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Alumni
October 2006
Three of Baylor Classics alums at the conference in honor of C. W. Fornara at Brown University.
Left to right: Karen Kelly (Brown U), Carol King (former Baylor faculty member), Jeff Hunt (Brown U), and L. J. Samons II (BA Baylor 1986, Professor of Classics at Boston University).
Alums at the APA 2005
January 2005: A group of Baylor Classics alums now in graduate school attends the annual APA convention in Boston, MA.
Left to right: Marty Gallagher (University of Kansas), Angeline Chiu (Princeton), Cory Elliott (University of Vermont), Jeff Hunt (Brown),
and Megan Gros Hackworth and Corey Hackworth (both at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary)
Alumni in the Baylor News:
The January 2005 edition of the Collegium Magazine features several alumni:
Andrew Alwine, Delip Patel, and Beau Egert. The December 2003 issue of Collegium
features May 2003 alumnus Jason Gajderowicz in its "Student Profiles" segment. Fellow 2003 alumnus Cory Elliott co-authored the same issue's article
"BU in the EU: Baylor Alumni in Europe Offer Views on Life after "The Trans-Atlantic Rift." The magazine is available online as downloadable PDF
files at the Collegium Magazine website.
The September/October 2003 issue of the Baylor Magazine features various classics alumni and
their reminiscences of Dr. Alden Smith, as part of the issue's focus on great teachers at Baylor. This alumni essay, "A True Classic," was
compiled by Jeff Johnson, himself an alumnus (1998) listed below. The College of Arts and Sciences has featured several classics alumni in
their Student Profiles feature.
List of Alumni and Alumnae
The following is an incomplete (but growing) list of Baylor classics alumni, listed alphabetically.
If you are an alum and would like to be included in this directory, please email Dr.Augoustakis.
Do include your major, graduation year, current occupation, email address, any news/comments/pictures you would like to share, and URL if you have a homepage.
We also welcome any updates and photos you care to share!
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Alwine, Andrew (Classics, 2004)
- Bangs, David (Classics, 2004)
Latin Teacher - Besst, Alex (Classics, 2002)
MA student in Classics at the University of Dallas
Email Alex
See a photo of the Besst Family - Boutin, Seth (Classics, 2006)
MA student in Classics at the University of Florida
Email Seth - •Chan, Rosalyn (Classics, 2005)
- Chiu, Angeline (English and History, 1997)
Angeline finished her MA at the University of Vermont and her PhD in Classics at Princeton University. She is an Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Vermont. Email Angeline - Coode, Jim (Greek, 1978)
Senior Pastor, Eden United Church of Christ in Edwardsville, Illinois
Jim writes that he would love to hear from fellow former students of Dr. Cutter.
Email Jim - Elliott, Cory (Classics, 2003)
MA in Classics, University of Vermont - Ellis, Erik (Classics, 2006)
MA in History, Baylor University (2007) - Enderle, Danyel (Classics, 1999)
Law student at South Texas College of Law in Houston, Texas
On May 21, 2004, Danyel writes that she is in her last 20 hours of her JD and will be starting work this summer at the school's legal clinic, which will earn her a temporary bar license. She also has this glad announcement: "I am also happy to announce my engagement to Scott Croom, a stockbroker (yes, I know a lawyer and a stockbroker... believe me, we've heard all the jokes on that one!) We are getting married on October 1, 2005." She also writes that she would love to hear from fellow alums.
See a photo of Danyel and Scott
Email Danyel - Fagan, Tommy (Classics, 2002)
- Forehand, Megan (Classics, 2005)
MA in Classics, University of Florida (2007) - Funderburck, Kevin (Classics, 2005)
MA in Classics, University of Colorado at Boulder (2007), PhD student in History and Classics at the University of Pennsylvania - Gajderowicz, Jason (Classics, 2003)
PhD student in Classics at Columbia University in New York, New York - Gallagher, Marty (Classics, 2004)
MA in Classics, University of Kansas (2006), PhD student in Classics at Boston University - Gros Hackworth, Megan (Classics, 2003)
Master's student in Counseling at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Boston, Massachuetts.
Megan and Corey Hackworth were married in August 2004, and both are currently studying at Gordon-Conwell. Corey hopes to pursue graduate work in classics.
See a photo of Megan and Corey
Email Megan - Hall, Ryan (Classics, 2008)
MA student in Classics at Texas Tech University - Hanchey, Dan (Classics, 2002)
PhD student in Classics at the University of Texas at Austin, Lecturer at Baylor University - Heinen, Dustin (Classics, 2003)
PhD student in Classics at the University of Florida - Henry, Josh (Classics, 2005)
- Hight, Robert (Classics, 2006)
- Hollenback, George (Greek, 1975)
Security officer, St. Joseph Hospital in Houston, TX
No armchair scholar, George took up the rugged sport of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to gain insight into the ancient Greek sport of pankration. Based on a re-reading of Polybius, he also made a working model of an ancient weapon not seen for over two thousand years: "A new reconstruction of the kestros or cestrosphendone," in Arms & Armour, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2005, pp.79-86.
Email George - Holsomback, Suzanne (Classics, 2004)
- Horan, Holly (Classics, 2001)
Latin teacher at Flower Mound High School in Lewisville ISD in Flower Mound, TX
Holly won a Manson A. Stewart Teacher Training Award to continue work for certification, and also the Principal's Green Apple Award at Flower Mound.
See Holly's picture
Email Holly - Hunt, Jeff "Necropolis" (Classics, 2003)
PhD student in Classics at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island
Jeff Hunt and Jenny Cook were married at Baylor in June of 2004.
Email Jeff - Hutton, Leslie (Classics, 2000)
Latin teacher at Colleyville-Heritage High School in Grapevine-Colleyville ISD in Colleyville, TX
Leslie writes, "I just got a new puppy, named Achilles!
Email Leslie - Inbody, Catharine (Classics and Environmental Studies, 1999)
MA student in Nautical Archaeology at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas
Catharine writes, "I have just returned from three months working for the Institute of Nautical Archaeology, closely affiliated with A&M, at Tektas Burnu in Turkey on the Aegean coast. We were excavating a Greek shipwreck from the 5th Century BC, which lays in approximately 140 feet of water."
Email Catharine - Jamison-Wood, Tracy (Classics, 2000)
In May 2002, Tracy graduated with her MA in Classics from the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. She is now pursuing her PhD in Classics at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Tracy spent part of Summer 2003 taking a Greek myth seminar at the British Museum in London. In October 2006, Tracy got married to Christopher Wood, a grad student in archaeology at UCSB.Tracy is writing her doctoral thesis on the intertextual heroine Helen in Euripides and Ovid.
See Tracy's and Christopher's picture
Email Tracy - Johnson, Jeff (Classics, 1998)
Jeff went on for graduate work at The University of Durham and Princeton, where he specialized in ancient rhetoric and Cicero. A revised version of his Baylor undergraduate thesis appeared in Cicero the Advocate. In 2004 Jeff was named a Harvey Fellow and encourages Baylor alums in graduate school to apply to the Harvey Fellows program. Jeff now works in the corporate world for Deloitte in New York City, where he applies his study of ancient rhetoric by assisting partners to win new business, including proposal writing and orals coaching. Jeff is working on a book applying the ancient rhetorical corpus to modern business persuasion. Jeff is living proof that there is life after graduate school, there is life beyond Classics, and there is an application for Classics in doing just about anything. Jeff is married to Erica (June 1998, where Alden Smith read the scripture), and they have a son, Owen (May 2002) and a daughter, Emily (April 2005). They live in Kingston, NJ.
Email Jeff
Visit Jeff's web page
See Jeff's family photo - Jones, Steven L. (Greek and Latin, 1997)
PhD student in Classics at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas
Email Steven - Kelly, Karen M. (Classics, 2006)
PhD student in Classics at Brown University
Email Karen - Lichte, Jason (Classics, 2000)
MA student in Classics at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas
Jason is also a full-time Latin teacher at Lawrence High School. He and wife Jenny are awaiting the birth of their first child soon.
Email Jason - Lester, Jake (Classics, 2006)
- Lewis, John (Classics and English, 1998)
Latin teacher at Creekview High School (Carrollton-Farm Branch ISD) in Carrollton, Texas
Email John - MacCardle, Ken (Classics, 2003)
PhD student in Political Science - Mathis, Sean (Classics, 2002)
Sean and his wife Amanda Seamans Mathis (see below) earned an MA in Classics at the University of Georgia at Athens. Sean is now teaching Classics at the Wake Forest Rolesville High School, while Amanda is a PhD student in Classics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Mannie, Brooke (Classics, 2000)
Service Trader at Fidelity Investments
Email Brooke - McCullough, Veronica (Classics, 2004)
Veronica pursues a graduate degree in Education at the University of North Texas and teaches Latin at Kingwood Park High School in Houston. - Miller, Rachel (Classics, 2006)
Rachel is teaching Latin at Wilberforce Classical School in Princeton, NJ, while she is pursuing a PhD in Classics at Rutgers University. - Moore, Ryan (Classics, 2000)
MA student in Classics at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland
Email Ryan - Morphew, David (Classics 2008)
Latin Teacher at Vanguard Preparatory School in Waco - Myers, Elisabeth (Classics, 1999)
MA student in Classics at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky
Email Elisabeth - Nicholson, Emily (Classics, 2003)
MPA student in Non-Profit Management at George Mason University - O'Dell, Heather (Classics, 1999)
MA student in Biology at Baylor - Papapavlou, John (Classics, 1999)
MA student in Classics at Villanova University in Villanova, Pennsylvania
Email John - Paris, April (Classics, 2005)
- Peniston, Dionne (Classics, 2003)
MA student in Forensic Psychology - Rice, Katherine (Classics and Art History, 2008)
MA student in Art at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill - Robinson, Brian (Classics, 2001)
Seminary student at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey
Email Brian - Robertson, Everette (Classics, 2000)
PhD student in Classics at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Email Everette - Schnyder, Rochelle (International Studies and Classics, 2004)
Rochelle now lives in Austin, TX. - Seay, Kathryn (Classics, 2003)
MDiv student at George W. Truett Theological Seminary - Seay, Laura (2000)
Laura completed her MA in African Studies from Yale University and is currently pursuing a PhD in government at University of Texas at Austin. - Seamans, Amanda (Classics, 2002)
PhD student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Smith, Katie (Classics and Music, 2008)
Latin Teacher at TCA in Waco - Spain, Candace (Classics, 2005)
Candace is teaching Latin at the Geneva School in San Antonio. - Soukup, Toni (Greek, 1986)
Now Toni Muller, Homemaker and Homeschooler. Toni writes, "I'm using my Greek in Bible Study Fellowship and plan to teach my children when they are older - for now Eowyn (5) is learning to read English and Ned (nearly 3) is learning to sit still for more than two minutes at a time!"
Email Toni
See the Muller family portrait - Spann, Britta (Classics, 2001)
Britta is currently in the PhD program in English at the University of Oregon, where she is specializing in 20th century American literature. She is particularly interested in how modern poets make use of the classical tradition.
Email Britta - Stewart, Erin (Classics 2008)
MA student in Classics at the University of Kansas - Stoneman, Mark (Classics, 2000)
Juris Doctor, University of Oklahoma College of Law (2008)
After graduating from Baylor, Mark served as a Space and Missile Operations Officer in the United States Air Force where he commanded nuclear missile combat crews. At the 400th Missile Squadron, the most powerful combat unit in history, he helped deactivate the entire Peacekeeper Intercontinental Ballistic Missile force in compliance with the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START II). During law school, he interned at the Office of the General Counsel at headquarters of the Department of Homeland Security. He is now enjoying life back in his hometown of Lawton, OK where he serves as an Assistant District Attorney .
Mark writes: "To this day, people ask me what one does with a degree in Classics. It's a hard question to answer in part because I'm still realizing all I do with my Classical education. My time at Baylor with Alden Smith, Tommye Lou Davis, Jeff Fish, John Thorburn and Timothy Johnson (now at the University of Florida) as well as all my classmates laid a foundation that continues to inspire the way I approach my professional and personal life. Nothing I've done since Baylor has required a degree in Classics, but everything I've done has been a deeper, richer and more enjoyable and productive experience because of those years struggling with Plato, St. John, Cicero, Aristophanes et al. I know the intellectual and spritual challenges I faced at Baylor Classics will continue to force me to examine my life and hopefully to live a life worth examining."
Email Mark - Updegraft, Brian (Greek, 2000)
MBA student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Email Brian - Veal, Laura (1996)
Latin teacher in the Highland Park ISD in Dallas, TX. In her seventh year of teaching Latin, she has earned her teacher certification and is working toward her Master of Humanities degree in classics at the University of Dallas. She was recognized by Who's Who Among America's Teachers and was one of three finalists for Teacher of the Year. Laura spent part of summer 2003 leading her students on a study trip to Rome. She is also director of Italian programs for PATA,a study-abroad, home-stay program for high school juniors and seniors. - Wade, Nathan G. (BS Ed. in Latin and History, 1997)
Teacher at Texas Christian Academy, Waco, TX, where he teaches Latin to 7th and 8th graders, Algebra II, English 10, and Government , and is also Assistant Junior High Basketball Coach. Nathan was the 2000-01 Oklahoma State Chair for Junior Classical League and sponsor of the 2001 Oklahoma Latin Club. Nathan writes: "I am working on a Latin textbook for Christian schools, tentatively called 'Fides in Roma: Latin for the Christian Student.'"
Email Nathan - Walin, Daniel (Classics, 2006)
PhD student at the University of California at Berkeley - West, Becky (Classics, 2006)
- White, Bill (Classics, 2005)
PhD student in Classics at the University of Colorado at Boulder - White, Michaela (Classics, 2002)
Latin teacher in Bryan, TX
Email Michaela
See Michaela's photo - Willis, Tyler (Religion, History, Classics, 2003)
MDiv student at George W. Truett Theological Seminary
PhD student in Classics at the University of Florida
