George W. Houston, Curriculum Vitae Department of Classics, CB 3145 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3145
Education
B.A., Haverford College, Haverford, PA, 1963.
Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 1971. Dissertation: Roman Imperial Administrative Personnel During the Principates of Vespasian and Titus (A.D. 69-81), under the direction of T. Robert S. Broughton.
Employment
Department of Classics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Instructor, 1969-71; Assistant Professor, 1971-76; Associate Professor, 1976-1993; Professor, 1993-2005; Bowman and Gordon Gray Associate Professor, 1986-1989; Assistant Chairman, 1974-78 and 1986-1991; Director of Graduate Studies, 1984-1991; Chairman, 1996-2001. Professor Emeritus, 2005-present.
Vergilian Society of America, Summer Program in Italy: Associate Director, 1972; Director, 1976, 1982.
Classical Summer School of the American Academy in Rome: Director, 1977-79.
Istituto di Filologia Latina e Medioevale, Università degli Studi di Bologna: Visiting Professor (Professore à contratto), Autumn 1982.
Fellowships, Grants, and Awards.
Fulbright Grant for study in Italy, 1967-68.
Rome Prize Fellowship, American Academy in Rome, 1967-69.
Faculty Research Council Grants, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1974, 1982.
Kenan Leave, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1978-79.
Course Development Award (to develop Classics 44, "Technology and Culture in the Roman Empire"), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Spring 1981.
American Philosophical Society Research Grant, 1982.
Bowman and Gordon Gray Associate Professorship (1986-1989, in recognition of excellence in undergraduate teaching).
Lurcy Fellow of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities, University of North Carolina, Fall 1989.
Publications. Book.
Inside Roman Libraries: Book Collections and Their Management in Antiquity. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2014.
Publications. Articles.
"M. Plancius Varus and the Events of A.D. 69-70," Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association 103 (1972) 167-80.
"The New Milestones from Padilla de Abajo, in the Province of Burgos," Durius 2 (1974) 423-25.
"P. Marius P.f., Cos. Ord. A.D. 62," Zeitschrift fur Papyrologie und Epigraphik 16 (1975) 33-35.
"[Thronos], [Diphros], and Odysseus' Change from Beggar to Avenger," Classical Philology 70 (1975) 212-14.
"Notes on Some Documents Pertaining to Flavian Administrative Personnel," Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 20 (1976) 25-34.
"The Duration of the Censorship of Vespasian and Titus," Emerita 44 (1976) 397-402.
"Vespasian's Adlection of Men in Senatum," American Journal of Philology 98 (1977) 35-63.
"Nonius Flaccus: A New Equestrian Career from Firmum Picenum," Classical Philology 72 (1977) 232-38.
"The Administration of Italian Seaports During the First Three Centuries of the Roman Empire," Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome 36 (1980) 157-71.
"CIL, XI: Index apparitorum et officialium magistratuum, imperatoris, vectigalium," Epigraphica 45 (1983) 158-62.
"Limonite, Hematite, and Pompeian Red," Archaeological News 13 (1984) 68-69.
"Tiberius on Capri," Greece and Rome 32 (1985) 179-96.
"Lucian's Navigium and the Dimensions of the Isis," American Journal of Philology 108 (1987) 444- 50.
"A Revisionary Note on Ammianus Marcellinus 14.6.18: When Did the Public Libraries of Ancient Rome Close?" Library Quarterly 58 (1988) 258-64.
"Ports in Perspective: Some Comparative Materials on Roman Merchant Ships and Ports," American Journal of Archaeology 92 (1988) 553-64.
"The State of the Art: Current Work in the Technology of Ancient Rome," (review article), Classical Journal 85 (1989) 63-80.
"The Altar from Rome with Inscriptions to Sol and Malakbel," Syria 67 (1990) 189-93.
"Two Conjectures Concerning Nero's Doctor, Andromachos the Elder," Studies in Latin Literature and Roman History 6 (1992) 354-61.
"The Other Spas of Ancient Campania," in The Two Worlds of the Poet: New Perspectives on Vergil, edd. R.M. Wilhelm and Howard Jones (Detroit, 1992) 356-370.
"What Uses Might Roman Farmers Have Made of the Loans They Received in the Alimenta Program?" Rivista Storica dell'Antichita 22-23 (1992-93) 97-105.
"FASTI BROUGHTONIANI: The Professional Activities and Published Works of Thomas Robert Shannon Broughton," in Jerzy Linderski, ed., Imperium Sine Fine: T. Robert S. Broughton and the Roman Republic (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner 1996) 1-30.
"Libraries in Roman Baths?" coauthored with T. Keith Dix. Balnearia 4 (1995) 2-4.
"Broughton Remembered," in Jerzy Linderski, ed., Imperium Sine Fine: T. Robert S. Broughton and the Roman Republic (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner 1996) 35-41.
"Onesimus the Librarian," Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 114 (1996) 205-208.
"The Slave and Freedman Personnel in Roman Public Libraries," Transactions of the American Philological Association 132 (2002) 139-76.
“The Latin Inscriptions,” in Bradley H. McLean, Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the Konya Archaeological Museum (Ankara, 2002) 83-86.
“Galen, His Books, and the Horrea Piperataria at Rome,” Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome 48 (2003) 45-51.
“How Did You Get Hold of a Book in a Roman Library? Three Second-Century Scenarios,” Classical Bulletin 80 (2004) 5-13.
(with T. Keith Dix) “Public Libraries in the City of Rome from the Augustan Age to the Time of Diocletian,” Mélanges de l’École française de Rome. Antiquité 118 (2006) 671-717.
“Grenfell, Hunt, Breccia, and the Book Collections of Oxyrhynchus,” Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies 47 (2007) 327-59.
“Tiberius and the Libraries,” Libraries & the Cultural Record 43 (2008) 247-269.
(with Linda M. Gigante) “A Collection of Inscriptions from the Via Salaria Necropolis Now in the Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky,” Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome 53 (2008) 27- 78.
“Papyrological Evidence for Book Collections and Libraries in the Roman Empire,” in W. A. Johnson and H. N. Parker, Ancient Literacies: The Culture of Reading in Greece and Rome (Oxford 2009) 233-267.
“The Non-Philodemus Book Collection in the Villa of the Papyri,” in J. König, K. Oikonomopolou, and G. Woolf, edd., Ancient Libraries. (Cambridge 2013) 183-208.
"Using Sundials," in Lee L. Brice and Daniëlle Slootjes, edd., Aspects of Ancient Institutions and Geography. Studies in Honor of Richard J.A. Talbert (Leiden and Boston 2014).
Bibliographies:
From February 1972 to May 1980 I was editor of "Recently Published Articles in Ancient History," in The American Historical Review (1972 to 1976) and in Recently Published Articles (1976 to 1980), published by the American Historical Association. These bibliographies varied from twenty-five to thirty pages per year.
Short Notes, Unrefereed Articles, and Miscellaneous:
"A Course on the City of Rome: Problems, Solutions, Problems," Classical News and Views 18 (1974) 76-80. (Pedagogical)
"The Lusus Troiae and Augustan Patriotism," The Augustan Age 1 (1981-2) 8-12.
"Newsletter from Italy," The Augustan Age 2 (1982-83) 23-32.
"New Light on the Ancient Romans' View of Librarians," (Satire)Wilson Library Bulletin 63 (June 1989) 28-29.
"The Technology of the Ancient Romans," Prospects. Newsletter of the National Committee for Latin and Greek (Summer 1992) 4-5.
“Teaching Roman Tech, or ‘Technology and Culture in the Roman Empire,” Classical Journal 95 (1999) 65-72.
“The Ideal of Teacher Training within the Reality of the Ph.D. Program,” Transactions of the American Philological Association 132 (2002) 191-97.
“Academe’s Aeneas Syndrome: Where in the World Are We Headed?” Classical Journal 98 (2003) 281-87.
(with Jean V. Houston) “An Unpublished Note and Inscription of Stephen Crane.” Stephen Crane Studies 17 (2008) 13-15.
Articles for the Wake County Physician: “Eben Alexander, Professor of Greek: A Personal Glimpse,” WCP 13 (2008) 17; “Amoebe and Stephanus on an Ancient Roman Tombstone,” WCP 14.4 (October 2009) 18; “Galen’s All-Purpose Antidote,” WCP 15.3 (July 2010) 44.
Book Reviews:
Review of Ernst Posner, Archives in the Ancient World. Cambridge, MA: Harvard, 1972, in American Historical Review 78 (1972) 408-409.
Review of G.J. Szemler, The Priests of the Roman Republic. A Study of Interactions between Priesthoods and Magistracies. Brussels: Latomus, 1972, in Classical World 67 (1973) 51-52.
Review of David P. Jordan, Gibbon and His Roman Empire. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois, 1971, in American Historical Review 80 (1975) 81-82.
Review of Herbert W. Benario, An Introduction to Tacitus. Athens, GA: University of Georgia, 1975, in Vergilius 22 (1976) 50-51.
Review of Tapio Helen, Organization of Roman Brick Production in the First and Second Centuries A.D. An Interpretation of Roman Brick Stamps. Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1975, in Classical World 72 (1978) 44-45.
Review of Heikki Solin, Epigraphische Untersuchungen in Rom und Umgebung. Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1975, in Classical World 72 (1978) 114.
Review of Kenneth Wellesley, The Long Year, A.D. 69. Boulder, CO: Westview, 1976, in The American Historical Review 84 (1979) 130.
Review of T.J. Luce, Livy: The Composition of His History. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1977, in Classical Philology 75 (1980) 73-77.
Review of Arthur E. Gordon, Illustrated Introduction to Latin Epigraphy. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California, 1983, in Classical World 78 (1984) 58-59.
Review of Lionel Casson, Ancient Trade and Society. Detroit: Wayne State University, 1984, in Classical Outlook 63 (1986) 101.
Review of Jo-Ann Shelton, As the Romans Did: A Sourcebook in Roman Social History. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, in Classical Outlook 66 (1989) 100.
Review of Edward John Jory, Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, Vol. VI (Inscriptiones urbis Romae Latinae), Part 7 (Indices vocabulorum nominibus propriis inclusis), fascicle 7, Berlin 1989, in American Journal of Philology 111 (1990) 121-22.
Review of Antonina Maria Cavallaro and Gerold Walser, Iscrizioni di Augusta Praetoria. Inscriptions de Augusta Praetoria. Aosta, 1988, in American Journal of Philology 111 (1990) 122.
Review of Knud Paasch Almar, Inscriptiones Latinae. Eine illustrierte Einfuehrung in die lateinische Epigraphik. Odense University Press, 1990, in American Journal of Philology 114 (1993) 169-71.
Review of Lionel Casson, The Ancient Mariners: Seafarers and Sea Fighters in Ancient Times. Second edition Princeton, NJ, 1991, in The Classical Outlook 70 (1992) 44.
Review of Lorenzo Quilici and Stefania Quilici Gigli, Strade romane. Percorsi e infrastrutture. Rome, 1994, in Archaeological News 20 (1995) 50.
Review of J.W. Humphrey, J.P. Oleson, and A.N. Sherwood, Greek and Roman Technology. A Sourcebook. London, 1998, in Journal of Roman Archaeology 13 (2000) 476-82.
Review of M.J.T. Lewis, Surveying Instruments of Greece and Rome. Cambridge and New York, 2001, in Isis 93 (2002) 298-99.
Review of Lionel Casson, Libraries in the Ancient World. New Haven and London, 2001, in Electronic Antiquity: Communicating the Classics
Review of Rabun Taylor, Roman Builders: A Study in Architectural Process. Cambridge, 2003, in Classical World 98 (2005) 463-64.
Review of Michael MacKinnon, Production and Consumption of Animals in Roman Italy: Integrating the Zooarchaeological and Textual Evidence. Portsmouth, RI, 2004, in Bryn Mawr Classical Review
“ ‘All Arts Possessed by Mortals’: A New Look at Ancient Technology.” Review of John Peter Oleson (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World. Oxford, 2008, in The Journal of Roman Archaeology, 21 (2008) 526-36.
Review of Rex Winsbury, The Roman Book: Books, Publishing, and Performance in Classical Rome. London, 2009, in Classical World 104 (2010-2011) 258-59.
Papers Delivered at Professional Meetings
"Some Board Games of the Romans," Annual Meeting, North Carolina Classical Association, October 1972.
"M. Plancius Varus and the Events of A.D. 69-70," Annual Meeting, American Philological Association, December 1972.
"Vespasian's Adlection of Men in senatum," Annual Meeting, Classical Association of the Middle West and South, April 1973.
"The Duration of Provincial Legations, A.D. 69-138," Annual Meeting, American Philological Association, December 1973.
"Vespasian as Usurper," Biennial Meeting, Southern Section of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, October 1974.
"A New Equestrian Cursus Honorum from Firmum Picenum," Annual Meeting, American Philological Association, December 1975.
"The Lusus Troiae and Augustan Patriotism," Annual Meeting, Classical Association of the Middle West and South, April 1976.
"The Administration of Italian Seaports During the First Three Centuries of the Roman Empire," American Academy in Rome, as part of a symposium on the Seaborne Trade of Rome, March 1979.
"Going to the Games at Pompeii," Annual Meeting, North Carolina Classical Association, November 1979.
"Who Ran the Games? Roman Imperial Administrators Associated with the Flavian Amphitheater," Biennial Meeting, Southern Section of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, November 1980.
"Public Records in Rome from Tiberius to Trajan," invited paper delivered at a conference on first- century Rome, Florida State University, May 1981.
"The Administration of Public Works in Italian Towns during the Early Empire," in a panel on the Ancient City, Annual Meeting, American Philological Association, December 1981.
"Mythological Names for Roman Warships," in a panel on the Uses of Mythology in Antiquity, Annual Meeting, Classical Association of the Middle West and South, April 1982.
"Libraries in Imperial Rome," Annual Meeting, North Carolina Classical Association, November 1983.
"The Status Seekers: The Social Position and Social Aspirations of Public Slaves in Ancient Rome," Annual Meeting, Classical Association of the Middle West and South, April 1984.
"The Administration of Public Records in the Early Roman Empire," Annual Meeting, Society of American Archivists, September 1984.
"Ports in Perspective: The Usefulness of Comparative Studies in Assessing Roman Ports," in a colloquium on Ports in Ancient Rome, December 1985.
"Life Without Minutes," Biennial Meeting of the Southern Section of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, October 1986.
"Military Tactics in a Timeless World," in a panel on Time in Antiquity, Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, April 1988.
"The Spas of Ancient Campania," in a panel of papers in honor of Alexander G. McKay, Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, March 1989.
"How Might Hadrian's Engineers Have Moved the Hundred-Foot-High Statue of Nero?" Biennial Meeting of the Southern Section of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, November 1990.
"The Slave and Freedman Personnel of Roman Public Libraries," Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association, December 1991.
"Life Without Minutes: Time-Divisions and Dedications on Roman Sundials," Tenth International Congress of Greek and Latin Epigraphy, Nimes, France, October, 1992.
Commentator for a panel session, "Looking Back: The 1991 NEH Summer Institute `Changing Perspectives on the Early Roman Empire,'" and co-presider, Workshop, Changing Perspectives on the Early Roman Empire," Biennial Meeting of the Southern Section of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Richmond, October 1992.
"Mines and Mining in the Roman World," Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Classical Association, April 1993.
"Why Did the Romans Bother to Build Public Libraries?" invited paper at a conference on "The Greek and Roman Book," University of Minnesota, October 2, 1993.
"Where Did the Romans Put Their Public Libraries?" Biennial Meeting of the Southern Section of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Savannah, October 1996.
"Response." Comments on four papers at a session, "Water Use in the Ancient City," Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, December 1996.
"The Slave and Freedman Personnel of Roman Public Libraries," Eleventh International Congress of Greek and Latin Epigraphy, Rome, September 1997.
"Teaching Roman Tech," Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Charlottesville, April 1998. [Paper read, in the author's absence, by T. Keith Dix.]
“The Library in the Temple of Peace at Rome,” Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Knoxville, TN, April 2000.
“The Library in the Portico of Octavia and the Fire of AD 80,” Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, April 2001.
“A Collection of Latin Inscriptions in the Speed Art Museum in Louisville,” Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, April 2002.
“How Did You Get Hold of a Book in a Roman Library? Three Second-Century Scenarios,” Biennial Meeting of the Southern Section of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, November 2002.
“Galen, His Books, and the Horrea Piperataria at Rome,” Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association, January 2003.
“How Things Have Changed, Even When Written in Stone,” invited paper in a Centennial Panel on Greek and Roman History, Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, April 2004.
“The Smaller Libraries of Roman Egypt,” Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, April 2005.
“Papyrological Evidence for Book Collections and Libraries in the Roman Empire,” invited paper in the Semple Symposium, Constructing ‘Literacy’ Among the Greeks and Romans, University of Cincinnati, April 29, 2006; also at the University of Pennsylvania, September 2006.
“Tiberius and the Libraries,” Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, April 2007.
“The Uses of Sundials,” Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association and the American Society of Greek and Latin Epigraphy, January 2008.
“Thinking Through the Collection of Non-Philodemus Manuscripts from the Villa of the Papyri,” invited paper at the Ancient Libraries Conference, University of St Andrews (Scotland), September 2008.
“From Knoxville to Chapel Hill to Greece and Back: Eben Alexander, Professor of Greek,” Biennial Meeting of the Southern Section of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, November 2008.
Other Talks and Papers Presented Orally
"Pompeii: An Open Door to the Roman World," Wofford College, November 1976.
"Romans on the Bay of Naples: Recent Excavations and Discoveries," University of Kentucky, April 1977.
"Approaches to Antiquity," University of Scranton, October 1979.
"La vita universitaria negli Stati Uniti," Universit_ degli Studi di Bologna, October 1982.
"The Original Olympics: A Day at Olympia in 484 B.C.," North Carolina Museum of Art, June 1984.
"Hadrian's Pantheon, Where Art and Skill Combine," Nashville, TN, November 1984.
"Teaching in Italy," as part of a Panel on Teaching Abroad, UNC Philological Club, January 1985.
"The Romans at Work," University of Georgia, July 1986.
"Realities of Roman Life: Three Case Studies," in a Seminar on Roman Art and Culture for Latin Teachers, North Carolina Museum of Art, July 1987.
"From McElligott's Pool to Telling Time in Ancient Rome," keynote address at initiation of Phi Beta Kappa members, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, November 1988.
"Pots and Pans, Bottles and Barrels: Some Containers of the Ancient World," in a Symposium on Greek vases, North Carolina Museum of Art, June 1990.
"Ritual and Ceremony in Roman Religion," East Carolina University, March 26, 1992.
"Of Mines, Minutes, and Monuments: Technology and Life in Ancient Rome," University of Tennessee, June 28, 1992.
"Old Tech and New," interview on Soundings, the radio program of the National Humanities Center, aired July 1992.
"How Did Technology Affect the Quality of a Roman's Life?" Weekend Seminar on the Roman Empire, sponsored by the Program in Humanities, University of North Carolina, February 13, 1993.
"Life in the Depths: Terrors of Roman Mines and Quarries," Mediterranean Society of America, Richmond, VA, March 15, 1994.
"Street Life in Ancient Pompeii," Weekend Seminar on Pompeii, sponsored by the Program in the Humanities, University of North Carolina, February 16, 1996.
"Nero and His Experts: Technology and the Far-Out Events of Nero's Time," Weekend Seminar on Nero, sponsored by the Program in the Humanities, University of North Carolina, October 1998.
"Why Did the Ancient Romans Build Public Libraries?" University of California, Berkeley, CA, March 9, 1996; also Notre Dame, Indiana, April 1999.
"How Might Hadrian's Engineers Have Moved the Hundred-Foot-High Statue of Nero?" Hummel Lecture, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, November 1998; also Notre Dame, Indiana, April 1999.
“The Evolution of Ancient Rome,” Weekend Seminar on The City of Rome sponsored by the Program in the Humanities, University of North Carolina, September 1999; also at Wayne County Community College, January 2000.
“Defending and Attacking Cities,” Weekend Seminar on the ancient city sponsored by the Program in the Humanities, University of North Carolina, July 2001.
“Water, Waste, and Wellness in Ancient Rome,” University of North Carolina at Greensboro, November 2001.
“The Ideal of Teacher Training Within the Reality of the PhD Program,” Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association, January 2002. [Paper read, in the author’s absence, by Gregory Daugherty.]
“Libraries in the World of Ancient Rome: A User’s Guide,” J. Ward Jones Lecture, College of William and Mary, January 2006; also in a Weekend Seminar on libraries sponsored by the Program in the Humanities, University of North Carolina, December 2005.
“A Brief Introduction to Roman Libraries and Book Collections,” UNC-Duke Graduate Colloquium, April 2007.
“How Would the Ancient Romans Have Built a Bridge Across the Maumee River?” Toledo Society of the Archaeological Institute of America, May 2007.
“What’s New In Ancient Roman Libraries?” Annual Meeting of the Epsilon Chapter of Beta Phi Mu, Durham, NC, May 2009.
Plus numerous talks at North Carolina schools. I do not have a record of these before 1979, but since 1979 I have given talks at Chapel Hill High School, the Chapel Hill High School Latin Club, East Chapel Hill High School, Culbreth and Smith Middle Schools, The North Carolina School of Science and Math, Ephesus Road Elementary School, The Chapel Hill Montessori School, Riverside (Durham) High School, a workshop for Latin teachers in the Winston-Salem School District, Burlington Williams High School, Northeast (Guilford) High School, Athens Drive (Raleigh) High School, Seawell Elementary School, Wake County PAGE meeting at Meredith College, and at the Vacation College of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Offices and Activities Outside the University
Treasurer, North Carolina Society of the Archaeological Society of America, May 1970-May 1975.
Secretary-Treasurer, Classical Society of the American Academy in Rome, December 1974-January 1978.
Vergilian Society of America: Vice-President 1977-1978; President 1979-1980; Executive Committee member 1977-1982 and 1985.
Editorial Board, The Classical Journal, summer 1983-1991.
Classical Association of the Middle West and South: First Vice-President 1984-1985; Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Salaries, 1986.
Committee on Ancient History of the American Philological Association, 1986-1989.
Nominating Committee, Southern Section of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, 1992.
Nominating Committee, Classical Association of the American Academy in Rome, 1992.
Consultant to the Archaeological Institute of America on the program, "Virtual Pompeii," Carnegie- Mellon University, June 1995.
Co-founder and Secretary-Treasurer, 1996-1999, American Society of Greek and Latin Epigraphy.
Executive Committee, Advisory Board of the American Academy in Rome, 1998-2001; Chair, 2000- 2001.
Professional Matters Committee and Professional Ethics Subcommittee, American Philological Association, 2003-2006.
Founder and organizer, Annual Meeting of the Chairs of Classics Departments at PhD-Granting Institutions, which meets at the annual meeting of the American Philological Association.
I serve as referee for several journals, the UNC Press, and Cambridge University Press, and I have also served as referee for tenure and promotion decisions at UNC-Greensboro, Brandeis, Georgia, Indiana, Cornell, Tulane, Union College, the University of the Pacific, and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. I have refereed proposals for the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Center for Field Research, and the National Humanities Center, and have served on the regional selection committee of the Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program. In 2001 I was a member of an external review committee for the Department of Classics, Carleton College. I have served as a consultant to Edgeworks Media, Inc. (Washington, DC).
University Activities Outside the Department of Classics
Dean's Committee on Grading, Spring 1976.
Administrative Board of the Library, 1977-1979.
Sub-Committee on the Humanistic Perspective of the Thornton Report, Spring 1980.
Committee on the MAT Program of the School of Education, Spring 1982 and Spring 1983 (I was on leave in the fall of 1982).
Planning Committee, Conference on North Carolina High Schools and the University's Language Requirements, Spring 1981.
Joint UNC-Chapel Hill High School Committee on a High School Humanities Curriculum, April 1982.
Campus Food Services Advisory Committee, September 1984-88.
Committee on Assistance for Scholarly Publications and Artistic Exhibitions and Performances, September 1984-88.
Chairman, Faculty Council Ad Hoc Committee on Writing Across the Curriculum, 1985-1986.
Program Director, Carolina Summer: Arts and Sciences for Academically Gifted High School Students, 1987-89.
Faculty Athletics Committee, 1989-91. Athletic Progress Subcommittee of the Faculty Athletic Committee. Chairman, 1990-91.
Faculty Advisory Committee to the Academic Support Program, 1989-90.
Bowman and Gordon Gray Professor Advisory Selection Committee: Chair, 1992-1993, member, 1990-91.
In 1989, 1990, and 1991 I each year taught a session in the Fall Workshop for First-time TA's sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning.
Advisory Board to Italian Study Abroad Programs, 1990-1995.
Selection Committee, North Carolina Fellows Program, 1991-1994, 1998.
Director, NEH Younger Scholars project of David Sasson, June-August 1991.
Associate Director (with Richard Talbert, History), NEH-supported Summer Institute for College Teachers, "Changing Perspectives on the Early Roman Empire," summer 1991.
Co-chair (with Richard Talbert, History) of the Organizing Committee on the Annual Meeting of the Association of Ancient Historians, Chapel Hill, May 1991.
Advisory Board to the Minor in Medieval Studies, 1996-98; Chair, 1996-97.
Advisory Board of the Program in the Humanities and Human Values, 1997-2003.
University Calendar Committee, 1998-2005.
Chair's Advisory Committee to the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, 1998-2000.
Educational Policy Committee, 2000-2003; Chair, 2002-2003.
Dean’s Ad Hoc Committee on Ten-semester Tuition Remission Limits, 2000-2001.
University Nominating Committee, 2003.
Lists of departmental responsibilities, PhD dissertations directed, and MA theses directed, are not included here but can be supplied upon request.
Current Memberships in Scholarly and Professional Organizations
American Philological Association Classical Association of the Middle West and South American Society of Greek and Latin Epigraphy. Association Internationale d'Epigraphie Grecque et Latine Vergilian Society of America The Roman Society (London)
Updated June 1, 2013