professor Emeritus
- Division Humanities Division
- Department
- History Department
- Affiliations Literature Department, Classical Studies, Italian Studies
- Website
- Office Hours Spring 2023: Wednesday 9-10 and by appointment (via Zoom)
- Mail Stop Cowell Academic Services
- Mailing Address
- 1156 High Street
- Santa Cruz CA 95064
- Faculty Areas of Expertise Ancient World / Classics, Democracy, Classical Studies, Classics, History
- Courses HIS 62A, Classical World: Greece; HIS 62B, Classical World: Rome; HIS 160A, Athenian Democracy; HIS 161B, Topics in Roman History; HIS 196S, Special Topics in Ancient History
Biography, Education and Training
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Selected Publications
- Ancient History: Monuments and Documents. Malden, M.A.: Blackwell Publishing, 2006.
- History and Silence: Purge and Rehabilitation in Late Antiquity. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2000.
- Demokratia: A Conversation on Democracies, Ancient and Modern, ed. with J. Ober. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1996.
- The Birth of Democracy: An Exhibition Celebrating the 2,500th Anniversary of Democracy at the National Archives, catalogue ed. with J. Ober. Princeton, N.J.: American School of Classical Studies in Athens, 1993.
- The Decrees of the Demotionidai. American Philological Association Series of American Studies in Classical Philology. Atlanta, Ga.: Scholars Press, 1990.
Teaching Interests
Ancient Greek and Roman History