Faculty & Staff

The Department of Classics at GVSU offers students with inquiring minds a welcoming place where their individual gifts are recognized and nurtured by our distinguished faculty of scholar-teachers.

Department of Classics

211 Lake Huron Hall
Grand Valley State University
1 Campus Drive
Allendale, MI 49401

[email protected]
(616) 331-3600 (office)
(616) 331-3775 (fax)

Department Chair

Prof. Melissa Morison
211D Lake Huron Hall

[email protected]
(616) 331-3231

Academic Department Coordinator

Alison Sall
211 Lake Huron Hall

[email protected]
(616) 331-3600

Faculty

David Crane

Associate Professor

211G Lake Huron Hall
[email protected]
(616) 331-3683

Ancient philosophy / Greek literature / narratology / gender and sexuality

David Crane Profile

Charles Ham

Associate Professor

211F Lake Huron Hall
[email protected]
(616) 331-5057

Latin literature and Roman culture / poetry of Ovid and its reception / ecocriticism and the environmental humanities

Charles Ham Profile

Benjamin Howland

Visiting Assistant Professor

211H Lake Huron Hall
[email protected]
(616) 331-3093

Spartacus / Classical Reception / Classical Exempla during American Reconstruction / Ancient Slavery / The Roman Republic / Ancient World Literature / Race and Racism in American Classical Studies