Faculty and Staff
Click here to see department and faculty office hours for the Spring 2025 semester.
Faculty

T. H. M. Gellar-Goad
Professor of Classics and Denton Fellow (2012)
BA, NCSU; MA, PhD, UNC-Chapel Hill

Maria Kovalchuk
Visiting Assistant Professor (2024)
Tribble C306
BA, Northwestern; M.Phil., Cambridge; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Vivian A. Laughlin
Assistant Professor (2023)
BA, DePaul University; MA, Catholic Theological Union; PhD, Andrews University

Amy Mars
Associate Professor (2016)
BA, Northwestern; MA, PhD, University of Texas

John M. Oksanish
Associate Professor (2011)
BA, MAT, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst; PhD, Yale

Michael C. Sloan
Department Chair, Professor (2011)
BA, Baylor; MA, Texas Tech; MLitt, PhD, Univ. of St. Andrews

Cassandra Tran
Assistant Professor (2022)
BA, Queen’s University; MA, McMaster University; PhD, McMaster University

Brian M. Warren
Teaching Professor (2010)
BA, Yale; PhD, Johns Hopkins
Affiliated Faculty

Emily Austin
(Philosophy: Greek and Roman Philosophy)

Jeffrey Lerner
(History: The Ancient World)

Paul Thacker
(Anthropology: Archaeology)
Emeritus

John L. Andronica
Professor Emeritus (1969)
BA, Holy Cross; MA, Boston College; PhD, Johns Hopkins

Mary L. B. Pendergraft
Professor Emeritus (1988)
BA, PhD, UNC-Chapel Hill


Staff


Jeff Nichols
Instructional Technologist

For general inquires, please contact classics@wfu.edu.