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Benjamin McCloskey

Benjamin McCloskey

Benjamin McCloskey

Latin Instructor, Department of Modern Languages at Kansas State University

mccloskey@k-state.edu

Education

  • B.A. University of Missouri-Columbia (Classical Studies)
  • M.A. in Greek and Latin, The Ohio State University (2008)
  • Ph.D. in Greek and Latin, The Ohio State University (2012)

Dr. McCloskey specializes in political philosophy of the fourth century BCE and the Late Antique Greek novel. His current research focuses on narration and subversion in Xenophon's historical texts, especially in The Education of Cyrus. He teaches all levels of Latin at K-State.