Student professionalization
The Faculty members of the Department of Classics are available for assistance with job and fellowship applications. Mock interviews will be organized on request. For more information, please speak with the Department’s Placement Officer, Professor Joseph Howley.
Recent Graduates and their first positions
The Department of Classics at Columbia University has one of the strongest placement records of any department in the country. Historically, it is among the Classics departments that regularly place graduates in tenure-track positions. Below you will find a list of only some of the most recent graduates and their current positions (first jobs, if different are in parentheses).
2023
Erin Petrella, Lecturer, Barnard College
2022
Cat Lambert, Assistant Professor, Cornell University
Jesse James, Fellow, Institute for Ideas and Imagination, Columbia University (Postdoc, Harvard Law School)
Lien Van Geel, Lecturer, Columbia University (Postdoc, Columbia University)
2021
Yujhan Claros, Postdoc, University of New Hampshire
Anna Conser, Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati (Visiting Assistant Professor,
Whitman College)
Ursula Poole, Director of Outreach, Caravan of Angels Foundation (Law student,
University of Chicago)
2020
Maria Combatti, Independent scholar
Isaia Crosson, Secondary-school teacher, The Hun School, Princeton
Elia Rudoni, Secondary-school teacher, La Scuola d’Italia Guglielmo Marconi, New York
Caleb Simone, Independent scholar
2019
Sarah McConnell (née Kaczor), Secondary-school teacher, Greenwich Country Day
School (Secondary-school teacher, Nightingale-Bamford School, New York)
Simone Oppen, Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota (Postdoc, Dartmouth
College)
2018
Kate Brassel, Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania (Core Lecturer, Columbia
University)
2017
Claire Catenaccio, Assistant Professor, Georgetown University (Assistant Professor,
Duke University)
2016
Charles McNamara, Lecturer, University of Minnesota (Core Lecturer, Columbia
University)
2015
Mathias Hanses, Associate Professor, Pennsylvania State University (Assistant Professor,
Pennsylvania State University)
2014
Caleb Dance, Associate Professor, Washington and Lee University (Assistant Professor,
Washington and Lee University)
Colin Webster, Associate Professor, University of California at Davis (Assistant
Professor, University of California at Davis)
2013
Susana Martinez, Psychotherapist, self-employed
Evgenia Papathanasopoulou, faculty member, College Year in Athens (Visiting Assistant
Professor, Connecticut College)
2012
Howard Chen, Assistant Counsel, NYC Office of the Mayor, Information Privacy (law
student, Boston University)
Ian Halim, Resident Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston (medical
student, Columbia University)
2011
Silviu Anghel, Postdoc, Göttingen University, Germany
Jason Gajderowicz, Secondary-school teacher, Greenhill School, Addison, TX
(Secondary-school teacher, St. John’s School, Houston, TX)
Patrick Glauthier, Assistant Professor, Dartmouth College (Lecturer, University of
Pennsylvania)
Debra Hecht, Self-employed
Susan Jacobs, President, Jacobs and Associates
Tobias Myers, Associate Professor, American College of Greece (Assistant Professor,
Connecticut College
James Uden, Professor, Boston University (Assistant Professor, Boston University)
2008
Sarah Nooter, Professor, University of Chicago (Assistant Professor, University of
Chicago)
2007
Michael Mordine, Secondary-school teacher, Boston Latin School (Visiting Assistant
Professor, Trinity College)
Laura Samponaro, Clinical Associate Professor, NYU (Visiting Assistant Professor,
Temple University
2006
Spencer Cole, Associate Professor, University of Minnesota (Visiting Assistant Professor,
Princeton University)
Umit Dhuga, Freelance writer (Lecturer, Brandeis University)
Ben DeSmidt, Restaurant owner and Associate Professor Emeritus, Carthage College
(Assistant Professor, Carthage College)
2004
Francisco Barrenechea, Associate Professor, University of Maryland (University of
Chicago)
Federica Ciccolella, Professor, Texas A&M University (Assistant Professor, Texas A&M
University)
Jacqueline Elliot, Associate Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder (Assistant
Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder)
Grigory Starikovsky, Independent scholar (Lecturer, Montclair State University)
2003
Joseph McAlhany, Independent scholar (Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico)
Mark Payne, Professor, University of Chicago (Assistant Professor, University of
Chicago)
2002
Maria Wenglinsky, Secondary-school teacher, St. Saviour High School, Brooklyn
2000
Sulochana Asirvatham, Professor, Montclair State University (Visiting Assistant Professor, Bucknell University)
David Clark, Secondary-school teacher, Bard High School Early College
Laurel Fulkerson, Professor Emerita, Florida State University (Assistant Professor, Florida State University)