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STAN IVERSON
Professor
Classical Studies

Specialty:
Latin Pedagogy
Latin Literature
Classical Mythology
New Testament Greek
Roman History

Research:
• “Suffered under Pontius Pilate,” Chapel Talk, Spring 2004
• “PC: Professing Classics?” Chapel Talk, Spring 2003
• “Roman Coins and their Propaganda,” Public Lecture, Spring 2002

Interests:
The teaching of Latin, Roman history BCE 100-100 CE, Cicero and Catullus, working with high school
teachers, Gospel of Mark (NT Greek)

Education:
B.A., Luther College, Decorah, Iowa
M.A.T., M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.

Contact:
(218) 299-4155 office, iverson@cord.edu



BARBARA McCAULEY
Assistant Professor
Classical Studies

Specialty:
Greek hero cult
Classical Archaeology
Andros excavations
Classics May Seminar in Greece and Italy
Greek language instruction
New Testament Greek

Research:
• Fifth International Seminar on Ancient Greek Cult (Göteborg, Sweden)—“Heroes and Power:
The Politics of Bone Transferal”—April 1995
• CAMWS 1995 (Omaha, NE)—“The Transfer of Hippodameia’s Bones: A Historical Context” published in Classical Journal 93 (1998) 225-39.
• APA 1997 (Chicago, IL)—”Aristomenes, Hero of Messenia”
• “Heroes and Power: The Politics of Bone Transferal,” in Ancient Greek Hero Cult. Proceedings of the Fifth International Seminar on Ancient Greek Cult Robin Hägg, ed. (Stockholm 1999) 85-98.
• “Solon, Salamis and the Salaminioi: Hero Cults and Politics in Athens,” Concordia College Faculty Colloquium Series, April 2002.

Interests:
Greek religion, Greek history, Greek archaeology, Biblical Archaeology, Roman history, Roman culture, Roman archaeology

Education:
B.A., University of South Florida, Tampa, Fla.
M.A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Ph.D., University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

Contact:
mccauley@cord.edu, (218) 299-4303 office



ED SCHMOLL
Associate Professor
Classical Studies

Specialty:
Ancient Greece
Near Eastern History

Education:
B.A., University of Montana
M.A., University of Montana
Ph.D., University of Iowa

Contact:
(218) 299-3989 office, schmoll@cord.edu



RICHARD STANLEY
Visiting Assistant Professor
Classical Studies

Specialty:
Ancient Greek and Roman history
Early Roman Empire
Reign of Nero
Latin Roman Empire
Relationship between early Christianity and Roman state

Research:

• MA thesis: Church State Relations in the First Five Centuries of the Christian Church
• MA thesis: Nero Reventurus: A Study in Biographical Transformations
• Dissertation: “Literary Constructions of Youth in the Early Empire: The Case of Nero”

Interests:

Transition of ancient to medieval period, Byzantine history and civilization, Christian liturgy and worship

Education:

B.A., State University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Ga.
M.A., University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.
Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C.

Contact:
stanley@cord.edu, (218) 790-5323 cell