Ryan C. Fowler
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Professional Appointments
Adjunct Instructor, Franklin and Marshall College, Classics Department Current
Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics, Knox College
2009–2012
Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics and Philosophy, Grinnell College 2008–2009
Areas of Interest: Ancient rhetoric, Greek and Latin prose, Greek literature and thought in the
Roman era, early Greek and Latin religious texts
Education
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Ph.D., Classics
Dissertation: The Platonic Rhetor in the Second Sophistic
Advisor: T. Corey Brennan
Columbia University
M.A., Classical Greek
San Francisco State University
M.A., Philosophy
Masters Thesis on Friedrich Nietzsche
University of Arizona
B.A., Philosophy
2008
2003
1998
1993
Publications
Books
ed. 2014. Plato in the Third Sophistic. Millennium-Studien/Millennium Studies 50. De
Gruyter Publishing.
Forthcoming 2015
ed., trans. The Imperial Plato. Parmenides Press.
Articles
/K. Meinking/K. Morrell/N. Sandridge/B. Walker. 2014. “Adapting Content from a Massive
Open Online Course to a Liberal Arts Setting.” In: Transformations, National
Institute for Technology in Liberal Education. August.
2011. “Literary Platonism and the Platonic Rhetor.” In The Cambridge History of Philosophy
in Late Antiquity. L.P. Gerson, ed. Cambridge UP: pp. 100-115.
/T.C. Brennan/T.A. Broughton/A.G. Scott/K.J. Shea, edd. 2006
[2008]. T.R.S. Broughton, Autobiography. AJAH 5, Gorgias Press: pp. 304.
Book Reviews
Bonazzi, Mauro and Jan Opsomer, edd. 2009. The Origins of the Platonic system: Platonisms of
the Early Empire and their Philosophical Contexts. Collection d'Études Classiques 23.
Louvain: Éditions Peeters; Société des Études Classiques. BMCR, 2010.08.31.
Fowler
Seth Benardete. 1993 [2009 pb.] The Rhetoric of Morality and Philosophy: Plato's Gorgias and
Phaedrus. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. BMCR, 2010.01.21.
Teaching Experience
Lancaster Theological Seminary
Reading NT Greek I and II, Summer and Fall 2014
Franklin and Marshall College
Advanced Greek 201, Spring 2015
Latin 102, Spring 2015
Intensive Latin, Spring 2014
University of Southern Maine
The Iliad (with Elon U, Sweet Briar College, and Howard U.), Spring 2014
The Idea of God, Spring 2013
Knox College
Greek 101, 102, 103
3 full years
Hellenistic Poetry
Spring 2012
Greek Prose Composition
Winter 2012
Homer’s Iliad
Spring 2011
Athens, Rome, Jerusalem, co-taught with Stephen Fineberg, Winter 2011
Rhetoric and Oratory
Fall 2011
Roman Satire
Spring 2010
Ovid & Shakespeare, co-taught with Stephen Fineberg, Winter 2010
Latin 101
Fall 2010
Classical Mythology, Fall 2009
Honors and Independent Studies
Rhetoric of 1 Cor. with Morgan Montagnino 2012
Creative Writing Honors with Erik Hane
2012
Herodotus with Luke Madson
2011
Thucydides with Luke Madson
2010
Grinnell College
The Ancient World (Humanities 101)
Spring 2009
Logic
Spring 2009
History of Ancient Philosophy
Fall 2008
Advanced Greek Prose: Herodotus
Fall 2008
Intermediate Latin
Fall 2008
Instructor
Brooklyn College – Classics Department
Classical Cultures 1.1, Spring/Summer 2008 (3 courses)
The College of New Jersey – Classics Department
Intermediate Latin Prose, Spring 2008
Rutgers University – English Department
Expository Writing 101, 2006-2007 (2 courses)
Rutgers University – Classics Department
Greek Civilization, Fall 2007
Latin 101, 2004-2006 (4 courses)
Latin 102, 2004-2006 (4 courses)
Fowler
S.F.S.U. – Philosophy Department
Critical Thinking, 1996-1998 (5 courses)
Presentations
Invited Papers
“Rumor and Silence in the Letters of Basil of Caesarea,” Dumbarton Oaks, Fall 2014
“How and Why to Read Plato in Late Antiquity: Lessons from Some Platonic
Handbooks,” University of Chicago, Spring 2014
“Classics and Philosophy,” University of Southern Maine, F. 2012, F. 2013, S. 2014
“The Employment of Philosophy in Early Christianity,” The Steel Center Lecture Series
and the Journeys Public Lecture Series, Hendrix College, Fall 2010
Conference Papers
“Demystifying Assessment” Panel, SCS, LA (accepted)
2015
“Hybrid and Online Learning in Classics,” CAAS, D.C.
2014
“The Christian Language of Apuleius’ De Platone,” NAPS, IL
2014
“Moving toward a (Responsible) Hybrid/Online Greek Major: the Potential
Impact of Enhanced MOOCs on Classics Departments,” APA, IL
2014
“Linking the Liberal Arts: An alternative to the MOOC,” ISSOTL, NC
2013
“Toward a Third Sophistic” Roundtable, APA, WA
2013
“Collaboration through Technology: Greek Across Campuses,” NITLE, VA
(poster)
2012
“Toward a Third Sophistic: Methodius of Olympus,” CAMWS, MA
2011
“ASCSA and Summer Opportunities for Study,” Illinois Classical Conf., IL
2010
“Oracles and the composition of Herodotus 1,” CAMWS, MN
2009
“Herakles and Deianeira in Sophocles,” CAAS, MD
2006
“Broughton on the Magistrates,” CAAS, PA
2004
Lectures
“How and Why to read Plato’s Dialogues in the Early Common Era,”
CHS, “25th Hour”
Spring 2015
“Homer, Homer, ‘Homer,’” Sunoikisis Greek Poetry seminar
Fall 2012
“Intertextuality and ‘Silver Latin’,” Sunoikisis Latin Poetry seminar
Fall 2011
“Allusion and Hellenistic Poetry,” Sunoikisis Greek Poetry seminar
Fall 2011
“Socrates and Athenian Law,” Sunoikisis Greek Law seminar
Fall 2010
“Philosophy and Classics,” Methods in Classics, Knox College
Spring 2010
“Textual Criticism and the App. Crit.,” Methods, Knox College
Spring 2010
Awards, Fellowships, and Other Appointments
Residential Fellow, Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS), Fall 2014
CHS Sunoikisis Fellow in Curricular Development, Harvard University, 2012–2014
Visiting Scholar, Classics Department, University of Washington, 2012-2013
Mellon Research Awards for The Imperial Plato project, Knox College, Winter 2011 &
Summer 2011
Mellon Research Awards for Sunoikisis project, Knox College, Summer 2010
Excellence Fellowship, Rutgers University, 2003-2004 & 2007-2008
New York Classical Club Scholarship, ASCSA Summer Session, 2003
Fowler
Programs
Organizer, Sunoikisis Faculty Development Seminars (‘Greek Comedy’ [Jeff Rusten,
Cornell University] & ‘Late Republican Literature’ [Corey Brennan, Rutgers
University]), CHS, June 2014
Organizer, Sunoikisis Faculty Development Seminars (‘Greek Lyric’ [Greg Nagy,
Harvard University] & ‘Early Republican Literature’ [Niall Slater, Emory
University]), CHS, June 2013
Organizer and Participant, Sunoikisis Faculty Development Seminar (‘Medieval
Latin’ [Bridget Balint, Indiana University] & ‘Homer’ [Richard Martin, Stanford
University]), CHS, June 2012
Participant, Sunoikisis Faculty Development Seminar (Elementary Greek language
project), CHS, Oct. 2011 & Feb. 2012
Participant Sunoikisis Faculty Development Seminar (‘Silver Age Latin’ [Carole
Newlands] & ‘Hellenistic Poetry’ [Ben Acosta-Hughes]), CHS, June 2011
Study Trip to Rome, Knox College, December 2010
American School of Classical Studies in Athens (ASCSA), Visiting Senior Associate
Member, Summer 2010
Participant Sunoikisis Faculty Development Seminar (‘Attic Oratory’ [Michael
Gagarin]),
CHS, June 2010
Ceramic Illustrator, Gordion, Turkey Archaeological Expedition, Summer 2005
ASCSA Summer Session, 2003
Eta Sigma Phi Classics Honors Society, Honorary Member from 2002
Postbaccalaureate Program in Classics, Columbia University, May 2001
Certificate in Teaching Logic and Critical Thinking, SFSU, 1998
Academic Service
F&M
Course review for mythology course, University of Mary Washington, Fall 2013
Article review for Classical Journal
Abstracts evaluation for Sunoikisis/CHS undergraduate Symposium, Spring 2012, Fall
2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015
Knox
Faculty Advisor, Eta Sigma Phi Classics Honors Society, EΦ Chapter, Knox College
Faculty Advisor, ΣΝ Fraternity, Knox College
Organized Classics Lectures, Profs Alissa Vallencourt and Andrew Scott, Spring 2011
Co-organizer, Illinois Classical Conference, Fall 2010
ACM-Teagle Collegium, Metacognition Conf. Participant, Macalester College, Fall 2010
ACM Nick Adams Short Story Contest, Faculty Judge, Spring 2010
Organized Public Classics Lecture, Kirk Sanders, UIUC, Winter 2010
Organized Finley Lecture, Lloyd Gerson, University of Toronto, Winter 2010
Study Abroad Integration Conference Participant, Beloit College, Fall 2009
Rutgers
Rutgers Academic Integrity Policy Committee (w/ V.P. of Academic Affairs), 2007-2008
Rutgers University Board of Trustees, Graduate Representative, 2006-2008