We are delighted to announce that, effective November 1, has joined the Classics faculty as an Assistant Professor. Professor Vega-Payne graduated from UCSB with a PhD in Classics in 2022 and, for the past two years, has held a prestigious UC President’s Post-Doctoral Fellowship at UCLA. His addition to our faculty will open up new connections with Environmental Humanities and will establish (with Annie Lamar) a cluster of excellence in archaic Greek poetry. He will teach the full range of Classics courses, including new courses on literature & the environment, the reception of myth in Japanese anime and manga, and Latin for Spanish speakers.
Welcome, Professor Vega-Payne!