# Current Faculty ## expand\_more [### Irene Peirano Garrison ](/people/irene-peirano-garrison) Interim Chair 2026–27 Pope Professor of the Latin Language and Literature ![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) [### Margaret Andrews ](/people/margaret-andrews) 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) [### Dimiter Angelov ](/people/dimiter-angelov-0) Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine History Affiliate of the Department of the Classics ![Dimiter Angelov](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2024-09/angelov2.jpg?itok=Hf9Dzlme) [### Nadav Asraf ](/people/nadav-asraf) Preceptor in Classics ![Nadav Asraf](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2024-10/Asraf%20Nadav%20edited.jpg?itok=ikKjKD36) [### Giovanni Bazzana ](/people/giovanni-bazzana) Professor of New Testament Affiliate of the Department of the Classics ![Giovanni Bazzana](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/classics/files/bazannagiovanni_0.jpg?itok=3MnwpWIc) [### Andrés Carrete ](/people/andres-carrete) Postdoctoral Fellow for the Scholars-in-Training Summer Program and the Center for Hellenic Studies ![Andres Carrete](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2024-09/Andres%20Carrete.jpg?itok=z59pF4k3) [### Kathleen M. Coleman ](/people/kathleen-m-coleman) Director of Undergraduate Studies 2026–27 James Loeb Professor of the Classics Senior Research Curator, Harvard Art Museums ![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) 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) [### Susanne Ebbinghaus ](/people/susanne-ebbinghaus-0) [Susanne\_Ebbinghaus@harvard.edu](mailto:Susanne_Ebbinghaus@harvard.edu)George M.A. Hanfmann Curator of Ancient Art and Head, Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art, Harvard Art Museums Affiliate of the Department of the Classics ![Susanne Ebbinghaus](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/classics/files/se_2016.jpg?itok=Rm9mvhPq) [### David Elmer ](/people/david-elmer) 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) [### Seth Estrin ](/people/seth-estrin) Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture Affiliate of the Department of the Classics ![Seth Estrin](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-01/Estrin%20photo.jpeg?h=b6e0b8f1&itok=Jh9YFEs8) [### Kathleen Garland ](/people/kathleen-garland) Lecturer on Classics ![Kathleen Garland](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-07/Garland_profile%20picture.jpeg?h=09809194&itok=BSoMkobt) [### Emily Greenwood ](/people/emily-greenwood) James F. Rothenberg Professor of the Classics On leave fall 2026 Director of Graduate Studies spring 2027 ![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) Philip J. King Professor of Ancient History On leave fall 2026 ![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) [### Adriaan Lanni ](/people/adriaan-lanni) Touroff-Glueck Professor of Law Affiliate of the Department of the Classics ![Adriaan Lanni](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/classics/files/lanni_0.jpg?h=e49f89cf&itok=PFNpovUh) [### Ivy Livingston ](/people/ivy-livingston-0) Senior Preceptor in Ancient Greek and Classical Latin ![Ivy Livingston](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/livingston_3.jpg?itok=VkSnzVvR) [### Rachel Love ](/people/rachel-love) [rachel\_love@fas.harvard.edu](mailto:rachel_love@fas.harvard.edu)Associate Professor of Classics On leave 2026–27 ![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) 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) [### Andrew Ntapalis ](/people/andrew-ntapalis) Preceptor in Modern Greek ![Andrew Ntapalis](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/classics/files/ntapalis_andrew_0.jpg?itok=1loTdXa6) [### Peter Osorio ](/people/peter-osorio) 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) [### Kimberley C. Patton ](/people/kimberley-c-patton)Professor of the Comparative and Historical Study of Religion Affiliate of the Department of the Classics ![Kimberley Patton](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/classics/files/kimberley_patton_facultybio.png?itok=Wz3TcqBY) [### Jeremy Rau ](/people/jeremy-rau-0) 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) [### Panagiotis Roilos ](/people/panagiotis-roilos-0) George Seferis Professor of Modern Greek Studies and of Comparative Literature On leave spring 2027 Chair of the Department of Comparative Literature ![Panagiotis Roilos](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-01/Panagiotis%20Roilos%202024photo.jpg?itok=VdWMIjAz) [### Paul Russell ](/people/paul-russell) Margaret Brooks Robinson Professor in Residence of Celtic Languages and Literatures Affiliate of the Department of the Classics ![Paul Russell headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-05/Paul%20Russell%20bio%20pic.jpg?h=5c7c8987&itok=Vd-vJsKp) [### Mark Schiefsky ](/people/mark-schiefsky-0) On leave fall 2026–27 C. Lois P. Grove Professor of the Classics ![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) Associate Professor of Classics On leave 2026–27 ![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) 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) [### Charles Stang ](/people/charles-stang) Professor of Early Christian Thought Director of the Center for the Study of World Religions Affiliate of the Department of the Classics ![Charles Stang](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-02/charles-stang-220px.jpg?h=744eefb4&itok=-xMmE-R5) [### Richard F. Thomas ](/people/richard-f-thomas) Director of Graduate Studies fall 2026 George Martin Lane Professor of the Classics On leave spring 2027 ![Richard Thomas](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-02/Thomas%20Richard%20photo%202.2025.jpeg?itok=59CnYdBc) [### Naomi A. Weiss ](/people/naomi-weiss-0) Director of the Center for Hellenic Studies 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) [### Leah Whittington ](/people/leah-whittington-0) Professor of English Affiliate of the Department of the Classics On leave 2026–27 ![Leah Whittington](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/lwhittington.jpg?itok=QEw1xVIM) [### Jan Ziolkowski ](/people/jan-ziolkowski-0) Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Medieval Latin On leave spring 2027 ![Jan Ziolkowski](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2024-10/Jan%20Ziolkowski.jpg?h=58de20d9&itok=QtiFaSgu)