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HUMANITIES SOCSCI
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521

Raschke, Wendy

Lecturer in Classics
Director of Classics

College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Comparative Literature & Foreign Languages


Biography

Professor Raschke is the director of Classical Studies at UCR. She is also the faculty Advisor for Comparative Ancient Civilizations and a recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award. She teaches courses at all levels in Greek and Roman literature, language, and culture. She also actively participates in the Comparative Civilization program, teaching a course on Foundational Concepts with Professor Karl Taube in the Department of Anthropology. Her publications include a book on the archaeology of the Olympics, as well as major articles in Lucilius and Roman Satire in the Journal of Roman Studies, Hermes, and Latomus.

Degrees

Ph.D. Classical Philology 1976

State University of New York

M.A. Classical Archaeology 1970

State University of New York

B.A. Classics 1968

University College, London

Awards

Numerous Faculty Mini-grants for Undergraduate Instructional Improvements
Distinguished Teaching Award for Non-Senate Faculty, UCR 1989
Guest Lecturer for Archaeological Study Tour of Greece, Summer 1984
Resident, British School at Rome, 1970,-71
Ford Foundation Archaeological Trainee-ship, Summer 1970
Fulbright Award, 1968


Research Area

Latin Literature, especially Satire; Archaic and Classical Greek Art in its social context.

Publications

The Archaeology of the Olympics (editor, contributor and writer of the introduction) Wisconsin: 1988.