Jessica Brooks
Lecturer in Comparative Literature and Classics
jessica.brooks@csulb.edu

(562) 985-7575
Office: MHB 701

MA in Archaeology, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles
Post-Baccalaureate in Classics, University of California, Los Angeles
BA in Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles summa cum laude

Interests: Aegean Bronze Age and Classical Archaeology, women in the ancient world, mortuary and ritual analysis, and world mythology

Kathryn Chew
Professor of Classics
Advisor, Latin Teaching Credential
kathryn.chew@csulb.edu

(562) 985-5810
Office: MHB 606

PhD in Classics, University of California, Los Angeles
MA in Classics, University of California, Los Angeles
BA in Classics, University of California, Irvine

Interests: Greek and Latin Novels, Greek Literature, the Hellenistic Period, Late Antiquity, Hagiography, Sanskrit Literature, Latin Teacher Preparation

Nancy Comito
Office Manager
nancy.comito@csulb.edu

(562) 985-4239
Office: MHB 515

Douglas Domingo-Forasté
Emeritus Professor of Classics
douglas.foraste@csulb.edu

(562) 985-7923
Office: MHB 509

PhD in Classics, University of California, Santa Barbara
MA in Classics, University of California, Santa Barbara
AB in Latin, University of California, Davis

Interests: ancient numismatics, Claudius Aelianus, ancient Greek law, Menander, Isaios

Andrew Hogan
Lecturer in Classics
andy.hogan@csulb.edu

Office: MHB 513

PhD in Ancient History, Yale University
MA in History, Yale University
MPhil in History, Yale University
MPhil in Egyptology, Oxford University (Wolfson College)
BA in Classics, University of Southern California 

Interests: the social, economic, political, and legal history of Greco-Roman Egypt and its connections with eastern Mediterranean history; Greek and demotic papyrology; Greek, Roman, and Egyptian history; the history of cultural relations in Hellenic Egypt; ancient kingship

Diana Librandi
Lecturer in Classics
diana.librandi@csulb.edu

Office: MHB 513

PhD in Classics, University of California, Los Angeles
Graduate Certificate in Gender Studies, UCLA Center for the Study of Women
MA in Ancient Studies, Università degli Studi di Siena
BA in Classics, Università degli Studi di Siena

Areas of Interest: Latin literature, Greek and Roman tragedy, poetry and philosophy, gender studies

Nancy Meyer
Lecturer in Classics
nancy.meyer@csulb.edu

Office: MHB 513

PhD in Ancient Near Eastern History and Archaeology, Claremont Graduate University
MA in Religious Studies, California State University, Long Beach
MA in Mythology, Pacifica Graduate Institute
BA in Classics, California State University, Long Beach
BA in Religious Studies, California State University, Long Beach

Areas of Interest: Cultural Contact between the Levant and Greece, Ancient Religion, Role of Mythology in Cultural Identity Creation

Paul Scotton
Professor of Classics
Director and Advisor, Classics Program

Co-Director, Lechaion Harbor and Settlement Land Project
paul.scotton@csulb.edu

(562) 985-2599
Office: MHB 516

PhD in Classical Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania 1997
American School of Classical Studies Athens 1991-1995
MA in Classical Languages, University of California Santa Barbara 1988
MA in English Literature, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 1975
MFA with Honors in Creative Writing, University of Oregon 1974
BA in English Literature, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 1970 

Interests: Greek and Roman Archaeology, Ancient Architecture, Corinth, Ancient Harbors, Ancient Commerce and Trade

Debby Sneed
Assistant Professor of Classics
debby.sneed@csulb.edu

(562) 985-7923
Office: MHB 509

PhD in Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles
MA in Classics, University of Colorado at Boulder
BA in History, University of Wyoming

Interests: Greek and Roman archaeology, ancient disability, Disability Studies, Greek medicine, ancient art, domestic archaeology.

Mark Sugars
Lecturer in Classics
j.marksugars@csulb.edu

(562) 985-4241
Office: MHB 611

PhD in Classics, University of California, Irvine
MA in Classics, University of California, Irvine
BA in Classics, University of California, Irvine

Lowry Sweney
Lecturer in Classics and Comparative Literature
lowry.sweney@csulb.edu

(562) 985-1589
Office: MHB 513

MA in Classics, University of California, Los Angeles
American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Regular Member 2001-2002
Post-Baccalaureate Program in Classics, University of Pennsylvania
BA in Folklore and Mythology, Harvard University magna cum laude

Interests: ancient Greek poetry and performance, ancient Greek and Roman religion, Indo-European poetics and comparative mythology, the literature and culture of “Golden Age” Rome, satire through the ages (ancient and modern)