Meet the Faculty
Meet the Faculty
Dr. Matthew Pincus
Originally from Glen Rock, NJ, I received my B.A. degree in Classics and Philosophy from Middlebury College, where I graduated Valedictorian and Phi Beta Kappa; an M.A. in Humanities from the University of Chicago; and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Classics from the University of Virginia. Before coming to Creighton, I taught various courses in Classics and Humanities at the University of Virginia, James Madison University, and the University of Mary Washington, as well as History and Latin at Wakefield School. My research focuses mainly on Plato's dialogues and Archaic and Classical Greek poetry, and I have also written and presented on ancient ethnography, Athenian law and democracy and Roman comedy and satire. I also have interests in the modern reception of Classical worlds, which is a key component not only of some of my in-progress research, but also of several of the courses I teach here at Creighton. These include Honors 100; the SAMs "Spaces of Democracy, Ancient and Modern," "Artificial Mythologies from Plato to Parliament-Funkadelic," "Thinking the Other in Antiquity and Modernity," and "The Symposium in Ancient Greece"; and, most recently, Introductory Latin and Introductory and Intermediate Ancient Greek.
Dr. Tricia Ross
I am a historian with broad interests in the histories of religion and of science. My research currently centers on the history of science, medicine, and religion between 1500-1800. In the Honors Program, I teach classes on the histories of science and religion, including foundational sequence classes on the development of science and religion from the ancient world to the present. I grew up in a beautiful spot in rural Northeast Pennsylvania that instilled me a great love for nature and being out in it. I like puns, books, dogs, music of almost all kinds, basketball, tennis, and soccer. I enjoy traveling, cycling, running and hiking.
