Classics Faculty
Dan Curley
Associate Professor and Department Chair
B.A., Beloit College; A.M., Washington University in St. Louis; Ph.D., University
of Washington.
Specializations and Research: Latin poetry, ancient drama, the city of Rome, classical
reception.
Office: Filene Hall 212
Phone: (518) 580-5463
Email: dcurley@skidmore.edu
AMELIA CLARKE
Academic Administrator
Office: Filene Hall, Suite 204
Phone: (518) 580-5091
Email: acclarke@skidmore.edu
Faculty
Benjamin Abbott, Visiting Assistant Professor
Binghamton University; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania.
Specializations: Seleucid empire, Hellenistic history, ancient imperial ideology and
methods of imperial control and propaganda, concepts of race and ethnicity in antiquity,
nomadic cultures of ancient Central Asia, Silk Road studies.
Office: Filene Hall 210
Phone: 518-580-5233
babbott@skidmore.edu
Hana Aghababian, Visiting Assistant Professor
B.A., Cornell University; M.A., University of Georgia; Ph.D., Cornell University
Research Interests: Greek and Latin poetry and language, Classical reception, comparative
literature, Indo-European phonology and morphology, ancient sense-perception and cognitive
science, translation studies, and language pedagogy
Filene 213
Phone: 518-580-8392
haghababian@skidmore.edu
Amy Oh, Assistant Professor
On leave Fall 2025
B.A., University of California Los Angeles; M.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Research: Imperial Latin poetry, Late Latin literature and culture, Early Christianity,
epistolography, hagiography, ancient medicine, animals in antiquity.
Filene Hall 213
Phone: (518) 580-5098
aoh@skidmore.edu
Janelle Sadarananda, Assistant Teaching Professor and Associate Chair
B.A., University of Richmond; Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania.
Research: archaic Boeotian ceramics, craft production and communities of practice,
transmission of technical knowledge and visual culture, exploitation of natural resources,
public outreach and cultural heritage.
Filene Hall 211
Phone: (518) 580-5464
jsadarananda@skidmore.edu
AFFILIATED AND EMERITUS FACULTY
- Silvia Carli (Associate Professor, Philosophy)
- Gregory Spinner (Teaching Professor, Religious Studies)
- Leslie Mechem (Lecturer Emerita, Classics)
- Michael Arnush (Associate Professor Emeritus, Classics)