Where Our Students Go

Duke Classical Studies has an excellent record of placing PhDs in North America and abroad, including leadership positions up and down the educational spectrum. While many of our alumni do enter academia and education we also pride ourselves in training our current and recent students to a variety of successful careers inside and outside of the academy.

Student Initial Appointment Current Appointment

2022

William Erickson Bridges TBD TBD
Michael Freeman Duke University - Visiting Lecturer in Classical Studies Duke University - Visiting Lecturer in Classical Studies
Alex Karsten Duke University - Visiting Lecturer in Classical Studies Duke University - Visiting Lecturer in Classical Studies
Sinja Kueppers Postdoctoral Fellow at Polonsky Academy for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (Van Leer Jerusalem Institute) Postdoctoral Fellow at Polonsky Academy for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (Van Leer Jerusalem Institute)

2022

Clinton Kinkade Teacher of Latin at the Newman School (Boston, MA) Teacher of Latin at the Newman School (Boston, MA)
Tori Lee Society of Fellows Postdoctoral Scholar at Boston University Society of Fellows Postdoctoral Scholar at Boston University

2021

Adrian Linden-High Independent Researcher & Translator Independent Researcher & Translator

2020

Thomas Cole Duke University - Visiting Lecturer in Classical Studies TBD
Courtney Monahan Durham Academy - Upper School Latin Teacher Durham Academy - Upper School Latin Teacher
Nick Winters Union College - Visiting Professor Union College - Visiting Professor

2019

Melissa Huber Providence College - Assistant Professor of History & Classics Providence College - Assistant Professor of History & Classics
David Stifler University of Cincinnati - Visiting Assistant Professor, Classics University of Cincinnati - Visiting Assistant Professor, Classics

2018

John Aldrup-MacDonald Elon University - Adjunct Assistant Professor of World Languages and Cultures Duke University - Instructor in Classical Studies

2017

Theodore Graham Kew-Forest School (Queens, NY) – English Teacher Kew-Forest School (Queens, NY) – English Teacher
Kathryn Langenfeld Rice University - Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Humanities Research Center Clemson University - Assistant Professor in the Department of History and Geography

2016

Robert Dudley Evangelisches Gymnasium Doberlug-Kirchain, Germany Evangelisches Gymnasium Doberlug-Kirchain, Germany
Carl "Tripp" Young Duke University - Visiting Lecturer in Classical Studies Hillsdale College - Assistant Professor of Classics
Mackenzie Zalin Duke University - Associate in Research Johns Hopkins - Librarian for Modern Languages and Literature & Comparative Thought and Literature

2014

Cliff Robinson University of the Sciences (Philadelphia) - Assistant Professor of Classics University of the Sciences (Philadelphia) - Assistant Professor of Classics

2012

Alex Meyer University of Western Ontario - Assistant Professor of Classics University of Western Ontario - Associate Professor of Classics
Chad Austino Catholic Memorial High School (Wisconsin) - Teacher The Packer Collegiate Institute (Brooklyn) - Latin Teacher

2011

Laury Ward Hillsdale College - Assistant Professor of Classics Hillsdale College - Associate Professor of Classics

2010

Alex Loney Yale University - ACLS Faculty Fellow Wheaton College - Associate Professor of Classical Languages
Akira Yatsuhashi Carleton College - Consortium for Faculty Diversity Fellow SUNY Oneonta - Associate Professor of English and Greek and Latin Instructor
Jake Butera Brigham Young University UNC Asheville - Associate Professor, Department of Classics

2009

Bart Huelsenbeck Cornell University (ACLS Faculty Fellow) Ball State University (Assistant Professor)

2008

Charles Muntz University of Arkansas University of Arkansas - Associate Professor, Department of History
Molly Pryzwansky North Carolina State University North Carolina State University
Rachel Stroumsa Hebrew University, Jerusalem Independent Scholar

2006

Eph Lytle University of Toronto University of Toronto - Associate Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator / Associate Chair
Rachel Meyers Iowa State University Iowa State University - Assistant Professor of Classical Studies
Sara Saba Australian National University Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-University - Lecturer, Historical Seminar of the LMU

2005

Eric Adler Rice University University of Maryland at College Park - Associate Professor, Graduate Program Director, Classics 
John Bauschatz Swarthmore College University of Arizona - Assistant Professor in the Department of Classics

2004

Mike Lippman Emory University University of Nebraska at Lincoln - Associate Professor of Practice, Classics & Religious Studies
Barbara Olson Vassar College Vassar College - Associate Professor of Greek and Roman Studies

2003

Megan Drinkwater (Ottone) Davidson College Agnes Scott College - Associate Professor of Classics
Gil Renberg Ohio State University University of Nebraska, Lincoln - Lecturer, Classics and Religious Studies