John Starks, Jr., Jr.
jstarks@binghamton.eduEducation
- MA, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- BA, Washington and Lee University
Research Interests
- Greek and Roman Comedy (theater history, performance, gender)
- Non-"Western" Ethnicity around the Ancient Mediterranean, esp. Africa and the Levant
- Hellenistic and Roman Social History
- Greek and Latin Epigraphy
- Roman Historiography (including Greek historians of Rome) and Classical Biography
Teaching Interests
- Women in Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome
- Race and Ethnicity in Ancient North Africa
- Cleopatra: The Last Pharaoh
- Satire from Rome to Colbert
- Ancient Comedy in Performance
- Women in Ancient Theater
- The "Other" in Latin Comedy
- Celtic and "Germanic" Ethnicity in Latin Historians
- Greek and Roman Biography
- Democracy Inaction: Ancient Greek Comedy and American TV Satire
- Greek Songs of Life and Love
- All levels of Latin and Ancient Greek
Honors and Awards
- 91ÉçÇø Council/Foundation Award for Faculty Service
- Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching
- CAAS Presidential Initiative Grant for The Ghoul Next Door: A Musical Roman Comedy (Plautus’
- Mostellaria) and Comedy Scholars’ Colloquium
- New York Classical Club President’s Grant for The Ghoul Next Door
- Blegen Research Fellow, Vassar College