Classics/Faculty and Staff

Stephen Brunet

Associate Professor of Classics

318 Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-2077
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: steve.brunet@unh.edu

curriculum vitae

Education:
B.A., Pomona College, 1976
M.A., University of Pittsburgh, 1978
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1998

Courses Taught:
CLAS 402: Hellenic and Roman Institutions
CLAS 405: Intro to Greek Civilization
LATN 401-402: Elementary Latin
LATN 503-504: Intermediate Latin
GREK 754: Plato

Fields of Research: 
Greek & Roman sports, ancient history, Greek & Roman prose authors, museum studies

Richard Clairmont

Murkland Lecturer at the rank of Assistant Professor

302 Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3130
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: richard.clairmont@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., University of New Hampshire, 1971
M.A., University of Virginia, 1973
Ph.D., Loyola University at Chicago, 1983

Courses Taught:
LATN: Latin—all levels
GREK: Classical Greek—all levels
CLAS 401H: Honors Classical Mythology
CLAS 413/414: Elementary Sanskrit
CLAS 525: Greek and Latin Origins of Medical Terms

Susan Curry

Lecturer in Classics

305 Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3589
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: sak243@unh.edu
 

Education:
B.A., Grinnell College, 1998
M.A., Indiana University, 2007
Ph.D., Ibid., 2009

Courses Taught:
CLAS 401: Classical Mythology
LATN 401: Elementary Latin I
LATN 402: Elementary Latin II

Anna Newman

Lecturer in Classics

302 Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3130
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: anewman@unh.edu

Education:
Lizenziat, University of Zurich, 1981

Courses Taught:
CLAS 405: Intro to Greek Civilization
LATN 401-402: Elementary Latin
LATN 503: Intermediate Latin I

R. Scott Smith

Associate Professor of Classics and Coordinator of the Classics Program

301 Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-2388
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: rss3@cisunix.unh.edu

curriculum vitae

Education:
B.A, Mary Washington University, 1993
A.M., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996
Ph.D., ibid., 2000

Courses Taught:
CLAS 401: Classical Mythology
CLAS 405: Intro to Greek Civilization
CLAS 406: Intro to Roman Civilization
GREK 402: Elementary Classical Greek
GREK 503: Intermediate Classical Greek
LATN 401-402: Elementary Latin
LATN 501: Review of Latin
LATN 796: Special Studies/Plautus

Fields of Research: 
Roman philosophical thought, Augustan poetry, Latin pedagogy, Greek & Roman drama

Stephen M. Trzaskoma

Professor of Classics 

306 Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3648
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: smt3@cisunix.unh.edu

curriculum vitae

Education:
A.B., Stanford University, 1991
A.M., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1993
Ph.D., ibid., 1998

Courses Taught:
CLAS 401: Classical Mythology
CLAS 405: Intro to Greek Civilization
CLAS 444C: Heroic Epic from Gilgamesh to Gandalf
CLAS 506: Intro to Comparative & Historical Linguistics
GREK 401-402: Elementary Classical Greek
GREK 754: Advanced Study/Herodotus
GREK 795: Special Studies/Lucian
LATN 401-402: Elementary Latin

Fields of Research: 
ancient prose fiction, mythography, Imperial Greek culture, teaching of classical languages

Richard Desrosiers

John C. Rouman