Draft:Joel Christensen


A seated Joel Christensen giving a lecture on Homer.
Joel Christensen giving a lecture on Homer.

Joel Christensen is the Senior Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs within the School of Arts and Sciences at Brandeis University.[1] He writes on language, myth, literature, and Homer, and translation of ancient texts, particularly through the blog Sententiae Antiquae. He is a regular contributor to the newspaper Neos Kosmos. He received his BA and MA (2001) from Brandeis University, where he was a major in Classics and English. His 2007 PhD is in Classics from New York University. While at NYU, he also received an Advanced Certificate in Poetics and Theory. Professor Christensen was a Fellow at the Center for Hellenic Studies in 2013 and in the same year received the Society for Classical Studies’ Award for Excellence in Teaching at the Collegiate Level.[2] He focuses on ancient myth, Homer, folklore, and epic.

  1. ^ "For New Faculty". www.brandeis.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  2. ^ Moderator (2014-01-22). "Dr. Christensen awarded the 2013 American Philological Association Award for Excellence in Collegiate Teaching". The Center for Hellenic Studies. Retrieved 2024-07-08.

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