Ph.D. History; University of Missouri-Columbia, 2009
M.A. Classics (Greek); University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2003
B.A. History; Baylor University, 2000
Courses Taught
HUM 102 Western Civilization, I
HUM 162 Comparative Religions
HUM 380 Special Topics: Ethnicity and Identity in the Ancient World
HIST 301 The Historian’s Craft & Its Uses
HIST 305 The Ancient World
HIST 341 Greek Civilization
HIST 342 Roman Civilization
HIST 401 Senior Seminar
HIST 503 The Middle Ages
HIST 506 The Renaissance and Reformation
HIST 591 Research Seminar
Academic Interest
Greek and Roman History
Greek and Roman Rhetoric
Age of Alexander the Great
Politics and Rhetoric of Imperialism
Ancient Ethnicity and Identity
Ancient and Medieval Religious Practice
Scholarly Activity
“The Latin Alexander: Constructing Roman Identity” in A Companion to the Reception of Alexander the Great. Kenneth Moore (ed.). Leiden: Brill, 2017. (Forthcoming).
“Macedonian Empire.” The Encyclopedia of Empire. 1-8John M. MacKenzie and Nigel Dalziel (eds.). New York: Wiley-Blackwell, 2016.
“Kingdom of Epirus.” The Encyclopedia of Empire. 1-2.John M. MacKenzie and Nigel Dalziel (eds.). New York: Wiley-Blackwell, 2016.
Review: Ian Worthington, By the Spear. Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the Rise and Fall of the Macedonian Empire (New York: Oxford University Press, 2014) in The Classical Review 65.2 (Oct. 2015), 506-508.
Presented “The Ironic Alexander: Plutarch’s Alexander Declamations,” European Studies Conference, Omaha, NE (2013).
Presented “Andreia and Agôn and the Scars of War: Philip II and Alexander the Great,” European Studies Conference, Omaha, NE (2010).
“Alexander the Great, Macedonia and Asia” co-authored with Ian Worthington, in J. Roisman and I. Worthington (eds.), A Companion to Ancient Macedonia (New York: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), 186-207.
Review: Waldemar Heckel and Lawrence A. Tritle, eds., Alexander the Great: A New History (Malden, MA, 2009) in Classical Bulletin 85.2 (2010), 127-129.
Review: John Buckler and Hans Beck, Central Greece and the Politics of Power in the Fourth Century (Cambridge, UK, 2008) in Ancient History Bulletin 23 (2009), 154-157. (Published in 2011).
“Strato (168)." Brill’s New Jacoby. Ian Worthington (ed.). Leiden: Brill, 2009, rev. 2017.
“Herakleitos of Lesbos (167)." Brill’s New Jacoby. Ian Worthington (ed.). Leiden: Brill, 2009, rev. 2017.
“Demodamas of Halikarnassos (428),” Brill’s New Jacoby. Ian Worthington (ed.). Leiden: Brill, 2009, rev. 2017.
Presented “The Rhetorical Image of Philip II and Alexander III,” Mid-America Conference on History, Springfield, MO (2008).
Presented “Rhetorical Wounds: The War Wounds of Philip II and Alexander III,” Fourth International Symposium on Alexander the Great, Clemson University, SC (2008).
Review: R. Stoneman, Alexander the Great: A Life in Legend (New Haven, 2008), Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2008.09.19.
Review: W. Heckel, L. Tritle, P. Wheatley (eds.), Alexander’s Empire: From Formulation to Decay (Claremont, CA, 2007), Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2008.03.18.
“Alexander and the Carmanian March of 324 BC,” Ancient History Bulletin (2006), 9-14.
“Alexander, Deification, and the Carmanian March of 324 BC,” European Studies Conference, Omaha, NE (2005).
Review: W. Heckel and L. Tritle (eds.), Crossroads of History: The Age of Alexander (Claremont, CA, 2003), Bryn Mawr Classical Review2005.03.05.
Other Professional Experiences
Missouri in Greece Faculty Exchange (2017)
Faculty Senate Secretary (2016)
Graduate Program Coordinator (History MA and MS Ed. Teaching History) (2014-2016)
Faculty-led Study Tour to Italy, Greece, & Turkey (2012)