James Alexander Caprio Capreedy, PhD Assistant Professor of Classics Department of Classics Hobart and William Smith Colleges E-mail: capreedy@hws.edu 18 McLallen Street Trumansburg, NY 14886 607-387-9465 EDUCATION PhD in Classics, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, May 2005 Dissertation: An Allied History of the Peloponnesian League: Elis and Arkadia Advisor: Dr. Philip Harding MA in Classics, Tufts University, Medford, MA, February 1997 Thesis: The Fall of the Spartan Hegemony Advisor: Dr. Stephen Hirsch BA in Classical Languages, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, June 1994 Thesis: Juvenal s Sixteenth Satire Advisor: Dr. Barbara Gold REFEREED PUBLICATIONS Losing Confidence in Sparta: The Creation of the Mantinean Symmachy, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 54 (2014) 352-378. Technology, Maps, and Teaching Ancient History, New England Classical Journal (submitted, June 1 st 2014). A League within a League: The Preservation of the Elean Symmachy, Classical World 101.4 (2008): 485-503. DIGITAL SCHOLARSHIP The Nearchus Project, a web-based mapping application, www.nearchus.org. Co-designing, field testing, and continuing support for over 90 users since 2012. PROFESSIONAL (REFEREED) PRESENTATIONS Bringing the Map to life: technology in the Classroom, Annual Meeting, Classical Association of the Atlantic States (CAAS), October 2014 (forthcoming). Mapping Antiquity, an approach to using geospatial software in Classics, Annual Meeting, Classical Association of the Mid, West and South (CAMWS), May 2014. Losing Confidence in Sparta: The creation of the Mantinean Symmachy, Annual Meeting, Classical Association of New England (CANE), April 2014. Technology, maps, and teaching Ancient History, Annual Meeting, Classical Association of New England (CANE), April 2014. 1
Leagues within Leagues: Elis, Annual Meeting, The American Philological Association/American Institute of Archaeology (APA/AIA), January, 2006. Ancient History and the Thesis-Driven Paper, All Schools Conference, Pacific Northwest Association of Independent Schools (PNAIS), October 2005. The Decline of The Spartan Hegemony, Graduate Student Conference, Department of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies, The University of British Columbia, May, 2000. OTHER PROFESSIONAL (NON REFEREED) PRESENTATIONS Nomos and Dike: Law, Philosophers and the Athenian People, Guest Lecture for a course on Plato for the Religious Studies Department, Ithaca College, Feb. 18 th, 2014. Blame the Mantineans: how one city-state s attempt to build its own alliance led to the end of the Spartan hegemony, Friday Lunch Series, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Nov. 11 th, 2011. The Purpose of College, Guest Panelist, Exploring the Purpose of Undergraduate Education, The Keaton House at Cornell University, February 17, 2011. Wiki and On-Line Drills, IT Workshop, Using the Web to Extend the Classroom, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, October 6, 2010. Not Dead Yet: Ancient History and the Smart Classroom, Promoting Visual Literacy Across the Curriculum, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, January 2010. Warriors, Worshipers, and Realists: Why Sparta sent 300 to Thermopylae, Guest Speaker, The Hellenic Society of Maine, USM Portland Campus, March 16, 2009. Leagues within Leagues: Sparta s Allies and the Crisis of Sparta s Hegemony, Guest Speaker, Spring Lecture Series at Bates College, March 2009. IN PROGRESS Article, Sparta and the Tegean Alliance. Web page, application development, and support, The Nearchus Project. Conference paper, Using HGIS in Classics: a hybrid classroom. Book/commentary, Xenophon s Agesilaus: A commentary. GRANTS A Digital Ecumene, An Innovative Digital Pedagogies Project, funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and in collaboration with the Office of the Provost and the Digital Learning Team, April 2013 to May 2014. http://www.hws.edu/itservices/meldigital/digital_pedagogies_capreedy.aspx Mapping Antiquity, An Innovative Teaching supported by the Center for Teaching and Learning at Hobart & William Smith Colleges. September to December, 2012. 2
TEACHING EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor of Classics, Department of Classics, September, 2009-present HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES, GENEVA, NY Spring 2014 CLAS 275: Sparta: Greece s Warrior Society GRE 102: Beginning Greek, second semester LAT 302: Advanced Readings, Tacitus, The Annals, Book 1 Fall 2013 CLAS 275: The Fall of the Roman Empire GRE 101: Beginning Greek GRE 250: Greek Historians, Xenophon s Agesilaos Fall 2012 CLAS 251: The Romans, Republic to Empire GRE 213: Plato, The Republic, Book 1 GRE 301/450 Advanced Readings I (Plato, taught with 213) LAT 101: Beginning Latin LAT 301: Advanced Readings, Tacitus, The Annals, Book 1 Spring 2012 CLAS 209: Alexander The Great CLAS 495: Honor s Thesis GRE 265: Aristophanes, The Clouds GRE 302: Advanced Readings II: The Clouds and selections from the Wasps LAT 255: Latin Historians, Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, Book 1 LAT 302-01: Advanced Readings II: Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, Book 1 and Tacitus, The Annals, Book 1 LAT 302-01, section 2: Advanced Readings II, Tacitus, The Annals, Book 1 Fall 2011 EUST 101: Foundations from Antiquity to Renaissance CLAS 450: Independent Study, Ancient Law CLAS 202: Athens, the Age of Perikles CLAS 495: Honors course work, Ancient Medicine Spring 2011 CLAS 251: The Romans: Republic to Empire CLAS 451: Independent Study: Ancient Law LAT 102: Beginning Latin LAT 248: Cicero s Letters LAT 302: Advanced Readings (with LAT 248) Fall 2010 CLAS 450: Independent Study: The Fall of the Spartan Hegemony GRE 250: Greek Historians, Xenophon s Agesilaos LAT 101: Beginning Latin 3
Spring 2010 CLAS 209: Alexander the Great CLAS 275: Sparta: Greece s Warrior Society GRE 265: Aristophanes, The Clouds Fall 2009 CLAS 206: Ancient Comedy GRE 234: Herodotus Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics, Department of Classics, September, 2008 to 2009 COLBY COLLEGE, WATERVILLE, ME A Survey of Greek History History of Sparta Ancient Comedy A Survey of Roman History Revolutions in Roman History Academic Year Lecturer, Classics Department, September, 2007 to 2008 SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY, SANTA CLARA, CA Latin: Livy s Ab Urbe Condita Survey of Ancient History The Hellenistic World A History of Ancient Sparta Classical Mythology Chair, History Department and Upper School Teacher, 2004 to June 2007 SAGE RIDGE SCHOOL, RENO, NV Ancient Greek Latin II, Intermediate Latin Latin III, Advanced Latin Latin IV, Advanced Latin Prose AP Latin Vergil Western Civilization: Ancient and Medieval History English: Ancient and Medieval Literature World Mythology Senior Thesis Supervisor Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics, 2002 to 2003 BALL STATE UNIVERSITY, MUNCIE, IN Latin I, First-Year Latin Latin II, Intermediate Latin, Latin Prose Selections World Mythology Ancient History Roman Culture 4
Teaching Assistant, 1992 to 2002 THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, VANCOUVER, BC (1997-2002) Latin I, First-Year Latin Latin II, Intermediate Latin Classical Civilization Greek and Roman History TUFTS UNIVERSITY, MEDFORD, MA (1994-1997) Greek History Roman History Latin II, Intermediate Latin HAMILTON COLLEGE, CLINTON NY (1992-1994) Heroes and Heroism Latin COMMUNITY SERVICE Hobart & William Smith Colleges, 2009 to present Faculty Secretary, Spring 2014 to present Committee member, Institutional Assessment Committee Spring, 2014 to Present Faculty Examiner, Honors in Computer Science, Spring, 2014 Committee member on Digital Competency, Curriculum review sub-committee, Spring, 2014 External Faculty, Department of Education Search Committee, Fall, 2013 Committee member, Faculty IT sub-committee, Fall, 2011 to Present Committee member, Library Committee, Fall, 2011 and Spring, 2012 Committee member, LMS review (Blackboard etc.), Fall, 2011 and Spring, 2012 Advisor, Fencing Club, Fall, 2010 to Fall, 2012 Advisor, Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Fall, 2010 to Spring, 2012 Sage Ridge School, 2004 to 2006 Chairperson, Department of History Committee member, Curriculum Committee Grade Level Team Leader, Ninth grade Advisor, Junior Classical League Trip Leader, Outdoor Education SERVICE TO THE FIELD Anonymous reader for The Achaean League and the American Founding submission to Journal of Political Thought, Spring 2014 5
GRADUATE COURSEWORK Herodotus and Thucydides Homer Plato Aeschylus Aristophanes Greek Epigraphy Greek and Roman Art and Architecture Apuleius Livy, Sallust, and Tacitus Medieval Latin Roman Elegy Special Topic: The Fall of the Spartan Hegemony Special Author: Xenophon Summer program, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1997 REFERENCES (AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST) Dr. Kerill O Neill, Colby College Dr. John Heath, Santa Clara University Dr. William Greenwalt, Santa Clara University Dr. Helen Moritz, Santa Clara University Dr. Philip Harding, The University of British Columbia Dr. Gaye McCollum-Nickles, Sage Ridge School Dr. Ron Warner, Ball State University PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Classical Association of the Atlantic States (CAAS) Classical Association of New England (CANE) Classical Association of the Mid, West, and South (CAMWS) Society of Classical Studies (founded as The American Philological Association [APA]) Association of Ancient Historians (AAH) Association of American University Professors (AAUP) 6