#  Classics Faculty 

 



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  [### Naomi A. Weiss

 ](/people/naomi-weiss-0) <nweiss@fas.harvard.edu>Department Chair

Professor of the Classics

 

 

 

      ![Naomi Weiss](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/weiss_naomi_website_photo_3.jpg?itok=P-6NJrjx) 

 

 

 

   [### Margaret Andrews

 ](/people/margaret-andrews) <margaretandrews@fas.harvard.edu>Assistant Professor of Classics

 

 

 

      ![Margaret Andrews](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2024-09/Andrews%20Headshot_Cropped.jpg?itok=R0f7dHtZ) 

 

 

 

   [### Kathleen M. Coleman

 ](/people/kathleen-m-coleman) <kcoleman@fas.harvard.edu>James Loeb Professor of the Classics

Senior Research Curator, Harvard Art Museums

On leave fall 2025 and spring 2026

 

 

 

      ![Kathleen Coleman](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2024-09/Coleman%20K%20photo%209.2014%20IMG_1327.JPG?h=aea4477e&itok=3V-yNfqw) 

 

 

 

   [### Emma Dench

 ](/people/emma-dench) <dench@fas.harvard.edu>McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History and of the Classics

Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

 

 

 

      ![Emma Dench](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/classics/files/dench_new_0.jpg?h=02882496&itok=LzNzRlUc) 

 

 

 

   [### David Elmer

 ](/people/david-elmer) <delmer@fas.harvard.edu>Director of Undergraduate Studies

Eliot Professor of Greek Literature

Faculty Dean of Eliot House

 

 

 

      ![David Elmer](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2024-09/elmer_david_headshot_10.11.2022_crop.jpeg?h=8defd61c&itok=k0iPGnsY) 

 

 

 

   [### Emily Greenwood

 ](/people/emily-greenwood) <emilygreenwood@fas.harvard.edu>James F. Rothenberg Professor of the Classics and of Comparative Literature

On leave spring 2026

 

 

 

      ![Emily Greenwood](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2024-09/Greenwood_Emily%20Headshot.jpg?h=c07a92c2&itok=mWoO8eaE) 

 

 

 

   [### Paul Kosmin

 ](/people/paul-kosmin-0) <pjkosmin@fas.harvard.edu>Philip J. King Professor of Ancient History

 

 

 

      ![Paul Kosmin](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-05/Paul%20Kosmin%20photo%20%281%29.jpg?h=054f8556&itok=htPvlvOE) 

 

 

 

   [### Rachel Love

 ](/people/rachel-love) [rachel\_love@fas.harvard.edu](mailto:rachel_love@fas.harvard.edu)Associate Professor of Classics

 

 

 

      ![Rachel Love](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/classics/files/Love_Rachel_0.jpg?itok=RCkmmhRa) 

 

 

 

   [### Gregory Nagy

 ](/people/gregory-nagy-0) <gnagy@fas.harvard.edu>Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature

 

 

 

      ![Gregory Nagy](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2024-10/nagy.png?h=5b83b27f&itok=-MvcLV_i) 

 

 

 

   [### Peter Osorio

 ](/people/peter-osorio) <posorio@fas.harvard.edu>Assistant Professor of Classics

 

 

 

      ![Peter Osorio](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-06/IMG_5992.jpg?h=71ad05ba&itok=ljnyEkto) 

 

 

 

   [### Irene Peirano Garrison

 ](/people/irene-peirano-garrison) <peirano@fas.harvard.edu>Pope Professor of the Latin Language and Literature

On leave fall 2025 and spring 2026

 

 

 

      ![Irene Peirano Garrison](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-05/Irene%20Peirano%20Garrison%20headshot.jpg?h=757759b8&itok=1T_Scs2B) 

 

 

 

   [### Jeremy Rau

 ](/people/jeremy-rau-0) <rau@fas.harvard.edu>Diebold Professor of Indo-European Linguistics and Philology

 

 

 

      ![Jeremy Rau](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2024-10/f-rau.jpg-1.jpg?h=a90e7ba0&itok=ZGadulDp) 

 

 

 

   [### Alexander Riehle

 ](/people/alexander-riehle) <ariehle@fas.harvard.edu>Director of Graduate Studies

Associate Professor of Classics

 

 

 

      ![Alexander Riehle](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2024-10/Alexander%20Riehle.jpg?h=72795f33&itok=abiXlkMP) 

 

 

 

   [### Panagiotis Roilos

 ](/people/panagiotis-roilos-0) <roilos@fas.harvard.edu>George Seferis Professor of Modern Greek Studies and of Comparative Literature

 

 

 

      ![Panagiotis Roilos](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-01/Panagiotis%20Roilos%202024photo.jpg?itok=VdWMIjAz) 

 

 

 

   [### Mark Schiefsky

 ](/people/mark-schiefsky-0) <mjschief@fas.harvard.edu>C. Lois P. Grove Professor of the Classics

Director of the Center for Hellenic Studies

 

 

 

      ![Mark Schiefsky](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/classics/files/schiefsy_mark.jpeg?itok=Dl9gov7s) 

 

 

 

   [###  Irene Soto Marín

 ](/people/irene-soto-marin) <irenesotomarin@fas.harvard.edu>Assistant Professor of Classics

 

 

 

      ![Irene Soto Marin](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-10/Soto%20Marin%20Irene%20headshot.png?itok=_oGMCDiK) 

 

 

 

   [### Adrian Stähli

 ](/people/adrian-st%C3%A4hli) <staehli@fas.harvard.edu>Professor of Classical Archaeology

 

 

 

      ![Adrian Staehli](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2024-10/staehli-m.jpg?h=699b6af4&itok=hoKoYHX7) 

 

 

 

   [### Richard F. Thomas

 ](/people/richard-f-thomas) <rthomas@fas.harvard.edu>George Martin Lane Professor of the Classics

 

 

 

      ![Richard Thomas](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-02/Thomas%20Richard%20photo%202.2025.jpeg?itok=59CnYdBc) 

 

 

 

   [### Jan Ziolkowski

 ](/people/jan-ziolkowski-0) <jmziolk@fas.harvard.edu>Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Medieval Latin

On leave spring 2026

 

 

 

      ![Jan Ziolkowski](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2024-10/Jan%20Ziolkowski.jpg?h=58de20d9&itok=QtiFaSgu)