FIELDS OF INTEREST: Greek and Roman History and Archaeology Latin Language and Literature

EDUCATION: Brown University 1964-1966, 1967-1968 (A.B. in Greek and Latin) Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies, Rome 1966-1967 University of Michigan 1968-1969 (M.A. in Classical Studies),

1971-1973 (April 30, 1977: Ph.D., Classical Art and Archaeology) American Academy in Rome 1973-1975 (tenure of Rome Prize Fellowship)

PH.D. DISSERTATION: Problems in the Topography of Roman Puteoli (1977)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, spring 1991; fall 1992 to present: varying positions (both part-time & full-time) in Greek & Roman History, including Instructor (full-time, spring 1991), Visiting Asst. Prof. (full-time 1992-1993), Section Leader (1993-1994, 1996-1997, 2000-2002), & Lecturer (full-time

1995, 1997-2000, 2002-present); Co-founder & Co-director of “IAP

in-Ancient-Italy” (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) Univ. of Mass.-Boston, spring 1992, 1994: Lecturer (Greek Arch., Roman Civiliz.) College of the Holy Cross, fall 1991, & spring 1986: Visiting Lecturer; 1987-1989:

Asst. Prof. (Roman Literature, in Latin and in translation; Greek and

Roman Archaeology, Roman History, Ancient Slavery) Wayland High School (Wayland, Mass.), 1990-1991: Teacher of Latin Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome, 1989-1990: Asst. Prof.

("Ancient City" course, Latin literature); 1970-1971: Teaching Assistant (intermediate Greek, Greek and Roman Archaeology) Tufts University, spring 1987: Visiting Asst. Prof. of Classics (Roman Literature in translation, Ancient Slavery)

Dartmouth College, 1977-1984: Asst. Prof. of Classics (courses in Latin at all levels, Roman History and Civilization, Etruscan and Roman Archaeology, Roman Foreign Study in Italy)

University of Colorado, Boulder, 1975-1977: Asst. Prof. of Classics (Latin, History of Roman Republic, Etruscan and Roman Archaeology) Vergilian Society in Italy, 1979, 1981, 1995, 1997, 2001-03, 2005-09: Co-Director of Summer School Programs in Italy (Rome and Cumae) Woodmere Academy, Woodmere, N.Y., 1969-1970: teacher of Latin

PUBLICATIONS: "The Topography of Puteoli and Baiae," in Puteoli 3 (Naples 1979, appeared 1981), 77-140.

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"The Augustales of Coastal Campania: A Case for Their Early Development," in Amer. Philol. Assoc.: Abstracts of the 1982 Annual Meeting, 67.

review of G. Hermansen, Ostia: Aspects of Roman City Life (1982), in Archaeological News 11 (1982), 35-36.

"Freed Slaves, Augustales, and Climbing the Social Ladder in the Shadow of Vesuvius," in Class. Assoc. of New Eng. Bull. 78 (1983), 19-20.

"The Archaeology of Social Mobility," abstract of paper at 1983 Archaeol. Inst. of America meeting, in AJA 88 (1984), 255.

"'Status Dissonance' in Roman Society: Ingenui among the Freedmen," in Amer. Philol. Assoc.: Abstracts of the 1984 Annual Meeting, 59

"Augustales along the Bay of Naples: A Case for Their Early Growth," in Historia 34 (1985), 64-101.

review of Deiss, J.J. Herculaneum (1985), in Classical Association of New England Newsletter 13 (1986), 39-41.

review of Shelton, J.-A., As the Romans Did: A Source Book in Roman Social History (1988), in Class. Assoc. New Eng. Newsletter & Journal 17 (1989), 41-2.

"The Augustales in the Augustan Scheme," in Between Republic and Empire: Interpretations of Augustus and His Principate, ed. K. Raaflaub and M. Toher (Univ. of Calif. Press 1990), 364-79

review of L. Richardson, Jr., A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome (1992), in Class. Assoc. New Eng. Newsletter & Journal 21 (1993), 41-42.

contributions (archaeological field notes & summaries) to Corpus des Mosaiques de Tunisie, Vol. III: Fasc. 1: Thysdrus (El Jem), ed. C. Dulière and H. Slim (Institut National du Patrimoine, Tunis 1996).

review of B. Bollmann, Römische Vereinshäuser. Untersuchungen zu den Scholae der römischen Berufs-, Kult- und Augustalen-Kollegien in Italien (1998), Amer.Jrnl.Archaeol. 104.3 (2000), 629-30.

under contract: with Wiley-Blackwell, chapter on “Roman Subelites,” to appear in Blackwell Companion to Roman Italy (2010)

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PAPERS AND LECTURES DELIVERED: Nov. 9, 1982: Dartmouth College: "Freed Slaves, Emperor Worship, and Treading the Social Waters in the Bay of Naples" Dec. 29, 1982: Amer. Philol. Assoc. meeting, Philadelphia: "The Augustales of Coastal Campania: A Case for Their Early Development" April 8, 1983: Classical Assoc. of New England, annual meeting (Hanover, N.H.): "Freed Slaves, Augustales, and Climbing the Social Ladder in the Shadow of Vesuvius" April 12, 1983: New England Ancient History Colloquium, spring meeting at Tufts University: "Augustales along the Bay of Naples: Their Early Growth" (text distributed in advance to serve as the meeting's discussion paper) Dec. 28, 1983: Archaeol. Inst. of Amer. meeting, Cincinnati: "The Archaeology of Social Mobility: The Rise of the Augustales along the Bay of Naples" Feb. 13, 1984: Bryn Mawr College: "Roman Slaves and Freedmen: Climbing the Social Ladder along the Bay of Naples" Aug. 6, 1984: Alumni College of Dartmouth: "Romans and Provincials: The Mutual Perception" Dec. 29, 1984: Amer. Philol. Assoc. meeting, Toronto: "'Status Dissonance' in Roman Society: Ingenui among the Freedmen" May 14, 1985: Bowdoin College: "Roman Slaves, Roman Freedmen" Jan. 27, 1986: Hobart and William Smith Colleges: "Freed Slaves in the Fast Track: Social Climbing in the Shadow of Vesuvius" Mar. 14, 1987: Brown University Colloquium on Augustus: "Augustales in the Augustan Scheme" Mar. 23, 1988: Mass. Class. League (UMass-Boston): "Romans on the Bay of Naples" Apr. 16, 1988: Colgate U.: Greek & Roman Religion Symposium: "Emperor Worship, Freed Slaves, & Social Control in the Early Roman Empire" Apr. 29, 1988: Holy Cross Classics Day: "Roman Life in the Shadow of Vesuvius" Jan. 7, 1989: Amer. Philol. Assoc. meeting, Baltimore: "Public and Private Message-Making among Prosperous Roman Freedmen" Jan. 23, 1989: Holy Cross College: "The Augustales along the Bay of Naples" April 22, 1989: New England Historical Assoc. meeting, Lowell, Mass.: "Roman Slaves, Roman Freedmen: Social Climbing in the Roman World" Dec. 28, 1990: Friends of Ancient History meeting, San Francisco: "Roman Epigraphy & the Social Mobility of Freedmen: Case of the Augustales" Nov. 18, 1991: Amherst College (for the Five College/Public School Classical Archaeology Program): "Slaves and Freedmen in Ancient Rome" April 4, 1992: Mass. Classical Assoc. Confer., Danforth Museum (Framingham, Mass.), keynote: "Squeezing Social Meaning out of Roman Art" May 21, 1993: Univ. of Mass.(Boston): "Romans in the Shadow of Mount Vesuvius"

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April 27, 2005: Boston Museum of Fine Arts: “From Tiber’s Edge to World Dominion: Where’s the ‘Roman’ in Roman Art and Architecture?”

May 4, 2005: Boston Museum of Fine Arts: “Rome Into the Mediterranean: The Republic Takes an Empire, but Falls to an Emperor”

Dec. 15, 2005: Belmont-Hill School: "Roman Slavery: Harsh, Horrendous,......or Humane?"

Feb. 11, 2006: Brandeis University, "Magna Graecia" program: "Where’s the ‘ Roman’ in Roman Art and Architecture?”

EXCAVATION EXPERIENCE: Satrianum (Lucania), Italy (Brown Univ.): 6/67-8/67 Cyrene, Libya (Univ. of Michigan): 6/71-8/71 El-Djem, Tunisia (Corpus of Ancient Mosaics): 5/73-7/73 Graviscae (Etruria), Italy (Univ. of Cagliari): 7/74 Carthage, Tunisia (Univ. of Michigan): 6/77-8/77, 6/78-8/78 Kourion, Cyprus (Univ. of Missouri/Walters Art Gallery): 6/79

ACADEMIC HONORS, FELLOWSHIPS, RESEARCH & TEACHING AWARDS: Brown University: A.B. summa cum laude, with Highest Honors in Classics; Wayland Prize in Latin (1965); Honorary Scholarships: Wayland (1965, 1966) and Manning (1968); Phi Beta Kappa (1968);

W. Wilson Fellowship Designate (1968)

Univ. of Michigan: NDEA Title IV Fellowship (1968-1969); Graduate School Fellowship (1971-1972); Rackham Prize Fellowship (1972-1973); Rackham Dissertation Fellowship (offered 1973: declined in favor of award from American Academy in Rome

American Academy in Rome: Rome Prize Fellowship, for dissertation

research (1973-1975)

NEH Summer Stipend (1980), for research on Roman Cumae

NEH Research Fellowship for College Teachers (1985), for research on

Roman slavery and the social mobility of Roman freedmen

M.I.T. “Infinite Mile Award for Outstanding Contributions in Teaching & Service in the School of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences” (2003)

MEMBERSHIP, SERVICE IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: Archaeological Institute of America (member 1967- ; Ann Arbor Society Secretary 1972-1973; Boulder Society Vice President 1976-1977) American Philological Association (member 1973- ) Vergilian Society of America (member 1974- ; Co-Director of 1979, 1981, 1995, 1997, 2001-03, 2005-09 Summer School programs in Italy; member, Board of Directors, Jan. 2003-Jan. 2004; member, Board of Trustees, Jan. 2005-2010; Chair of Villa Management Committee, & member of Exec. Committee, Sept. 2007-09) American Academy in Rome, Advisory Council (member 1975-1977); Classical Society (member 1975-)

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Classical Association of New England (member 1978- ) Society for Roman Studies (member 1982-)