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Ancient Mediterranean Studies & Archaeology

People

The Department is located on the 1st floor of the Moore Humanities and Research Administration Building (MHRA) at the corner of Spring Garden and Forest Streets.

Our corridor is immediately on the left (and partially hidden by a column!) as you come in the front entrance.

Administration

Shannon Byers

Shannon Byers

Administrative Assistant

slbyers@uncg.edu

Office: 1105 MHRA

Joanne Murphy

Joanne M. Murphy

Department Head and Professor
^{(Aegean archaeology, Archaeological Methods and Theory)}

jmmurph2@uncg.edu

Office: 1107 MHRA

Faculty

Office Hours

Joanne Murphy	1103 MHRA	T 11am-12pm and by appointment
Derek Keyser	1108 MHRA	MWF 10:30-11:30am and by appointment
Robyn Le Blanc	1109 MHRA	M 12-1pm T 10am-12pm F 9-10am and by appointment
Georgios Doudalis	1107 MHRA	MW 11am-1pm and by appointment
Michiel van Veldhuizen	1111 MHRA	MW 11-1pm and by appointment
John Esposito	1112 MHRA	T 12:15pm, W 2:15-3:15pm R 5-6pm and by appointment
David Wharton	1115 MHRA	MW 1-2:30pm and by appointment
Jonathan Zarecki	1110 MHRA	By appointment

Tenured & Tenure-Track Faculty

Katherine Harrington

Assistant Professor

kbharringto@uncg.edu

Office: 1112 MHRA

Robyn Le Blanc

Robyn Le Blanc

Assistant Professor
^{(Roman archaeology, Roman provinces, numismatics)}

rlleblan@uncg.edu

Office: 1109 MHRA

Michiel C. Van Veldhuizen

Michiel C. Van Veldhuizen

Assistant Professor
^{(Greek literature, religion, environmental humanities)}

mcvanveldhu@uncg.edu

Office: 1111 MHRA

Jonathan P. Zarecki

Jonathan P. Zarecki

Associate Professor
^{(Roman history, Republican literature)}

jpzareck@uncg.edu

Office: 1110 MHRA

Retiring July 2026

Maura Heyn

Maura Heyn

Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences

mkheyn@uncg.edu

Office: 105 Foust – Dean’s Office

Joanne Murphy

Joanne M. Murphy

Department Head and Professor
^{(Aegean archaeology, Archaeological Methods and Theory)}

jmmurph2@uncg.edu

Office: 1103 MHRA

David B. Wharton

David B. Wharton

Associate Professor
^{(Linguistics, Latin poetry)}

wharton@uncg.edu

Office: 1115 MHRA
teaching only Fall semester 2025

Professional-Track Faculty

Georgios Doudalis

Georgios Doudalis

Lecturer & Research Associate
^{(Aegean Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Ancient Technology)}

g_doudalis@uncg.edu

Office: 1107 MHRA

John Esposito

John Esposito

Lecturer

jeesposi@uncg.edu

Office: 1113 MHRA

Derek-Keyser

Derek Keyser

Senior Lecturer
^{(Greek Tragedy, Epic Poetry, Ancient Philosophy, Classics & Film)}

dskeyser@uncg.edu

Office: 1108 MHRA

Faculty Emeriti

Hugh C. Parker

Hugh C. Parker

Associate Professor Emeritus
^{(Latin poetry, Medieval Latin)}
At UNCG 1991-2019hcparker@uncg.edu

Jeffrey S. Soles

Jeffrey S. Soles

Professor Emeritus
^{(Greek archaeology)}
At UNCG 1977-2016jssoles@uncg.edu

Mochlos Excavations

Susan C. Shelmerdine

Susan C. Shelmerdine

Professor Emerita
^{(Greek & Latin pedagogy, Greek poetry)}
At UNCG 1981-2022shelmerd@uncg.edu

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