{"id":246,"date":"2012-05-22T10:59:54","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T14:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/classical-medieval\/?page_id=246"},"modified":"2025-09-09T15:18:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T19:18:50","slug":"thesis-titles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/classical-medieval-studies\/academics\/senior-thesis-guidelines\/thesis-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"Titles of Past CMS Theses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name (2025)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Thesis Title and Advisor<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Shriver Hanson<\/td><td>AT CERTE SEMPER AMABO: A Study of Pagan and Christian Funerary Dedication in the Western Empire &#8211; Prof. Brent<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Eva Hynes &amp; <br>Emily Mueller<\/td><td>Female Poets in the Roman Era: Glossary and Commentaries on Sulpicia\u2019s Garland and Verses &#8211; Prof. Maurizio<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Truman Williams<\/td><td>Trimalchio: An Interdisciplinary Image<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Name (2024)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Thesis Title and Advisor<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Emma Gay<\/td><td>Conflict, Faith, and Representation: A Comparative Pilgrimage to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher &#8211; Prof. Boomer<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nathaniel Lewis<\/td><td>The Gracchan Land Reforms: From Demagoguery to Demography <br>&#8211; Prof. Brent<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Name (2023)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong><strong>Thesis Title and Advisor<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jenna Berens<\/td><td>How the Vavsours Rose to Prominence &#8211; Prof. S. Lynch<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mary Sutton Trafton<\/td><td>&#8220;He chose for Himself yours- a useless, disobedient, and faithless nation&#8221;: Jewish, Christian, and Roman Identity in Justin Martyr&#8217;s Dialogue with Trypho &#8211; Prof. M. Tizzoni<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Name (2022)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong><strong>Thesis Title and Advisor<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Will Corcoran<\/td><td>The Historia Regum Britanniae and the Aeneid &#8211; Prof. L. O\u2019Higgins <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Abigail Grumann<\/td><td>The Ancient Pharmakis: Literature and Reality \u2013Prof. L. Maurizio<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Name (2021)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Thesis Title and Advisor<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Alan Bisesi  <\/td><td> Pestilence and Penitence: The Cyprianic Plague and the Rise of Christianity \u2013Prof. M. Tizzoni <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Annie Boyer<\/td><td>The Petulant Poet: Contextualizing the Obscene Invective of Catullus\u2013Prof. G. Gillies<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lewis Ezra Clark<\/td><td>The Auxilia at the Forefront of \u2018Provincialising\u2019 Rome &#8211; Revolts, Rebellions and Revolutions by Non-Citizens Fighting for Rome during the Early Principate \u2013Prof. G. Gillies<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Katherine Cody <\/td><td> Women&#8217;s Bodies and Agency within Ancient Rome\u2013Prof. L. O\u2019Higgins <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Genevieve Dickinson<\/td><td>Merlin and Magic in Medieval Literature\u2013Prof. S. Federico<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Roman Hudgins<\/td><td>Digital Classics\u2013Prof. A. Shrout<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Peter Philbin <\/td><td>From&nbsp;\u1f38\u03c6\u03b9\u03b3\u03ad\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1&nbsp;to Iphig\u00e9nie: Recreating Greek Theater Through a Reform Opera&nbsp;&#8211; Prof. L. O\u2019Higgins <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nicholas Quill<\/td><td>Reconstructing the Female Experience in Classical Attica Through A Close Analysis of The Homeric Hymn to Demeter\u2013Prof. L. O\u2019Higgins<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Patrick Windels<\/td><td>The Homeric Hero\u2013Prof. H. Walker<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Name (2020)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Thesis Title and Advisor<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sullivan Brock<\/td><td>Night in Hesiodic and Orphic Traditions \u2013Prof. L. Maurizio<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jesus Carrera<\/td><td>An Analysis of the Diagrams and Axioms in Euclid\u2019s Elements \u2013Prof. L. Maurizio<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Christine Carroll<\/td><td>An Analysis of Persephone\u2019s Agency in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter \u2013Prof. L. Maurizio<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Shengwei Deng<\/td><td>Eros and Democracy in Thucydides&#8217; History of the Peloponnesian War\u2013Prof. L. O\u2019Higgins<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Marcel Devalle<\/td><td>Questions of Gender in Chaucer\u2013Prof. S. Federico<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Danielle Meng<\/td><td>Camilla\u2019s Spectacle: Gendered Nationalism in Vergil\u2019s Aeneid\u2013Prof. G. Gillies<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Name (2019)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Thesis Title and Advisor<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Zofia Ahmad<\/td><td>Living on the Edge: India in the Greek Mind before Alexander the Great &#8211; Prof. Cameron\/Winter &#8217;19<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hannah Walker Austin<\/td><td>The Value in &#8220;Vanit\u00e9: &#8220;The Benefits of Pleasure Reading and Viewing in&nbsp;<em>Le Morte D&#8217;arthur<\/em> and&nbsp;<em>Star Wars Rebels <\/em>&#8211; Prof. Villagrana\/Fall &#8217;18<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Isabella Barrengos<\/td><td>Face to Face with Dionysos: Confrontation in the&nbsp;<em>Bacchae<\/em> &#8211; Prof. O&#8217;Higgins\/Winter &#8217;19<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Matthew Phillip Berdon<\/td><td>Chaucer&#8217;s Imagined Jews: How&nbsp;<em>The Prioress&#8217;s Tale<\/em> Portrays a Racialized Jewish Identity &#8211; Prof. Wright\/Winter &#8217;19<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rohan Bhat<\/td><td>(Re)Reading&nbsp;<em>Katharsis<\/em> in Aristotle&#8217;s Poetics: Depicting Action&#8217;s Contradictions &#8211; Prof. Maurizio\/Winter &#8217;19<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Caroline Barnes<\/td><td>The Soul in Flight: A Survey of <em>Psyche<\/em> in Ancient Greek Art and Literature from Homer to Plato &#8211; Prof. Maurizio\/Winter &#8217;19<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Allison Anne Cormier<\/td><td>Slaves in the Athenian Home: How Eastern Elements of Worship Were Integrated into Athenian Female Cults &#8211; Prof. Maurizio\/Winter &#8217;19<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Shangwei Deng<\/td><td>Eros and Democracy in Thucydides&#8217;&nbsp;<em>History of the Peloponnesian War<\/em> &#8211; Prof. O&#8217;Higgins\/Winter &#8217;19<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Evan Goldberg<\/td><td>Written in Stone: Examining the Oral and Written Traditions of Laws and Oracles Through Attic Oratory &#8211; Prof. Maurizio\/Winter &#8217;19<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Wanyi Lu<\/td><td>The Downfalls of Sophocles&#8217; Tragic Heroes: Ajax, Antigone, and Creon &#8211; Prof. Walker\/Winter &#8217;19<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Shelbie Leigh McCormack<\/td><td>Troy: A Mirrored City and a Culture Not Forgotten<br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jenna Catherine Powell<\/td><td>Dike in Hesiod&#8217;s Thogony and Works and Days &#8211; Prof. O&#8217;Higgins<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lindsay Ryder<\/td><td>Early Byzantine Stobi in Context: A Study of the Episcopal Basilica and the Jewish Synagogue &#8211; Prof. Corrie\/Winter &#8217;19<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Amanda Sobotka<\/td><td>Bogeys, Monsters, and Mothers: The Infanticidal Fantasies of 5th Century BCE Greek Women &#8211; Prof. Maurizio\/Winter &#8217;19<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Katherine Josephine Ziegler<\/td><td>Dueling Lyres: Competing Consolatory Practices in the Roman Empire &#8211; Prof. Cameron\/Winter &#8217;19<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Name (2018)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Thesis Title and Advisor<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Maria Felski<\/td><td>Unwriting Pastoral: An Ecocritical Reading of Virgil&#8217;s <em>Eclogues<\/em> &#8211; Prof. Maurizio\/Winter &#8217;18<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Michael Edward Florentino<\/td><td>A Mortal God: How Augustus Motivated, Maneuvered, and Molded His Apotheosis &#8211; Prof. Cameron\/Winter &#8217;18<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sam Levin<\/td><td>How the Huns Induced the Collapse of the Western Empire: A Study of Causal Networks of Nomadic Migration and Their Effects on a Sedentary Civilization &#8211; Prof. Jones\/Winter &#8217;18<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ryen Martinez<\/td><td>Heaven, Hell and the Duality of the Commissioner and the Illuminator: A Study of the <em>Tres Riches Heuresy<\/em> &#8211; Prof. Corrie\/Winter &#8217;18<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Name (2017)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Thesis Title and Advisor<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rachel Ebersole<\/td><td>Monstrous Seduction: An Analysis of the Development of the Sirens from the Classical to the Medieval Period &#8211; Prof. Maurizio\/Winter &#8217;17<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kylee Johnson<\/td><td>Demeter and Persephone in Ancient Greece and Modern Poetry &#8211; Prof. Maurizio\/Fall &#8217;16<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Name (2016)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Thesis Title and Advisor<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Elizabeth A. LaVerghetta<\/td><td>Dionysus and Dracula&#8211;Of Blood, Invasion, Inversion, Cults, and the (Un)Dying: A Multiform Analysis &#8211; Prof. Maurizio\/Winter &#8217;16<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Maddie Legro<\/td><td>A Method to the Madness: Manifestations of Aratus&#8217; Stoicism in the <em>Phainomena<\/em> &#8211; Prof. O&#8217;Higgins\/Fall &#8217;15<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Theodore Samuel Rube&#8211;HONORS<\/td><td>Searching for Blood in the Streets: Mapping Political Violence onto Urban Topography in the Late Roman Republic, 80-50 BCE &#8211; Prof. Imber<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Name (2015)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Thesis Title and Advisor<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Marina Barsoum<\/td><td>Heroines and Vengeful Monsters in Ancient Greece &#8211; Prof. Maurizio\/Fall &#8217;14<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jackson Padraic Fleming<\/td><td>Gender, Authorship, and Authority in the <em>Acts of Paul and Thecia<\/em>. An Intermediate Ancient Greek Reader with Vocabulary, Commentary, and Essay &#8211; Prof. Maurizio\/Winter &#8217;15<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Conor Hampson<\/td><td>Octavian&#8217;s Usurpation and Augustus&#8217; Principate &#8211; Prof. Imber\/Winter &#8217;15<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hannah Kogan<\/td><td>From the Roman Republic to Empire, Treason and Tiberius: A Misunderstanding &#8211; Prof. Imber\/Winter &#8217;15<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thomas Leonard<\/td><td>Investigating the Status of the Ancient Roman Physician &#8211; Prof. O&#8217;Higgins\/Fall &#8217;14<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Henry Lee<\/td><td>Negative Portrayals of the Orient in Homer&#8217;s <em>Iliad<\/em> &#8211; Prof. O&#8217;Higgins\/Fall &#8217;14<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Helen Anne Lober<\/td><td>Standing On the Shoulders of Giants: The Mythological and Theological Roots of Parmenides and Zeno &#8211; Prof. Stark and Walker\/Winter &#8217;15<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Name (2014)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Thesis Title and Advisor<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Andrew Carrancor<\/td><td>Theme of Memory in Virgil&#8217;s Ecologues &#8211; Prof. O&#8217;Higgins\/Winter &#8217;04<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Shoshana Emma Foster<\/td><td>The Home of the Dead, Religions of the Living: The Distinctions between the Jewish and Christian Communities in Ancient Rome as Observed in the Catacombs of the 2nd through 4th Centuries C.E. &#8211; Prof. Imber\/Fall &#8217;13<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sarah Krischer<\/td><td>&#8220;Creolization&#8221; of Pottery Assemblages in Early Roman Britain &#8211; Prof. Bigelow\/Winter &#8217;04<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chuck Mann<\/td><td>Drunken Sophistication &#8211; Prof. O&#8217;Higgins\/Winter &#8217;14<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Phoebe Tamminen<\/td><td>Widows and Orphans in Fifth Century Athens: A View from Attic Tragedy &#8211; Prof. Maurizio\/Winter &#8217;14<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Name (2013)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Thesis Title and Advisor<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Michael Spinosa<\/td><td>Hippocratic Medicine in Ancient Greece &#8211; Prof. Walker\/Winter &#8217;13<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Name (2012)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Thesis Title and Advisor<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Duncan Briggs<\/td><td>Lucan&#8217;s Rejection of Vergilian Epic Characterization: A Literary Analysis between Vergil&#8217;s <em>Aeneid<\/em> and Lucan&#8217;s <em>Bellum Civile<\/em> &#8211; Prof. Hayward\/Fall &#8217;10<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kelsey Cornwell (History Major)<\/td><td>Naval Warfare and Society in the Persian Wars and the Peloponnesian War &#8211; Prof. Maurizio\/Fall &#8217;11 and Cole\/Winter &#8217;12<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Daniel S. McKeigue (History Major)<\/td><td>The Charismatic Leadership of Alcibiades &#8211; Prof. Maurizio\/Winter &#8217;12<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Parker Repko<\/td><td>The Fall of the Roman Republic: The Gracchan Revolution &#8211; Prof. Imber\/Winter &#8217;12<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thomas Repko<\/td><td>An Economic Analysis of the Land and Labor Reforms of the Gracchi during the Late Second Century of the Republic &#8211; Prof. Imber\/Winter &#8217;12<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Gregory Watts<\/td><td>Empowered Women: Study of the Gender Relationship in Classical Sparta &#8211; Prof. Maurizio\/Fall &#8217;11<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Janee White<\/td><td>Female Homeroticism in Ancient Greek Literature &#8211; Prof. O&#8217;Higgins\/Winter &#8217;12<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Name (2011)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Thesis Title and Advisor<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Andrew W. Beck (History Major)<\/td><td>The Second Punic War &#8211; Prof. Imber\/Fall &#8217;10<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Melinda Higgons<\/td><td>The Etruscans and the Fanum Voltumnae: An Introductory Report to the Campo della Fiera Site and Its Possible Correlation with the Fanum Voltumnae &#8211; Prof. Imber\/Fall &#8217;10<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>David Irons<\/td><td>Greek Forerunners of the Modern Hospital &#8211; Prof. O&#8217;Higgins\/Winter &#8217;11<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dana Lindauer<\/td><td>Hephaistos and Mt. Aetna &#8211; Prof. Walker\/Winter &#8217;11<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Amalia Maletta<\/td><td>The Paradoxical Prototype: Political Implications of the Herculean Divinity during the Reign of Commodus &#8211; Prof. Imber\/Winter &#8217;11<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Katie Taylor<\/td><td>The Archaeology of Roman Surgery &#8211; Prof. O&#8217;Higgins\/Winter &#8217;11<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Name (2010)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Thesis Title and Advisor<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Matthew Bannon<\/td><td>Emperor Julian and the Decline of the Roman Empire &#8211; Prof. Jones\/Fall &#8217;09<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Alex Garnick<\/td><td>Livia&#8217;s Constitutional and Cultural Role(s) &#8211; Prof. Imber\/Fall &#8217;09 and Winter &#8217;10<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Maddy Glennon<\/td><td>The Changing Face and Power of the Gorgon &#8211; Prof. O&#8217;Higgins\/Winter &#8217;10<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Grainne Hebeler<\/td><td>The Roman &#8216;Reuse&#8217; of Historical Artefacts &#8211; Prof. Imber\/Fall &#8217;09<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Neeraj Hotchchandani<\/td><td>Increased Severity of Punishment in the Late Republic and Early Empire &#8211; Prof. Imber\/Winter &#8217;10<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dan La Fontaine<\/td><td>Identity Evolution in Aristophanes&#8217; <em>Acharnians<\/em> &#8211; Prof. O&#8217;Higgins\/Fall &#8217;09<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CJ Miller<\/td><td>Accidental Allies: Septimius Severus and the Cult of Mithras in the Third Century &#8211; Prof. Imber\/Winter &#8217;10<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Avery Pierce<\/td><td>Recovering the Past: Interpretations of Homer&#8217;s <em>Iliad<\/em> &#8211; Prof. Maurizio\/Fall &#8217;09<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Emily Staszak<\/td><td>Scribes of Venus: Writing Narratives of Rape in the 12th and 14th Centuries &#8211; Prof. Federico\/Winter &#8217;10<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Name (2009)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Thesis Title and Advisor<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>John Bement<\/td><td>The Origin of the Rule of St. Benedict and Its Impact on Western Monasticism &#8211; Prof. O&#8217;Higgins\/Fall &#8217;07 and Winter &#8217;08<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sara Beneman<\/td><td>A Study of Athena and Dionysus&#8217; Masculine and Feminine Features Attributes in Fifth Century Athens &#8211; Prof. Maurizio\/Winter &#8217;09<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chris Dahlin<\/td><td>Publius Claudius Pulcher and the Constitution of the Roman Empire &#8211; Prof. Imber\/Winter &#8217;09<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Andrew Gaudio<\/td><td>Apuleius and the Question of Religious Conversion &#8211; Prof. Hayward\/Winter &#8217;09<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Alison Hartrich<br>(Greek Minor)<\/td><td>Elpis and Obama&#8217;s Rhetoric of Hope &#8211; Prof. Maurizio\/Winter &#8217;09<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Timothy Henderson<\/td><td>Ovid&#8217;s Use of Female Adornment to Criticize Women and Augustan Rome &#8211; Prof. Maurizio\/Winter &#8217;09<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Scott Juhl<\/td><td>The Political Consciousness of the <em>Ordo Equester<\/em> during the Roman Republic &#8211; Prof. Imber\/Winter &#8217;09<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lauren Patz<\/td><td>Failed Masculinity: The <em>Aeneid<\/em> and the Fall of the Roman Republic &#8211; Prof. Imber\/Fall &#8217;08<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Name (2008)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Thesis Title and Advisor<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Annie Barton &#8211; HONORS<\/td><td>A Woman with a Past: Briseis in the <em>Iliad<\/em> &#8211; Prof. O&#8217;Higgins\/Fall &#8217;07 and Winter &#8217;08<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Erin Faulder<\/td><td>Cicero the Philosopher Statesman: A Reading of His Political Philosophy &#8211; Prof. Hayward\/Fall &#8217;07<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Maggie McCally<\/td><td>The Myth of Medea in Theater: Shifts in Dramatic Focus &#8211;<br>Prof. Maurizio\/Fall &#8217;07<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kim Nelson<\/td><td>A &#8216;Good&#8217; Death: Suicide in Stoicism and Seneca&#8217;s <em>Phaedra<\/em> &#8211;<br>Prof. Maurizio\/Winter &#8217;08<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Allie Schwartz &#8211; HONORS<\/td><td>Omens: The Undiscovered Voice of the Common Roman &#8211;<br>Prof. Walker\/Fall &#8217;07 and O&#8217;HIggins\/Winter &#8217;08<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Name (2007)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Thesis Title and Advisor<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Martin Benes<\/td><td>Ovid and Anti-Augustanism &#8211; Prof. Hayward\/Fall &#8217;06<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Austin Haynes<\/td><td>Pausanias and His <em>Periegesis<\/em> &#8211; Prof. Imber\/Winter &#8217;07<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Alexandra Hughes<\/td><td>Stylistic and Thematic Parallels in Heraclitus&#8217; Fragments &amp; Oracular Wisdom &#8211; Prof. Maurizio\/Winter &#8217;07<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Name (2005)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Thesis Title and Advisor<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jacqueline A. Donnelly<\/td><td>Christianity and Homosexuality: Ancient Rome&#8217;s Influence on Christian Ideology on Homosexuality &#8211; Prof. Allison\/Winter &#8217;05<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nancy Highcock<\/td><td>The Archaeological Evidence for Christianization in Fourth-Century Britain &#8211; Prof. Jones<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ben Jarrett<\/td><td>Syncretism between Classical Religion and Christianity in the Roman Empire &#8211; Prof. Allison\/Fall &#8217;04<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sarah Jessee (HONORS)<\/td><td>Dramatic Dissent: Seneca&#8217;s <em>Hercules Furens<\/em> as a Subversive Political Text &#8211; Prof. O&#8217;Higgins\/Fall &#8217;04 and Hayward\/Winter &#8217;05<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>John Karass<\/td><td>Epicurus, Einstein and the Cosmic Man &#8211; Prof. Hayward\/Winter &#8217;05<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lilly McManus<\/td><td>Roman Far Eastern Contacts &#8211; Prof. Jones<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Meredith Mennitt<\/td><td>Honor in the Arena: Evolution of Roman Honor and the Gladiatorial Games &#8211; Prof. Maurzio\/Winter &#8217;05<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Taylor Miles<\/td><td>Greek Notions of Ugliness &#8211; Prof. Walker\/Winter &#8217;05<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Matt Rosler<\/td><td>Damnatio Memoriae and Portraiture in Rome &#8211; Prof. Maurizio\/Winter &#8217;05<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Daniel B. Ryan Jr.<\/td><td>The Christian Reception of the Plurality of Worlds Theory &#8211; Prof. Allison\/Winter &#8217;05<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Amanda Seadler<\/td><td>A Translation of the &#8220;Querolus&#8221; &#8211; Prof. Hayward\/Winter &#8217;05<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cassandra Tamis<\/td><td>An Exploration of Anger, Gender, Stoicism in <em>Hercules Furens<\/em> &#8211; Prof. Maurizio\/Winter &#8217;05<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Erin Torrey<\/td><td>Herodotus and Sensory Perception &#8211; Prof. Maurizio\/Fall &#8217;04<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Name (2004)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Thesis Title and Advisor<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sarah Connell<\/td><td>Wonderlands: An Examination of the Otherworld Island in the <em>Odyssey<\/em> and the <em>Voyage of M\u00e1el D\u00fain<\/em> &#8211; Prof. Walker\/Winter &#8217;04<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Martha Horan<\/td><td>Ovid&#8217;s Pyramus and Thisbe in <em>Midsummer&#8217;s Night Dream<\/em> &#8211; Prof. Maurizio\/Winter &#8217;04<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nicolai Jensen<\/td><td>&#8211; Prof. Cole\/Winter &#8217;04<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jennifer J&nbsp; McGill<\/td><td>The Chorus in Noh Drama and Greek Tragedy &#8211; Prof. Maurizio\/Winter &#8217;04<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Name (2003)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Thesis Title and Advisor<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Elizabeth Wilson<\/td><td>Seneca&#8217;s <em>Hercules Furens<\/em>: An Intermediate Reader with Commentary &#8211; Prof. Maurizio\/Fall &#8217;02 and Winter &#8217;03<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Name (2002)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Thesis Title and Advisor<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Zachary Gill<\/td><td>Violence Defends the Man: The Masculine Hero in Seneca&#8217;s <em>Hercules Furens<\/em> &#8211; Prof. Maurzio\/Fall &#8217;01 and Winter &#8217;02<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Elizabeth Miller<\/td><td>On Translating Children&#8217;s Tales &#8211; Prof. Hayward\/Winter &#8217;01<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Name (2001)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Thesis Title and Advisor<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Andrew Coombe<\/td><td>Evaluating the Feasibility of Aristotle&#8217;s Vision of Utopia &#8211; Prof. O&#8217;Higgins\/Fall &#8217;00<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Brian Curtis<\/td><td>A Fourteenth-Century Clue to the Mystery of Diocletian&#8217;s Palace &#8211; Prof. Imber\/Fall &#8217;00 and Winter &#8217;01<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kurt Eilhardt (HONORS)<\/td><td>A Recreation of the Character and Goals of the Venerable Bede &#8211; Prof. Imber\/Fall &#8217;00&nbsp; and Jones\/Winter &#8217;01<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Stephen Figge<\/td><td>Gender Bias in <em>Iphigeneia in Tauris<\/em>: Euripides&#8217; Treatment of Women and Ethics (Thesis work done prior to 2001) &#8211; Prof. O&#8217;Higgins<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Golin Kosowitz<\/td><td>Roman Law &#8211; Prof. Imber\/Winter &#8217;01<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Melissa Mitchell (HONORS)<\/td><td>Poetry and Translation: The Art of Failure or a Failed Art? &#8211; Prof. Hayward\/Fall &#8217;00 and Winter &#8217;01<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mindy Newman (HONORS)<\/td><td>Pilgrimage and Thecla &#8211; Prof. Allison\/Fall &#8217;00 and Winter &#8217;01<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Meredith McLean<\/td><td>A Deconstruction of Paternal and Social Authority in the <em>Prometheus Bound<\/em> &#8211; Prof. Maurizio\/Winter &#8217;01<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Joshua Sandord<\/td><td>Education Under the Reign of Charlemagne &#8211; Prof. Walker\/Fall &#8217;00 and&nbsp; Jones\/Winter &#8217;01<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Golin Tahmasebi<\/td><td>Gladiators and the Arena &#8211; Prof. Imber\/Winter &#8217;01<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Francis Tate II<\/td><td>A Lacanian Reading of Catullus &#8211; Prof. Maurizio\/Fall &#8217;00 and Winter &#8217;01<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Name (2000)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Thesis Title and Advisor<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kurt C. 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