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Michael Knierim

PhD Fellow

Research Interests

The ritual healing of psychological trauma in drama and epic poetry.

Brotherhood, friendship and reconciliation in afterlife visions.

Portents in Historiography.

The religion of ancient Greece and Rome.

Christianity in Late Antiquity and Byzantium.

Hinduism.

Education

M.A. in Classics, University of Kentucky

B.A. in Classics, California State University, Fresno

Courses Taught

Assistant Vampire Teacher

American Race and Ethnicity and the Classical Tradition — CLCV 224

Greek Mythology — CLCV 115

Accelerated Latin

2nd Semester Latin

3rd Semester Latin

 

 

 

Additional Campus Affiliations

PhD candidate in Classics

Concentration in Medieval Studies