CURRICULUM VITAE

Garrett G. Fagan

IMMIGRATION STATUS: Permanent Resident of USA

PhD DISSERTATION: Three Studies in Roman Public Bathing: Origins, Growth and Social Aspects

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Ancient history (society, politics, and culture); Latin epigraphy

AREAS OF TEACHING ABILITY: Greek and Roman history; Greek and Latin language; classical civilization and archaeology

PUBLICATIONS

Education
Institution	Degree	Date acquired
McMaster University	Ph.D. (Roman Studies)	June 1993
Trinity College, Dublin	M.Litt. (Classics) Thesis: The Roman Imperial Succession Under the Julio-Claudian Emperors	September 1987
Trinity College, Dublin	B.A. (Mod. Hon.) Ancient History & Archaeology and Biblical Studies	July 1985
Institutions Visited
Institution	Dates	Status
Eberhard-Karls-Universtät, Tübingen, Germany	1990 - 1991	Exchange Student
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	1989 -1990	Visiting Scholar

EMPLOYMENT RECORD:

August 1996 - present: The Pennsylvania State University, Lecturer, Assistant Professor (from 1 July 1997), Associate Professor (from 1 July 2002) in Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies and History

• Classics: Beginning Latin (taught four times)
• Classics: Intermediate Latin (taught five times)
• Classics: Republican Authors
• Classics: Augustan Authors (taught twice)
• Classics: Silver Age Authors (taught three times)
• Classics: Roman Civilization (taught four times)
• Classics: Independent Study (taught twice)
• Classics: First Year Seminar ("Ancient Mysteries")
• Classics: Capstone Senior Semiar ("Ancient Warfare"; taught twice)
• Classics: Co-ordinator & Instructor, Intensive Latin Summer School, 1997, 1998
• Classics: Co-Director, Rome Abroad Programme, Summer 1999, 2003, 2007
• History and Classics: Empires (team-taught with Prof. Matthew Restall; taught twice)
• History and Classics: History of Rome (taught three times)
• History and Classics: Early Roman Empire (upper-level; taught twice)
• History and Classics: Graduate Seminar (taught twice)

January 1995 - August 1996: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Killam Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Classical, Near Eastern & Religious Studies

• Classical Studies: Graduate Seminar (spring, 1996)
• Classical Studies: Ancient History Survey (summer, 1995, 1996)

August 1993 - December 1994: Davidson College, North Carolina, Visiting Assistant Professor of History and Classical Studies

• History: Ancient History Survey (freshman level; taught twice)
• History: Early Roman Emperors (upper level)
• Classics: Beginning Latin
• Classics: Continuing Latin
• Classics: Life and Times of Pliny (intermediate Latin)
• Classics: Roman Historians (advanced Latin)
• Classics: Beginning Greek
• Classics: Golden Age of Greece (upper-level classical civilization)

May - August 1993: Atkinson College, York University, Toronto, Tutorial Instructor, Humanities Programme

• Classical Civilization (upper level)

August 1989 - May 1990: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, Instructor, Department of History

• History: Ancient History Survey (freshman level; taught twice)

Member of the Editorial Board, De imperatoribus Romanis, An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors.

Member , AIA Program for the Annual Meeting Committee, 2001-4

Chair, AIA Program for the Annual Meeting Committee, 2005-8

Member, AIA Fellowships Committee, 2001-4

Participation in archaeological excavations on Sicily (September 1983) and at Carthage (May-June, 1996); extensive travel in the Mediterranean lands.

Wrote and taped Teachng Company lecture series

• History of Rome (48 1/2 hour lectures)
• Great Battles of the Ancient World (24 1/2 hour lectures)
• Emperors of Rome (36 1/2 hour lectures)

Guest Lecturer (Royal Olympic Cruise Lines, Crystal Cruises, Holland America Cruise Line, Penn State Alumni Center) Summer 2000, 2001-3, 2005, 2007.

Appearances as interviewee on PBS Nova, The History Channel (twice), NPR, and XM Satellite Radio

AWARDS:

• IAH Resident Fellow, Penn State, Fall 2007
• Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, University of Köln, July 2003-July 2004
• President's Undergraduate Research Assistance, Penn State University, September 2000
• Research Grant: Institute for the Arts and Humanistic Studies, Penn State University, January 1998
• Research Grant: Research and Graduate Studies Office, Penn State University, January 1998
• Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship: University of British Columbia, 1994-96
• Universitätsstipendium: Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Tübingen; 1990-91
• Graduate Scholarship: McMaster University; 1990-91
• Nominee, McMaster TA Teaching Excellence Award, 1989
• Edith Wightman Travel Scholarship: McMaster University, 1989
• Ogilvie Scholarship: McMaster University; 1987-90
• Graduate Research Scholarship: Trinity College, Dublin, 1985-87
• Marshall Porter Prize in Classics: Trinity College, Dublin, 1983

LANGUAGES:

• Latin and Greek: to Ph.D. Comprehensive Examination level (passed Comprehensives in the following: Greek Language, Latin Language, and Special Author [Tacitus]; and two graduate seminars: Sallust's Catiline and Comparative Philology).
• German and French: passed McMaster University's Department of History comprehension examinations in both; acquired German reading, writing and oral skills in Germany.
• Italian: reading ability; currently learning oral skills.

REFERENCES:

• Prof. Paul Harvey, Head, Department of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies, Pennsylvania State University, 108 Weaver Building, University Park, PA 16802-5500. Tel: (814) 865-8851. gxk7@psu.edu
• Prof.James Russell, Department of Classics, University of British Columbia, C265- 1866, Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada. Tel: (604) 822-5644. russellj@unixg.ubc.ca
• Prof. R.J.A. Talbert, Department of History, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC 27599- 3195. Tel: (919) 962-2115. talbert.email.unc.edu
• Prof. Michael Toumazou, Chair, Department of Classical Studies, Davidson College, PO Box 1719, Davidson, NC 28036, USA. Tel: (704) 892-2268. mitoumazou@davidson.edu
• Prof. D. Potter, Department of Classical Studies, University of Michigan, 2160 Angell Hall, 435 S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1003, USA. Tel: (734) 764-0362. e-mail: dsp@umich.edu

   

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