Richard (Denver, 1981) received his PhD in Classics from the University of Washington in 2010 and has been teaching at the college since 2014.
His research explores the political and military history of Classical Greece (fifth- to fourth-century BC) as it appears in the era's literature, particularly in the works of the philosopher-historian Xenophon, a disciple of Socrates who became a celebrated mercenary general and later pioneered the study of Economics. Recent publications explore literary depictions of social conflict within Greek city-states in both Xenophon and his contemporaries (as here, for example).
Richard's teaching, which includes courses on the ancient economy, Greco-Roman slavery, and the history of the ancient Mediterranean as a whole, focuses on how material and military realities conditioned ancient social institutions. But his first love is helping students read literature in both ancient Greek and Latin.
