Faculty

Susan C. Shelmerdine

Professor Emerita (Greek & Latin pedagogy, Greek poetry)
Email: shelmerd@uncg.edu
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At UNCG Since: 1981-2022

Ph.D. University of Michigan – 1981
A.M. University of Michigan – 1977
A.B., cum laude, Smith College – 1976

Dr. Shelmerdine is especially interested in Greek and Latin pedagogy and in early Greek poetry.

Introduction to Greek, 3rd ed., Cynthia W. Shelmerdine. Focus an Imprint of Hackett Publishing. 2020.
Introduction to Latin, 2nd ed. Focus an Imprint of Hackett Publishing. 2013; 1st edition 2005, revised 2007.
The Homeric Hymns. Focus an Imprint of Hackett Publishing. 1995; revised edition 2000.
Greek for Reading, G. Seligson (primary author) and A. Loftus. Univ. of Michigan Press. 1994.
“Pindaric Praise and the Third Olympian,” Harvard Studies in Classical Philology 91 (1987) 65-81.
“Odyssean Allusions in the Fourth Homeric Hymn,” Transactions of the American Philological Association 116 (1986) 49-63.
“Hermes and the Tortoise: A Prelude to Cult,” Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies 25 (1984) 201-208.

The Order of the Long Leaf Pine, State of North Carolina, 2022
Ovatio, Classical Association of the Middle West and South, 2007
Merita Award, American Classical League, 2005
Outstanding Regional Vice President, Classical Association of the Middle West and South, 1998, 2003, 2004
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, 1996-1997
Alumni Teaching Excellence Award (senior), UNCG, 1991-1992
Junior Fellowship, The Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington, D.C., 1985-1986