Robert Cargill joined the University of Iowa faculty in 2011. His research focuses on Second Temple Jewish literature and archaeology from the Persian period to the rise of early Christianity.

Lindsay Vella is the Departmental Administrator for African American Studies, American Studies, Classics, the Division of Interdisciplinary Programs, Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies, the Magid Center for Writing, and Religious Studies. She has an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Iowa.

Björn Anderson received a B.A. in Humanities from the University of Oregon, an M.A. in Classical Archaeology from the University of British Columbia, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Classical Art & Archaeology from the University of Michigan. A specialist in the study of material, cultural, and visual interaction in the ancient Mediterranean and Near East, he has taught a variety of courses in ancient art and archaeology

Katherine Beydler is Associate Director in the Center for Teaching and an affiliate faculty member in the Department of Classics. Her teaching and research focus on the medical and environmental history of the Roman world.

Sarah E. Bond is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Iowa. She is interested in late Roman history, epigraphy, late antique law, Roman topography and GIS, Digital Humanities, and the socio-legal experience of ancient marginal peoples.

Laird Cantrell is a graduate student and teaching assistant in the Classics department. His research interests include Archaic Greek lyric poetry, Classical Greek drama, queer theory, and Greek and Roman history and historiography.

Mary Depew is an associate professor emerita in the Department of Classics, having taught at the University of Iowa from 1990 to 2015. Her research interests include Hellenistic poetry, Greek poetry, and Greek religion.

Helena Dettmer is a professor emerita of Classics and was a faculty member at The University of Iowa from 1976 to 2021. She received a B.A. from Indiana University and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Her areas of interest are Latin poetry and poetry books.

Paul Dilley (PhD Yale, 2008) is the Erling B. “Jack” Holtsmark Associate Professor in the Classics and DEO of the Department of Religious Studies. He specializes in the religions of Late Antiquity, particularly early Christianity, with an approach that integrates cultural history, philology, cognitive studies, and the digital humanities.

John Finamore is a professor emeritus of Classics at The University of Iowa, where he taught from 1983 to 2022. He was chair from 2002-2007 and 2012-2018. He teaches courses in Greek and Roman Philosophy, Word Power, Greek, and Latin.

David comes to the University of Iowa as a doctoral student from Columbia University in the City of New York, where he obtained Advanced Certificate in Classics. He is broadly interested in Greek and Roman rhetoric, particularly in the times of Demosthenes and Cicero, namely Fourth Century Athens, the Late Roman Republican and early imperial era.

Craig A. Gibson is professor of Classics, and has been with the department since 1999. He teaches courses in Latin and Greek literature at all levels. His main areas of expertise are Greek and Roman oratory, rhetoric, and prose fiction.

Dr. Rebekah Haigh is a scholar of ancient Judaism and Christianity, whose research and teaching situate the New Testament within the vibrant landscape of Second Temple Judaism. She specializes in apocalyptic literature, women and gender in the ancient Mediterranean, the Dead Sea Scrolls, the New Testament, and issues of religion, sectarianism, and violence.

Lily Hart is pursuing her Master's in Classics at the University of Iowa, following the completion of her Bachelor's in the same field in Spring 2025. Her undergraduate thesis, The Enunciation of Masculinity in Catullan Invective, was advised by Professor Emerita Marcia Lindgren.

During Professor Jackson's 28 years at Iowa, he periodically taught a graduate seminar in Greek paleography and oversaw publication of five of his students' seminar papers. He also supervised five doctoral dissertations on Greek paleographical topics.

Noah Jedlicka is a first-year teaching assistant and graduate student in the Classics department. He graduated from the University of Iowa with B.A.s in Classics: Ancient Civilizations and Music, with a minor in Religious Studies and a certificate in Jewish Studies.

Jordan Jones holds a Ph.D. in Classics from the University of Iowa. He holds B.A.s in English and Biblical Studies from William Jessup University and a MATS with an emphasis in Biblical Studies from George Fox University.

Colleen is the Senior Academic Advisor for the Departments of Classics, History, and Religious Studies. For Classics, she is the primary advisor for all Ancient Civilization and Classical Languages majors.

Robert Ketterer is a professor emeritus of Classics and taught at Iowa from 1988 to 2022. His research interest is in Greek and Roman drama, and its reception in the classical tradition, with a special focus on 17th- and 18th-century Italian opera.

Homayoun Khosheghbal is a graduate student and teaching assistant in the Classics department. He holds a Ph.D. in Archaeology from the University of Tehran.

Marcia Harvey Lindgren received a bachelor’s degree in education from Southern Connecticut State University and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in classics from The University of Iowa. She served for ten years as an assistant to the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at The University of Iowa.

Brenda Longfellow received her Ph.D. in classical art and archaeology from the University of Michigan. She teaches classes on Egyptian, Greek, and Roman art, and her research is focused on the art, architecture, and hydraulics of the ancient Roman Empire.

Mandy McAllister is the University Shared Services staff member for African American Studies, American Studies, Classics, English, Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies, Philosophy, Rhetoric, Social Work, and the Writers' Workshop.

Kevin McGlynn is the Senior Accountant for the School of Art, Art History, and Design, African American Studies, American Studies, Classics, and Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies.

Rosemary Moore holds a joint appointment as a lecturer of Classics and History, and joined the faculty in 2003. She teaches courses in ancient Greece, Greek history, and Hellenistic Greece and Rome, among others.

Luke Perez is a graduate student at the University of Iowa currently writing their dissertation on the transmission of text and gendered image in the manuscripts of Prudentius' Psychomachia.

Ali Romano-McClain is an HR Generalist for African American Studies, American Studies, Classics, Creative Writing (Writers' Workshop), History, Religious Studies, Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies, Division of Interdisciplinary Programs, and Magid Center for Writing.

Adrienne K. Ho Rose is a lecturer in Classics and Translation. She is an interdisciplinary scholar, translator, and writer.

Rachel Rucker is a graduate student and teaching assistant in the Classics department. Her research interests are in affect theory, emotion, Archaic Greek poetry, and the development of early Medieval Latin texts.

Echo Smith holds B.A.s in Classics and English from the University of Utah as well as an M.A. in Classics from the University of Iowa. She is currently working on her dissertation, titled “Ancient Dream Interpretation: From Text to Social Context.”